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WEEKEND MAY 11-12 2013 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Careless Drivers & Marry Poppins Jean Barton - Page 2B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Mostly sunny 93/68 Weather forecast 10A TEHAMA COUNTY $1.00 T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U NTY S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Retail sales up in county over previous year By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer Sales activity continued to increase across Tehama County in the final quarter of 2012 compared to the same period a year ago. After accounting aberrations were factored out, Tehama County saw an 11.4 percent increase in taxable sales from October through December 2012 compared to the same three months in 2011. In Red Bluff sales activity increased 4.9 percent after aberrations were factored out. Although the city's receipts turned out to be 1 percent lower because of building and construction reporting problems. Autos and transportation sales and higher fuel prices helped lead the increase. It was the second straight period of substantial growth for the county. The city of Red Bluff's consultant, HdL Companies, previously reported sales receipts grew by 12.5 percent in the third quarter of 2012 within the city and 9.9 percent within the county compared to the previous year. Sales across California were up 3.4 percent for the fourth quarter led by continued strong sales of new cars and light trucks, according to an HdL report. Vehicle sales accounted for about 26 percent of the See SALES, page 9A Fireworks push on Downtown taco truck seeks city nod By JULIE ZEEB By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer DN Staff Writer The Tehama County Fireworks Committee is moving forward toward its goal of bringing fireworks back to Red Bluff for 2013 with $8,600 raised so far, but help is still needed. "Our goal remains at $30,000, however, with the limited amount of time we will be able to put on a show for $10,000 if the city of Red Bluff waives the $2,500 fire marshal fee," Committee Chairwoman Shannon Nason said. Opportunities abound to help raise funds, both in cash donations to boxes around Red Bluff and at local grocery stores and restaurants throughout Tehama County. During the first part of May, Nu-Way Market in Los Molinos put flags in its window for a $1 donation to the fireworks. SavMor Foods in Corning made the same offer. The committee will be holding a fundraiser on May 21 at Baskin Robbins on South Main Street in Red Bluff where a percentage of revenue between 5-10 p.m. will go to the fireworks fund. On May 31, there will be an opportunity to bowl from 4-8 p.m. at Lariat Bowl and with a coupon give $1 per game of mini golf or bowling to the fund. Lariat is also donat- The Red Bluff Planning Department will consider a use permit application for a taco truck to occupy the vacant lot at 1060 Main St. when it meets Tuesday at 5:15 p.m. at City Council Chambers, 555 Washington St. The proposed location borders Union Street and Doane Way. The applicant, Jorge Figueroa, would have his business open Monday through Saturday between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. As part of the conditions of the use permit the property must remain clean of trash and debris within 100 See TACO, page 9A Residential burns to cease May 20 Daily News file photo ing 25 percent of food and beverages sold during that time. The group will also have a booth in the 400 block of Walnut Street at the fourth annual Well See PUSH, page 9A Residential burning in unincorporated areas of Tehama County will be suspended beginning Monday, May 20. The burn ban placed by the Tehama-Glenn Unit of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Tehama County Fire Department includes all areas of Tehama County with the exception of the communities of Mineral, Childs Meadows, Deer Creek and Mill Creek. The burn ban in those areas has yet to be determined. Weather conditions will dictate when that burn ban will go into affect. Debris burning will also be suspended within the State Responsibility Areas of Glenn County beginning May 20. Residents should check with their local fire officials for burning restrictions in the Capay Fire District, Corning and Red Bluff city limits or portions of Glenn County that are not in the SRA. Residential burn permits are still required until the burn ban goes into effect. Agricultural, forest management, and other industrial type burning may proceed if an authorized fire official inspects the area and issues a special permit. Always check with Air Pollution Control to verify whether it is a legal burn day prior to starting any burn. Campfires will be allowed in designated See BURNS, page 9A Search grows for Shasta Fundraising flock stolen at downtown business suspect in family killing By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer PETROLIA (AP) — Law enforcement officials in Northern California were proceeding cautiously Friday through an area of steep, wooded terrain as they track a man suspected of killing his wife and two young daughters, then fleeing to the remote backcountry where he grew up. Shasta County sheriff's Lt. Dave Kent said the search team has been expanded as members hike the tree-lined canyons where 45-year-old suspect Shane Franklin Miller is believed to have taken cover. ''Today we're making a push to walk in and try to find him in the heavy brush,'' Kent said. ''He may be going to a cabin. He may be hunkered down in the brush. It's very strategic how we're moving through that forest area.'' Miller is suspected of slaying his family Tuesday night in the rural community of Shingletown, then fleeing 200 miles west in his pickup truck to Humboldt County. His mother told The Associated Press she had no idea whether her son and daughter-inlaw had suffered marital problems or why Miller might turn on his family. ''I can't speak to that. I don't know,'' Joan Miller A flock of flamingos that descended on Red Bluff in March, as stealthily as the school year's end has drawn closer, has mysteriously vanished. Known as flocking, the flamingos were a part of a Sober Grad Night fundraiser for Red Bluff Union High School, said Cindy Haase, teacher and member of the Sober Grad Night Committee. At the request of an individual, someone could send the flock to another's house or business, to be evicted with a donation to Sober Grad Night. "The flock was stolen overnight about a week ago from the front of Countryside Cafe," Haase See SEARCH, page 9A See FLOCK, page 9A Courtesy photo Seniors Brittany Villa, Courtny Abbassi, Connor Ross, Mickenzie Perdue and Blake Villa show off the flamingos from the Sober Grad flocking fundraiser. Close to half of the flamingos have been stolen.