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WEDNESDAY Get Kids NBA Finals Cooking JUNE 12, 2013 County Fare Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 5A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Sunny 87/57 Weather forecast 8B TEHAMA COUNTY DAILY 50¢ 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 Make a difference Major crimes climb 27 percent By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer The why can be argued, but the numbers can not be disputed. Major crimes in Red Bluff climbed 27 percent in 2012 from the year prior. Total arrests rose 14 percent. Police Chief Paul Nanfito described the figures as a dramatic increase Tuesday when he issued the department's 2012 Annual Report the City Council. The 27 percent increase was in Part I crimes. Statistically the category includes homicide, rape, robbery, assault, burglary and thefts. It was a major step backwards after Part I crimes dropped 20 percent from 2010 to 2011. Nanfito said based on his observations the crime increase coincided with the start of the state's inmate realignment program on Oct. 1, 2012. The department made 1,439 arrests in 2012, 203 of which were made of juveniles. The department had made 1,037 arrests in 2011. Total emergency calls increased by 19 percent from See CRIMES, page 7A Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Red Bluff High School Senior Monica Day makes a quilt June 4 for her Senior Make a Difference Day project. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Last week, Red Bluff Union High School Seniors took to the streets across Tehama County to give back to their community during the annual Senior Make A Difference Day. Projects ranged from helping teachers clean up or move from a room and helping in other schools to fundraisers for students past and present who died in 2013. Catherine Reineman and Brittnee Meeks organized a yard sale to raise money for Red Bluff High School to install a bench in honor of Marysa Nichols, the 14-year-old freshman who was murdered and found near the school in February. Savanah Carrillo, Eden Bline, Taylor Wood, Joanna Conrad, Cali Andersen, Mickenzie Perdue, Jackie Holmer and Lily Bertelsen held a car wash to raise money for the family of Skylar Garcia, who died in a motorcycle crash over Memorial Day weekend. "We're all friends (of the family)," Carrillo said. "We thought it would be a fun project and thought it would be something Red Bluff would show a lot of support for and they have." The group was able to Democrats hope for higher revenue, more spending SACRAMENTO (AP) — The budget compromise between Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature's Democratic leaders largely mirrors the governor's proposal for a fiscally restrained spending plan that assumes conservative revenue projections. But there's a catch: Rank-and-file Democratic lawmakers say they are agreeing to less spending than they wanted so they could pass the budget on time, although they will push for funding pet projects next year. That's when they expect the state's tax revenue will be coming in higher than the Brown administration projects. Such a scenario could clear the way for hundreds of millions of dollars in discretionary spending on a wide range of programs, from Medicaid reimbursements paid to doctors and hospitals to extra money for courts and community colleges. Just this week, the state controller's office said monthly cash receipts beat estimates by 12.4 percent, or nearly $800 million. ''If the revenues continue to perform as they 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 have, the question becomes, 'What do they do with the surplus collections?''' Gabriel Petek, a senior director who tracks California finances for the ratings agency Standard & Poor's, said in an email Tuesday. Petek said it appears the compromise budget plan pays down less debt than Brown had proposed. From a credit perspective, he said ''that could be a bit of a fly in the ointment of an otherwise favorable process.'' Sen. Bill Emmerson, R-Redlands, the ranking Republican on the budget committee, credited the governor with holding the line on spending but said he was disappointed the plan doesn't do more to pay down the state's socalled wall of debt, mainly loans that had accumulated during the recession. Legislative Democrats and the governor defended the compromise plan during a joint news conference Tuesday. Assembly Speaker John Perez said it uses the most volatile tax revenue to pay down some of the state's debt and to start building a rainy day fund. Brown emphasized that it restricts spending, at least for now. Brown said there's no See DEMS, page 7A raise about $1,300, Conrad said. Across the street, Holly Guibergia worked with Garrett Ortiz and Brittany Palmer to collect food for the Tehama County Foodbank in the Dutch Bros. parking lot on South Main Street. A second group was set up at the Antelope Boulevard Dutch Bros. location, Palmer said. "This is something a little different than a car wash to helps out and it effects the town so strongly," Palmer said. "All of it stays local and it will help out a lot of people in the community." At Red Bluff High's baseball field, Garrett Sandow, Tyler Boone and Mitch Fox, all of whom played on the field for four years together, spent time painting the dugouts. Boone said he thought of the dugouts when he first was told about Senior Make A Difference Day. "What better way to give back to the community than in a place I love," Boone said. "For my friends and I this was a big part of our high school career. We won't be here to enjoy it, but why not make it nice for those that are coming." Lucas Sandow, who was supervising the group, said it was a great See MAKE, page 7A Red Bluff suspect arrested in gangrelated slaying By Eric Kurhi MediaNews Group SAN JOSE — Police announced Monday that a fourth suspect, from Red Bluff, has been arrested in connection with a gangrelated shooting that left a man dead in a car off Oakland Road in North San Jose last summer. Ruben Cruz, a 21-yearold Red Bluff resident, was taken into custody in Reno by Washoe County authorities on May 24 and has been extradited to Santa Clara County. He was booked on June 5 and remains in jail with no bail, with a court date scheduled for Thursday. Martin Chacon, 38, was found shot dead in a Chevy Impala on Aug. 13 off Oakland Road near Charles Street. It was the first of eight homicides that happened in an especially violent 11-day period last year. In April, authorities announced that they arrested Norteno gang affiliates Josef Ryan Oakes, 24, Angel Kiko Martinez, 30, and Alberto Jose Larez, 44 in the case. According to court documents, Larez is a high-ranking member of the Nuestra Familia prison gang who trafficked drugs and groomed younger Norteno gang members and put them to work committing crimes. New fairboard meets to discuss Joint Powers By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Tehama District Fairboard met Monday in a special meeting to discuss the Joint Powers Authority (JPA) agreement with the county approved at the May meeting. The discussion was part of the orientation material reviewed for the five new members who were appointed in May by Gov. Jerry Brown including Andrew Alejandre, Joan Kaiser Bell, Linda Durrer, George Lomeli and Greg O'Sullivan. Representatives from the state, including General Counsel for the Department of Food and Agriculture Michele Dias, and Tehama County were present to answer questions. The meeting was a chance to gather the group with the JPA and allow for discussion and whether or not a vote would happen was up to the new board, President Ray Bianchi said. Dias said the item was not on the agenda as a item to vote on and could not be voted on Monday. The new board will discuss voting on the issue, as an affirmation of its agreement with the old board's decision, at its June 18 meeting if the board feels it has had enough time to review the Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb The new Tehama District Fairboard gathered Monday for orientation and to discuss for the first time the Joint Powers Authority with the county. Pictured back row, from left: Pete Dagorret, Joan Kaiser-Bell, George Lomeli, Andrew Meredith, Andrew Alejandre, Farrell Shatswell and Greg O'Sullivan. Front row, from left President Ray Bianchi and Fair CEO Mark Eidman. Not pictured is Linda Durrer. agreement, Bianchi said. Among the information presented by the state was information on SB 741, a bill in the works that could change rules on fair-eligible funding. Director Andrew Meredith questioned about funding possibilities to which the state's legal representatives said the big thing is the changes to an audit, which previously was every year and would be every three years, and the contracting. This is a way that the state is looking to help fairs remain viable by cutting operation costs, Dias See JOINT, page 7A PHYSICIAN REFERRAL Smog Inspection $ 2595 +$825 certificate (MOST CARS & PICK-UPS) • Members Welcome 530 527-9841 195 S. Main St., Red Bluff A FREE SERVICE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE 1-888-628-1948