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Tuesday, August 6, 2013 – Daily News Obituaries 7A Toddler suffers head injury on Givens An 18-month-old girl suffered a serious head injury late Saturday after being stuck in the head with a rock. Police were called to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital around 9:45 p.m. Saturday and found the toddler barely conscious and in need of assistance to breathe, according to a press release issued by Red Bluff Police Department Monday. The girl's mother, 21, said the the child was playing with the mother's 30-year-old boyfriend at a Givens Road address when the girl was accidentally struck in the head by the boyfriend with a rock, the release said. The mother did not believe her child was harmed intentionally. The case in under investigation. Woman hit by car on Antelope JOSEPH LEROY BROWNFIELD Joseph (Joe) Leroy Brownfield passed away at his home on July 29, 2013 at the age of 70 after a short illness. He was surrounded by his loving family. Joe is survived by His loving wife Judy Brownfield of 25 years, three daughters, Tory (Michael) Landis, Debbie (Tom) Boyes and Lisa (Irvin) Maxwell, two step sons, Aaron Points and Jason Points all of Chico. He is also survived by three Sisters and a Brother, Marjorie (R.J.) O' Rear, Marie (Richard) Hoyt, Roscoe (Priscilla) Brownfield and Judy (Bill) Cohea, 12 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. A celebration of life will be held at Community Church of God, 1095 East Ave Chico, CA on Saturday August 10, 2013 at 11:00am with Pastor Richard Hoyt Jr. officiating. Newton-Bracewell Funeral Home will be handling Joe's cremation. A reception will take place following the service at Joe's home, 1191 East Lindo Ave Chico, CA. Joe will be missed by all who knew and loved him. Death Notices Death notices must be provided by mortuaries to the news department, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified advertising department. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortuaries or by families of the deceased and include online publication linked to the newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Marialice Parker Brown Marialice Parker Brown of Red Bluff died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013 at Brentwood Skilled Nursing and Rehab in Red Bluff. She was 92. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service. Published Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Denton "Denny" R. Cantwell Denton "Denny" R. Cantwell of Red Bluff died Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013 at Brentwood Skilled Nursing in Red Bluff. He was 83. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. John D. Cooper John D. Cooper of Los Molinos died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013 at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff. He was 82. Arrangements are under the direction of Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary. Published Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Ruth E. McDonald Ruth E. McDonald of Red Bluff died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013 at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff. She was 91. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Bessie Nelson Bessie Nelson of Redding died Friday, Aug. 2, 2013 at Sierra Oaks in Redding. She was 93. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Calif Assembly speaker seeks cheaper bond proposal SACRAMENTO (AP) — Assembly Speaker John Perez said Monday that he expects the Legislature will approve a $7 billion to $8 billion water bond proposal to replace a twice-delayed $11.1 billion bond scheduled to go before voters next year. The Democratic leader said he sees strong interest in the Legislature for a bond package to pay for water infrastructure projects across California. A ballot measure to provide that funding was postponed in 2010 and 2012, amid lagging public support and concerns over the cost. In a March poll by the Public Policy Institute of California, 51 percent of likely voters surveyed said they would vote against the $11.1 billion bond set for the November 2014 ballot, while 42 percent expressed support. When voters were asked how they would feel about a less costly proposal, support increased to 55 percent. A revised bond proposal for the 2014 ballot will have to be significantly smaller than the previous package, Perez said. He said he views the ''sweet spot'' as $7 billion to $8 billion. ''I think there's an absolute appetite to get this done and I think you'll see a package coming out of the Assembly that is substantive and has most of the stakeholders on board,'' said Perez, of Los Angeles. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, and Republican legislative leaders also have previously signaled support for rewriting the bond to rearrange its priorities and lower the borrowing. When the bipartisan package was approved by lawmakers in 2009, Republicans insisted on including the possibility of building new dams, while Democrats generally favored alternatives such as cleaning up contaminated groundwater and increasing conservation efforts. Perez said the money is needed to improve access to quality water and boost storage capacity. An Assembly working group is still crafting the revised bond package. The eight-member group, led by Assemblyman Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood, is gathering comments on a set of goals it released last month on what needs to be included in the water bond. An outline of the proposal could be released in the next few weeks, Rendon said. A 41-year-old woman was injured early Sunday morning when she ran across Antelope Boulevard in Red Bluff directly into the path of a car. The woman was crossing SHADE Continued from page 1A Sierra Nevada showcased its beer just feet away, Peterson was offering something familiar: a clone of the Chico brewery's famed and respected pale ale. Peterson received a fairly good endorsement of the clone as well. He Antelope in the 600 block around 6:30 Sunday morning and ran in front of a 2007 Toyota sedan driven by a 55-year-old woman, according to a press release issued by Red Bluff Police said Roland Allen, the brewmaster at Feather Falls Brewing Co. who also attended the market's event Saturday, told him the beer came very close. Allen also had brewing experience at Sierra Nevada. There is a side effect, however, to appreciating good beer. Peterson said he doesn't bother with the Coors or Budweisers of the beer world anymore. "Your taste buds are graduated," he said. Market manager Burkett said after a barbecue in March, the idea for a complementing beer garden came up. She called the day a success, having nearly sold out of her allotment of tickets and vegetables about halfway through afternoon event. Another perk on the day? RAISES while miscellaneous employees will pay 7 percent. New employees will pay 50 perContinued from page 1A cent of normal cost for their pension benefit packages as required by the January 2012. Public Employees' Pension Reform Safety employees will now pay 9 act of 2013. percent toward the state benefit, That normal cost is calculated to BOOK Continued from page 1A stories of a very patient con man who nearly ruined the resort in 1904, and of a paternity suit that cost the widow of proprietor Edgerton Walbridge half his estate. The California Territorial Quarterly, a journal of regional history, will fea- ture an extensive cover story by Burruss this month (issue 94, Summer 2013) on proprietor Edgerton Walbridge and Tuscan Springs. Burruss is searching for any additional information, photos or stories that might help his telling the story of this once-famous resort. He is especially interested in accounts of the death of Major J.C. WATER Continued from page 1A tunnels, future conditions in the delta will get worse and there will be further water delivery cutbacks. The analysis does not take into Department Monday. The woman was not within a designated crosswalk, the release said. She was taken to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, where she was treated and released. "Again, it just shows the generosity of the community," she said. The Frontier Village Farmers Market runs Saturdays, rain or shine, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. be 10 percent salary for safety employees and 6.25 percent for miscellaneous employees in the current fiscal year. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com. Bradley, proprietor and Mexican-Americn War veteran, allegedly killed in a pistol duel in 1875, and of a deal with the Sierra Flume and Lumber Co. to provide fresh water to Tuscan Springs. Any other stories are welcome. Burruss is searching for publishers who might like to publish the entire history of Tuscan Springs in an all-encompassing account, and is looking for anyone account the $4 billion that federal taxpayers would bear to pay for habitat restoration costs. The total cost of the tunnel-conservation plan is estimated at $25 billion. Water districts would put up more than $17 billion for tunnel construction, operation and mitigation. Another $8 billion for restoring "What's really nice is that most everything is donated," Burkett said, including the food for the barbecue, the time of a band, and the beer. who might have old photos, memorabilia or stories that might be included. Photos can be scanned, and all credit will be given to any contributors. Information and photos are available at www.famoustuscansprings.info, and anyone with more information can call (530) 727-8080. more than 100,000 acres of floodplains and tidal marsh would come from state and federal funds, including state water bonds. If voters fail to approve the water bonds, critics say, assumed benefits stemming from habitat restoration would not materialize. Calif. seeks to move inmates to private prisons SACRAMENTO (AP) — California will seek to move thousands of inmates to private prisons in a lastditch attempt to avoid releasing violent offenders to ease prison crowding, the state corrections chief said Monday. The state will take the step after the U.S. Supreme Court last week refused to delay a lower court order requiring California to free nearly 10,000 inmates by year's end, Corrections Secretary Jeffrey Beard told The Associated Press. Beard said the state will soon ask a lower federal court to permit the state to house at least 4,000 inmates in privately operated cells in California and other states. There are enough additional beds available to avoid most if not all of the early releases that would otherwise occur, he said. The beds are in two community correctional facilities within California, in pri- vate prisons in other states, and in several county jails with excess capacity, he said. The state already houses nearly 9,000 inmates in private prisons in other states. Although it's expensive to do, Beard says it's a better option than freeing inmates before they complete their full prison terms. California already reduced its prison population by more than 46,000 inmates since 2006, the majority because of a 2year-old state law that sentences lower level offenders to county jails instead of state prisons. ''We don't have an awful lot of these low risk, less serious people left in our system and so we're very concerned about who we might have to release if we go that way,'' Beard said in a telephone interview. State officials don't like paying to keep offenders in out-of-state prisons where they are far from home, yet, ''I'd prefer to do more of that than to early release inmates,'' he said. Beard said the lower court would have to give its permission for the state to add more prison beds as an alternative to other approved options that would lead to early releases. The alternatives include expanding good-time credits leading to early release for more than 4,000 inmates and granting early parole to 400 sick and elderly inmates. The state has said it could take those steps along with other measures, including expanding firefighting camps, opening a new health care facility in Stockton, and slowing the return of inmates housed in other states. The options together would be more than enough to meet the courts' requirement that the state reduce the prison population to about 110,000 inmates, yet each also has financial or public safety complications. The court would have to waive state law and the state constitution to permit the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to spend money to house the inmates in private facilities without an appropriation from the Legislature, Beard said. He said the administration is likely to ask lawmakers to approve spending the money. Legislative leaders have said they are reluctant to do so, but Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, told reporters Monday that lawmakers plan to work with Gov. Jerry Brown on the state's response. Leaders of both political parties and in both the Assembly and Senate must discuss with the Democratic governor ''what all is possible and what there is the will to get done,'' Perez said. Brown orders inquiry, averts SF rail strike SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of San Francisco Bay Area commuters got a temporary reprieve from a massive transit strike when Gov. Jerry Brown intervened in a labor contract dispute, but the clock began ticking again with the potential for another strike in less than a week. Sunday night's eleventh hour order averted the walkout and left the morn- ing commute to proceed normally, without the widespread travel congestion that a strike involving Bay Area Rapid Transit, the nation's fifth-largest rail line, would have created. Brown named a board of investigators for a seven-day inquiry into the contract dispute that had labor unions poised to walk off the job Sunday. But as of Monday afternoon, union leaders said they had not been contacted by the board and it remained unclear whether the board members had met. Union leaders said no negotiations were scheduled. Brown's order was issued under a decades-old law that allows the state to intervene if a strike will significantly disrupt public transportation services and endanger public health.