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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 Breaking news at: Happy Art Opens Friday Pastimes www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 2B RED BLUFF Mercy Football SPORTS 1B Sunny 103/67 Weather forecast 6A DAILYNEWS TEHAMACOUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Arrests made in home invasion robbery Four men were arrested by Tehama County Deputies this week after an investigation into a home invasion robbery and beating. Red Bluff resident Dono- van Rogers suffered lacera- tions to his arms and left leg Sunday morning when he jumped out of his window to escape a beating at the hands of Joseph Whatley, 25, and Joel Moniz, 27, both of Red Bluff, according to a press release from the Tehama County Sheriff’s Department. Whatley and Moniz report- edly believed Rogers had taken money from Moniz. The men traveled to Rogers’ Rio Vista Lane residence and beat him with a blunt object, leav- ing him with injuries to his head. according to the release. Deputies also found evidence the men intended to restrain Rogers during the burglary. When Rogers jumped out the window, he caught the attention of neighbors, who phoned police as Whatley and Moniz reportedly ran away. Rogers’ injuries were severe enough to require med- ical attention, according to the release. He also was miss- ing credit cards and identifi- cation. Whatley and Moniz, identi- fied in a suspect line up, were Blaze razes homes both arrested on suspicion of robbery, assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm, burglary and conspiracy to commit a crime. Each had bail set at $445,000. The investigation yielded information on Dustin Shep- herd, 27, Red Bluff. On learn- See ARRESTS, page 5A Parolee flees, hits house A Gerber man armed with a semi-automatic pistol crashed his car into a Walton Drive residence Tuesday night while fleeing police, according to Red Bluff Police reports. Police first noticed Jose Luis Hernandez III, 22, was driving a 2006 Kia on Tuesday night with a defective headlight near the corner of Luther Road and South Main Street, according to a press release issued by Sgt. Quintan Ortega. See PAROLEE, page 5A Corning fire fills sky with smoke Daily News photo by Geoff Johnson CalFire firefighters hose down the ruins of a home at Willow and First streets in Cottonwood. The fire consumed two homes and three outbuildings Wednesday afternoon and burned the arms of one resident. By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer COTTONWOOD — Blocks away from historic downtown, a fire ripped through two houses, a vehicle and three outbuildings Tuesday afternoon at the corner of Willow and First streets. At least two people were injured, including a resident who declined treatment for burns to his arms and a firefighter who came down with a case of heat exhaustion and smoke inhalation, said Cottonwood Fire Department Battalion Chief Calvin Ciapponi. Authorities were not certain how the fire began, Ciapponi said. It was first reported shortly before 1 p.m. Stevie Philbrick, a full-time stu- dent and neighbor to the victims, said the fire started with a “big boom.” Whitman criticizes Schwarzenegger for budget delay FOLSOM (AP) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman on Wednesday laid blame for California’s budget impasse squarely on the shoulders of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and leg- islative leaders. She also said lawmak- ers should not be paid or allowed to travel at taxpay- er expense whenever the budget is late. California remains without a spending plan even as it begins the third month of its fiscal year. The lack of a state budget already is beginning to have an effect, including forcing the state to defer payments to schools and counties while leaving some community health clinics struggling to pay their bills and community college students unable to get CalGrants. Whitman said Schwarzenegger, a fellow Republican, should have been holding daily meet- ings with all four legisla- tive leaders starting last December to close the state’s $19 billion deficit. ‘‘What we are suffering from is a tremendous lack of leadership in Sacramen- to,’’ she said during a cam- paign stop at a high-tech firm in the Sacramento suburb of Folsom. ‘‘The ’Big Five’ would have been in the governor’s office, under my leader- ship, every day. I would have chained them to the desk to get this done.’’ The ‘‘Big 5’’ is a refer- ence to private meetings between the governor and the Democratic and Republican leaders of the See DELAY, page 5A 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 POWER PRODUCTS DOLMAR Red Bluff Outdoor Power Philbrick was able to rescue a woman and at least nine out of 10 dogs living at one of the homes, she said. “You do what you can,” she said. The woman Philbrick saved had been living with 10 Chihuahuas and two larger dogs, Philbrick said. Philbrick took in eight Chihuahuas and both of the larger dogs before See BLAZE, page 5A Daily News photo by Tang Lor A CalFire helicopter tends to a 20-acre fire that burned several structures and vehicles. CORNING — Four structures were destroyed Wednesday and 10-12 vehicles dam- aged in a 20-acre vege- tation fire off of High- way 99W near Orange- wood Road. CalFire does not know what type of structures were burned, CalFire spokesman Kevin Colburn said. A neighbor said one of the structures was a double-wide mobile home. No one was inside, as the home has been vacant for a while. Three people received minor burn injuries and were treat- See FIRE, page 5A Nothing mini about this donkey show Nationals begin in RB Friday By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer More than 100 minia- ture donkeys from Cana- da, Washington, Idaho, Texas, Oregon and all over California are expected to show up in Red Bluff over the next few days with some already arriving. The Northern Califor- nia Miniature Donkey Show, which was started in 2003 by Cheryl and Rich Austin with Sue and Ernie Odell, has gone national for it’s eighth annual show. “We’re very excited,” said Cheryl Austin. “We had someone from Texas (Tuesday) and four or five more already (Wednes- day). The 2010 show will see the addition of Jack and Gail Heaney of Los Molinos who are joining the Austins in putting on Daily News file photo the show. Red Bluff will be the first show with approved team driving — a class the show has included since 2006, but wasn’t approved by the National Miniature Donkey Asso- ciation until 2009. Team driving will take place Sunday afternoon and so far has at least six teams who will be per- forming, Austin said. A variety of classes will be at the show, which has traditionally been the second week in Septem- ber, including halter, dri- ving, in-hand trail, coon jumping and in-hand jumping. There will be two ben- efit classes that will differ from the timed trail class See MINI, page 5A Red Bluff Daily News Saturday delivery will be late due to the football coverage. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you. D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY