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Thursday, August 29, 2013 – Daily News 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. Jacqueline Hayes Jacqueline Hayes died Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013 at her residence in Corning. She was 85. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Direct Cremation & Burial Service. Published Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. William 'Wes' Wesley Janes William "Wes" Wesley Janes of Corning died Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013 in Corning. He was 77. Arrangements are under the direction of NewtonBracewell Funeral Home, Chico. Published Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Gary Nielsen Gary Nielsen of Redding died Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013 at Mercy Medical Center. He was 68. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Direct Cremation & Burial Service. Published Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Juanita 'June' Ohta Juanita "June" Ohta of Anderson died Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013 at Mercy Medical Center. She was 77. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Direct Cremation & Burial Service. Published Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Marjorie C. Rindahl Marjorie C. Rindahl of Corning died Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013 at Red Bluff Health Care in Red Bluff. She was 91. Arrangements are under the direction of Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary. Published Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. INMATE Continued from page 1A likely come from the state's $1.1 billion reserve fund. His proposal has the support of statewide law enforcement and crime victims groups, but the spending requires legislative approval. ''My plan avoids early releases of thousands of prisoners and lays the foundation for longer-term changes, and that's why local officials and law enforcement support it,'' Brown said in a statement. Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, released a statement calling Brown's plan ''the right plan given our circumstances.'' Some of Steinberg's long-term proposals already are included in the governor's plan, he said. While the Democratic Assembly speaker is on board, the Democrats who control the Senate are not. They are rejecting both the early release of inmates and spending any more money to house prisoners elsewhere. ''I know we are not going to do what was proposed yesterday,'' Steinberg said. ''It's not smart.'' Instead, he wants a three-year extension of the year-end deadline set by the federal courts. That grace period would be designed to give local rehabilitation and drug and mental health treatment programs time to work. Steinberg said such programs, if properly implemented, will lower the crime rate and, by extension, send fewer people to prison. He said that is part of a long-term and ''durable'' solution to lower the state's inmate population. In addition, Steinberg said he wants to establish an independent commission to determine the proper population level of California's 33 adult prisons, even though the federal courts have already done that and the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld it. Steinberg's office said his plan has the support of all 27 Democrats in the Senate. His request for a delay in the inmate-reduction order is supported by the lead plaintiff in the federal lawsuits over inmate medical and mental health care. ''Senator Steinberg's substantive proposals are acceptable to us and we are open to an extension of the date for compliance with the three judge court's order if an agreement produces an effective and sustainable approach that will resolve the chronic overcrowding problem in the state's prisons,'' Donald Specter of the Berkeley-based Prison Law Office said in a statement. He said the actual length of the delay will have to be negotiated. Brown and Perez appeared to reject those negotiations: ''It would not be responsible to turn over California's criminal justice policy to inmate lawyers who are not accountable to the people,'' the governor said. His aides could not immediately say how the state would now resolve the impasse as time runs short. Perez said he is ''deeply skeptical'' about giving inmates' attorneys the power to help determine how many inmates the prisons can humanely hold. Joyce Hayhoe, spokeswoman for the courtappointed authority who oversees prison medical care, said the office would not comment on the dueling proposals. The rejection of Brown's plan and the emergence of an alternate one is creating great uncertainty about the status of the court order and the state's ability to meet it. Lawmakers end this year's session on Sept. 13, providing a narrow legislative window to craft a compromise. It's not yet clear whether the panel of three federal judges will entertain any solution other than the one they have repeatedly advocated — to the point that they asserted authority over all state laws to force the governor to implement it. They even have threatened Brown with contempt if he did not comply, and their decisions have been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. Brown is appealing their latest order but is attempting to comply while that works its way through the courts. If Brown, the state Legislature and inmates' attorneys can't reach agreement, the federal judges have said they will force the state to release less-serious offenders in order to reduce the prison population to about 110,000 inmates. The court has previously said that level is necessary to improve care for sick and mentally ill inmates. AIR Continued from page 1A The Tehama County Board of Supervisors sent a letter to the California Air Resources Board Tuesday asking for the compliance deadlines be extended for rural areas already compliant with federal air regulations. The letter was authored by Air Pollution Control Officer Alan Abbs. "For small fleet owners that are common in rural California, the purchase of a $20,000 particulate filter or $120,000 new engine and cab, without financial assistance, will be devastating," the letter reads. Abbs wrote in the letter that if the Air Resources Board delayed implementation of the rule for a few Previously Abbs and Tehama County had asked the Air Resources Board to make an exception for rural counties for a statewide tractor emission mandate it was considerIndependent Tehama ing. County truck drivers would also be at a disadvantage because they Rich Greene can be would have to comply reached at 527-2151, ext. with rules out-of-state 109 or truckers were not having rgreene@redbluffdailyne to follow, the letter says. ws.com. more years, used vehicles with complaint post-2010 engines would begin hitting the market providing a cheaper option for small fleet owners. Tehama District Fairground in Red Bluff. The event will be a benefit for the Back to School Project. Continued from page 1A All entries are welcome for these events for Novice, Intermediate and the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Professional classes. For registraSmith's final event of the year tion information and a demonstrawill be the Paws For A Cause-Top tion video, visit www.rodearameriCowdog Competition, Oct. 26 at the ca.com or call 530 529-3700. The BOUND FEARS Continued from page 1A President Barack Obama is weighing a limited response that focuses on punishing the Syrian government for violating international agreements that bar the use of chemical weapons. Any U.S. military action, officials say, would not be aimed at toppling the Assad regime or vastly altering the course of Syria's civil war, which has already claimed 100,000 dead. As the U.S., France and Britain push for military action, the U.N. secretarygeneral urged restraint to give U.N. inspectors time to finish their investigation, which began Monday. ''Let them conclude ... their work for four days and then we will have to analyze scientifically'' their findings and send a report to the U.N. Security Council, Ban said. The U.N. said the analysis would be done ''as quickly as possible.'' Syria's Ambassador to the U.N., Bashar Ja'afari, said he sent Ban a letter demanding that the inspectors extend their investigation to what he described as three chemical weapons attacks against Syrian soldiers in the Damascus suburbs. He said the attacks occurred on Aug. 22, 24, and 25, and that dozens of Syrian soldiers are current being treated for inhaling nerve gases. Ja'afari also blamed the rebels for any chemical weapons attack, saying ''the Syrian government is innocent of these allegations.'' Ban pleaded for more time to give diplomacy another chance to end Syria's conflict. Marking the centenary of a venue for peaceful conflict resolution in The Hague, Netherlands, he said: ''Here in the Peace Palace, let us say: Give peace a chance. Give diplomacy a chance. Stop fighting and start talking.'' But with many seeing Western intervention no longer a question of if but when, there were signs of growing fears across the wider region. At least 6,000 Syrians crossed into Lebanon in a 24-hour period through the main Masnaa crossing, including an estimated 4,000 on Wednesday, according to Lebanese security officials in the country's Bekaa Valley near the border. The normal daily influx is 500 to 1,000 refugees, depending on the level of fighting. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations. Long lines of packed cars — some with suitcases strapped to roofs — were backed up at the frontier post, witnesses said. A security official said about 2,000 also crossed into Syria, but many of them said they were going in to evacuate relatives. One woman, Um Ahmad, entered Lebanon with her five children, saying she fearing U.S. strikes on Damascus. ''Isn't it enough, all the violence and fighting that we already have in the country, now America wants to bomb us, too?'' the 45-yearold said, declining to give her full name for security concerns. Her husband said they know no one in Lebanon but came anyway because of their children. ''What will we do here, where will we go? I don't know, but hopefully we'll be safe,'' he added. Nearly 2 million Syrians have fled the country since the crisis began in March 2011, and millions more are displaced inside Syria. Effects were also evident in Israel, where large crowds lined up at gas-mask distribution centers. Maya Avishai of the Israeli postal service, which oversees gas mask distribution, said demand has tripled in recent days. About 5 million Israelis, roughly 60 percent of the population, now have gas masks, she said. The Israeli government ordered a ''limited'' call-up of reserve units to bolster civil defense preparations and to operate air-defense units near the border. Officials said the call-up is antic- 5A Rodear America Cowdog Association can also be found on Facebook. "You don't need to have ranching experience or years of riding or working cowdogs to compete in rodear," said Smith. "If you have a horse, a dog and a desire to better your skills, as well as have some serious fun, then this is the sport for you." ipated to bring in hundreds of troops. While Israeli officials believe the chances of a Syrian strike remain slim, there are concerns that Damascus may respond to any U.S.-led military action by attacking the Jewish state, a close American ally. On Wednesday, the U.N. inspectors visited the eastern Damascus suburbs of Mleeha and Zamalka, activists said. Amateur video showed a convoy of five cars with U.N. markings, followed by armed rebels in pickups. The video showed the inspectors visiting a clinic and interviewing a man through a translator. Two inspectors were present as a nurse drew blood from a man on an examination table. One of the experts was heard in the video saying he and his team have collected blood, urine and hair samples. The videos appeared consistent with other reporting by The Associated Press, including Skype interviews with anti-regime activists. One activist said the team took hair and skin samples of five suspected victims in Zamalka during a 90-minute visit. He spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of regime reprisals. At the U.N., the five permanent members of the Security Council failed to reach an agreement on a British-proposed resolution that would authorize the use of military force against Syria. The draft resolution — were it to be put to a vote — would almost certainly be vetoed by Syria ally Russia as well as China, which have blocked past attempts to sanction the Assad regime. The document was being sent back to governments for consultations, according to a Western diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the discussions were private and he was not authorized to speak to reporters. A French diplomatic official acknowledged that the British resolution has virtually no chance of passing, but is being introduced to show that all diplomatic steps were being exhausted. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to disclose details of the deliberations. French President Francois Hollande convened his top defense advisers about Syria, and was to meet Thursday with the head of Syria's main opposition group. In London, Prime Minister David Cameron held a meeting on Syria and said the military and security chiefs at Britain's National Security Council ''unanimously'' backed his call for action. Parliament was expected to convene Thursday to discuss the matter and possibly vote on whether Britain would participate. Jordan, meanwhile, said it will not be used as a launching pad for attacks on Syria and favors a diplomatic solution. A U.S.-led strike would involve cruise missile attacks from the sea, which would not need to cross or make use of Jordanian territory. The remarks underlined the U.S. ally's efforts to avoid further friction with its larger neighbor for fear that Assad or his Iranian backers could retaliate. Two of Syria's staunchest backers, Iran and Russia, warned that an attack by U.S. and its allies against Syria would set the region alight. Such strikes ''will lead to the long-term destabilization of the situation in the country and the region,'' said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said attacking Syria would be catastrophic for the entire Middle East. ''Intervention of foreign and extra-regional powers in a country has no result other than sparking fire,'' Iran's state TV quoted Khamenei as saying. ''Waging a war is like a spark in a gunpowder store ... its dimensions and consequences can't be predicted.'' 5 homes destroyed, 10 damaged in Calif. fire SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Residents are trying to pick up the pieces a day after a grass fire tore through a Northern California neighborhood, destroying five homes and damaging 10 others. About 50 people fled after an initially small roadside fire spread in the city of Fairfield, about 50 miles northeast of San Francisco, late Tuesday afternoon, Fairfield Fire Battalion Chief Matt Luckenbach said. No injuries were reported, Luckenbach said, as the wind-driven fire that started in some grass near Interstate 80 jumped a creek, skipped a freeway sound wall and raced through the neighborhood, spreading through vegetation and treetops. The seven-alarm blaze eventually grew to 40 acres as nearly 200 firefighters from the California Depart- ment of Forestry and Fire Protection and three counties took more than two hours to get the flames under control, Luckenbach said Wednesday. Martin Lalor, who lived in one of the five gutted homes with his mother, girlfriend and their 2-year-old daughter, told KGO-TV on Wednesday that he and his daughter were home alone when fire overran their street. ''I turned around and saw that my palm tree was on fire. At that time, I went inside the house and looked out my back window there was just smoke,'' Lalor said. ''I couldn't see any flames, I just saw smoke. I grabbed my daughter and got her out of here.'' Lalor said he lost everything in his home. ''I picked up some of my guitars and they were just burned to a crisp — strings and just metal pieces,'' Lalor said. Among the five families who lost their home, the American Red Cross assisted one family, while the other four households were able to stay with loved ones, Luckenbach said. Lalor stayed with relatives Tuesday night. He was wearing his brother's clothes Wednesday and said he has several tasks in order to get his life back together, including getting a new driver's license and Social Security card. ''(I'm) just trying to adjust and take it day by day to figure this out and try to get back on our feet,'' Lalor said. Besides the destroyed homes that authorities have declared uninhabitable, Luckenbach said 10 others sustained some damage, including holes in roofs, broken doors and shattered windows.