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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2010 Breaking news at: Hope For Sitcom Fans Select TV www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside RED BLUFF Soccer Preview SPORTS 1B Partly cloudy 84/57 Weather forecast 10A By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Corning Police arrest- ed a 22-year-old Red Bluff man Tuesday in connection with a Jan. 8 armed robbery at the 99 Cent Grocery Plus Store, 2013 Solano St. Andrew Joseph Banuelos, who was 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 Suspect arrested in Corning armed robbery arrested Tuesday after- noon in the 400 block of Walnut Street in Red Bluff, may also be con- nected to an Aug. 28 armed robbery and attempted murder at the same location and an Aug. 20 robbery at the Valero Gas Station, said Detective Mel Allison. “We are continuing the investigation to see if there’s a connection,” Police Chief Tony Car- denas said. A search warrant was executed Tuesday on Banuelos’ Walnut Street residence following his arrest, but further details of what was found or what led police to sus- pect Banuelos were unavailable Thursday since the investigation is ongoing, Allison said. “It’s a really involved, complex investigation,” Allison said. “Possibly next week we may be able to release more information.” While Banuelos is the only person arrested as a suspect so far, police are Preserving Vina Banuelos still following up on sev- eral leads, Allison said. Anyone with informa- tion on any of the robberies is asked to call Corning Police at 824-7000. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynew s.com. Migrant camp passed to board By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer The fate of a proposed migrant labor camp on the outskirts of Corning now lies in the hands of the Tehama County Board of Supervisors. The camp, west of Woodson Bridge and south of South Avenue, in the Squaw Hill neighborhood has been in the works for more than a year. Thursday’s Planning Commission marked the first time the commission allowed a vote on the camp. But the commission deadlocked 2-2, absent potential tie- breaker Lynn Defreece. The matter was then referred to the Board of Supervisors. See CAMP, page 9A Man busted with 73 pounds of pot Deputies seized 73 pounds of marijuana and arrested a Cloverdale man early Thursday morning on Highway 36W. Tehama County Sher- Daily News photo by Tang Lor Frances V. Leininger flips through the pages of her book, “Vina’s History in Photos and Stories,” which will be released Saturday during a book signing at the Vina Post Office. By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer VINA — Years of research and gathering is finally paying off for a local historian who has finished a book about the history of Vina in the works for several decades. Frances V. Leininger has spent the last 60 or so years looking at the past and is now ready to share her col- lection. She will hold a booking signing for the release of “Vina’s History in Photos and Stories” from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday at the Vina Post Office. County approves reduced budget for upcoming fiscal year By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer Tehama County super- visors approved a $125 million final budget for the 2010-2011 Fiscal Year Tuesday. Officials said the budget is mostly unchanged from the version previewed in August, which called for cuts in public safety fund- ing, bringing it down 9.5 percent from 2008-2009 levels, and cuts to non- public safety funding, down 13 percent when compared to 2008-2009 levels. Public Health, Social Services and Child Protec- tive Services will have fewer positions than last year, according to county documents. Officials previously said the budget would allow for the purchase of several sheriff’s vehicles. The cuts mark the latest in a series of annual reduc- tions the county has imple- mented since 2008-2009. By cutting back on county services at regular intervals the county has avoided some of the deep, abrupt cuts neighboring counties have been forced to make, Chief Adminis- trator Bill Goodwin has said. But speaking at a March meeting, Goodwin warned the county may be running out of low-hanging fruit. “Next year, it’s going to be tough,” he said. ——— 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Geoff Johnson can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or gjohnson@redbluffdailyne ws.com. Between helping her late husband Clarence W. Leininger, for whom the book is dedicated, tend cattle and bringing up their two children, she somehow found the time to gather all the information, she said. “I’m really excited about this,” Leininger said. “My grandkids are saying, ‘grandma, you’ll be famous,’ but everyone already knows me anyway because I’ve talked to so many people.” Leininger started gathering photos and stories most- ly for her children. She didn’t want them to forget See VINA, page 9A iff’s Deputies were reportedly following a black Ford Explorer and a white Nissan around 3 a.m. Thursday, east on Highway 36W near Baker Road. Deputies tried to pull over one of the vehicles for a traffic violation. But before they could act both pulled off to the side of the road and the dri- vers of both vehicles climbed out and fled into the dark, according to a press release from the TCSD. The driver of the Explorer escaped but the driver of the Nissan, later identified as Antonio Lopez Sandoval, 55, was arrested. In the Explorer, deputies reportedly found eight black trash bags containing 73 smaller bags of marijuana, each weighing about a pound each. Deputies also found a portable hand radio in each vehicle. It is believed the drivers used the two radios to keep in contact during the drive, according to the release. Sandoval was arrested on suspicion of possess- ing marijuana for sale, transporting marijuana and conspiracy to com- mit a crime. Bail was set at $60,000. —Staff report States wait to act on aging gas lines SAN BRUNO (AP) — Some of Pennsylvania’s natural gas pipelines are 120 years old. Portions of lines also date to the 1800s in Massachusetts. And hundreds of miles in New York state are made of leak-prone cast iron. Tens of thousands of miles of pipelines that run beneath communities nationwide are old or decaying, and an Associ- ated Press survey found that no states in the parts of the country with the greatest concentration of people and pipes have ordered a safety review in the week since a deadly explosion in California raised public awareness of potential problems. Officials from Massa- chusetts to Texas say their inspections are adequate, and they are waiting for federal investigators to determine the cause of the Sept. 9 gas line explosion that killed four in San Bruno, Calif., before deciding what to do. Consumer advocates and plaintiffs’ lawyers say the response fits a familiar pattern: Utilities See GAS, page 9A MCT photo A pipe is examined on Sept. 11 after a blast in San Bruno. Red Bluff Daily News Saturday delivery will be late due to the football coverage. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you. 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