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Tuesday, September 10, 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. Diana Rose Barnett Diana Rose Barnett died Friday, Sept. 7, 2013 at her home in Red Bluff. She was 59. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Henry Harris Henry Harris died Monday, Sept. 9, 2013 at his home in Redding. He was 80. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Direct Cremation and Burial in Redding. Published Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Sheila Hernandez Sheila Hernandez died Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 at her Shasta Lake home. She was 59. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Direct Cremation and Burial in Redding. Published Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Michael Irish Michael Irish died Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013 at his home in Red Bluff. He was 62. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Direct Cremation and Burial in Redding. Published Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Anne Kaartunen Anne Kaartunen, of McArthur, died Friday, Sept. 6 at Mayers Memorial Hospital. She was 72. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Direct Cremation and Burial in Redding. Published Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Robert Powers Robert Powers, of Redding, died Sunday, Sept. 8 at Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation. He was 70. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Direct Cremation and Burial in Redding. Published Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. JUBILEE Continued from page 1A Outside, where a breeze alleviated some of the heat, Bauer accepted a $1,000 gift from the Central Tehama Kiwanis Club in between performances. Afterward, Caroline Cannon, 70, of Los Molinos and a regular jubilee attendee, was met by a couple donned in Civil War attire. Alex Gilliland, dressed in the earthy tones of a confederate soldier, engaged Cannon with a brief history on Civil War uniforms. "I'm a ham," Cannon said. "I like to do stuff like this." Reflecting on museums in general, Bauer said it's been a tough time lately, and he's been thinking it could be time to rethink how museums engage with the community. The Tehama County Museum has been experimenting with bringing the museum experience to the classroom, Bauer said. "We've instituted a 'museum in a suitcase,' said Bauer, who added that the program has been well received. Bauer said museums need to keep pace with technological advances. "People are digital today," Bauer said. "And whereas some people will like to come to the museum and see the old buildings and see the old artifacts that we got, other people will likely just look it up on the Internet. And that's good. Either of those is good. But we have to find a way to meet both." One thing was certain, however, as the jubilee was coming to a close. "We'll be back next year," Bauer said. Cal Worthington dies at Orland ranch LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cal Worthington, who built a fortune from a series of West Coast auto dealerships and became a TV fixture thanks to folksy car lot commercials urging customers to ''Go see Cal,'' has died. He was 92. Worthington died Sunday after watching football with family at his Big W Ranch in Orland, Calif., north of Sacramento, said Dave Karalis, general manager of Cal Worthington Ford in Long Beach. The cause of death has not been determined, family attorney Larry Miles said. The Oklahoma native, who was a decorated bomber pilot during World War II, founded his first dealership in the late 1940s in Southern California and quickly took advantage of broadcast advertising. As his business empire grew to other western states and Alaska, Worthington starred in a series of TV and radio spots that featured him in his ever-present big white cowboy hat and his ''dog'' Spot — which would turn out to be animals ranging from tigers to elephants. He also wrestled a bear, handled a snake, rode a hippopotamus and a pig, and almost had his hand bit by a mountain lion. Viewers frequently saw him trying to stand on his head, including a stint atop the upper wing of a biplane that turned him on his head. All of it was set to a speedy banjo tune with the refrain, ''Go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal.'' At one point, Worthington owned more than 23 dealerships in five states, according to a family statement. Born Nov. 27, 1920, Worthington joined the Army and became a B-17 bomber pilot, flying 29 missions over Germany and earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and other honors. After the war he continued to fly a variety of aircraft, including a Lear 35, a twin-engine jet that he based at his sprawling ranch, which is a large producer of almonds and olives. Last year, he addressed a Federal Aviation Administration seminar at the Aerospace Museum of California in McClellan, Calif., on how he managed so many years of flying safely. His last flight was from Anchorage, Alaska, to California, 10 days before his death, Miles said. BABY Continued from page 1A Officials say Branscombe used two different items to strike the baby, who died from mul- tiple blunt force trauma to the head. When medics and law enforcement arrived at scene they found Branscombe sleeping in a different room from the boy. Branscombe was taken CLOVER Continued from page 1A 273, Platina at Grange Hall, Cloverdale Road, Clear Creek, Gas Point, Placer to Palm Avenue, Honeybee to Platina Road and Platina to back into custody at the time of the incident. Branscombe pleaded not guilty to the previous murder charge. He also faces an unrelated felony case involving driving under the influence. Bail was maintained at Black Pine. The American Red Cross reported it established a shelter at First Baptist Church, 3320 Brush St. in Cottonwood, around 2:30 p.m. The shelter has all needed supplies and the Red Cross asked that volunteers not bring extra items to the shelter. Windy conditions and low rela- 5A $1 million in the murder case. Branscombe's next court date is 8 a.m. Sept. 24 in Department 3 for arraignment on the refiled murder and assault charges. tive humidity caused the fire to spread quickly southwest toward Tehama County. CalFire urged motorists take caution when driving in the vicinity of the fire area. Always use headlights in smoky conditions and watch out for firefighters and fire equipment. Black Butte Lake closes some camping Orland Buttes Campground, one of two campgrounds at Black Butte Lake, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District facility near Orland, close for the season beginning Mon- day. This is a regular seasonal closure for the recreation area and its associated boat launch. Both facilities are scheduled to re-open in April 2014. Camping continues to be available year-round at Black Butte Lake's Buckhorn Recreation Area and boaters can continue to launch at Buckhorn or Eagle Pass launch ramps. Additional information can be obtained by calling 530-865-4781 or by visiting the Black Butte Lake park office, located 8 miles west of Orland on Newville Road, open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Leaders seek to avoid early inmate releases SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown and the four leaders of California's Legislature reached a compromise Monday on reducing the state's prison population, offering to spend more money on rehabilitation efforts if a panel of federal judges will extend an end-of-theyear deadline to release thousands of inmates. The deal relies on the state persuading three federal judges to give California time to let rehabilitation programs work rather than spend $315 million to lease cells in private prisons and county jails. The leaders agreed that if the judges don't extend the deadline, the state will fall back on Brown's plan to lease the cells. ''There's insurance here against early release'' of prisoners, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, said at a news conference outside the governor's office, where he was joined by the governor and Democratic and Republican leaders of each chamber. Steinberg had opposed Brown's plan and wanted to ask the judges to delay the deadline for three years while the state gave counties $200 million annually for drug, mental health and other rehabilitation programs. The agreement reached Monday resolves the impasse as lawmakers race toward the end of the legislative session this week. However, there is no guarantee the judges will go along. The three-judge panel ordered the state to lower its prison population by about 9,600 inmates by year's end. Brown is appealing that decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, but the justices recently declined to delay the deadline set by the lower court. Without an alternative, the judges have threatened to order the state to give thousands of inmates good time credits, which would lead to their early release. They have repeatedly threatened to hold Brown in contempt if the state does not meet the deadline to reduce the prison population to about 110,000 inmates. The bill to be considered this week includes Brown's original plan to lease cells if the judges stick to the year-end deadline. If they grant an extension of time, a portion of the money that would have been spent to rent cells would instead go to rehabilitation programs. Brown has argued that the state already reduced the population by 46,000 inmates to comply with court orders, primarily through a 2year-old law that sentences lower level offenders to county jails instead of state prisons. He argues that only the most dangerous convicts remain in state prisons. ''That's huge, that's monumental. We can build on that, but not in a month or a year,'' Brown said Monday about previous inmate reductions. Steinberg had orchestrated opposition from Senate Democrats to Brown's plan and wanted the administration to negotiate with attorneys who represent inmates to push back the year-end deadline by three years. Brown rejected those talks, saying he would not let inmates' attorneys help determine the state's public safety policy. The resulting compromise includes no new proposed deadline for the state to meet the courtordered population level if an extension is granted, nor does it promise benchmarks or guarantees that the state would comply if granted more time, said Prison Law Office director Don Specter. ''We don't believe it's sufficient to meet the court's order or even get a reasonable extension of time,'' said Specter, whose firm is among those that sued to force the state to reduce prison crowding to improve conditions. ''It's not specific enough, it's not certain enough.'' Brown said he did not know what the three judges would do about the deadline. However, Brown and Steinberg said they had been seeing ''smokesignals'' that the judges were willing to consider the state's proposal. J. Clark Kelso, appointed by the federal courts to oversee prison medical care, has been meeting with legislative and administrative officials in recent days. He and his spokeswoman declined comment. Suspects sought in Calif. crossbow killing EUREKA (AP) — A man and a 16-year-old girl were on the loose Monday after shooting two transients, one fatally, with a crossbow in a heavily wooded area of coastal Northern California, sheriff's officials said. The suspects, also transients, apparently thought the victims had stolen from their transient camp, according to Humboldt County Sheriff's Lt. Dave Morey. The shooting occurred on Sunday. Deputies responded to a report of an injured man on the side of a road in Eureka around 12:30 p.m., Morey said. The caller said the man appeared to have been shot twice with an arrow, and there were two people fleeing the area on bicycles. A witness attempted to detain the people, but they fled into a heavily wooded area, Morey said. Deputies found a 41year-old man suffering from three crossbow injuries. He was treated and released at a hospital. The second victim, a 44-year-old man, was found dead nearby. He had suffered a single arrow shot to the face that was fired at close range, Morey said. Neither vic- tim has been identified. The male suspect — 20-year-old Phoenix Triton King — is white with heavy-framed black glasses, Morey said. The girl's identity was not released, though she is described as black. The roughly quartermile-wide peninsula where the victims were found is flanked by the Pacific Ocean and a bay and is home to numerous homeless encampments, Morey said. The victims had been living there for several months. The suspects were apparently new to the area and had a crude encampment, Morey said. Authorities searched for the suspects late into the night on Sunday by air and on foot with the help of a police K-9. Morey said authorities had searched the entire area, and there was no plan to resume the search on Monday. ''We're certain the suspects don't have access to a vehicle or any type of transportation, so they're going to be on foot,'' he said. Detectives, however, would likely return to the area to check for any additional evidence and look for potential witnesses, Morey said. Legislature Briefing Bill makes improper gun storage a crime SACRAMENTO (AP) — State lawmakers have approved several bills regulating the transfer of firearms and their safe storage and handling. The Senate approved AB169, which lets law enforcement officials transfer dangerous handguns only to others who are authorized to own them. Senators also backed a bill that would make it a misdemeanor to store a firearm where it is accessible to a child. Existing laws allow charges to be filed if someone is injured. But AB231 makes it a crime to store any loaded firearm where the owner reasonably should know a child is likely to gain access to it. Both bills passed without Republican support on Monday, and both return to the Assembly for final action. The Assembly passed SB683, which requires safety certificates for gun owners. It returns to the Senate. Legislation would help track drug-overdose deaths SACRAMENTO (AP) — The state Assembly on Monday approved legislation that would require county coroners to report drug overdose deaths to the state medical board. The bill was drafted in response to a Los Angeles Times investigation regarding deaths from prescription drug overdoses. In nearly half of the cases reviewed by the newspaper, the drug that caused the overdose had been prescribed directly to the deceased, as opposed to drugs that were stolen or prescribed to another patient. The Times found one doctor was linked to as many as 16 dead patients. Current law already requires a coroner to report to a regulatory board when they determine that a death may be the result of gross negligence by a doctor, but according to a legislative analysis of the bill, reporting is not strictly enforced. Only four reports were received by the state medical board in 2011-12, including one drug-related death.