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Friday, October 11, 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. John J. Gonzalez John J. Gonzalez died Tuesday, Oct. 8, at his Redding home. He was 64. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Direct Cremation & Burial. Published Friday, Oct. 11, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. SUIT Continued from page 1A Robert Kidd said he was unable to comment on pending legal action. "Constitutional rights were plowed under when the feds issued their summary shut-down order against Duarte's wheat farming," PLF attorney Tony Francois said in a press release. "The Corps apparently couldn't be bothered with giving the Rebecca Kendall Rebecca Kendall, of Redding, died on Monday, Oct. 7, at Mercy Medical Center. She was 53. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Direct Cremation & Burial. Published Friday, Oct. 11, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Christopher Robin Sorenson Christopher Robin Sorenson, of Hayfork, died Tuesday, Oct. 8, in Redding. He was 29. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Direct Cremation & Burial. Published Friday, Oct. 11, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. landowner an opportunity for a hearing. Now, the Corps will have to answer in court for that arbitrary and frankly dictatorial behavior." PLF said they have heard anecdotal reports that there may be other similar cases around the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys. Duarte Nursery is a family-owned business headquartered outside of Modesto, founded by Jim and Anita Duarte and their sons John and Jeff. MURDER Continued from page 1A death of Samuel Forseth, of Palo Cedro. Hougland also faces special allegations of use of a deadly weapon and inflicting great bodily injury. Hougland's attorney, Blake Brenden, on Thursday told this newspaper the case is still being investigated, and he is receiving reports from the state Department of Justice, the District Attorney's Office and police. He declined to specify the content of those reports. "Mr. Hougland is a decorated "We were blindsided by the Corps' action, which has halted our farming operation in Tehama — and the jobs that depend on it," John Duarte said in a press release. "We have always been careful to conserve and protect the land, and the Corps is wrong to suggest we've harmed any wetlands. But beyond that, the Corps is wrong to deny us our constitutional right to answer their allegations in a hearing prior to enforcement. We're standing up combat veteran," Brenden said. "He's been awarded the Purple Heart for his service to the country. No criminal record to speak of. He trusts the process and we're extremely confident that he's going to be vindicated through this process." Hougland's previous business with the court was for a 2003 traffic ticket, according to online court records. Forseth's family declined to comment Thursday. Red Bluff police on June 27 responded to a 911 call from someone on the 200 block of Pinon Way saying a man was bleeding on his 9A for everyone's right to due process of law, and we're very grateful that Pacific Legal Foundation is standing with us." The case was filed in Sacramento in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The suit is Duarte Nursery, Inc., and John Duarte v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, et al. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailyne ws.com. front porch, according to a Daily News report. Police said that man, Forseth, suffered wounds consistent with those inflicted by a knife. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Hougland also sought medical assistance at the scene for cuts or stab wounds and was treated at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, police said. He was later arrested on suspicion of murder. Authorities believe the two knew each other, and a neighbor at the scene told this newspaper that the two were both in the military and that Hougland would call Forseth his "brother." Brown signs bill for pricier comm. college classes MILITARY SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A bill that will allow a handful of California's community colleges to offer additional courses at inflated prices during short summer and winter sessions earned Gov. Jerry Brown's signature on Thursday despite strong opposition from student leaders and the chancellor of the state's 2-year college system. AB955, sponsored by Assemblyman Das Williams, D-Santa Barbara, authorizes six specific colleges to charge students who enroll during the special sessions fees of $200 per unit, compared to the state-subsidized $46 per unit price charged during traditional semesters and quarters. A typical threeunit class that costs $138 during the regular academic year therefore would cost $600 during the winter or summer ''intersessions.'' Williams said he crafted the legislation in response to severe bottlenecks that surfaced amid the course reductions that accompanied cutbacks in the college system's funding over the last several years and made it hard for students to obtain the classes they needed to graduate. ''We want people to be able to have the chance to take the subsidized courses, but if they can't get in, we want to provide them a fallback to be able to get those classes they need to make progress and to transfer instead of sitting around in school a whole 'nother year when they are just wasting their time.'' Williams originally hoped to make the higher-fee courses available at all 112 community colleges, but amid the opposition amended it to cover only six that had expressed interest in the concept: College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, Crafton Hills College in Yucaipa, Long Beach City College, Oxnard College, Pasadena City College and Solano Community College in Fairfield. The bill requires the colleges that elect to participate to use one-third of the money they collect on financial aid for economically disadvantaged students. Several community college dis- tricts and student and faculty groups lobbied the governor to veto the bill, saying the pilot program would establish a bad precedent by making a public education available only to those who can afford it and putting lower-income students at a disadvantage. ''The state would be shifting the burden for funding access from the state general fund to the backs of students,'' Vincent Stewart, the community college's system's vice chancellor for governmental relations, said after the California Legislature approved the measure. ''Creating a pay-toplay fee structure, where students who have greater wealth and means can get on a fast track is patently unfair.'' In a signing message accompanying the bill, Brown said the pilot program ''seems like a reasonable experiment'' ''Why deny these campuses the opportunity to offer students access and financial assistance to courses not otherwise available,'' he wrote. Brown vetoes 'imperfect' teacher discipline bill SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday vetoed what he termed an ''imperfect'' union-backed bill intended to streamline the dismissal of teachers accused of misconduct, calling on lawmakers to try again next year. The bill, AB375 by Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo, was approved by lawmakers a year after a more stringent measure died in the state Assembly after opposition by the state's main teachers union. Both measures responded to last year's arrest of a Los Angeles elementary school teacher who was charged with nearly twodozen counts of engaging in lewd conduct with students, including allegations that he blindfolded his students and fed them his semen in what he described as a tasting game. Former Miramonte third-grade teacher Mark Berndt has pleaded not guilty. The Los Angeles Unified School District fired him but then paid him $40,000 to drop his appeal of the dismissal. Parents of some of the children in his classes over the years have filed lawsuits against the Los Angeles Unified School District, claiming Miramonte and district administrators ignored complaints about improper behavior by Berndt dating back more than a decade. One such lawsuit, filed in July 2012, says the district had a continuing ''culture of silence'' regarding teacher misconduct. The measure was among several education bills signed or vetoed by the governor as he works toward a Sunday deadline for acting on legislation sent to him by lawmakers last month. He signed bills to discourage school violence and cyberbullying by students. Another responded to the Penn State child molestation scandal that adds private schools to the list of those requiring background checks for employees who work with minors. Brown applauded some of the proposed changes in Buchanan's bill, including provisions that would let school districts file disciplinary complaints during summer recesses and eliminate some other hurdles that can delay discipline and dismissals. But he said in a veto message that other portions of the bill, which was supported by the California Teachers Association, ''make the process too rigid and could create new problems.'' Provisions that would limit testimony in disciplinary hearings and prevent school districts from amending complaints based on new evidence ''may do more harm than good,'' he said. He called the latest attempt ''an imperfect solution'' that needs more work to produce a balanced but simplified disciplinary process. Buchanan did not immediately comment on Brown's veto. But the bipartisan education reform organization StudentsFirst California issued a statement calling her legislation ''a poor, rushed attempt'' that would have made it more complicated to dismiss teachers accused of abusing children. Among education bills signed into law by the governor: — AB256, by Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, D-Bell Gardens, lets superintendents and school principals discipline students who engage in cyberbullying, using computers, smartphones and social media to intimidate or harass others on or off the school campus. — AB389, by Assemblyman Das Williams, DSanta Barbara, requires fingerprint background checks for private school employees who work with minors. — AB514, by Assemblyman Rob Bonta, DAlameda, requires the California Department of Education to include on its website a list of statewide resources for children affected by gangs, guns and psychological trauma caused by violence. Calif. governor signs laws to help veterans SAN DIEGO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown signed a number of bills Thursday aimed at helping veterans, including legislation that could provide funds to expand affordable housing to combat homelessness among former service members. California is home to a quarter of the country's homeless veterans. ''Today we're doing something really good,'' Brown said of the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act before signing the legislation during a ceremony at the San Diego Veterans Village, which provides transitional housing and other programs to homeless veterans. Setting it straight –––––––– It is the policy of the Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you feel a factual error has been made in a news story, call the news department at 527-2153. The legislation will ask voters in June to approve allowing the state to use $600 million of existing veterans' housing bond funds for multifamily, transitional housing. Phil Landis, a Vietnam veteran who started the Veterans Village, said thousands of new dorms could be built for homeless veterans with the funds. The bill was among a dozen signed by Brown on Thursday that supporters say will help veterans. Continued from page 1A extend from just west of Flournoy centered around Paskenta and run north by northwest through Plantina. The complete flight corridor extends from Northern California to central Nevada. The board also adopted an ordinance that authorizes the voluntary mergers of contiguous parcels within the county. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com. SUED Continued from page 1A in its advertising to attract veterans who have tens of thousands of education dollars available because of their service. The company's schools offer advance degrees for a variety of positions, including medical technicians and dental assistants. Corinthian paid $6.5 million in 2007 to settle a similar lawsuit that Gov. Jerry Brown filed while serving as California attorney general. It made similar allegations. The New York attorney general and attorneys general in several other states have launched similar investigations in recent years involving a number of for-profit colleges amid complaints about misrepresentation during high-pressure sales calls and TV advertising. Harris said Corinthian falsely boasted of 100 percent placement rates in some of its programs and overstated such rates in other programs. For-profit colleges have been under sharp government scrutiny and pressure for months. Critics accuse them of putting profit ahead of student achievement, noting the operations generally had higher marketing bud- gets and lower graduation rates than not-for-profit private and public universities. Some graduates find that their degrees don't win them jobs, leaving them saddled with large student debts. Enrollments in for-profit colleges soared during the recession as job-seekers tried to improve their credentials. The trend reversed after the federal government announced it was putting in place new performance criteria and rules. In the lawsuit filed Thursday in San Francisco Superior Court, Harris also accused publicly traded Corinthian of securities fraud in misrepresenting its placement rate to investors as well as students. In a presentation to investors, Harris said company officials boasted that 68.1 percent of its graduates found jobs. The attorney general said the company's own internal audits show its advertised placement rates were exaggerated. The company operates 111 campuses in North America and offers three online programs. Harris is seeking unspecified damages, including reimbursements for many students who the attorney general said were duped into attending one of the colleges. Facebook no longer lets users hide from search NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is getting rid of a privacy feature that let users limit who can find them on the social network. Facebook Inc. said Thursday that it is removing a setting that controls whether users could be found when people type their name into the website's search bar. Facebook says only a single-digit percentage of the nearly 1.2 billion people on its network were using the setting. The change comes as Facebook is building out its search feature, which people often use to find people they know — or want to know — on the site. Facebook, which is based in Menlo Park, Calif., says users can protect their privacy by limiting the audience for each thing they post about themselves. Online: Facebook's blog post: http://bit.ly/1adj3IZ Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service Now Offering Eco-Friendly urns at economy friendly prices. 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 527-1732