Issue link: https://www.epageflip.net/i/19974
Hazardous waste facility new hours The Tehama County/Red Bluff Sanitary Landfill Agency announces new operating hours for both Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) facilities. The facilities are at 19995 Plymire Road in Red Bluff 3281 Hwy 99W in Corning. The facilities will be open to residents from 8 a.m. to noon and businesses from noon to 2:30 p.m. on the following dates: Red Bluff — Nov. 20, Dec. 4, Dec. 18, Jan. 22, 2011, Feb. 19, 2011 and March 19, 2011 Co r n - ing — Dec. 11, Jan. 29, 2011, Feb. 26, 2011, March 26, 2011 The facilities accept the following items free of charge: fluorescent lights, transmission fluid, pesti- cides, fertilizers, oil-based paints, stains, solvents, pool and spa chemicals, detergents, disinfectants, acids, bases, drain cleaner, old gasoline, kerosene, creosote, tar, aerosol cans and small propane cylin- ders. Keep waste in original containers. Facility use is for Tehama County residents only. Small fees apply to businesses and governmental agencies, which are required to make an appointment prior to disposal. For more information, call 528-1103. CITY Continued from page 1A up a contract with TEDC. The stipulations of the contract will most likely include that if the effort to hire branding consultant Roger Brooks does not go through, the money will be returned to the city, City Manager Martin Nichols said. In the settlement with the canal authority, the money is designated to be used for projects that would mitigate the loss of Lake Red Bluff. There is some question as to whether the branding effort will directly deal with lake mitigation, Nichols said. For that reason, the city has offered canal authority officials a chance to com- ment on the council’s decision to invest the money in the branding project. A response from canal authority General Manag- er Jeff Sutton was not received by late Thursday. Ali Abbassi, a member of the branding commit- tee, encouraged the coun- cil to not only ask for the canal authority’s support Continued from page 1A travelers. SEARCH “I’m not going to stop until she’s home,” he said. He said he’s appreciative of the sheriff’s office’s efforts. “I’m glad that they are continuing to pursue the investigation as aggressively as they can,” Jacob Berling- hoff said. “Hopefully we get her home soon.” The pair could be travel- ing in Charles Berlinghoff’s car, a gray 1987 Oldsmo- bile Cutlass with a Califor- nia plate of 2DNX546. Anyone with information about their whereabouts should call the sheriff’s office at 245-6540. Published with permission of the Redding Record-Searchlight, which originally published the story and sidebar. in dedicating the money, but to ask for additional help in finding mitigation funds and projects. The canal authority only wrote a $30,000 check and then dropped the ball with everything else involved in helping secure additional funding and project opportunities, Abbassi said. “We need to make a great change, and we don’t want to stand around talk- ing about it anymore,” Abbassi said. “We want to move forward.” Downtown business owner Irene Fuller said, with falling sales tax rev- Friday, November 19, 2010 – Daily News – 9A Advisory, not Amber Alert An “endangered missing advisory” (EMA) has been sent to law enforce- ment agencies around the state, Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko said.An EMA is a step below an Amber Alert. California Highway Patrol has not issued an Amber alert. The EMA gives suspect and victim information to other law enforcement agencies and the media without the activation of highway reader boards that come with an Amber Alert, he said.Amber Alerts are notices to police and the media that rapidly publicize a child’s disappearance throughout the state, or even nationwide. The EMA for Charles Berlinghoff warns officers that he’s made threats via e-mail toward law enforcement in the past. It describes Jean as 5 feet, 2 inch- es tall and 120 pounds with black hair and blue eyes.Charles Berlinghoff, who goes by “Charlie,” is described as 5 feet, 11 inches tall and 185 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. CHP Capt. Jerry Flavin said the CHP sticks to its strict guidelines when deciding whether to issue an Amber Alert and doesn’t issue Amber Alerts lightly. “If we overuse the Amber system, we are going to lose the Amber system,” Flavin said. “It’s not for runaways. It’s meant for abductions.” According to the CHP website, those guidelines are: the alert must only be activated by law enforcement agencies;it’s intended only for the “most serious, time-critical” child abduction cases; and it is not intended for “cases involving runaways or parental abduction, except in life-threatening situations.” enue, businesses need help and the branding project is one of the ways to help. Any help and support of the branding project can’t come soon enough. “The entire community has come together, and I’ve seen nothing like this before,” Fuller said. “Hopefully we can get this done and Red Bluff and Tehama County can thrive.” ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdai- lynews.com. Fitness event kicks off today An event will be held today to encourage people to be physically active. The Just Move It event is non- competitive series of walks or runs open to anyone of all ages. Those interested can register at the event. Sign-ups start 11:30 a.m. at Body Projects, 1450 Schwab St. Participants will choose a route along which to take a walk, jog or run. Various routes are available from a short 1 1/2 mile to 4 miles. The first 200 participants will get a free bracelet, which can be stamped when they return from their routes. The event is being held in coor- dination with a nationwide effort to promote physical activity for American Indians and Alaska Natives. Events like Just Move It will encourage people to start working out, organizer Avery Vilche said. Though this is the first one, orga- nizers plan to have similar events monthly. Having the event at mid-day illustrates how people can use their lunchtime to work out, Vilche said. This is the perfect time to put in 30 minutes of exercise during the day, so that people do not have to stress about fitting in the time to work out. UC board OKs fee hike after protest SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The cost of a Uni- versity of California edu- cation is going up again, but fewer students will pay the full sticker price. By a 15-5 vote Thurs- day, the UC Board of Regents approved a plan to raise undergraduate tuition by 8 percent next fall while offering more financial aid. Student fees for Cali- fornia residents will increase by $822 to $11,124, which doesn’t include individual campus fees or room and board. The move came after the 10-campus system increased undergraduate fees by more than 30 per- cent over the past year to offset deep cuts in state funding that led to staff furloughs, fewer course sections and reduced stu- dent enrollment. ‘‘Ultimately, our role is to face this reality and pre- serve this university and the quality of this univer- sity,’’ board chairman Russell Gould said. ‘‘We have a structural problem at the state level. They have not been able to pro- vide us the support neces- sary to sustain this univer- sity.’’ The regents also voted Thursday to raise fees for graduate students in more than 40 professional degree programs, includ- ing business, law and medicine. Fees for seven ‘Working families are going to be bearing the brunt of this with student debt’’ of those programs will increase more than 10 per- cent. UC Berkeley law student Sonja Diaz The 10-campus system The hearing was held a day after a student protest over rising college costs turned violent, leaving four police officers injured and leading to the arrests of 13 demonstra- tors outside the meeting site. There were no protests at Thursday’s meeting, but several students spoke against the tuition hike. ‘‘Working families are going to be bearing the brunt of this with student debt,’’ UC Berkeley law student Sonja Diaz told the regents. Last week, the Board of Trustees for the 23- campus California State University system voted to raise tuition by 5 per- cent for the winter and spring terms, and another 10 percent next fall, when undergrads will pay $4,884 annually. The UC fee hike approved Thursday will generate an estimated $180 million in annual revenue, with about one- third of that money used for financial aid. Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service Family owned & Operated Honor and Dignity 527-1732 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 will expand its so-called Blue and Gold Opportuni- ty Plan, which guarantees that financially needy stu- dents from families earn- ing less than $80,000 a year will not have to pay any tuition. The program currently covers families who make less than $70,000. Students with family income under $120,000 a year won’t have to pay the tuition hike for one year. University officials esti- mated about 55 percent of the UC system’s 181,000 undergrads won’t have to pay the increased fees next year. UC officials said the hike was needed to main- tain student enrollment, courses and services while preventing layoffs and the elimination of academic programs. University President Mark Yudof said UC remains a bargain in high- er education, costing less than public institutions such as the University of Michigan and private schools such as Stanford University, which charges annual tuition of $38,700. ‘‘It’s a great buy,’’ Yudof said. ‘‘We have a fabulous financial aid package, the best in the country.’’ The regents also dis- cussed a plan to reform its employee pension system, which faces a massive unfunded liability. The board is expected to vote on a proposal at a special meeting next month. Under the plan, UC would create a new tier of pension benefits for employees hired on or after July 1, 2013. The minimum retirement age would rise from 50 to 55, and the age to receive maximum benefits would increase from 60 to 65. The state has increased funding to the UC system by $370 million for 2010- 11, but that amounts to a little more than half what the state cut the previous year, officials said. They added that the university system receives 10 percent less state fund- ing than it did three years ago, even though 16,000 more students are enrolled. UC officials warned that the university will likely face more financial challenges as the state seeks to tackle a projected $25.4 million budget shortfall over the next 19 months. ‘‘Let’s be clear. The university is not out of the woods,’’ Gould said. 99W Continued from page 1A Sutfin, 18, of Corning was driving south on Highway 99W, north of Sonoma Avenue, when two men walked into the traffic lane directly in front of her from the east side of the road. According to a CHP release, Sutfin swerved right in an attempt to PURSUIT Continued from page 1A southbound on Jackson Street according to Red Bluff Police logs. As the vehicle passed Riverside Avenue it was going about 90 mph on Jackson, which turns into Rawson Road as it passed Cody Road, Proberta Avenue and Flores Avenue before going west on Dusty Way. According to the press release speeds went as high as 95 mph. From Dusty Way, logs show the vehicle continued onto Paskenta Road at 80-85 mph going through a stop sign before turning onto a gravel road where officers briefly lost visual contact, the release said. At the end of the pursuit, with which Tehama County Sheriff’s deputies assisted, Acuna abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot, but was found a short distance away. Acuna was arrested and booked into Tehama County Jail on the charge of felony evading of a peace officer with wanton disregard for safety. Bail was set at $10,000. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call Red Bluff Police at 527-3131. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Bell ringers needed The Salvation Army is signing up bell ringers. Starting Nov. 19, ringers will keep ringing-the-bell through Dec. 24. About 275 more volunteers are needed. To sign up, call 527- 8530 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and ask for Crystal. The informal "Kettle Is cremation your choice? Contest" results in 2009 were: 1. Red Bluff Kiwanis $1,545 2. Red Bluff Noon Rotary $1,130 3. Walmart Distribu- tion Center $820 4. CalFire $735 5. Tehama Pulse $706 6. Soroptomist $683 7. Antelope 4H $595 avoid a collision, but was unable to do so. Authorities believe the two men were trying to cross the road at the time of the collision, but did not know why they did not see Sutfin’s vehicle approaching them. Sutfin was taken to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff to be treated for minor injuries, the release said. —Julie Zeeb Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers owns and operates the only on-site crematory in Tehama County. • Your loved one NEVER leaves our care. • For your peace of mind, we personally perform cremations on site. • No hidden charges. If cremation is your choice, there really is no other choice for you than the cremation experts at Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Chapel of the Flowers Funerals • Cremations • Prearrangements 816 Walnut Street | Red Bluff (530) 527-1174 www.chapeloftheflowers.net Contact us today so we may answer your questions. Hoyt-Cole