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WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1, 2010 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 8A RED BLUFF Reader Photos Coaches of the Season SPORTS 1B Scattered rain 51/40 Weather forecast 8B By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — A 30-year-old Corning man was flown to Enloe Medical Center in Chico following a rollover crash after leading Corning Police officers on a vehicle pursuit through 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 High speed pursuit ends in violent crash Corning on Monday evening. Officers were sent at 9:46 p.m. to the Salado Orchard Apartments, 250 Toomes Ave., after someone reported the man, Joshua Mason Carroll, had made threats to wrap his vehicle around a tree, a Corning police release said. While officers were respond- ing, dispatch informed them that Carroll had left the com- plex in an unknown direction in a black, two-door Nissan 350. As officers approached Solano Street and Houghton Avenue they saw a vehicle matching the description cut another vehicle off at the inter- section and turned around to make a traffic stop. The vehicle did not stop, but instead sped off going east on Solano Street at speeds as high as 80 mph, turning south at the intersection with Second Street, the release said. Holidays with the Troops After not stopping at the intersection with Fig Lane, the vehicle turned west onto Fig before turning left onto Kirk- wood Avenue and driving south, reaching speeds of 100 mph. As the vehicle approached See CRASH, page 7A County rejects labor camp By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer For residents living in the Squaw Hill neighborhood on the outskirt of Corning, the location of a proposed migrant labor camp was one of the greatest cause of concerns about the project. In the end, location was the one of the factors that prompted the Tehama County Board of Supervisors to deny a use permit for the camp. The proposed 140-bed camp would have been built See CAMP, page 7A Easement to protect Red Bank lands By TANG LOR Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Red Bluff Union High School students practice the ending for “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” for “Holidays with the Troops,” which will be performed at 7 p.m.Thursday in the Performing Arts Center.The cost is $3. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Uniforms and costumes a plenty will fill the stage Thursday at the Red Bluff Union High School Performing Arts Center where “Holidays with the Troops” will be performed. The USO themed show, under the direction of Diane Hassey and Dan Ackley, will be presented by members of the Red Bluff High School Choir Pro- gram and Jazz Band and will include several selec- tions from the movie “White Christmas” in the sec- ond half. “We’re really hoping the veterans and members of the community will come join us,” Hassey said. Veterans are welcome to wear their uniforms to Supreme Court considers Calif prison crowding WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to endorse an order calling on California to move thou- sands of inmates out of its overcrowded prisons so that those who remain get ade- quate health care. The justices heard an extended argument in a case over long-standing viola- tions of constitutional rights in a state prison system that last year averaged nearly a death a week that might have been prevented or delayed with better medical care. The state’s 33 adult pris- ons hold more than 144,000 inmates. The facilities were designed to hold about 80,000. A federal court has ordered the population cut to around 110,000 inmates within two years, but the state calls the reduction too much, too soon. But Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said inmates already have been waiting 20 years and wondered, ‘‘how much longer do we have to wait, another 20 years?’’ Taking the other side, Justice Samuel Alito said, ‘‘If I were a citizen of Cali- fornia, I’d be very con- cerned about the release of 40,000 prisoners.’’ Carter Phillips, a Wash- ington-based lawyer repre- senting the state, predicted a spike in crime if the state has to comply with the two- year deadline. ‘‘I guarantee you, there’s going to be more crime and people are going to die on the streets of California,’’ Phillips said at the end of his argument. Donald Specter, the Calif.-based Berkeley, lawyer representing the inmates, disputed that crime will go up. Specter said the state has many options, including the release of only low-risk and older inmates, transfers of others to out-of- state prisons and changes that will keep people who commit only technical vio- lations of their parole from being sent back to prison. See COURT, page 7A 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Red Bluff Outdoor Power the performance, she said. Costume Director Sherry King has been involved with the school’s performing arts productions since 1993, when her two sons got involved in perform- ing arts. “It’s crazy, but a lot of fun,” King said. “This show is really a fun concept. It allows them to do Christmas music and other types of show tunes similar to the Bob Hope USO tours. It gives them more of a variety to perform.” The show, which costs $3, starts at 7 p.m. Thurs- day in the Performing Arts Center. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. DN Staff Writer Two properties in the Red Bank Creek area could soon be protected from development. The Northern Califor- nia Regional Land Trust will enter into a conserva- tion easement with the property owners to buy the approximately 7,132 acres located 20 miles northwest of Red Bluff. The conservation ease- ment would protect the native oak woodland habitat found in that area. A conservation ease- ment is a legal agreement between a land trust and a property owner that allows landowners to pro- tect the conservation val- ues of their land from development while still having ownership over the property. The term of the easement would last the lifetime of the property. During its November meeting, the Wildlife Conservation Board awarded the land trust a $3.9 million grant to pur- chase the property, land trust Executive Director Jamison Watts said. With the money provided by the grant, the land trust will most likely have ownership of the proper- ties by the end of the year. Watts declined to go into the details of the easement until escrow See LANDS, page 7A Light savers Courtesy photo New LED Christmas tree lights were purchased by the Downtown Red Bluff Business Association and the Red Bluff- Tehama County Chamber of Commerce.The lights were assembled by North Valley Services and the city’s Public Works department installed them. They are shown here following Saturday nights’ Holiday Parade. PHYSICIAN REFERRAL A FREE SERVICE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE 1-800-990-9971 CHW North State Region Your Business, A Look Inside Five Areas to Assess Your Business for Future Growth Featuring Ryne Johnson of The Chico Project Wednesday, December 8, 2010 2-5pm • Red Bluff Community Center Cost: $45 per person To register: call 529-7000 or visit www.jobtrainingcenter.org.