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WEEKEND DECEMBER 11-12, 2010 Breaking news at: Matt Damon Family Matters USA Weekend www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside RED BLUFF Wrestling Previews SPORTS 1B Few showers 64/48 Weather forecast 8B By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Four people were arrested Thursday in the area of Walnut and Franklin streets in Red Bluff in connection with home- made chemical bombs used to vandalize several homes in and around Red Bluff. “The suspects estimated (when interviewed) they threw between 12 and 13,” said Red Bluff Police Chief Paul Nanfito. “Definitively we have three in 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 Four arrested after bombing spree our jurisdiction and two in the sheriff’s.” According to logs, reports of explosions were made first in the 21000 block of Wilcox Road fol- lowed by the 200 block of Madison Street, 100 block of Kaer Avenue, 1400 block of Hill Street and 1500 block of Franzel Road. Avila The incidents took place between 7:19 p.m. and 9:12 p.m. with witness descrip- tions varying from hearing a loud pop man saying he was woken- up from sleeping when it hit his front porch. After Clark to a definite explosion and one Grad, dropout rates up check- ing each loca- Hake tion, witness statements, some of which reported seeing a white truck leaving the area shortly after hearing the explosions, led officers to believe a full-size truck was involved. Red Bluff Police Officer Joe Rossi stopped a white Chevy truck that matched witness See SPREE, page 7A Multiple car thefts found downtown Police investigating reports of a vehicle break-in that was in progress early Friday morning turned up several vehicles that had been broken into with some of the items taken showing up in the area of Grant and Dou- glass streets. During a report at 1:20 a.m. the suspect of the break- in was described as a man in his early 20s with fuzzy facial hair wearing saggy jeans, a button-up shirt or jacket and a raggedy cowboy hat. The man, who dropped a bag of items while fleeing, was last scene heading toward Growney Motors on Main Street on foot. See THEFTS, page 7A Children in custody after girl found wandering By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Six children were DN file photo Los Molinos High School has a graduation rate of about 87.2 percent. Pictured are students from the most recent senior class during their graduation ceremony in June. By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer More students in public high schools graduated during the 2008- 2009 school year, but more dropped out, too, according to numbers released Tuesday by the state Depart- ment of Education in its annual report of graduation and dropout rates. The state’s graduation rate at 70.1 percent is up from 68.5 percent the previous year. The dropout rate for the 2008-09 school year at 21.7 percent is up from the previous year’s 18.9 percent. Local numbers School administrators in Tehama County agree graduation rates have improved but say the actual numbers may be skewed. At Red Bluff Union High School District, the graduation rate was listed at 45 percent and the data showed only three graduates at Red Bluff High School. Clearly more than three students graduated, Superintendent Dan Curry said. The district’s actual graduation rate is more likely in the upper 80 per- centile. The district’s 2007-2008 school Co-pilot disputes NorCal chopper crash report MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A helicopter co-pilot who survived a crash that killed nine people during takeoff from a wildfire staging area two years ago has disputed a federal report blaming the weight of the aircraft and lack of oversight. William ‘‘Bill’’ Coultas of Cave Junction says the National Transportation Safety Board ignored his written and oral testimony that loss of power in an engine caused the crash of the Sikorsky helicopter, the Mail Tribune reported. ‘‘I was speechless — I could not believe what I was hearing,’’ he said after the NTSB report was released Tuesday. ‘‘I was there. I had the best seat in the house. I knew what happened.’’ Coultas, 46, is still recovering from severe burns suffered in the August 2008 crash in Northern California that also killed pilot Roark Schwanenberg of Lostine. Both Coultas and the Schwanenberg family have sued engine manufacturer General Electric, as well as Sikorsky and a mainte- nance company, Columbia Helicopters, citing engine failure, among other things. They say the NTSB 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 investigators were respon- sible for losing engine fuel control parts that would have backed up the copi- lot’s testimony. ‘‘We want the truth to come out about the loss of engine parts and actual cause of the accident,’’ said Gregory A. Anderson, an attorney from Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., who repre- sents both the Coultas and Schwanenberg families. The crash occurred on a nearly 6,000-foot-high mountaintop near Weaverville while the heli- copter was ferrying out firefighters. year rate was 80.2 percent, according to last year’s report. “We have no reason to think we had any significant rate changes,” Curry said. He and his staff will be looking at how the district’s data was uploaded to the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System. Graduation and dropout rates are calculated by collecting student-level enrollment and exit data, a statewide system that was implemented three years ago. But this is the first year data was collected through CALPADS, See RATES, page 7A taken into protective cus- tody after their 8-year-old sister was found wander- ing by herself at 8:53 a.m. Thursday near her fami- ly’s residence in the 1300 block of Second Street in Red Bluff. Officers responded to the area and attempted to contact the parents by knocking on the front door, but were unable to get a response, said Sgt. Michael Graham. Walking around the side of the house they found a 3-year-old boy outside, also unsuper- vised, a Red Bluff Police Department release said. Officers entered the residence through an open door in order to make a welfare check on the par- ents and found Ronald McNamara, 27, of Red Bluff asleep on the couch. After waking McNa- mara, officers learned there were three other children, ranging from 4 months to 4 years old, in the home and a 10-year- old boy who was in school and that McNama- ra’s girlfriend, Katherine Beam, 29, of Red Bluff was away at work. Officers determined, due to unsanitary condi- tions, the residence was unsafe and unfit for chil- dren and that the couple had been placing their children in a harmful environment, the release said. With the help of Child Protective Services, offi- cers took the six children into protective custody See GIRL, page 7A Columnist hopes ‘Books Change Lives’ Everyone has something about their lives they want to change. The question is how to do it. What if you could give the gift of change by simply donating some books in your library? Books that changed your life. Local author and Daily News columnist Faydra Rector, of Faydra and Com- pany, is inviting local resi- dents to give the gift of knowledge. Rector has donated her personal library to Red Bluff’s Sale House. This house serves home- less women with children who are trying to get healthy, manage mother- hood and become assets to the community. Books are an affordable alternative to therapy and they do change lives. Dur- ing the month of December, donate one book, or more, from your personal library that changed your life. Write an encouraging note on the inside and bring your book to a local Family Resource Center: • Corning: 1488 South St., Corning • Los Molinos: 7700 Courtesy photo Faydra Rector shares her personal collection of books with Jodi Cordial, manager of the Sale House. Stanford Ave., Los Molinos • Red Bluff: 220 Sycamore St., Ste. 101, Red Bluff Or send an email to life- coach@shasta.com to arrange to have your dona- tion picked up. Any donation of cash or check to PATH for its gener- al fund may be sent to PATH, P.O. Box 315, Red Bluff 96080, or visit www.redbluffpath.com. Tis the Season to Hire Workforce One Do you have an outside home or business project you’d like to complete now? Workforce One is a supervised crew available for short- term landscaping and repair work. This hard working crew is a division of the Job Training Center. In any given week Workforce One is fixing fence, installing sprinklers, weed eating, painting, hauling away brush and more. Call 529-7000 and a Workforce One Supervisor will gladly come out and provide you with a free estimate.

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