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Thursday, November 28, 2013 – Daily News Obituaries Gunshots reported in RB Wednesday DN Staff Report Red Bluff police discovered several bullet holes in a white SUV and a discharged bullet on Wednesday on the 100 block of Little Avenue after reports of gunshots heard in the area, according to a department press release. Officers were initially PAULA RAMIREZ OROPEZA 12/6/23 ~ 11/23/13 Mom left us on Saturday surrounded by family and friends after a beautiful celebration of her 90th birthday. Born in Santa Barbara, CA., she was raised in Mexico, and spent most of her adult life in Gridley. She moved to Red Bluff in 1975 to nurture the family business in food. Mom was the creator of the delicious recipes at Francisco's Restaurants. She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Francisco Flores Oropeza of Zacatecas, Mexico, and their youngest son Blas David Oropeza. She is survived by her 13 living children and their families, which include 36 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Although it is hard to let her go, we are blessed to have had her for so many years. We will cherish the many gifts she has given us, and lessons she taught us. The Oropeza family would like to thank the community of Red Bluff and Sacred Heart Parish for all their love and support. Funeral services include: Rosary at Sacred Heart Church, 5:30 p.m. on Friday, November 29th. Mass will be held at the Church at 11 a.m. on Saturday, November 30th. Reception to follow at Sacred Heart Parish. Arrangements by Chapel of the Flowers, Red Bluff. (www.ChapeloftheFlowers.net) 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. Cloide Hamilton II Cloide Hamilton II, of Shasta County, died Tuesday, Nov. 19, in Redding. He was 35. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Cremation & Burial. Published Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Dolores Nelson Dolores Nelson, of Junction City, died Tuesday, Nov. 26, at Mercy Medical Center in Redding. She was 77. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Cremation & Burial. Published Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. PAIR Continued from page 1A County Sheriff's Department press release. After the vehicle came to a stop the driver, Allan Michael Darling, and the passenger, Sierra Marie Thompson, fled on foot. Darling and Thompson were located hiding in some nearby bushes and were taken into custody without further incident. Darling was found in possession of a 1.7 grams of methamphetamine. He was booked for possession of a controlled substance, transportation of a controlled substance, receiving a stolen vehicle, resisting or obstructing a peace officer and evading a peace officer. His bail was $63,000. Thompson was booked for resisting or obstructing a peace officer and miscellaneous outstanding arrest warrants. Her bail was $258,000. dispatched to the 300 block of Gilmore Road about 4:15 a.m. for the sound of gunshots in the area, according to the release. Officers later spoke to a resident on Little Avenue who said he heard what sounded like three to five gunshots near his home. Officers then found SACRAMENTO (AP) — Sacramento County Sheriff's officials say two men and a teenage boy have been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and beating up a 17-year-old boy who had exchanged text messages with one of their relatives, a 13-yearold girl. Sgt. Lisa Bowman tells the Sacramento Bee that several witnesses, including four young children, saw the trio punching the 17-year-old before tossing him into a van late Sunday. Bowman says the victim had been texting the 13year-old and agreed to meet her. When he arrived at her house he was ambushed, chased and beaten before being carried away and shoved in the van. A witness chased the van and was able to provide police with a license plate number. The victim was treated for his injuries at a hospital. Calif. bar asked to remove sign thanking veterans HUNTINGTON BEACH (AP) — The owner of an Orange County bar has gotten a brief reprieve from a notice ordering him to remove a rooftop sign thanking veterans. Johnny Kresimir was told Monday to remove the sign atop Johnny's Saloon in Huntington Beach within two days, or start racking up fines. But now Kresimir tells the Orange County Register that city officials want to sit down with him next week, so the deadline's off the table for now. The city issued the take-down notice after receiving an anonymous complaint citing a local law that says 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 white SUV, which was described as appearing to have recently had its rear windshield broken, according to the release. "Upon further inspection, officers located several bullet holes in the SUV and one discharged bullet," the release stated. Police are investigating the case as a discharge of a firearm at an unoccupied vehicle, and said there was no information on a possible suspect Wednesday. Anyone with information regarding the case is asked to call the Red Bluff Police Department at 530-527-3131. Man caught stealing rental trailer, tractor A Tehama County Sheriff's deputy caught a 41-year-old Anderson man in the act of stealing a trailer and tractor at The Home Depot parking lot early Wednesday morning. Around 2:44 a.m. the deputy located a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot, according to a depart- ment press release. A white Chevy Astro Van was backed up to a rental trailer loaded with a tractor. The trailer lock had been cut and the trailer righting was hastily wired to an auxiliary battery. The deputy identified the driver of the van as Wayne Morris Baker and questioned him about the suspicious activity. Baker admitted to attempting to steal both the trailer and the tractor, according to the press release. Baker was placed under arrest and booked at Tehama County Jail for attempted vehicle theft. His bail was $30,000. PARK them before the board con- nance and upgrades to the sidered a final adoption. parks and has handled According to the staff reservations for most of Continued from page 1A report, during the past sev- the parks, while still sendand if there were more con- eral years the county has ing the reservation fees cerns he would hear about performed routine mainte- collected to the individual HOLIDAY 2010," the release stated. Wednesday was projected to be holiday's busiest travel day as 37 Continued from page 1A percent of travelers departed for trips, according to AAA, which $3.267 per gallon. expects a majority of travelers (33 "AAA estimates that most drivers percent) to return home on Sunday, will pay the cheapest gas prices for followed by 24 percent returning on the Thanksgiving holiday since Monday. park committees. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailyne ws.com. The average distance traveled this year is expected to increase from 588 miles to 601 miles, according to the release. Those traveling by air is expected to decline to 3.14 million, compared to 3.26 million last year, according to AAA. Northern Calif restaurant owner found dead SACRAMENTO (AP) — The co-owner of a Sammy Hagar-themed restaurant that is the centerpiece of a revitalization effort in a Sacramento suburb was found dead by recreational divers off the coast in far Northern California, authorities said Wednesday. Stephen Clark Pease, 57, was last seen Nov. 3 when he checked out of a hotel in Fort Bragg, more than 50 miles from the spot where his body was found, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Department said. He was driving a rental car that has not been recovered. The body was retrieved near Gualala, a small town that is roughly a three-hour drive north of San Francisco, by a state Department of Fish and Wildlife warden who swam out and pulled it ashore, where it had to be removed by a helicopter because of the steep terrain. Mendocino County Sheriff's Capt. Greg Van Patten said there was no obvious sign of foul play, but investigators hope to learn more from the rental car. The department has asked the U.S. Coast Guard to fly over the coastline in an attempt to spot the vehicle. ''The car is a big missing piece of the puzzle,'' Van Patten said. The coroner's office is investigating the cause of death. Pease was an owner of Sammy's Rockin' Island Bar & Grill and other businesses in Roseville, 20 miles northeast of Sacramento. The year-old restaurant closed after he disappeared and is more than $9,000 behind on a $1.5 million loan with the Roseville Community Development Corp. It was designed to anchor downtown redevelop- STATE BRIEFING 3 arrested in suspected kidnapping over texts 7A rooftop signs are illegal. Kresimir tells the newspaper the sign — reading ''Thank a veteran for your freedom!'' — has been there since the bar opened in 2003. He says he's carrying on the tradition of his father, who catered to veterans when he ran Johnny's Saloon in Hemet for decades. Feds find pot after San Diego airdrop SAN DIEGO (AP) — After spotting a package dropping from an ultra-light aircraft in southern San Diego County, Border Patrol agents found more than 260 pounds of marijuana and arrested two men who arrived to retrieve it. U-T San Diego reports the ultra-light didn't land and was tracked going back over the border to Mexico. Border Patrol spokeswoman Mary Beth Caston says agents found a metal cage filled with 10 bundles of marijuana valued at about $157,000. They arrested a 32-year-old man and a 49-year-old man, both from Mexico. Caston says one of the suspects is in the country illegally and the other is a legal permanent resident. Agents also seized a Ford Expedition parked nearby in the remote Otay Mesa area. Teen killed trying to flag down truck on I-80 LOVELOCK, Nev. (AP) — Authorities say an 18year-old California woman was hit and killed near Lovelock, Nev. while trying to flag down a pickup truck for help. Nevada Highway Patrol officials say Michalea Vines of Antelope, Calif. died after being hit on Interstate 80 just after midnight on Tuesday. Troopers say Vines was walking on the shoulder about four miles west of Lovelock when she stepped into the lane as she tried to signal a truck for help. The Ford F-150 hit her. Officials say the driver, who's from Winnemucca, pulled over and tried to help Vines, but she was pronounced dead at the scene. Troopers say Vines may have been drinking before the accident. ment for the city of 124,000. The city declared Sept. 15, 2012, to be ''Sammy Hagar Day'' to tout the restaurant's opening, with a concert and street party featuring Hagar and his band. The restaurant licensed Hagar's name, but the rocker does not have an ownership stake, city spokesman Brian Jacobson said. ''I'm utterly saddened by the news of the passing of Steve Pease. My family and I send our prayers and deepest condolences to his family and friends throughout the upcoming holidays and beyond,'' Hagar said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press by his agent. Jacobson said it is up to the restaurant's other owners to decide how to proceed, but the city remains bullish on efforts to revive the historic downtown, which has been overshadowed by a regional mall on the outskirts of the city. Pease paid the first loan installment in September, said Roseville Community Development Corp. president Howard Rudd. But he missed the second payment days before he disappeared. The corporation is not expecting Pease's company, Innova Restaurant Concepts LLC, to make the payment due this month and its attorneys have filed to hold the firm in default. Another company operated by Pease is the rental agent for three other downtown properties, Rudd said, and its tenants are making their monthly payments. Foot traffic has been good and other merchants are happy, Rudd said, partly due to the risk Pease took in developing the Hagar-themed restaurant. Hate crime reports decline in California in 2012 SACRAMENTO (AP) — The number of hate crimes reported in California declined about 12 percent last year and has dropped by more than one-third over the last decade, the state attorney general's office said Wednesday. There were 930 reported hate crimes in 2012, down from 1,060 in 2011 and 1,491 in 2003. Hate crimes based on the victim's race, ethnicity or national origin dropped 10 percent, from 587 in 2011 to 528 last year. But they still accounted for nearly 57 percent of complaints. Blacks have been the most common target, accounting for about one-third of victims in the last decade. Hate crimes targeting a victim's sexual orientation was the next largest category. Reports fell nearly 4 percent, from 244 in 2011 to 235 in 2012. Within that category, hate crimes against gay men dropped from 111 in 2011 to 88 last year. But there were 77 crimes targeting gay men in 2003, making that category the only one to show an increase in the 10-year comparison. Those involving a victim's religion dropped nearly 28 percent last year, from 201 in 2011 to 145 in 2012. Jews were once again the most common target. The reports are submitted to the attorney general's office by California law enforcement agencies and district attorney's offices. ''While overall numbers are down this year, any hate crime hurts the people and values of California,'' Attorney General Kamala Harris said in a statement. The report comes as officials are investigating four white students accused of harassing a black student at San Jose State University. They face misdemeanor hate crime and battery charges alleging they taunted their freshman dorm-mate with racial slurs, displayed a Confederate flag in the dorm suite, placed a U-shaped bicycle lock around his neck and barricaded him inside his room.