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Friday, November 29, 2013 – Daily News Obituaries 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) LOSMO receive a commemorative tote bag. The first 100 children will receive a Continued from page 1A book and a picture with Able, Brushy and Smiley, 7981 State Highway 99 Ampla Health mascots. East, Los Molinos. For more information, The first 100 attendees call 530-751-3761 or visit ages 18 and older will www.amplahealth.org. Mother, 2 sons, thankful for 3 heart transplants SAN MARCOS (AP) — Last Thanksgiving, Deanna Kremis was in heart failure and could barely get off the couch — and her two teenage sons knew exactly how she felt. Matthew, 17, and Trevin, 13, suffer from the same inherited cardiac condition as their mom and both had received life-saving heart transplants in 2007, within weeks of each other. Kremis, who wasn't diagnosed until 2003, finally received her own heart transplant in July, leaving all three with something very big to celebrate this holiday season. ''We laugh a lot as a family,'' Kremis, 44, told The San Diego Union-Tribune. ''Considering what we've been through, we appreciate every moment we have together.'' The three all have a genetic condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which thickens the wall of the heart muscle until it can no longer contract properly. The disease is also shared by Kremis' brother and mother and her late grandmother. Most family members can control the disease's effects with medication and implanted pacemakers, but Kremis and her sons haven't fared as well. As a child, Matthew didn't have the energy to run or play, had a hard time breathing, struggled to climb stairs and his circulation was so poor his skin was pale it was almost transparent. Trevin was healthier as a toddler, but by age 6, his condition grew so serious he needed open-heart surgery. The family was living in Arizona in March 2007 when they learned that both Matthew and Trevin urgently needed new hearts. They moved to Southern California to live with Kremis' parents and within six weeks, Matthew had a new heart. Trevin's transplant took place weeks later. Kremis, however, didn't need to be put on the transplant list until last year. On July 4, she received the heart of a 14-year-old boy. All three family members struggle with the side effects of medications to prevent their bodies from rejecting the donor hearts. They get violent tremors and fatigue and both boys have osteoporosis from the steroids they must take daily. The boys need check-ups every few months and the family will live for the foreseeable future with Kremis' parents in San Marcos to be close to their doctors. Their medical bills are staggering — $1 million for the boys' transplants combined — and they make monthly payments to chip away at them. Despite the challenges, the family says they are happy to be together and to be alive. ''My life has only gotten better,'' said Matthew, who plans to study auto mechanics at a trade school when he graduates next spring. ''When I think about what I was like six years ago and what I'm like now, there's no comparison.'' 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. 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 DAM of any plans due to the industrial nature of the facilities on both sides of Continued from page 1A the river, the suggestion will be taken back to and its possible uses. bureau officials for future "The dam needs to be consideration. left where it is because it is a hard point that keeps Audience members the river from changing from US Fish & Wildlife course away from the fish Service had questions screens and pumping about the safety of the plant," Jacobs said. small fish along the fish Alan Abbs, county screen and the lights trails coordinator, shared allowing larger fish to easthe idea of connecting all ily be able to see and eat the footings on the north the smaller species. Jacobs side of the structure with a assured the questioners platform that would be that there are hiding spots about 15 feet wide and be along the screens where wire enclosed that could the small species could allow foot traffic to move hide and the lights are not from one side of the river illuminating the water to the other. While not part directly but project their VISTA Continued from page 1A we do this last year,'" Scharaga said. There has been a shift to more one-to-one technology to student ratio, he said. The change, using Google Chromebooks, is district-wide and at Vista the goal is to have one-toone by the end of the school year, said Red Bluff Elementary School JAIL Continued from page 1A sophistication level of these inmates is different.'' Only those convicted of violent, sexual or serious crimes now go to state prisons, leaving so-called lower-level criminals to serve what can be years' long sentences in local jails that were designed to hold offenders for no more than a year. Parolees who violate conditions of their release also now generally serve their time in county jails. ''The violence is just being transferred to the local facilities from the state system,'' said Fresno County Assistant Sheriff Tom Gattie, who oversees the county's lockups. Fresno County is one of several counties being sued by the same law firms that forced the state to reduce prison crowding, and for the same reasons. The county's jail population increased 78 percent between Jan. 1, 2011, and Jan. 1, 2013, including a 40 percent increase since the realignment law took light more horizontally. To the questions about the destruction of habitat resulting from the construction of the Fish Passage Improvement Project, Jacobs reported about the completion of the 26 acre Terrestrial Mitigation Project on the east bank of the river and the south end of East Sand Slough. "The native plants are in place and doing well – the invasive plants have been removed," he said. "The project will be monitored and plants that do not survive will be replaced during the first two years. It is a river and will do what it wants. There are no guarantees in Superintendent William McCoy. With the new technology, there has been a room set aside for its use — the student commons, a room with chairs and desks lining the walls, with bean bag like chairs in the middle. The room is available to students to bring their electronic devices to do research or work on projects on their own time, he said. "There are always kids in here," Scharaga said. "Before school, during lunches and even afterward." effect. Reports of inmateon-inmate fights have increased 48 percent. Linda Penner, a Brown appointee who is chairwoman of the California Board of State and Community Corrections, which is helping counties with the transition, said the realignment law has been ''a game-changer'' but said officials plan to design new training for county jail deputies next year. In Sacramento County, assaults on jail employees soared 164 percent, the greatest percentage increase of any large county. Yet its jail population has not grown and remains near its rated capacity of 4,125 inmates. In one such assault, Deputy Kenny Gouveia was trying to settle a dispute between cellmates in the Sacramento jail's psychiatric unit in July when he was attacked by a 26year-old inmate. ''It was literally out of nowhere,'' he said. ''Suddenly I look at him and his eyes were dilated, and it's like, 'Uh-oh.' The fight was on.'' The inmate slammed Gouveia's head against a 9A the future." The next Thursday Evening program will be 7 p.m. Dec. 19 at the Farm Bureau building. Abbs will provide an update on Trails of Tehama Country and the website development of a map of all county trails. To learn more about the Sacramento River Discovery Center, visit www.srdc.tehama.k12.ca. us; e-mail bhughe1@tehamaed.org; call 530-527-1196 or visit Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. until 3 p.m., 1000 Sale Lane within the Mendocino National Forest's Red Bluff Recreation Area. Once house names have been selected, those will be added to the walls to help foster the sense of community and ownership the students have been displaying, he said. The names will hopefully be selected before the beginning of spring and fully implemented by the end of the year, Scharaga said. The selection of house names and the implementation of the logo are the final steps in the transition to Vista Preparatory Academy. food cart and was choking him despite the intervention of two other deputies. Gouveia was off work for five days while he recovered from cuts, bruises and swelling. The AP collected statistics from the 10 counties with the largest jail populations through requests under the California Public Records Act after officials said there is no statewide database tracking inmate-on-inmate assaults. Of the 10 counties surveyed, eight had increases in their jail populations between Jan. 1, 2011, and Jan. 1, 2013, while Alameda and Sacramento counties had declines. Sacramento County was the only one to see a decrease in inmate-oninmate assaults, while Alameda, Los Angeles and Santa Clara counties saw declines in assaults on staff. Reports of inmate-onstaff assaults collected from 44 of California's 58 counties by the Board of State and Community Corrections show an initial three-month decline after the realignment law took effect, primarily because of a decrease in Los Angeles County. That has been followed by a steady increase. Reports through June 30 show a 26 percent increase in such assaults since realignment. Simultaneously, the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation saw a 15 percent drop in inmate-on-inmate assaults within state prisons, while attacks on employees dropped 24 percent as the prison population dramatically declined last year, according to statistics obtained through a separate public records request by the AP. Los Angeles County, which houses by far the largest county jail population in the state, experienced a 44 percent increase in inmate-oninmate assaults last year compared to an increase of 21 percent in its inmate population. Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore attributed the additional 704 assaults to ''sheer numbers.'' The average daily jail population increased by more than 3,000 inmates since realignment, about 4,300 inmates over designed capacity. LA-area man fires on police, holds 2 hostages INGLEWOOD (AP) — A gunman fired several shots at a pair of police officers, hitting one, and held two hostages for nearly nine hours — but all came away from the standoff without serious injuries. The worst injury Wednesday occurred when an Inglewood policeman was shot in his bulletproof vest. He was taken to a hospital in good condition but ''in a lot of pain,'' police Capt. James D. Madia said. He suffered blunt force injuries and was set to spend the night in another hospital as a precaution, police said. The second officer in was not hit but was hurt when she fell down in the chaos that followed, Madia said. She was treated at a hospital and released. The 45-year-old gunman and the girlfriend and her 14-year-old daughter that he held hostage in their house all came away unharmed, police said. Nearly nine hours earlier, reports of a family disturbance sent the two offi- AP photo Inglewood police snipers take up a position outside a residence, Wednesday, in Inglewood, where a police officer was shot and another received minor injuries in a confrontation with a gunman who barricaded himself inside a home. cers to the home around tured more than a dozen baking a cake for Thanks12:30 p.m., Madia said. shots being fired. giving when she heard a The man in the home Officers pulled their commotion and walked shot at the arriving officers wounded colleague out of outside to see police offi''before they could even the line of fire, Lt. Oscar cers banging on the door get to the front door,'' Mejia said. of the home. Madia said. Officers Esther Frazier, who She went back inside to returned fire, and a video lives across the street from turn off her oven when aired on KABC-TV cap- the standoff, said she was gunfire erupted.