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THURSDAY A Look Inside Holiday Hoops New Clairvaux DECEMBER 26, 2013 Pastimes Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Sunny 66/36 Weather forecast 8B TEHAMA COUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U NTY S I N C E 1 8 8 5 New traffic laws set to take effect for 2014 SACRAMENTO — With 2014 just around the corner, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is reminding motorists of some of the new laws that will become effective in the new year. The following laws go into effect on Jan. 1, 2014, unless otherwise noted. Bicycles: Passing Distance. AB 1371, known as the Three Feet for Safety Act, will require a motor vehicle driver passing a bicycle that is proceeding in the same direction to pass with no less than 3 feet between any part of the vehicle and any part of the bicycle or driver. When three feet is not possible, the motor vehicle must slow to a reasonable and prudent speed and only pass when no danger is present to the bicyclist. Failing to do so can incur a fine, regardless of a collision or not. This law will take effect Sept. 16, 2014. Clean Air Vehicle Decals / "HOV Stickers." AB 266 and SB 286, together extend sunset dates for low emission, zero emission vehicles to operate in high occupancy vehicle lanes (HOV) without meeting occupancy requirements to Jan. 1, 2019. Commercial Driver's License. AB 1047 will allow the DMV to conduct the commercial drive test for the holder of an out-of-state commercial learner's permit. The department would electronically transfer the information to the Winter Dinner nears motor vehicle department in the applicant's state of residence. AB 1047 also modifies the license class definitions to require a driver operating a bus weighing more than 26,000 pounds to hold a commercial Class B license and a driver operating a bus weighing See LAWS, page 7A John Everett named Physician of the Year St. Elizabeth Community Hospital is honored to announce John Everett, D.O. as the 2013 recipient of the Values in Action Physician of the Year Award, the highest honor in the Dignity Health system. Each year the hospital honors a Physician of the Year in recognition of demonstrated excellence in caring for patients in a manner consistent with the Mission and Philosophy of the Sisters of Mercy. The selection is based on nominations from employees, board members, fellow physicians, volunteers and Everett Sisters of Mercy. Upon receipt of nominations, a selection committee chooses a physician who exemplifies the values of the organization, is active in leadership and who exhibits excellent clinical knowledge and skills. Everett's recognition was announced last week durSee EVERETT, page 7A Daily News photo by Chip Thompson Pictured, from left, are Renee Ewing and Jeanne Smith, of the Tehama County CattleWomen's Association, dinner chairwoman Cathy Tobin, Tehama County Cattlemen's Association President-elect Steve McCarthy and Andy Cox. Staff report The 11th Annual Ag-Scholarship Fundraiser will take place during the 62nd Annual Tehama County Cattlemen's Association Winter Dinner starting at 6 p.m. Jan. 4 at the Tehama District Fairground. Dennis Metzger, of Western Video Market and Shasta Livestock Auction, will be the auctioneer and proceeds go towards scholarships awarded by the Cattlemen and the Tehama County CattleWomen. Items up for auction will be a Napa Valley Train Ride with lunch or dinner and a one night stay at Hilton Garden Inn, donated by Ewing Ranch, McGlynn & Clark and Fred Hamilton. Charlie Mueller, of Mueller's Trucking, has donated two loads of road base delivered in Tehama County. Oak Knoll Herefords has a Spring Pig Hunt for two. Hawes Ranch & Farm Supply has donated a Powder River 16- UC experiments with online classes across campuses LOS ANGELES (AP) — Students enrolled in the University of California system soon will be able to take online courses offered by campuses besides their own. Some UC schools already offer select online classes, but they're mostly targeted at their own students and during the summer. The new ''cross campus enrollment'' will allow students from one school to log on and attend class taught by another campus, the Los Angeles Times reported in Wednesday's editions. The $10 million experiment will start off small, with 11 classes from four campuses in the winter quarter. It's funded from a pool of money for online education and technology approved by the state Legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown, who has criticized 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 foot Classic HD Lever Latch gate. The Stroing Ranch has again donated wild gooseberry jelly in memory of Barbara Frost Kloose. For the cattle ranchers, Animal Health International (Walco) donated a half ton of minerals. Bucke's has given a half ton of minerals or half ton Lick Tubs or one ton of Mol Mix. Tickets are $25 presale in Red See DINNER, page 7A North State enrollment numbers released SACRAMENTO — Covered California and the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) announced recently that from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30, as a benefit of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, an estimated 8,726 individuals in mostly rural Northern California counties started applications for Covered California health insurance plans. Cumulatively, 4,393 individuals in the Northern California counties of Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity and Yuba have enrolled in subsidized or non-subsidized Covered California health insurance plans, which reflects about 4 percent of the statewide enrollment — the counties make up 4 percent of those eligible for subsidies statewide. These counties encompass Covered California pricing See NUMBERS, page 7A California Latinos show deep roots in US the UC system for being slow to adopt online education. ''We're trying to take the burden off the student and put it on technology,'' said Mary Gilly, vice chairwoman of UC's faculty senate. Gilly does not expect a surge in online enrollment, but she said it would help students locked out of a class because it's full or held at an inconvenient time. UC Riverside senior Matthew Emeterio will take a class on climate change taught by a UC Davis professor next month. He'll attend his regular classes at Riverside during the day and take the online climate change course at night and on weekends. ''The convenience factor of it is hard to overstate,'' the political science major said. ''It gives me so much more flexibility. And being able to squeeze in those extra units gets me through the MADERA (AP) — Hilario Santiago Vasquez came to California during a surge of 1980s immigration to follow the crops from the Central Valley to Oregon to Florida. Along the way, he picked grapes, blueberries and oranges. ''I slept under the bridge, covering myself with a newspaper, because there was no housing to rent for farmworkers,'' he said. Santiago Vasquez, one of millions who helped Hispanics become California's largest racial or ethnic group, no longer chases harvests. Like many other Mexican farmworkers, he found permanent work. He now lives in Madera, a town north of Fresno where 80 percent of the 61,000 residents are Latino and the downtown is packed with Mexican restaurants and stores that sell cowboy boots and tortillas. His story illustrates a reality for California Hispanics: With the immigrant boom ending long See UC, page 7A See LATINOS, page 7A AP photo In this Aug. 7 photo, Dulce Sixtos, 16, poses for a portrait in a farm field in Watsonville. Sixtos, whose father is a fieldworker, hopes to attend college and study law. The Daily News office will CLOSE AT NOON Tuesday, Dec. 24 & Tuesday, Dec. 31 CLOSED: Christmas Day, Wednesday, Dec. 25 CLOSED: New Years Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1 Retail advertising deadline for these editions is Monday, 10AM Classified deadline Tuesday, 11AM DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY 527-2151 • FAX 527-3719 545 DIAMOND AVE., RED BLUFF