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Tuesday, December 31, 2013 – Daily News 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. George Edward Fiedler George Edward Fiedler died Monday Dec. 30 at his Red Bluff home. He was 89. Arrangements under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Tuesday, Dec. 31 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Johnny Ingallina Johnny Ingallina, of Mad River died Monday Dec. 23 in Tehama County. He was 43. Arrangements under the direction of Blair's Cremation & Burial. Published Tuesday, Dec. 31 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Wayne J. Lourence Wayne J. Lourence, of Red Bluff died Saturday, Dec. 28 in Redding. He was 63. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Tuesday, Dec. 31 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Honey Schmidt Honey Schmidt, of Dinsmore, died Monday Dec. 23 in Tehama County. She was 36. Arrangements under the direction of Blair's Cremation & Burial. Published Tuesday, Dec. 31 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Cal Fire suspends burn permits due to dry weather SANTA CRUZ (AP) — The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has suspended burn permits, citing dry conditions and a sharp increase in vegetation fires. The agency issued a ban Monday on 31 million acres of state property and private land in Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties as well as parts of Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties. Cal Fire officials say the region has been expe- BAN Continued from page 1A who do smoke will end up smoking all over campus.'' Former UC President Mark Yudof announced the ban in 2012 but the rollout has been left up to each school. A call to the California State University office was not immediately returned. UCLA did away with cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco in April. About 8 percent of UC students smoke, compared with the national average riencing record-breaking low rainfall, low humidity, dry fuel moisture levels and increased fire activity. The agency also says in Santa Cruz County alone, there have been 31 vegetation fires in November and December, about half of which involved blazes relating to burning debris. Typically, there would be five to seven such fires. Officials say campfires are still allowed in organized campgrounds or on private property with landowner permission. of 16 percent, officials said. At the University of California, Riverside, school officials have spent about $50,000 on signs, promotional events and materials for the ban expected to start Wednesday. Some smokers at the school remain defiant. Susan Chevrie, a custodian who has smoked a pack a day for 35 years, said she will kick the habit on her own terms. ''I'm not doing drugs,'' she told the Riverside Press-Enterprise. ''I'm not drinking. If that's the only thing I have to relieve my stress, leave me be.'' 1 killed, 6 injured in Northern Calif. van crash AUBURN (AP) — Authorities said a Northern California woman was killed and six others were injured when the van they were in struck another car, went down an embankment and caught fire. California Highway Patrol Officer Chris Nave said people were returning from a trip to Reno on Interstate 80 Sunday when the brakes in Chevy Astro apparently gave out. The driver turned off the highway toward a dead end street near Gold Run in Placer County, but the van struck another car at the end of the road and rolled downhill. The Sacramento Bee reports 90-year-old Frances Sevilla was killed in the crash. Two were airlifted to the hospital, and the others in the van suffered moderate injuries. 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. GUN Continued from page 1A father was away from the home getting something to eat at the time. The suspected robber, described as a 6-foot-2, 220-pound white man in his 20s with brown hair and brown eyes and a tattoo on the side of his neck, was said to be visiting another resident who lived at the home, according to the release. The man pulled a gun and threatened the woman after she told the man to leave her father's bed- room, according to the release. The woman "stood her ground," the release said, and told the man to, "Shoot now or get out of the house." The man left the home with the other resident without hurting the woman, according to the CHURCH ties and Exchange Commission. Souza faces a maximum of 24 years and four months in state prison. Continued from page 1A Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. after one student reported Souza's 27. conduct to the Bethel Church Souza's trial lasted seven days. administration and the US Securi- The jury deliberated on the last day 7A release. Police said the woman discovered that her purse and its contents were missing from her father's room. The investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information regarding the case is asked to call Red Bluff police at 530-5273131. of the trial Dec. 20 and then reconvened Monday for four hours before returning their unanimous verdicts. The case was prosecuted by Shasta Deputy District Attorney Patricia Van Ert and investigated by the Redding Police Department. 2013: fewest police deaths by firearms since 1887 WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of lawenforcement officers killed by firearms in 2013 fell to levels not seen since the days of the Wild West, according to a report released Monday. The annual report from the nonprofit National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund also found that deaths in the line of duty generally fell by 8 percent and were the fewest since 1959. According to the report, 111 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers were killed in the line of duty nationwide this past year, compared to 121 in 2012. Forty-six officers were killed in traffic related accidents, and 33 were killed by firearms. The number of firearms deaths fell 33 percent in 2013 and was the lowest since 1887. The report credits an increased culture of safety among law-enforcement agencies, including increased use of bulletproof vests, that followed a spike in law-enforcement deaths in 2011. Since 2011, officer fatalities across all categories have decreased by 34 percent, and firearms deaths have dropped by 54 percent. Fourteen officers died from heart attacks that occurred while performing their duties. The report found that Texas and California had the highest number of fatalities, with 13 and 10, respectively. Life support extended for girl declared brain dead OAKLAND (AP) — A California judge on Monday ordered a 13year-old girl who was declared brain dead to be kept on life support until Jan. 7. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo ordered Children's Hospital Oakland to maintain Jahi McMath on a ventilator past the 5 p.m. Monday time that was set in a previous ruling. The family wants to continue life support, saying there is hope for recovery. Nailah Winkfield, the girl's mother, said she wept when she heard about the ruling and hugged relatives outside the hospital. She said the delay was an answer to her prayers and a sign that she was right to keep fighting. ''Who wants to know the date and the time their child would die?'' she said. ''I don't care what anyone has to say about what I'm doing... I have to do what is right for me and for Jahi.'' She said she does not believe her daughter is dead because her heart is still beating. Sam Singer, a hospital spokesman, said it would comply with the judge's new order. Doctors at Children's Hospital and an independent pediatric neurologist from Stanford University have concluded the girl is brain dead. Jahi underwent a tonsillectomy at the hospital on Dec. 9 to treat sleep apnea and other issues. After she awoke from the operation, her family said, she started bleeding heavily and went into cardiac arrest. She was declared brain dead three days later. The latest ruling on Monday came after the family said they would sue to keep Jahi on life support. Family spokesman Omari Sealey, the uncle of Jahi, disclosed the plan to seek a restraining order against the hospital. Sealey said the family took video of Jahi responding when her mother touched and talked to her. He also said a pediatrician examined her and said she was not dead. A facility in New York state is willing to take Jahi, and arrangements have been made for medical transport with a doctor by her side, the uncle said. The family said on its fundraising website that it had raised more than $25,000 for a possible transfer. Earlier Monday, Singer reiterated the position of the doctors. ''This is one of the most tragic situations imaginable,'' Singer said. ''A family has long their young daughter. But unfortunately, Jahi is deceased. No amount of hope, prayer or medical procedures will bring her back.'' Cynthia Chiarappa, a hospital spokeswoman, has said officials would have to understand the capabilities of the New York facility before allowing a possible transfer. The hospital also said it would need to confirm there is lawful transportation included in any transfer plan and there is written permission from the coroner. Doctors at Children's Hospital have refused to perform a tracheotomy for breathing and to insert a feeding tube — procedures that would be necessary to transfer Jahi. The hospital has said it's unethical to perform surgery on a person legally declared dead. Agency: No investigation of Latino Caucus donation SACRAMENTO (AP) — California's political watchdog agency said Monday it has declined to open an investigation into a lawmaker whose name surfaced in an ongoing federal investigation of a state senator. The Fair Political Practices Commission told Sen. Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, that it will not investigate whether he was involved in the transfer of a $25,000 contribution from a Latino political action committee to a nonprofit. The nonprofit, Californians for Diversity, is run by former Assemblyman Tom Calderon. FBI agents raided the offices of Calderon's brother, state Sen. Ron Calderon, D-Montebello, in June as part of an investigation. The commission asked de Leon earlier this month for more information about the contribution but said in a letter dated Monday that he would not be the subject of an investigation. Instead, the agency has initiated an investigation into whether any elected officer of the Latino Caucus' political action committee, Yes We Can, might have directed the donation from the group to the nonprofit. If so, the parties would have been required to report the contribution as a behested payment under California's campaign finance laws, said Gary Winuk, chief of the FPPC's enforcement division. A letter announcing the investigation does not name any specific target. Ron Calderon was in line to become chairman of the legislative Latino Caucus this year, but state Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, did not want to give up the job. A few weeks after the caucus voted to keep Lara as chairman, Yes We Can gave $25,000 to Californians for Diversity, the nonprofit run by Ron Calderon's brother. In a letter to the FPPC denying de Leon's involvement in the donation, his attorney, Stephen Kaufman, said the lawmaker ''did not request the contribution, did not recommend the contribution, and was not part of any vote or decision to make the contribution.'' In an emailed statement Monday, de Leon said ''I had nothing to do with the contribution and am pleased that after reviewing the evidence the FPPC quickly closed this matter.'' Calderon has not been charged in the federal probe, but he said in documents filed in federal court that the raid on his office occurred after he refused FBI requests to wear a recording device and act as an informant against de Leon and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, DSacramento. De Leon, a top candidate to succeed Steinberg as Senate leader, produced a letter from federal prosecutors saying he is considered a potential witness in that investigation and is not a target at this time. Steinberg has also said through a spokesman that he has a similar letter. Car plows into bedroom, killing man MISSION VIEJO (AP) — Authorities say a man arrested after a fatal car crash into the front of a Southern California home was convicted in 2010 of driving under the influence. Orange County Sheriff's Lt. Jeff Hallock says authorities were called shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday after a suspected drunk driver drove a car into the front bedroom of a house in Mission Viejo. Hallock says a man lying in bed was killed in the crash. He was not immediately identified. Hallock says 27-year-old Kourosh Keshmiri has been arrested for investigation of driving under the influence. It wasn't immediately clear how fast the car was going downhill when it jumped the curb and landed inside the house. A message was left for Keshmiri's attorney wasn't immediately returned. 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