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THURSDAY Farm Photo Spartans Upend Cardinal Winners JANUARY 2, 2014 Pastimes Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 6A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Mostly sunny 67/38 Weather forecast 6B 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 Stalking awareness focus of month Hear me roar January is National Stalking Awareness Month, a time to focus on a crime that affects 3.4 million victims a year. This year's theme "Stalking: Know It. Name It. Stop It." challenges the nation to fight this dangerous crime by learning more about it. Stalking is a crime in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, yet many victims and criminal justice professionals underestimate its seriousness and impact. In one of five cases, stalkers use weapons to harm or threaten victims,2 and stalking is one of the significant risk factors for femicide (homicide of women) in abusive relationships. Victims suffer anxiety, social dysfunction, and severe depression at much higher rates than the general population, and many lose time from work or have to move as a result of their victimization. See STALKING, page 5A Drought, but for how long, how bad By ROGER H. AYLWORTH Media News Group Courtesy photo Maria Williams applies a wrist locking technique on David Nichols, a California Parole Agent. This type of technique can be applied either from being grabbed or attempted strike on a person. Self defense for women celebrates program's first year January will mark one year since the Police Activities League (PAL) and Alternatives to Violence (ATV) partnered up on free self-empowerment and defense for women and girls. Many came to learn how to be more aware of their surroundings and how to recognize an attack before it strikes, then take safe and appropriate action. Their goal is to get home safely to their families at the end of each day. Tuesday training is referred to as WWE - Women's Wellness and Empowerment self-defense. Training has become more intense over its first year but the women and girls enjoy it because it's realistic. No uniforms are required. Just come as you are and prepared to empower yourself. Training continues on 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesdays, resuming Jan. 7. Training will be for four straight Tuesdays with two Tuesdays off, then continuing with four on and two off. Each four-week period will include a syllabus of techniques and scenarios that are taken from the news each week and month. A training schedule will be available at the PAL building, 1005 Vista Way, Ste. C, next to the Red Bluff Airport, 3-5 p.m. Jan. 6 and 9, and Progress report on offstream storage SACRAMENTO – The Bureau of Reclamation, in partnership with the State of California Department of Water Resources, Monday released a progress report on the North-ofthe-Delta Offstream Storage Investigation. The proposed project would be located about 10 miles northwest of Maxwell. The progress report is being distributed as a status update summarizing the Investigation from 2001 to present. The purpose of the Investigation is to determine the federal interest in the potential construction of a new storage project north of the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Delta. The Investigation is one of four ongoing surface storage projects identified for further study in the CALFED Bay-Delta Programmatic Record of Decision, which identified program goals, objectives and projects primarily to improve California's water supply and the ecological health of the Delta. New offstream storage could improve the flexibility of the federal Central Valley Project and the State Water Project, and contribute to California's current and future water supply, water quality and environmental needs. The report may be viewed at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/ nodos/docs. If you encounter problems accessing the document, please contact the Public Affairs Office at 916978-5100 or mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov. The report may also be viewed at Reclamation's Regional Library, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento. Please call the library to make an appointment, 916-9785593. For additional information, call Sharon McHale at 916-978-5086 (TTY 1-800-877-8339) or send an email to smchale@usbr.gov. News tip? Call 527-2151 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 during the first class. Certificates of training will also be available. During the second Tuesday on January 14, Rebbeca Laveau, from Damsel in Defense, will demonstrate and have available items specifically geared towards personal self-defense, empowerment and safety for women, girls and the elderly. Personal attacks seem to have escalated over the past year, not only against women and children in various situations but also bullying and violence at schools. To better understand the bullying situations, and bullies in general, PAL started the first anti-bullying program in Tehama County in See ROAR, page 5A By any rational definition, California is in a drought. As of the last day of 2013, Chico had accumulated a total of 3.45 inches of rain since July 1, according to records maintained by the Enterprise-Record. In an average year, by the end of December, 9.25 inches of rain should have fallen. The situation is the same in other valley locations. Oroville has a season total of 3.55 inches of rain. Willows has received only 1.12 inches of rain over the first half of the precipitation year, which goes from July 1 of one year to June 30 of the next. What the current dry spell means will be entirely determined by what comes in the future. The lack of rain so far means that there will be less tree disease in Butte County's orchards, which is a good thing, explained Richard Price, the county's agricultural commissioner. The dry conditions also mean people can get into their orchards to do various projects, also good. If things are not currently critical for orchardists, dry land farmers who have wheat or barley seed in the ground and are waiting for rain are suffering, as are people with cattle on natural pasture who must pump groundwater for the animals and the feed, according to Price. The ag commissioner said the only accurate thing he can say about the impact of the drought is that it is a gamble. "It is like going to Reno. You put your money down and see what happens," he said. Describing what is happening is more See DROUGHT, page 5A 125th Rose Parade marked by first, protests PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Standing atop a giant wedding cake float, Aubrey Loots and Danny Leclair exchanged vows New Year's Day in the first same-sex marriage during the Tournament of Roses Parade. Throngs of spectators cheered as the men, dressed in dark suits, faced each other and held hands before the Rev. Alfreda Lanoix, who officiated the ceremony aboard the AIDS Healthcare Foundation float. Days earlier, a San Diego woman launched a Facebook page urging people to boycott the 125th Rose Parade after learning of the couple's plans. But some like Jennifer Adair, who cheered along with her girlfriend, lined the streets just for this moment. ''We're a modern-day society, so accept it. Don't worry about what other people do,'' Adair told the Los Angeles Times. The Pasadena Tournament of Roses, which puts on the parade, had said the float represents this year's parade theme, ''Dreams Come True.'' Kevin Ferguson, who watched the couple pass by, said he supported their move despite opposition by some. ''You can't put a timetable on another per- AP photo Members of the unconventional Stanford band perform in the 125th Rose Parade in Pasadena, Wednesday. son's freedom,'' Ferguson told the Times. Loots and Leclair, who met across a crowded dance floor 12 years ago, own a small chain of hair salons. Their wedding came toward the end of the two-hour parade festivities. Los Angeles Dodgers longtime broadcaster Vin Scully, the parade's grand marshal, kicked off the show after six F-16s from the Air Force's Thunder- birds roared overhead. ''Instead of me throwing out the first pitch, let's start the parade,'' said Scully, who would late toss the kickoff coin at the Rose Bowl match between Stanford and Michigan State. One by one, flowered floats, exotic equestrians and brass bands marched along the 5 1/2-mile route. A heavy police presence ringed this year's revelry in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. More than 1,100 officers patrolled the crowd. Bomb-sniffing dogs and a wide range of video surveillance also were used to detect suspicious behavior. At the start of the parade route, police arrested 19 animal rights activists who tried to stop the SeaWorld float featurSee ROSE, page 7A