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WEEKEND JANUARY 4-5 2014 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Winter Dinner Tonight Ag Page 4A DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Sunny 68/32 Weather forecast 10A TEHAMA COUNTY $1.00 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 Salmon to be released in Battle Creek Some 750,000 late-fall Chinook salmon will be released into Battle Creek Jan. 13-14, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Friday. The Coleman National Fish Hatchery (NFH) in Anderson produces about 1 million latefall Chinook salmon juveniles each year. About 250,000 were released at the hatchery in early Fire burns in Lassen forest December 2013. Late-fall Chinook salmon eggs are collected at Coleman NFH from returning adults. The juveniles then are raised at the hatchery for about a year and typically are released from December through early January. The fish are released on site into Battle Creek, a cold-water tributary of the Sacramento River, so they complete the imprinting cycle during their out-migration to the ocean. This release strategy increases the likelihood these fish will return to the upper Sacramento River as adults to contribute to the in-river fishery and return to the hatchery in sufficient numbers to perpetuate runs and ensure continuity of collecting, spawning and rearing activities for important Chinook salmon propagation programs. This on-site release practice for late-fall Chinook salmon also is consistent with the best science available and the standards and guidelines for releases of salmon in the Central Valley of California put forward in the California Hatchery Scien- tific Review Group Report (2012). Releases generally are timed to coincide with periods of rainfall, which increases flow and turbidity of rivers, enhancing survival of the fish as they make their way to the ocean. However, a record dry year in Califor- Library sites proffered COHASSET — A wildfire is burning northwest of Cohasset in the Ishi Wilderness in Lassen National Forest. As of 3:30 p.m. Friday, 175 acres had burned with 30 percent containment, according to a press release issued by the Lassen National Forest. Full containment is estimated Sunday. CalFire reported at 10 a.m. Friday that 200 acres had burned. Dubbed the Campbell Fire, the blaze began around 8 p.m. Thursday in Deer Creek Canyon. The fire is in rugged terrain a bit more than two miles northeast of Pinna- See CHASE, page 9A Police: No reason to hold man before priest killed Dry winter leads to precautions in California See DRY, page 9A Man nabbed after chase, crash A 31-year-old Red Bluff man led law enforcement on a pursuit early Friday morning that ended with his vehicle crashing through a gate in Rancho Tehama and injuring his three passengers. Jason Lee Carnahan, 31, was arrested for reckless driving while evading a peace officer and obstruction following the incident that occurred around 4:18 a.m. Tehama County sheriff deputies attempted to conduct a traffic enforcement stop on the white Mer- See FIRE, page 9A SACRAMENTO (AP) — The first Sierra snow survey of the winter on Friday confirmed the fears of state water managers, who are warning of drought conditions in the coming year unless the state receives significantly more rain and snow. Surveyors found mostly bare ground when they tried to measure the snowpack near South Lake Tahoe. Manual and electronic readings showed the water content in the statewide snowpack at just 20 percent of average for this time of year. This year's reading and the one in January 2012 are the lowest on record. ''While we hope conditions improve, we are fully mobilized to streamline water transfers and take every action possible to ease the effects of dry weather on farms, homes and businesses as we face a possible third consecutive dry year,'' See SALMON, page 9A Daily News photos by Rich Greene Potential locations for the new Tehama County Library main branch include 1106 Main St. on the corner of Union Street, top, and 1015 Kimball Road, next to the Red Bluff Community and Senior Center. By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer Tehama County has narrowed its list of potential sites for a new library to a pair of locations and now it wants the public's input on the decision. The Tehama County Library Site Ad-Hoc Board Committee will hold a public meeting 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14 at the Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, 1500 S. Jackson St. Next to the Community Center is one of the two potential sites, at 1015 Kimball Road. The other site is in downtown Red Bluff at 1106 Main St. on the corner of Union Street. Acting Librarian Sally Ainsworth said those two sites were narrowed from a list of 46 that were considered. Ainsworth said different sites were thrown out for a variety of reasons and in the end the two final sites were chosen because of cost and location. "They're both good sites," she said. "They're both good locations. It's what is the best fit for Red Bluff." The Main Street site would add another landmark to the downtown scene, be visable from Interstate 5 and provide views of the Sacramento River and Lassen Peak. The site next to the Community Center would create a government campus that could allow resources to be shared. It's also within walking distance of schools and a proposed dog park. Ainsworth said the library has a large patron base interested in the library's future. The Jan. 14 meeting will include presentations of the proposed sites and include a secret ballot vote for residents at the end of the meeting. Tehama County is looking to move the main Red Bluff branch of the library from its location on 645 Madison St. because a series of governmental buildings will be moved around town. The California Administrative Office of the Courts is moving Tehama County Superior Court to Walnut Street. That move is displacing a number of county buildings, including the Probation Department's Day Reporting Center. The county is hoping to build a permanent Day Reporting Center at the site of the library, next to the Tehama County Jail. Last month the county received a portion of the $20 million it would need to build the Reporting Center, a project that would include expanding the jail. The Board of Supervisors set aside around $48,000 for the new library's site planning. County officials have previously said the total price tag for a new library could be around $3.5 million. An ad hoc committee to plan for a new library was formed in May including Supervisors Steve Chamblin and Sandy Bruce. EUREKA (AP) — When the body of the Rev. Eric Freed was discovered in the rectory of his church on New Year's Day, police immediately had a suspect: A man released from jail hours earlier who was spotted on church grounds by a security guard, questioned by a police officer, and then seen again by the same guard, this time holding a wooden stake. With this coastal city of 27,000 mourning over the death of the popular and charismatic Roman Catholic priest, Eureka police and the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department defended the decision to let Gary Bullock go free hours before Freed was killed. They see cases like his every day. With no serious criminal behavior to hold him, and no evidence of a psychiatric problem, they say they had to let him go. ''This was standard practice,'' said sheriff's Lt. Steve Knight. ''It was truly a tragic, tragic event that this happened after See PRIEST, page 9A