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By Allen G. Breed The Associated Press PERTH, AusTRAliA » After a month of failed hunting and finding debris that turned out to be ordinary flotsam, an Australian ship detected faint pings deep in the In - dian Ocean in what an offi- cial called the "most prom- ising lead" yet in the search for Flight 370. Officials coordinating the multinational search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet still urged caution Mon - day after a weekend that also brought reports of "acoustic noise" picked up by a Chi- nese vessel also trying to solve the aviation mystery. The Boeing 777 vanished March 8 while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. The focus of the search changed repeatedly since contact was lost with the plane between Malaysia and Vietnam. It began in the South China Sea, then shifted toward the Strait of Malacca to the west, where Malaysian officials eventually confirmed that military radar had de - tected the plane. An analysis of satellite data indicated the plane veered far off course for a still-unknown reason, head - ing to the southern Indian Ocean, where officials say it went down at sea. They later shifted the search area closer to the west coast of Australia. "We are cautiously hope - ful that there will be a posi- tive development in the next few days, if not hours," Ma- laysian Defense Minister His- hammuddin Hussein said in the capital of Kuala Lumpur. The Ocean Shield, an Aus- tralian ship towing sophisti- cated U.S. Navy listening equipment, detected two dis- tinct, long-lasting sounds un- derwater that are consistent with the pings from an air- craft's "black boxes" — the flight data and cockpit voice recorders, Houston said. Navy specialists were ur - gently trying to pick up the signal detected Sunday by the Ocean Shield so they can triangulate its position and go to the next step of send - ing an unmanned miniature submarine into the depths to look for any plane wreckage. mAlAysiA 'Promising lead' emerges in hunt for Flight 370 By Peter leonard The Associated Press DONETsK, uKRAiNE » Pro- Russian activists barri- caded inside a government building in eastern Ukraine proclaimed the region inde- pendent Monday and called for a referendum on seced- ing from Ukraine — an om- inous echo of the events that led to Russia's annexation of Crimea. The Ukrainian govern - ment accused Russia of stirring up the unrest and vowed to quell it. Russia, which has tens of thousands of troops massed along the border, warned Ukraine of more "difficulties and cri - ses" if its leaders fail to heed Moscow's demands. In Washington, the U.S. said any move by Russia into eastern Ukraine would be a "very serious escala - tion" that could bring fur- ther sanctions. White House spokesman Jay Carney said there was strong evidence that some of the pro-Rus- sian protesters in Ukraine were paid and were not lo- cal residents. At the same time, the U.S. announced that Sec- retary of State John Kerry will meet with top diplo- mats from Russia, Ukraine and the European Union in a new push to ease tensions. The meeting, the first such four-way talks since the cri- sis erupted, will take place in the next 10 days, the State Department said. Pro -Russian activ ists who seized the provincial administrative building in the city of Donetsk over the weekend announced the for - mation Monday of the inde- pendent Donetsk People's Republic. They also called for a referendum on the seces- sion of the Donetsk region, which borders Russia, to be held no later than May 11, ac- cording to the Russian news agency Interfax. A similar action was taken in another Russian-speak - ing city in the east, Kharkiv, where pro-Moscow activists declared themselves "alter- native" regional legislators and proclaimed a "sovereign Kharkiv People's Republic," Interfax reported. Russia annexed Crimea last month, following a ref - erendum called just two weeks after the Black Sea peninsula had been over- taken by Russian forces. Ukraine and the West have rejected the vote and the an- nexation as illegal. The Donetsk and Kharkiv regions — and a third Rus- sian-speaking city besieged by pro-Moscow activists over the weekend, Luhansk —have a combined popula - tion of nearly 10 million out of Ukraine's 46 million, and account for the bulk of the country's industrial output. EAsTERN EuROPE Pro-Russians: East Ukraine independent AlexAnder ermochenko — The AssociATed Press Activists wave russian national flags on the balcony of the regional administration building decorated a banner reading "donetsk republic," in donetsk, Ukraine, monday. Washington 67/45 New York 67/42 Miami 89/65 Atlanta 63/48 Detroit 53/32 Houston 74/46 Chicago 52/30 Minneapolis 51/37 Kansas City 57/37 El Paso 76/53 Denver 70/39 Billings 67/44 Los Angeles 90/60 San Francisco 74/54 Seattle 62/43 AIR QUALITY FORECAST What it means: 0-50: Good; 51-100: Moderate; 101-150: Unhealthy for sensitive people; 151+: Unhealthy for all. Source: Airnow.gov City Today's air quality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Europe Africa Carson City Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollen levels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) 11+: Extreme 8-10: Very high 6-7: High 3-5: Moderate 0-2: Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hours of sunlight River Levels Sacramento River Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: WEDNESDAY 80° 48° THURSDAY 81° 50° Sunn y much of the time Pa rtly sunn y FRIDAY 84° 52° Pa rtly sunn y and ve ry warm SATURDAY 85° 52° Mostly sunn y and ve ry warm TODAY 82° 50° Mostly sunny and very warm. Partly cloudy tonight. High ....................................................................... 77° Low ........................................................................ 50° Normal high ......................................................... 69° Normal low ........................................................... 45° Record high ............................................. 97° in 1989 Record low .............................................. 29° in 1982 Humidity noon today ........................................ 43% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 0.13" Normal month to date ..................................... 0.37" Season to date ................................................ 11.64" Normal season to date .................................. 21.63" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .................................................... Not available Napa ................................................................... Good Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ........................................................... Good Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass .................. Absent Mold ............... Moderate Trees .................. Absent Weeds ................ Absent 6 Highest at 12 p.m. Today 6:42 a.m. 7:40 p.m. 1:40 p.m. 2:59 a.m. Wednesday 6:41 a.m. 7:41 p.m. 2:35 p.m. 3:34 a.m. 12 hr., 58 min. Apr 15 Full Apr 22 Last New Apr 28 First May 6 at Bend Bridge 27 1.30 -0.10 at Hamilton City 148 129.30 -0.10 at Ord Ferry 114 97.10 -0.10 at Red Bluff Diversion Dam 253 238.10 none at Tehama Bridge 213 200.60 none Lake Shasta...................973.97 2,300,200 50.5% Lake Trinity .................2286.74 1,311,289 49.5% Weather Trivia ™ When was New York City's latest measurable snowfall? April 29, 1874; 0.50 of an inch accumulated. Today Wednesday Anaheim 94/59/s 86/55/pc Bakersfield 90/61/s 86/59/pc Chula Vista 84/56/s 80/57/pc Crescent City 56/46/pc 57/42/pc Death Valley 101/72/s 101/66/pc Eureka 59/44/pc 58/42/pc Fremont 81/54/s 76/53/pc Fresno 90/60/s 88/58/s Glendale 92/58/s 84/55/pc Huntington Beach 79/58/s 74/56/pc Irvine 86/58/s 79/56/pc Lake Tahoe 68/33/s 64/29/pc Long Beach 89/57/s 81/55/pc Los Angeles 90/60/s 84/56/pc Mammoth Mountain 71/37/s 67/29/pc Modesto 89/55/s 86/52/pc Monterey 70/49/s 66/49/pc Moreno Valley 94/56/s 87/50/pc Napa 79/50/s 75/45/pc Needles 95/66/s 96/67/pc Oakland 76/52/s 70/51/pc Oxnard 76/52/s 70/52/pc Redding 81/50/s 80/48/pc Riverside 95/52/s 89/48/pc Sacramento 86/50/s 83/50/pc San Bernardino 93/57/s 86/52/pc San Diego 82/60/s 77/58/pc San Francisco 74/54/s 68/50/pc San Jose 83/56/s 80/54/pc San Luis Obispo 81/46/s 76/47/pc Santa Ana 87/58/s 80/56/pc Santa Barbara 75/50/s 70/48/pc Santa Clarita 91/56/s 85/56/pc Stockton 87/51/s 86/50/pc Ventura 77/52/s 73/52/pc Yosemite Valley 80/46/s 78/44/pc Today Wednesday Albuquerque 75/49/s 80/52/s Atlanta 63/48/c 65/43/s Baltimore 69/41/pc 60/34/pc Boston 63/40/r 54/34/pc Buffalo 48/30/r 44/32/pc Chicago 52/30/c 60/41/s Cincinnati 59/36/c 59/37/pc Dallas 74/48/s 78/56/s Denver 70/39/s 78/41/s Detroit 53/32/c 56/38/pc El Paso 76/53/s 87/59/s Fargo 55/37/pc 72/36/pc Honolulu 80/68/s 81/69/s Houston 74/46/pc 78/51/s Indianapolis 54/34/c 58/41/s Kansas City 57/37/pc 74/51/s Las Vegas 87/67/s 88/68/pc Louisville 62/39/sh 62/42/s Miami 89/65/t 78/64/pc Minneapolis 51/37/c 70/47/s New Orleans 69/52/t 68/51/s New York City 67/42/pc 56/38/pc Oklahoma City 70/42/s 79/53/s Rain will lift northward over New England today, while showers and thunderstorms push across the Florida Peninsula. Some sunshine is forecast to return to the balance of the Atlantic Seaboard, while clouds build in the Appalachians. A cool wind is in store from the Great Lakes to the lower Mississippi Valley, where spotty showers and thunderstorms will fire up due to chilly air in the upper levels of the atmosphere. High pressure will sprawl from the California coast to the central Rockies and will provide sunshine and warmth. High ............................ 95° in Thermal, CA Low ............... 3° in Lake Yellowstone, WY High .................. 108° in Daltonganj, India Low ...................... -42° in Eureka, Canada Bogota 67/46/c 68/47/t Buenos Aires 73/59/pc 73/59/s Caracas 90/74/s 90/74/s Ensenada 87/62/s 87/59/pc Mexico City 70/46/pc 76/46/s Montreal 45/28/r 39/27/pc Rio de Janeiro 84/73/pc 88/75/pc Tijuana 85/56/s 81/53/pc Toronto 54/29/sh 42/31/pc Vancouver 55/44/r 55/40/pc Orlando 79/57/t 73/55/pc Philadelphia 68/42/pc 58/38/pc Phoenix 95/67/s 95/71/pc Pittsburgh 56/35/c 54/35/pc Portland, ME 57/35/r 48/24/pc Portland, OR 67/47/pc 59/41/pc St. Louis 56/38/c 64/47/s Salt Lake City 72/50/s 78/49/c Seattle 62/43/c 57/41/pc Tucson 90/58/s 92/61/s Washington, DC 67/45/pc 62/41/pc Cairo 85/61/s 79/57/s Casablanca 93/60/s 92/56/pc Johannesburg 70/48/pc 68/48/pc Kinshasa 92/72/c 90/72/t Lagos 89/76/c 90/77/pc Nairobi 82/57/pc 83/57/s Tripoli 70/50/s 77/53/s Baghdad 93/65/sh 90/67/s Beijing 79/52/s 86/47/s Hong Kong 77/71/pc 79/71/pc Jerusalem 72/54/s 71/50/pc Kabul 62/39/s 66/41/pc Manila 92/77/pc 91/78/t Melbourne 72/60/pc 71/61/t New Delhi 91/68/pc 91/68/pc Seoul 67/42/s 69/46/pc Singapore 91/79/t 91/79/t Sydney 77/63/c 77/64/c Tehran 71/57/c 72/61/t Tokyo 68/50/s 66/52/pc Amsterdam 51/44/sh 55/49/pc Athens 68/52/pc 71/55/s Belgrade 73/52/pc 57/39/r Berlin 61/43/r 55/46/r Budapest 72/51/c 60/40/pc Dublin 54/43/pc 54/41/pc London 57/43/pc 60/43/pc Madrid 77/48/pc 77/50/pc Moscow 45/26/c 40/24/pc Paris 56/38/pc 60/39/pc Rome 73/52/s 68/50/sh Stockholm 43/37/r 41/36/sh Vienna 64/49/r 58/43/c Zurich 61/36/r 59/35/pc 76/42 82/48 80/48 77/44 81/44 86/50 86/54 79/50 81/45 83/55 82/54 70/39 73/36 73/42 81/50 82/50 75/42 60/47 62/49 59/44 76/46 74/41 78/41 56/46 76/38 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2014 http://www.facebook.com/scoopsofredbluff 905 Walnut St. | Red Bluff • 528-1698 11am-9pm • 7 days facebook.com/scoopsofredbluff Come try our Gelato Pies Smog Check (MOST CARS & PICK-UPS) 527-9841 • 195 S. 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