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By Mark Sherman The Associated Press WASHINGTON » The Su- preme Court on Tuesday up- held Michigan's ban on us- ing race as a factor in col- lege admissions despite one justice's impassioned dis- sent that accused the court of wanting to wish away ra- cial inequality. The justices said in a 6-2 ruling that Michigan voters had the right to change their state constitution in 2006 to prohibit public colleges and universities from taking ac - count of race in admissions decisions. The justices said that a lower federal court was wrong to set aside the change as discriminatory. The decision bolstered similar voter-approved ini - tiatives banning affirma- tive action in education in California and Washington state. A few other states have adopted laws or issued ex - ecutive orders to bar race- conscious admissions poli- cies. Justice Anthony Kennedy said voters chose to elimi- nate racial preferences pre said nothing in the Consti- tution or the court's prior cases gives judges the au- thority to undermine the election results. "This case is not about how the debate about racial preferences should be re Sotomayor said the decision tramples on the rights of mi- norities, even though the amendment was adopted democratically. "But w ithout checks, democratically approved legislation can oppress mi room Tuesday. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sided with Sotomayor in dissent. Judges "ought not sit back and wish away, rather than confront, the racial inequal - ity that exists in our soci- ety " Sotomayor said She firmative action was a factor in their admission to Prince- ton University and Yale Uni- versity, respectively. They both attended law school at Yale. Thomas is a staunch opponent of racial prefer - ences. At 58 pages, Sotomayor's dissent was longer than the combined length of the four opinions in support of the outcome. Chief Justice John Rob - erts and Justices Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, An- tonin Scalia and Thomas agreed with Kennedy. R espond i ng to Soto - mayor, Roberts said it "does more harm than good to question the openness and candor of those on either side of the debate." Justice Elena Kagan did not take part in the case, presumably because she worked on it at an earlier stage while serving in the Justice Department. In 2003, the Supreme Court upheld the consider - ation of race among many factors in college admis- sions in a case from Mich- igan. Three years later, affir tion to outlaw any consider- ation of race. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the is- sue was not affirmative ac- tion, but the way in which its opponents went about try- ing to bar it. In its 8-7 decision, the ap- peals court said the provi- sion ran afoul of the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution's 14th A mend ment because it presents an extraordinary burden to affirmative action supporters who would have to mount their own long, ex - pensive campaign to repeal the constitutional provision. Black and Latino enroll- ment at the University of Michigan has dropped since the ban took effect. At California's top pub - lic universities, African- Americans are a smaller share of incoming fresh- men, while Latino enroll- ment is up slightly, but far below the state's growth in the percentage of Latino high school graduates. The case was the court's second involving affirmative action in as many years. In June, the justices ordered EducATION High court upholds Michigan affirmative action ban DaviD Coates — the assoCiateD Press Jose alvarenga, center, BaMN (By any Means Necessary) national organizer, and others protest the supreme Court ruling on the campus of the University of Michigan on tuesday in ann arbor, Mich. Washington 65/43 New York 58/40 Miami 86/71 Atlanta 75/52 Detroit 57/36 Houston 84/64 Chicago 50/39 Minneapolis 52/42 Kansas City 75/60 El Paso 85/62 Denver 69/35 Billings 59/40 Los Angeles 76/56 San Francisco 65/51 Seattle 54/45 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 sunny, partly cloudy, cloudy, showers, thunderstorms, rain, snow flurries, snow,ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia 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.) Extreme Very high High Moderate 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: THURSDAY 68° 49° FRIDAY 63° 42° Mostly cloudy with showers Some sun, then clouds SATURDAY 66° 47° Cool with clouds and sun SUNDAY 71° 50° A blend of sun and clouds TODAY 71° 50° Partly sunny. Cloudy with a little rain tonight. High ....................................................................... 68° Low ........................................................................ 51° Normal high ......................................................... 73° Normal low ........................................................... 48° Record high ............................................. 94° in 2009 Record low .............................................. 38° in 1961 Humidity noon today ........................................ 37% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.01" Month to date ................................................... 0.14" Normal month to date ..................................... 1.14" Season to date ................................................ 11.65" Normal season to date .................................. 22.40" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .................................................................. Good Napa ................................................................... Good Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ........................................................... Good Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass ...................... High Mold ......................... Low Trees ...................... High Weeds ..................... Low 7 Highest at 1 p.m. Today 6:20 a.m. 7:56 p.m. 2:55 a.m. 2:11 p.m. Thursday 6:18 a.m. 7:57 p.m. 3:33 a.m. 3:19 p.m. 13 hr., 36 min. Apr 28 New May 6 First Full May 14 Last May 21 above Bend Bridge...................... 27 ...........1.10 .......none at Hamilton City ......................... 148 ...... 128.80 .......none at Ord Ferry ................................ 114 ........96.50 .......none at Red Bluff Diversion Dam ....... 253 ...... 238.00 .......none at Tehama Bridge ...................... 213 ...... 200.30 .......none at Vina Woodson Bridge............ 183 ...... 166.10 .......none Black Butte ....................455.81.............. 70,153 ..... 48.8% Lake Oroville..................768.74......... 1,858,846 ..... 49.7% Lake Shasta ...................979.41......... 2,404,524 ..... 52.8% Lake Trinity..................2286.05......... 1,303,774 ..... 49.2% Whiskeytown...............1206.75............ 230,779 ..... 95.7% Weather Trivia ™ What name is given to a heavy, wet snowfall during the early spring? A sapling bender. Today Thursday Anaheim 75/54/s 78/57/pc Bakersfield 72/55/s 78/58/s Chula Vista 71/55/pc 72/59/pc Crescent City 54/50/sh 55/44/r Death Valley 87/66/s 94/69/s Eureka 56/49/pc 57/44/r Fremont 66/53/s 66/53/pc Fresno 74/52/s 80/56/pc Glendale 74/53/s 77/55/s Huntington Beach 68/55/pc 67/57/pc Irvine 70/56/pc 73/57/pc Lake Tahoe 53/35/pc 54/34/pc Long Beach 72/56/pc 74/56/pc Los Angeles 76/56/s 78/58/pc Mammoth Mountain 59/33/pc 60/37/pc Modesto 72/51/s 76/53/pc Monterey 61/50/s 63/52/pc Moreno Valley 76/50/s 80/54/s Napa 67/49/pc 65/48/pc Needles 84/63/s 90/68/s Oakland 66/53/pc 64/53/pc Oxnard 65/50/s 68/54/pc Redding 69/52/pc 66/48/pc Riverside 77/49/s 80/52/s Sacramento 71/49/pc 71/51/pc San Bernardino 77/51/s 80/53/s San Diego 69/59/pc 69/60/pc San Francisco 65/51/s 63/53/pc San Jose 67/52/s 68/53/pc San Luis Obispo 70/45/s 75/48/pc Santa Ana 71/56/pc 77/57/pc Santa Barbara 68/48/s 71/50/pc Santa Clarita 76/51/s 79/55/s Stockton 72/51/s 73/51/pc Ventura 67/50/s 69/54/pc Yosemite Valley 67/43/pc 70/48/pc Today Thursday Albuquerque 78/47/s 75/52/s Atlanta 75/52/s 79/61/s Baltimore 61/37/s 68/45/s Boston 58/41/r 61/41/s Buffalo 49/30/pc 55/39/pc Chicago 50/39/sh 67/50/t Cincinnati 63/40/s 73/49/pc Dallas 84/65/s 86/63/t Denver 69/35/s 70/41/pc Detroit 57/36/s 59/45/c El Paso 85/62/s 83/62/s Fargo 57/40/r 64/40/r Honolulu 86/73/s 84/73/pc Houston 84/64/s 85/67/pc Indianapolis 62/43/s 70/51/pc Kansas City 75/60/t 70/50/t Las Vegas 76/61/s 83/68/s Louisville 68/46/s 77/56/pc Miami 86/71/s 86/73/s Minneapolis 52/42/r 59/44/r New Orleans 80/66/pc 81/65/s New York City 58/40/pc 64/45/s Oklahoma City 84/61/pc 79/53/t A cool, blustery day is in store for the Northeast today, in the wake of clouds, showers and mild conditions from Tuesday. High pressure will build across the Great Lakes to send dry air to the East. Some rain will linger over northern and eastern New England. Meanwhile, severe weather will be on the prowl over the central and southern Plains, especially later in the day. The thunderstorms can bring large hail, damaging wind and isolated tor- nadoes from western Texas to western and central Nebraska with drenching rain farther north. High ............................... 95° in Laredo, TX Low ............................ 23° in Leadville, CO High .................... 113° in Matam, Senegal Low ... -35° in Summit Station, Greenland Bogota 65/48/sh 65/49/t Buenos Aires 70/50/pc 70/52/pc Caracas 90/75/pc 89/74/pc Ensenada 71/52/pc 73/53/pc Mexico City 78/55/pc 78/53/pc Montreal 50/34/r 55/34/pc Rio de Janeiro 83/72/t 76/69/r Tijuana 70/54/pc 72/55/pc Toronto 49/32/pc 55/38/pc Vancouver 53/43/r 53/44/r Orlando 85/65/s 85/65/s Philadelphia 60/40/pc 64/48/s Phoenix 87/66/s 90/69/s Pittsburgh 54/30/pc 64/47/s Portland, ME 55/36/sh 57/34/pc Portland, OR 54/47/r 60/42/r St. Louis 70/52/pc 73/53/t Salt Lake City 53/45/c 71/49/pc Seattle 54/45/sh 56/42/r Tucson 86/57/s 87/61/s Washington, DC 65/43/s 69/50/s Cairo 92/69/pc 99/70/pc Casablanca 71/52/s 69/51/s Johannesburg 68/47/t 67/43/s Kinshasa 91/74/t 88/73/t Lagos 89/77/t 90/77/t Nairobi 81/60/pc 79/61/c Tripoli 72/55/pc 74/50/s Baghdad 92/68/s 95/67/s Beijing 79/55/s 81/56/s Hong Kong 81/74/c 83/75/pc Jerusalem 79/64/s 88/69/pc Kabul 74/49/s 72/51/t Manila 94/79/pc 90/80/sh Melbourne 67/54/pc 64/43/pc New Delhi 97/73/pc 97/73/pc Seoul 73/48/s 77/50/s Singapore 90/79/t 90/79/t Sydney 79/59/s 81/61/pc Tehran 72/60/t 77/60/s Tokyo 68/52/s 70/54/s Amsterdam 66/49/sh 61/50/r Athens 77/59/pc 75/61/pc Belgrade 75/58/r 67/53/r Berlin 71/55/pc 68/51/r Budapest 72/55/pc 75/56/r Dublin 57/43/r 57/41/pc London 65/49/r 64/46/pc Madrid 68/48/pc 66/46/sh Moscow 58/30/r 45/28/s Paris 68/50/c 64/50/c Rome 68/55/r 73/55/s Stockholm 52/30/s 52/30/pc Vienna 71/54/r 71/55/r Zurich 69/44/sh 67/45/sh 62/39 66/42 64/44 63/40 62/43 71/49 72/50 67/49 68/47 72/51 71/51 53/40 58/39 60/39 69/52 71/50 61/42 57/48 58/49 56/49 62/45 57/41 61/42 54/50 59/39 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2014 Win River Event Center 2100 Redding Rancheria Road, Redding, CA 96001 DINNER, AUCTIONS & DRAWINGS 5pm-7pm Reception/Social Hour 7pm-8pm Dinner followed by auctions & drawings FIRST FOR HUNTER Redding Regional Chapter Redding Regional Chapter 20 th Annual Fund Raising Banquet For more information and "over the counter" Dinner Tickets-Call Us! 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