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Thefollowingdefendants were sentenced in Tehama County Superior Court, according to the Tehama County District Attorney's Office: RecentState/Local Prison Commitments: People vs. Belinda Kaye Juarez, Possession of a Con- trolled Substance with Spe- cial Allegation Prior Strike. Brief history: An officer contacted defendant and was advised she had war - rants out for her arrest. The officer searched defendant's purse and located metham- phetamine. Sentenced to 2 years 8 months State Prison. Recent County Jail Commitments: People vs. Mitchell Scott Allen, Post Release Community Supervision; Transportation of Mari - juana, Possession of Mari- juana For Sale, Possession of Concentrated Cannabis, Possession of a Controlled Substance with Special Al - legation Prior Felony, Re- sist, Obstruct, Delay of Peace Officer or Hit-Run Driving. Brief history: Defen - dant was released from prison and placed on post release community super- vision. Defendant violated the terms of his supervi- sion when he failed to re- port to probation, failed to complete his drug and al- cohol treatment program and failed to keep proba- tion informed of his cur- rent contact information. An officer attempted to conduct a vehicle stop on a vehicle driven by the de - fendant. The defendant failed to yield and contin- ued to drive recklessly un- til he lost control of his ve- hicle and eventually came to a stop. The defendant fled the vehicle on foot and was eventually located and taken into custody. Inside the vehicle the officers lo - cated marijuana, concen- trated cannabis and meth- amphetamine. Sentenced to 455 days county jail. People vs. James Rich - ard Owens Jr., Possession of Marijuana For Sale, Pos- session of Concentrated Cannabis. Brief history: Agents conducted a search war - rant at defendant's resi- dence and located pack- aging material, scales, processed marijuana and marijuana plants. Sentenced to 120 days county jail. People vs. Jacob James McDaniel Receiving Stolen Property. Brief history: Defendant was originally granted formal probation. Defen - dant violated his proba- tion when he was found in possession of methamphet- amine and tested positive for marijuana and meth- amphetamine. Sentenced to 60 days county jail. Upcoming Court Dates -Trials, Preliminary Hearings (PX) & Pre Trial Conferences (PTC): People vs. Quentin Ray Bealer, Murder. Brief history: Defendant was arrested and charged with the murder of a 14 year old victim who had been re - ported missing when she didn't return home from school. Officers located the victim's body two days later. Motions: May 12, at 8 a.m. in Department 3. People vs. Tyler Allen Burrone, Vehicular Man - slaughter, Involuntary Manslaughter. Brief history: Defen- dant was driving his ve- hicle down the highway and failed to notice that the victim's vehicle had stopped in front of him and was attempting to make a left turn. Defendant rear ended the victim's vehicle and forced it into the path of an oncoming semi truck. The five year old victim in - side the vehicle received fatal injuries as a result of the crash and the child's mother was seriously in - jured. Arraignment: May 13, at 8 a.m. in Department 3. People vs. Roger Sandy Bounnhaseng, Alan Duane Doulphus Jr., Chase Alan Doulphus: Murder, spe - cial allegation felony mur- der, personal and inten- tional, use of a firearm, as- sault with a firearm, false imprisonment by violence, transportation of mari- juana. Brief history: The defen- dants went to a residence that contained a marijuana grow. The defendants con- fronted the victim and two other men who were at the residence and ordered them to the ground at gun - point. The defendants pro- ceeded to tie up the victim and the two men with zip ties and duct tape. The vic- tim was able to free him- self and attempt to flee the residence but was shot sev- eral times by the armed de- fendants. The victim even- tually succumbed to his in- juries. Defendant's vehicle was located a short time later and a vehicle pursuit followed. Defendant's were eventually apprehended and taken into custody. Inside the vehicle officers located a large amount of marijuana. Arraignment on Infor - mation: June 16, 1:15 p.m. in Department 3. People vs. Brandon Eric- son Branscombe, Murder, Assault on a Child Caus- ing Death. Brief history: The 8 month old victim died as a result of injuries sustained while in the custody and care of defendant. PTC: June 16, at 1:15 p.m. in Department 3. People vs. Christopher Hougland, Murder with Special Allegation Use of Deadly Weapon, Assault With a Deadly Weapon with Special Allegation – Great Bodily Injury. Brief history: Officers responded to a residence regarding a disturbance. Upon arrival officers lo - cated the victim who ap- peared to have several stab wounds and was bleeding profusely. The victim even- tually succumbed to his in- juries and was pronounced dead at the scene. The de- fendant was arrested and taken into custody. PTC: June 27, at 11 a.m. in Department 2. TBJ: July 9, at 1:30 p.m. Department to be deter - mined Courts own public meeting April 8 on the subject. At that meeting Fish and Game commissioners voted unanimously, with one ab - sent, to request support from the board. Chairman Warren Duke made the formal request at Tuesday's Board of Supervi - sors meeting. Duke said first and fore- most Donnelly's bill pro- moted local control. The supervisors voted unanimously to forward a letter of support to the As - sembly's Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee. "Lobbied and passed strictly on uneducated emo - tions, the bill failed to con- sider science which docu- ments the need to manage these predators to control their impact on livestock, wildlife and public safety in rural and semi-rural areas," the board's letter reads. In its own letter to the board, Fish and Game com - missionerssaythenumberof bears killed during the 2013 hunting season dropped off by 34 percent from the pre - vious year. The commissioners warned that if similar de- clines continue there could be an increase of bear prob- lems with man and wildlife populations such as deer. "The support from south- ern California legislators carried this bill despite the opposition of northern leg- islators where the major- ity of such hunting takes place," the commission's let- ter reads. If passed, AB-2205 would still allow local Fish and Game Commissions to de - cide hunting season lengths and tag quotas. In a light-hearted dig at the state changing its de - partment name to Fish and Wildlife, Board Chairman Steve Chamblin asked Duke whether the local commis - sion had changed its own name from game to wildlife. "We haven't changed it and we don't plan to," Duke said. Hunting From Page 1 nia to discover Jefferson's 75 best places. He plans to chronicle his journey through Facebook, Twit - ter and Instagram with the hash tag traveljefferson. Salmon chose 75 to tie it in with the 75th anniver - sary of Jefferson's unoffi- cial founding in 1941. That's when, accord- ing to Salmon, "the double- crossed residents of north- ern California and south- ern Oregon seceded to form the 49th state." The Travel Jefferson ini- tiative will be a three-year effort to promote tour- ism in the area to coincide with the 75th anniversary in 2016. Salmon hopes, along with the website, to release a magazine and host pop- up visitor centers in major markets. Unlike the political push in many northern Califor - nia counties to withdraw from the rest of the state, Salmon is choosing to in- clude southern Oregon and the original Jefferson boundaries in his efforts. That's because that's where Salmon is living. Salmon, who has a back - ground in destination mar- keting, said he didn't grow up in the area but ended up living in the Ashland, Ore. area and becoming aware of the region's beauty along with its history. He now lives in Jacksonville, Ore. Salmon said while you don't see the same type of political votes taking place in southern Oregon, there is a sense of brotherhood with northern California. He said he believes it comes from sharing a re - gional culture as well as the hardships of losing the same types of jobs that once boosted the region's economy. Whether tourism is the answer to avail some of those problems remains to be seen. Salmon quotes a U.S. Travel Association study that found in 2011 travel - ers to California and Ore- gon spent $114 billion and generated 900,000 jobs. Salmon's website breaks Jefferson into four regions: Rogue-Umpqua, Klamath-Lake, South Coast and Shasta-Cas - cade. The website describes the Shasta-Cascade region as being the state of Jef - ferson's heartland because of its sheer size. As for what makes Jef- ferson an attractive desti- nation, Salmon's website says "imagine a naturally breathtaking state with over 300 miles of rug - ged Pacific coastline, the world's tallest trees, more miles of wild and scenic rivers than any state but Alaska, and America's deepest lake." "Better yet," the pitch goes on, "with less than 22 people per square mile, there's plenty of room for you (and Bigfoot) to roam." Travel From Page 1 law and creates dangerous conditions here in Northern California." "The focus of law enforce - ment's efforts are crimi- nal marijuana operations," Bosenko said. "The illegal production marijuana has significantly expanded in re - cent years. Illegal marijuana operations continue to be an imminent threat to our en- vironment, our community and to our citizens." "Like many communities, Trinity County has been overwhelmed by commercial marijuana grows hiding be - hind the Compassionate Use Act, Prop 215," Haney said. "Though there are some le- gitimate medicinal users of marijuana, law enforcement, members of the community and the growers themselves know that most marijuana grown in our counties is transported and sold all over the United States." On e ca se i nv ol vi ng a n ou t - door grow on public land be- gan on June 5, 2013, when law enforcement agents con- ducted a raid at a marijuana garden in Shasta Trinity Na- tional Forest. Some 29,000 marijuana plants were erad- icated. The marijuana was being irrigated with wa- ter that was diverted from nearby Big Bar Creek. Salvador Alcazar-Varelas, 28, of Santa Rosa, was found working at the site and was charged with conspiracy to manufacture marijuana and manufacture of mari - juana. He pleaded guilty of the charges on April 10 and is scheduled for sentencing on July 10. A case involving private propertybeganin2013,when the attention of law enforce - ment was directed to a rural property in Palo Cedro after many neighbors complained about the strong smell of marijuana and unusual ac- tivity in and around the sub- ject property. An overflight confirmed an active mari- juana grow in progress. A subsequent search revealed 531 marijuana plants grow- ing at this location. A search of John Richard Leithmann's residence re- vealed 73 marijuana plants growing inside. Two other individuals, Eric Cop and Mark Cop were at the Palo Cedro property at the time of the search, and both ad - mitted to cultivating mar- ijuana at that location. An indoor marijuana grow con- sisting of 108 marijuana plants was found in Mark Cop's residence. All three are charged with conspiracy to manufacture marijuana and manufac - ture of marijuana. They are scheduled for a status con- ference on May 16. Under the umbrella of Op- eration Safe Counties nearly three dozen separate investi- gations were undertaken by a number of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. Sting From Page 1 "Like many communities, trinity County has been overwhelmed by commercial marijuana grows hiding behind the Compassionate use act, Prop 215." —BruceHaney,TrinityCounty Sheriff language in the proposal is not final, and nothing has been voted on yet. The proposal does ex - empt students enrolled in the College Connection Pro- gram, and those who enroll in college classes for credit recovery. Norton said the proposal has been seen as a "memo - randum against Shasta Col- lege," because it's the school in Red Bluff's backyard, but added that isn't the case. It's more geared toward online courses offered through col - leges that he says don't have to follow Common Core State Standards and may not be accepted by universi - ties for credit. "The idea behind the lan- guage is to make sure stu- dents take the most aca- demically rigorous courses they can," Norton said, add- ing that he knows of stu- dents who were accepted to universities but courses they took online through differ- ent institutions were not ac- cepted at those universities. "And so what we were trying to do is fix that prob- lem," he said. Norton added that the union would prefer that students take advanced courses offered at the high school, and that the school and its teachers also can be unfairly judged by students' scores in courses not taught by Red Bluff High School teachers. Red Bluff High School of - fers AP classes in biology, history, chemistry, history, Spanish, English and Eng- lish Literature. An AP phys- ics class is planned. Stu- dents who choose to take an AP test in those courses, and receive a grade of a 3, 4 or 5, can receive college credit depending on a uni - versity's requirement. Some schools don't accept a grade of 3 as a passing mark. Norton said he didn't be - lieve the 2011 agreement would be adopted in a vote by teachers' union mem- bers because it needed some work. If the new proposal was adopted by the union before the upcoming school year, and Norton stressed that it was still a work in progress, students who have enrolled in college courses not taught by district certi - fied teachers but have room in their schedule to take a course offered at the high school may have to have their schedules changed. Norton said the union is a long way from being done with the proposal, and that it is being written to pro - vide many "outs" for stu- dents. He said he knows there could be a difference of opinion with some in the community, adding that he wants the bargaining unit to have a discussion with those concerned about any proposal brought forward. "We didn't want this to be a negative for students or re - strictive," he said. It appears the district, however, is against that 2011 agreement and the new pro - posal as it stands. Harrop in a statement provided to the Daily News, said, "Parents, students and counselors need to be in - volved in the course selec- tion process, not the union." The district, Harrop said, is seeking a legal opinion on the matter. Credit From Page 1 The Associated Press oPaL,Wyo. Residents were allowed to return home Thursday, nearly 22 hours after an explosion at a nat - ural-gas processing plant forced the evacuation of their small southwestern Wyoming town. Lincoln County spokes - man Stephen Malik said thattheevacuationorderwas lifted shortly after 11:30 a.m. Thursday even though a fire was still burning at the plant. "At this time they don't feel like there is really any credible threat of second - ary explosions or anything like that," Malik said. No injuries were reported in the explosion Wednes - day in Opal, a town of about 95 people about 100 miles northeast of Salt Lake City. All of Opal was evacuated. Gas from the plant serves a huge number of custom - ers across the West and as far east as Ohio, but the ex- plosion came between the winter heating and summer cooling seasons, when de- mand is lower, officials said. Neither authorities nor Williams Partners LP of Tulsa, Okla., which operates the plant, have said what may have caused the explo- sion. Tom Droege, a William spokesman, said the cause would be investigated in co - operation with regulators and local authorities. The blast was reported about 2 p.m. Firefighters de - cided to let the fire burn off rather than try to put it out. "It burned so hot you can't fight this thing," Ma - lik said of the fire. The explosion occurred in acryogenicprocessingtower, which chills unrefined natu - ral gas to remove impurities. 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