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Commissioner Andrew Christ also said he liked the idea of "broadening things up." When asked about the nature of the business that is interested in the property north of Adobe Road and west of Interstate 5, Tim- boe referred the question to the representative in the audience. "U-Haul," the represen- tative said, adding that the company intends to rent trucks, sell moving items such as bags and boxes, and eventually provide stor- age options. Installation of trailer hitches and other items sold by the moving and storage business also would be provided. Oil changes and the like are not planned for the site. When asked by a com- missioner if used trucks would be sold from the site, the representative said he didn't know, and that that hasn't been talked about. Bringing the discussion back to the matter at hand, Dale said: "At this present time we're not considering a specific business. We're talking about the tools we can use to develop this property." After the economy tum- bled in 2007, Timboe said that even with appropriate zoning, businesses such as the Ford dealership have folded. In 2010, the city opened the freeway com- mercial area to retail sales and indoor public assem- bly use, which includes such things as restaurants and community event centers. U-Haul FROMPAGE1 Spitzer:AlvinSpitzer,87,of Red Bluff died Monday, July 21at St. Elizabeth Commu- nity Hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Crema- tions & Burial Service. Published Thursday, July 31, 2014in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Deathnoticesmustbepro- vided by mortuaries to the news department, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information about the deceased. Paid obitu- aries are placed through the Classified advertising department. Paid obituar- ies may be placed by mor- tuaries or by families of the deceased and include online publication linked to the newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run mul- tiple days and offer wide latitude of content, includ- ing photos. DEATH NOTICES The Associated Press SANTA ANA Two men and one woman were charged with kidnapping and tor- turing a prostitute at a mo- tel for nearly a week before she was able to message a friend on Facebook, the Or- ange County District Attor- ney's office said Wednesday. Renice Stevenson Flores- Davis, 26; Oscar Gonza- lez-Salinas, 33; and Sierra Rose Thompson, 26, were to be arraigned on charges of human trafficking, kid- napping and torturing the woman. Flores-Davis hired the 26-year-old woman in May, and he lived with the vic- tim at a hotel in Westmin- ster for several months, of- ficials said. On July 22, Flores-Davis became upset with the vic- tim, leading him to burn her with a heated glass pipe used to ingest methamphet- amine, tie her to a chair, blindfold her and duct-tape her mouth, police said. Westminster officials said they received allega- tions that a woman was being held against her will for prostitution. Police said that when they got to the motel, the suspects and victim had already left. The two then went to an- other motel in Costa Mesa, and Flores-Davis forced the victim to remain under the supervision of Gonzalez- Salinas and Thompson, of- ficials said. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 3 charged in torture of sex worker By Olga R. Rodriguez The Associated Press MEXICO CITY California Gov. Jerry Brown wrapped up a three-day visit to Mex- ico on Wednesday, saying he will work with the U.S. government upon his re- turn home to find a long- term solution to the immi- gration crisis. "I'll work closely with the federal government, who is responsible for dealing with this difficult situation, and I will make plain that Cal- ifornia will not hesitate to do what it can to help," Brown said. The governor came to meet with officials and discuss trade, investment and environmental coop- eration, but immigration took center stage and he added a meeting with Ro- man Catholic bishops to talk about the surge in un- accompanied children try- ing to cross the border, coming mainly from Hon- duras, Guatemala and El Salvador. Brown said California was willing to shelter more migrant children if needed. "What is required is a se- rious plan of investment in Central America in collabo- ration with Mexico and the United States, and that re- quires cooperation of Dem- ocrats and Republicans," Brown said at a news con- ference with Mexican La- bor Secretary Alfonso Na- varrete Prida. The two announced a non-binding agreement to come up with a pilot program to educate Mex- ican temporary farm work- ers who travel to Califor- nia about their rights and create a database of those in Mexico recruiting U.S.- bound, low-skilled work- ers. The governor said his trip to Mexico focused on improving California's re- lationship with its southern neighbor. He also signed non-binding agreements on trade, education and envi- ronmental cooperation. Brown said California agreed to help Mexico find ways to build renewal en- ergy plants in Baja Cali- fornia and to find ways to shorten long waits at the Tijuana-San Diego interna- tional border crossing. "Because of our close proximity with Mexico, I feel California has a spe- cial responsibility and ca- pacity to be a positive force in making all these issues redound to the benefit of both California and Mex- ico," the governor said. IMMIGRATION Governor wraps up 3-day trip to Mexico By Paul Elias The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO A man prosecutors accuse of head- ing a crime syndicate based in San Francisco's China- town pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new charge of racketeering. Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow entered the plea to a newly filed indictment that includes all the same money laundering and re- lated charges as the previ- ous one. The new filing says he served as gang leader of a Chinatown community or- ganization that bribed a state senator and laundered money among other crimes. The new racketeering count alleges that Chow or- chestrated a wide range of alleged criminal activity, in- cluding the bribing of state Sen. Leland Yee. Yee is also charged with racketeering in the new in- dictment in addition to brib- ery counts. Yee is scheduled to enter a plea Thursday. Chow has been in cus- tody since his arrest in April along with two dozen others with ties to the com- munity organization he led. He appeared briefly Wednesday in San Francisco federal court in mustard-yel- low jail garb with five other defendants in the sweeping public corruption case. Outside court, Chow's attorney J. Tony Serra said there is nothing new in the latest indictment. Serra said Chow is innocent and is being wrongly accused by investigators and pros- ecutors who don't believe he has given up his life as a gang leader. Chow was previously sen- tenced to 20 years in prison for gang activity and was released after serving less than half of the sentence after testifying against an- other gang figure. Since his release from prison, Chow was elected "dragon head" of Ghee Kung Tong, the Chinatown community organization. "He was a gangster, so to speak, in his past," Serra said. "But then he went straight." Serra said Chow intends to testify at his trial, which has not been scheduled. SENATOR CORRUPTION CASE 'Shrimp Boy' pleads not guilty to racketeering JEFF CHIU — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tony Serra, center, and Curtis Briggs, le , attorneys for Raymond Chow, speak to the media outside of the San Francisco Federal courthouse a er Chow entered a plea of not guilty to a newly filed indictment in San Francisco, Wednesday. By Anna Gorman Kaiser Health News Nearly six of 10 previ- ously uninsured Califor- nians gained medical cov- erage through the nation's health care law during its first open-enrollment pe- riod, according to the most detailed study to date on how the new system is play- ing out for the state's unin- sured. The percentage — cited by the Menlo Park-based Kaiser Family Foundation survey — is much larger than most health care ex- perts had expected. "If the numbers are ac- curate and borne out by larger studies, I think it is an indication that the law is working even better than many of us anticipated," said Gerald Kominski, di- rector of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, which helped create the offi- cial enrollment projections for Covered California, the state's insurance exchange. All told, 58 percent — or 3.4 million — of the nearly 6 million adult Californians who didn't have health in- surance before sign-ups be- gan last fall are now cov- ered, the survey said. The largest share of the previously uninsured — 25 percent — are enrolled through the state's Medi- Cal program, which has long covered poor families but was expanded this year un- der the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) to include adults with- out children. Nine percent purchased private plans through the insurance mar- ketplace, which opened in October, and 12 percent be- came insured through their jobs, the researchers found. Even though the state ex- ceeded its own expectations for coverage, 42 percent of those previously uninsured still don't have health insur- ance, according to the sur- vey. AFFORDABLE CARE ACT State far exceeds projections for coverage for more information. The Abbey of New Clair- vaux is the first and only Trappist-Cistercian mon- astery in the Americas to grow, make and bottle its own wine. The winery is sit- uated on what was once Le- land Stanford's Great Vina Ranch, the largest winery in the world in the 1890s. The monks, who must be self-sufficient, farm prunes and walnuts, and planted their first vineyard in 2000. Fifth-generation wine- maker Aimee Sunseri works alongside the monks to produce award-winning wines that have taken top honors in national and in- ternational wine competi- tions. Together, this win- ning combination is re- turning the winery to its original roots as a lead- ing winemaking facility in Northern California. Abbey FROM PAGE 1 ETHELVERNASACCO 1942 ~ 2014 Ethel Verna Sacco, Age 71, long time resident of Corn- ing, died peacefully on July 26, 2014, surrounded by her family. Ethel was a volunteer Head Start teacher in Tehama county for many years as well as a special needs coordi- nator. She touched the lives of all who knew her. Ethel is survived by her husband, Joseph Sacco of Mountain View, CA, and her children, Vera Murray, Katie Wood, Otis Patten, Susan Loven, Sandra Johnson, Debbie Fancher, Kevin Wood, 12 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. An open viewing Friday Aug 1, 4-6pm. Services will be held at Hall Bros Funeral Home in Corning, CA on Satur- day, Aug 2 at 10:00 a.m. Floral tribute handled by Claires Flowers of Corning, CA. Potluck reception to follow services. GREEL F. FOSHEE 1925 ~ 2014 Greel Foshee, 89, of Red Bluff, passed away from Alzheimer's/Dementia on July 1, 2014 at Willow Springs Alzheimer's Special Care Center, Redding, Ca, with family at his side. In 1925, Greel was born in Clanton, Alabama, Coosa County, to the late Alma and John Foshee, and was the oldest of 7 siblings. He learned to pick cotton and worked the fields with his daddy on the family farm. When his father bought a gristmill, Greel would take corn meal sacks to town on a mule cart. Greel was a veteran. He joined the Navy in 1943 at the age of 17 before graduating high school. He was trained as an aviation machinist and serviced warplanes. After discharge in 1945, he moved out to San Francisco where he met his future wife, Patricia. He earned his GED and was hired by United Air Lines as an aircraft mechanic in 1946. In 1948, he and Pat were married in San Francisco. Greel placed an ad in the San Francisco newspaper ask- ing for unusual side jobs to make more money. He acted as a bodyguard and a process server, and turned down an offer to jump from the Golden Gate Bridge for five thousand dollars. Greel and Pat raised 3 children. Bud, Kathie and Linda. Over the years, he worked his way up from mechanic to flight engineer, co-pilot, and finally to Captain. He and Pat lived in Chicago, IL; and San Francisco, Long Beach, Garden Grove, Lake Tahoe, and Red Bluff, California. In South Lake Tahoe, he and Pat owned and managed a 3 story boarding house for 8 years, while Greel commuted to San Francisco for his flights. His favorite aircraft was the Boeing 737. He retired in 1986 after 40 years of serv- ice with United Air Lines. Greel enrolled in English writing classes at Shasta Col- lege during 1997-1999. He wrote stories from memories of his childhood and early adult life. In 1999, he suffered a head injury and didn't return to college. In 2006, his beautiful wife. Pat, passed away too soon. They had been married 58 years. Greel's interests over the years included private flying, reading, motorcycle riding, scuba diving, deep sea fishing, bicycling. Native American and Civil War history, spin classes, college classes, his rose garden, and his family history. Greel's favorite pastime during the last two years was looking for contrails in the sky. Exercise and healthy eat- ing habits were always important to him. Greel had a bril- liant mind. He served on the Planning Commission for the Cities of Garden Grove and Red Bluff, CA. He had a vi- sion that became a reality with the creation of the Not Forgotten Flag Memorial on Pine Street in Red Bluff, CA. Greel is survived by his 3 children: son, Greel (Bud) Foshee II (Susan) of Westminster, CA.; and two daugh- ters, Kathie Raglin (Vern) of Red Bluff, CA., and Linda Foshee, of Chico, CA; 8 grandchildren: Robin (Greg), Mel- anie (Dave), Jaime (Rich), Jeff (Silla), Ryan, Chris, Kimber- ly (JD), and Marc; and 7 great-grandchildren: Emma, Dah- lia, Ava, James, Lucy, Patience, and baby Henry, who was born 6 days after Greel's passing. He is also survived by his siblings: Laurice, Alene, Betty, Ray, and Glen of Alaba- ma. Greel was preceded in death by his beloved wife. Pat; his parents, John and Alma; his brother, John; and his dog, Sam. A special thank you to Willow Springs Alzheimer's Spe- cial Care Center for the loving care and support given to our father; to Mercy Hospice; and to Dr. McDaniel and Ja- son, for the support they gave my father and I. As per Greel's wishes, a private service for family will be held with Honor Guard at Northern California Veteran's Ceme- tery in Igo Ono, CA. His wife's ashes will be placed with him. Memorial donations may be made to Alzheimer's.org or Mercy Hospice, Redding. Obituaries Pleasejoinusto Celebrate the life of MarvinElliottLocke Saturday August 2 nd 11am at The State Theatre 333 Oak St. Reception will follow at The Red Bluff Elks Lodge 355 Gilmore Rd. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to St. Peter's Endowment Fund or The State Theatre Restoration Project in Marvin's Honor THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2014 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A