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ByPaulElias TheAssociatedPress SAN FRANCISCO A gov- ernment lawyer argued Wednesday that national security efforts would be "hamstrung" if the FBI was barred from sending secre- tive demands for customer data — national security letters — to telecommuni- cation companies, banks and other businesses. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is consid- ering whether gag orders that bar recipients from dis- cussing the letters are free speech violations render- ing the demands unconsti- tutional. The FBI issues thousands of national security letters annually while investigat- ing terrorism and espionage cases. Unlike warrants, the demands for information are made without judicial oversight. A lower court judge ruled the letters un- constitutional because of the gag orders but allowed the FBI to continue send- ing the letters, also known as NSLs, pending an appeal. On Wednesday, federal prosecutor Douglas Letter urged the San Francisco- based appeals court to overturn the trial judge's decision. Letter says the NSLs are a crucial tool for combatting terrorism and that the gag order is nec- essary to protect investiga- tions. Letter said that na- tional security would be "greatly hamstrung" with- out NSLs. At issue is a 2011 law- suit filed by an unnamed telecommunications com- pany that received a let- ter and objected to the gag order. Last year, U.S. Dis- trict Judge Susan Illston declared the gag order un- constitutional and the FBI appealed. The case pits civil liber- tarians who say that the letters trample individ- ual rights against govern- ment officials who maintain that secrecy is a necessary tool to protect the country against terrorism and other threats. The three judge panel didn't indicate which way it would rule. Judge N. Randy Smith said he was troubled that the gag order didn't have an expiration date, leaving recipients forever barred from talking about the letters. "We ought to have some- thing...about the govern- ment's responsibility to end the order," Smith said. Smith and fellow panel- ist Judge Sandra S. Ikuta were appointed by Presi- dent George W. Bush. The third judge on the panel, Judge Mary H. Murguia, was appointed by President Obama. Letter responded that it would be too cumbersome for the FBI to track expira- tion dates on all the NSLs issues. It has issued more than 100,000 since 2004. Amid growing tension over disclosures of wide- spread government surveil- lance, an increasing num- ber of large companies have begun to fight back since the unnamed company filed its lawsuit in 2011. The company won't pub- licly identify itself in the case because it fears crimi- nal charges for disobeying the gag rule. The case has also at- tracted widespread atten- tion from privacy advocates who complain individual rights are being violated. CUSTOMER DATA Court mulls secrecy of national security letters The Associated Press PHOENIX — Municipal water providers in Ari- zona, California, Nevada and Colorado are imple- menting a Colorado River system conservation pro- gram. The U.S. Bureau of Rec- lamation on Wednesday began soliciting water con- servation project propos- als from Colorado River entitlement holders in Ar- izona, California and Ne- vada. Water users in the river's Upper Basin will be invited to participate in the agree- ment at a later date. Central Arizona Proj- ect, Denver Water, the Metropolitan Water Dis- trict of Southern Califor- nia, Southern Nevada Wa- ter Authority and Recla- mation are providing up to $11 million to fund new Colorado River water con- servation projects. The projects are in- tended to demonstrate the viability of cooperative, voluntary projects to re- duce demand for Colorado River water. The program is solic- iting project proposals from agriculture, and mu- nicipal and industrial Col- orado River water entitle- ment holders. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION River conservation program starting Washington 73/57 New York 66/52 Miami 88/77 Atlanta 85/66 Detroit 60/38 Houston 90/73 Chicago 59/40 Minneapolis 54/34 Kansas City 64/46 El Paso 85/60 Denver 58/42 Billings 61/42 Los Angeles 81/62 San Francisco 74/60 Seattle 70/52 AIRQUALITYFORECAST Whatitmeans: 0-50:Good; 51-100:Moderate; 101-150:Unhealthyforsensitivepeople; 151+:Unhealthyforall. Source: Airnow.gov City Today'sairquality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast 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 Africa CarsonCity 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 Pollenlevels 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 Hoursofsunlight River Levels SacramentoRiver Flood 7a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: FRIDAY 87° 58° SATURDAY 91° 60° Sunn y and ve ry wa rm Warm with plenty of sunshine SUNDAY 88° 60° Wa rm with clouds and sun MONDAY 88° 57° Sunn y TODAY 88° 55° Warm with plenty of sunshine. Clear tonight. High ....................................................................... 92° Low ........................................................................ 60° Normal high ......................................................... 82° Normal low ........................................................... 54° Record high ........................................... 100° in 1971 Record low .............................................. 42° in 1941 Humidity noon today ........................................ 30% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 0.00" Normal month to date ..................................... 0.17" Season to date .................................................. 2.55" Normal season to date .................................... 0.93" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .................................................................. Good Napa ........................................................... Moderate Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ................................................... Moderate Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass .................. Absent Mold ............... Moderate Trees ............. Moderate Weeds ..................... Low 4 Highest at 12 p.m. Today 7:13 a.m. 6:39 p.m. 7:38 p.m. 8:34 a.m. Friday 7:14 a.m. 6:37 p.m. 8:21 p.m. 9:41 a.m. 11 hr., 26 min. Oct15 Last Oct23 New First Oct30 Full Nov6 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........1.40 .......none atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......128.67 ....... -0.02 atOrdFerry................................114 ........96.37 ....... -0.03 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......238.10 .......none atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......200.30 .......none atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......166.16 ....... -0.04 BlackButte ....................441.32..............34,188 .....23.8% LakeOroville..................673.66.........1,064,687 .....28.5% LakeShasta ...................897.27.........1,135,328 .....24.9% LakeTrinity..................2200.75............593,014 .....22.4% Whiskeytown...............1207.42............232,887 .....96.6% Weather Trivia ™ What is sea smoke? Steam fog that occurs when cold air crosses warmer ocean waters. Today Friday Anaheim 83/60/pc 85/59/s Bakersfield 89/62/s 87/59/s Chula Vista 79/60/pc 81/61/pc Crescent City 62/51/s 62/52/s Death Valley 100/71/s 99/68/s Eureka 62/51/pc 63/51/s Fremont 77/56/s 77/56/s Fresno 92/61/s 89/60/s Glendale 83/60/s 84/62/s Huntington Beach 76/62/pc 78/62/pc Irvine 79/61/pc 81/60/pc Lake Tahoe 70/34/s 70/37/s Long Beach 80/63/pc 81/62/pc Los Angeles 81/62/pc 82/62/s Mammoth Mountain 73/33/s 73/33/s Modesto 89/54/s 84/56/s Monterey 69/56/pc 70/55/pc Moreno Valley 86/56/s 88/57/s Napa 80/48/s 80/49/s Needles 94/68/pc 95/69/s Oakland 73/57/pc 74/56/pc Oxnard 74/58/pc 75/57/s Redding 88/52/s 88/55/s Riverside 87/54/s 89/54/s Sacramento 89/55/s 86/56/s San Bernardino 87/55/s 89/56/s San Diego 77/64/pc 78/65/pc San Francisco 74/60/pc 74/59/pc San Jose 79/56/s 78/56/s San Luis Obispo 84/54/pc 84/54/pc Santa Ana 82/65/pc 83/64/pc Santa Barbara 78/56/pc 81/55/pc Santa Clarita 85/57/s 88/57/s Stockton 89/53/s 85/54/s Ventura 74/58/pc 74/57/s Yosemite Valley 81/42/s 80/44/s Today Friday Albuquerque 76/54/c 72/49/t Atlanta 85/66/pc 84/67/pc Baltimore 70/51/pc 62/51/r Boston 64/47/s 63/47/s Buffalo 58/42/pc 56/41/pc Chicago 59/40/c 57/39/pc Cincinnati 61/50/sh 58/44/r Dallas 90/71/pc 90/62/t Denver 58/42/r 60/41/r Detroit 60/38/pc 56/39/pc El Paso 85/60/pc 82/56/s Fargo 52/29/pc 54/34/s Honolulu 88/75/pc 88/76/pc Houston 90/73/pc 88/73/pc Indianapolis 59/47/r 55/42/r Kansas City 64/46/r 52/42/r Las Vegas 90/65/s 90/64/s Louisville 71/56/r 65/50/r Miami 88/77/pc 88/77/pc Minneapolis 54/34/pc 54/33/s New Orleans 86/72/sh 87/70/pc New York City 66/52/s 64/52/pc Oklahoma City 90/66/c 74/48/r Much of the area from the Northeast to the Great Lakes and northern Plains will be dry today with temperatures typical for the middle of October. Meanwhile, very warm and humid air will hold from Texas to the Deep South. Spotty downpours can affect South Florida. A zone of drenching rain is forecast to enhance along the temperature contrast zone from the central Plains to part of the Tennessee and Ohio valleys. Some of the rain can be heavy enough to cause localized flooding. Lo- cally drenching showers and storms will continue around the Four Corners region. High ............................. 94° in Weslaco, TX Low ............................. 19° in Langdon, ND High ...................... 111° in Asswan, Egypt Low ... -29° in Summit Station, Greenland Bogota 59/49/r 60/49/r Buenos Aires 71/48/r 62/48/s Caracas 88/74/t 88/75/t Ensenada 78/58/pc 80/59/pc Mexico City 73/55/t 71/52/t Montreal 52/40/pc 54/40/pc Rio de Janeiro 83/68/s 86/70/s Tijuana 79/60/pc 79/61/pc Toronto 56/38/pc 55/38/pc Vancouver 64/49/c 63/51/sh Orlando 88/69/pc 88/69/s Philadelphia 68/54/s 62/54/r Phoenix 84/68/pc 89/69/s Pittsburgh 58/45/pc 58/43/r Portland, ME 60/41/s 60/39/s Portland, OR 77/51/pc 72/55/s St. Louis 68/53/r 58/48/r Salt Lake City 75/48/s 73/48/s Seattle 70/52/c 66/56/pc Tucson 81/63/t 86/62/s Washington, DC 73/57/pc 68/58/r Cairo 88/69/s 87/69/s Casablanca 81/59/pc 82/62/pc Johannesburg 86/59/pc 78/55/sh Kinshasa 89/73/pc 89/72/t Lagos 87/75/t 85/75/t Nairobi 84/57/s 83/57/pc Tripoli 88/65/s 87/67/s Baghdad 96/71/pc 96/72/pc Beijing 77/56/s 74/56/pc Hong Kong 89/77/s 90/76/s Jerusalem 78/59/s 77/59/s Kabul 74/44/pc 74/44/s Manila 87/77/sh 87/77/sh Melbourne 70/55/pc 76/55/pc New Delhi 96/71/s 96/70/s Seoul 75/53/s 78/51/s Singapore 89/79/t 90/81/t Sydney 73/57/pc 77/59/pc Tehran 71/55/pc 74/58/s Tokyo 73/66/c 75/62/pc Amsterdam 64/53/pc 63/50/pc Athens 75/62/s 75/60/s Belgrade 74/55/s 76/56/s Berlin 71/57/pc 65/55/t Budapest 72/54/s 74/55/s Dublin 55/40/t 57/39/t London 63/51/t 63/51/t Madrid 70/59/t 68/52/t Moscow 48/43/c 56/48/r Paris 65/52/t 65/51/pc Rome 79/65/s 79/62/s Stockholm 58/46/r 59/46/c Vienna 73/54/s 70/55/s Zurich 74/52/pc 71/53/t 78/40 81/48 81/44 78/41 80/37 89/55 88/52 80/48 85/49 87/56 87/56 73/31 77/33 77/40 88/52 88/55 79/49 64/53 65/55 62/51 79/48 76/41 79/45 62/51 78/49 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2014 * GlassArt * FineArt * Raku Pottery/ Ikebana * Trinket Box * Jewelry * Beaded Bags / Bras * Formal Wear / Shawls * Candles / Bath & Body Great Gifts that Feel Good to Give FineQualityGifts&Accessories 744 Main Street, Red Bluff,��� (Across from Clock Tower) The U.S Fish & Wildlife Service is committed to providing access to all of its programs, activities and facilities for all participants, including individuals with disabilities. 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