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ByJulieWatson The Associated Press SAN DIEGO Armyreservist Dennis Rances had a gen- eral idea of how he would spend Veterans Day with his military friends, and none of it required money. The Afghanistan war veteran figured they would start with a free breakfast, hop on their motorcycles for a ride and then stop for a no-cost dinner. Not just food is on the house Tues- day, there's also free admis- sion at select theaters to the World War II film "Fury," starring Brad Pitt. "Let's go, dude!" said Rances' Army veteran friend, Cesar Garcia. He stood among motorcycles outside a packed Denny's in San Diego as fellow veter- ans wearing hats with Pur- ple Heart logos and military T-shirts passed. Veterans Day is not only a time to honor those who have served in the military: For American businesses, it's also a time to back up that appreciation with a freebie. A slew of locally owned businesses and national chains are offering some- thing free Tuesday to any- one who has served in the military — a trend that has been growing since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. "I think it's pretty cool businesses are showing their appreciation this way," Rances said. Many, like Rances, started the day with a free meal. Denny's was offering a Grand Slam breakfast on the house, and IHOP served up free red, white and blue pancakes. Veterans could then walk off the calories in national parks, which are offering free admission to everyone, and get their energy back with a free 12-ounce cup of Starbucks brewed coffee for current and former military members and their spouses. They could stop in for a free haircut at Great Clips or get a card to redeem one by Dec. 31, then grab lunch or dinner without spending a dime at Applebee's, Olive Garden or Chili's, among others. And that's only scratch- ing the surface: There were free appetizers, beer, gym passes, car washes and video game tokens. Retired Navy Cmdr. Da- vid Glazier, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, said he was inun- dated with deal offers. "It's kind of overkill," he said. "There's only one of me, and I can only eat one lunch." While veterans appre- ciate the deals, many, like Glazier, missed out because they had to work. "I hear a lot of veterans complain about that," he said. "The reality is Veter- ans Day is really only a holi- day for banks and a few fed- eral workers, so most vet- erans aren't able to get off work to enjoy those things that are offered only on Vet- erans Day." Some businesses were ex- tending the deals beyond Tuesday. Glazier planned to go to Knott's Berry Farm, the theme park south of Los Angeles, which is offering free tickets to present and former military members and a guest until the be- ginning of January. APPRECIATION Ve te ra ns D ay m ea ns f re eb ie s fo r th os e wh o se rv ed MATTYORK—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Retired U.S. Navy Vietnam veteran Robert Ochoa, eats a free lunch Tuesday with his family at Denny's in Gilbert, Ariz. The Associated Press SACRAMENTO The union that represents California prison guards has agreed to pay a $5,500 fine for failing to report nearly $25,000 in gifts to state lawmakers, ac- cording to the state's cam- paign finance watchdog, the Fair Political Practices Commission. The commission said it has reached an agreement in which the California Cor- rectional Peace Officers As- sociation agreed to pay the fine as part of a settlement. It says the union failed to include the gifts in reports it filed as a lobbyist em- ployer in 2009, 2010 and 2011. The gifts include hotel stays valued at $1,460, wine, spa bags, blankets and golf games given to lawmakers who attended the annual Governor's Cup Founda- tion golf tournament held at Pebble Beach. PRISONS Gua rd u ni on faces fine for not r ep or ti ng lawmaker gi s Washington 64/40 New York 66/40 Miami 82/67 Atlanta 67/41 Detroit 41/26 Houston 57/37 Chicago 33/21 Minneapolis 25/13 Kansas City 30/17 El Paso 59/34 Denver 8/-6 Billings 10/-4 Los Angeles 69/57 San Francisco 66/58 Seattle 43/31 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: THURSDAY 63° 46° FRIDAY 66° 45° Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy, a little rain SATURDAY 65° 48° Pa rtial sunshine SUNDAY 68° 48° Ra ther cloudy TODAY 65° 51° Pleasant with times of clouds and sun. Periods of rain tonight. High ....................................................................... 65° Low ........................................................................ 41° Normal high ......................................................... 64° Normal low ........................................................... 43° Record high ............................................. 81° in 1969 Record low .............................................. 30° in 2000 Humidity noon today ........................................ 58% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 0.22" Normal month to date ..................................... 0.93" Season to date .................................................. 3.97" Normal season to date .................................... 2.90" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .................................................... Not available Napa ........................................................... Moderate Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ................................................... Moderate Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass ....................... Low Mold ............... Moderate Trees ....................... Low Weeds ................ Absent 2 Highest at 10 a.m. Today 6:51 a.m. 4:55 p.m. 10:19 p.m. 11:39 a.m. Thursday 6:52 a.m. 4:54 p.m. 11:15 p.m. 12:15 p.m. 10 hr., 04 min. Nov14 Last Nov22 New First Nov29 Full Dec6 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........1.50 .......none atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......128.99 ......+0.02 atOrdFerry................................114 ........96.59 .......none atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......238.20 .......none atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......200.50 .......none atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......166.42 ......+0.02 BlackButte ....................438.38..............28,827 .....20.1% LakeOroville..................651.11............918,782 .....24.6% LakeShasta ...................892.70.........1,082,247 .....23.8% LakeTrinity..................2194.70............556,675 .....21.0% Whiskeytown...............1198.35............205,240 .....85.1% Weather Trivia ™ What percent of all salt mined on Earth is used on North America's highways? 10 percent. Today Thursday Anaheim 70/55/c 71/58/c Bakersfield 68/53/s 71/54/pc Chula Vista 70/55/c 71/59/c Crescent City 60/53/r 60/52/r Death Valley 80/58/s 81/56/pc Eureka 61/53/r 61/49/r Fremont 65/55/s 67/52/r Fresno 69/55/pc 69/53/c Glendale 69/55/c 70/57/c Huntington Beach 68/58/c 68/60/c Irvine 67/56/c 69/58/c Lake Tahoe 55/36/pc 50/28/r Long Beach 69/55/c 70/60/c Los Angeles 69/57/c 69/59/c Mammoth Mountain 61/28/pc 56/23/c Modesto 67/53/pc 68/50/r Monterey 64/53/pc 66/51/r Moreno Valley 67/47/c 68/51/c Napa 64/50/pc 68/45/r Needles 80/55/s 80/58/pc Oakland 64/54/pc 66/50/r Oxnard 66/54/c 68/56/c Redding 64/51/pc 62/46/r Riverside 67/46/c 68/50/c Sacramento 66/54/pc 68/49/r San Bernardino 67/43/c 69/47/c San Diego 69/59/c 70/63/c San Francisco 66/58/pc 68/55/r San Jose 67/53/pc 67/51/r San Luis Obispo 70/53/pc 68/53/c Santa Ana 70/59/c 71/62/c Santa Barbara 69/51/c 72/52/c Santa Clarita 68/51/c 70/53/c Stockton 68/53/pc 69/48/r Ventura 65/54/c 68/56/c Yosemite Valley 63/45/pc 60/38/c Today Thursday Albuquerque 57/31/s 52/37/s Atlanta 67/41/pc 55/31/c Baltimore 63/34/sh 50/30/pc Boston 61/37/pc 49/35/pc Buffalo 42/30/c 38/29/sf Chicago 33/21/pc 33/21/sf Cincinnati 44/27/pc 36/21/pc Dallas 45/27/pc 41/27/c Denver 8/-6/sn 17/6/c Detroit 41/26/pc 38/24/sf El Paso 59/34/s 53/37/s Fargo 27/14/sn 23/7/pc Honolulu 84/70/s 84/70/pc Houston 57/37/pc 50/31/c Indianapolis 39/23/pc 33/20/pc Kansas City 30/17/pc 33/15/s Las Vegas 72/52/s 72/53/s Louisville 47/30/pc 39/23/pc Miami 82/67/s 82/65/s Minneapolis 25/13/sf 26/6/c New Orleans 63/46/pc 55/38/c New York City 66/40/r 50/36/pc Oklahoma City 36/22/pc 37/20/c A wedge of warm air lingering in the East in recent days will be squeezed to the Atlantic coast today. Much cooler air is forecast to press across the Appalachians on a gusty breeze. Meanwhile, mid-winterlike cold will hold over the Plains and will build eastward across the Great Lakes and the Ohio Valley and southward into the lower Mississippi Valley and coastal Texas. Bands of heavy, lake-effect snow are in store for the Upper Midwest in the wake of the recent snowstorm. An area of snow centered over Colorado is forecast to dwindle in the frigid air. High ............................ 86° in Edinburg, TX Low ........................ -11° in Judith Gap, MT High .. 109° in Fitzroy Crossing, Australia Low ... -59° in Summit Station, Greenland Bogota 64/49/sh 62/48/t Buenos Aires 74/53/pc 73/59/s Caracas 88/76/t 88/76/pc Ensenada 71/51/s 72/55/pc Mexico City 69/50/t 67/49/sh Montreal 51/32/r 41/28/pc Rio de Janeiro 84/73/pc 83/71/t Tijuana 70/56/s 71/60/pc Toronto 40/28/c 38/27/sf Vancouver 43/29/pc 43/28/s Orlando 79/56/s 81/58/pc Philadelphia 67/37/sh 51/34/pc Phoenix 80/59/s 80/60/s Pittsburgh 45/29/pc 38/24/sf Portland, ME 60/34/c 50/31/pc Portland, OR 39/32/pc 38/36/r St. Louis 39/25/pc 37/21/s Salt Lake City 39/24/pc 41/32/sh Seattle 43/31/pc 42/31/c Tucson 81/53/s 81/55/s Washington, DC 64/40/pc 52/34/pc Cairo 78/62/s 79/62/s Casablanca 73/58/pc 75/58/pc Johannesburg 68/57/t 72/57/c Kinshasa 88/73/t 87/73/t Lagos 88/76/t 87/76/t Nairobi 79/60/t 76/60/t Tripoli 76/58/s 75/55/s Baghdad 76/47/s 77/54/pc Beijing 45/30/s 51/27/s Hong Kong 76/65/c 72/65/c Jerusalem 71/51/pc 69/50/pc Kabul 62/32/s 61/31/s Manila 89/75/s 89/75/pc Melbourne 76/51/s 92/68/s New Delhi 87/55/s 85/54/pc Seoul 49/28/s 42/27/s Singapore 88/76/t 86/76/t Sydney 74/62/c 78/66/pc Tehran 54/35/s 53/38/s Tokyo 64/56/sh 63/49/pc Amsterdam 55/42/r 54/42/s Athens 67/59/pc 69/57/t Belgrade 62/51/pc 62/48/sh Berlin 57/48/pc 54/47/r Budapest 56/44/pc 57/43/pc Dublin 52/45/pc 53/46/r London 56/49/sh 56/51/pc Madrid 59/44/pc 62/55/sh Moscow 39/33/c 39/31/c Paris 57/45/pc 56/48/pc Rome 66/52/r 66/50/pc Stockholm 45/40/pc 44/41/pc Vienna 56/48/c 53/46/r Zurich 51/45/r 52/37/pc 59/36 60/40 57/37 54/34 52/29 66/54 66/51 64/50 67/50 65/51 66/50 45/25 52/33 53/33 64/51 65/51 61/46 60/55 60/55 61/53 63/50 52/41 54/40 60/53 53/41 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2014 RedBluffOutdoorPower 527-5741 490 Antelope Blvd, Red Bluff Mon.-Sat. 8am-5pm | WEATHER | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2014 8 B