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Thursday, September 22, 2011 – Daily News 5A Death Notices Daryoosh Kaveh Daryoosh Kaveh of Red Bluff died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011 in Sacramento. He was 50. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Richard Zittle Richard Zittle of Red Bluff died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 at his home. He was 76. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Body found behind shopping center A 46-year-old man was pronounced dead after his body was found hanging from a tree near Tractor Sup- ply Company Tuesday. The white man, a Red Bluff transient, was found sometime before 7:15 p.m. by a man walking along a trail on the east side of the railroad tracks behind the business, said Sgt. Dan Flowerdew. Suicide is the apparent cause of death but the coro- ner will be investigating further, Flowerdew said. There appeared to be no suspicious circumstances, he said. The victim's name is being withheld until all family members can be contacted. -Andrea Wagner JAIL Continued from page 1A ing mostly to clear smoke from the interior. Firefighters cleared the scene at about 8:30 p.m. CITY Continued from page 1A A request for city water services would have to come from the property owner, who would have to enter into a utility service agreement with the city. Those outside city limits using city water do have to pay double the rate city residents pay. To date, there are 108 water services contracts outside city limits. Requests have been made for two properties on Highway 36E off Antelope Boulevard. An issue to consider in providing water services to those outside city limits is that those users pull from the city sys- tem without providing the city any economic benefits through property tax and other taxes and fees, Timboe said. There are 13 wells supplying water to the city. The total capacity of the wells is 11,140 gallons per minute. The maximum hourly demand is 9,350 gallons per minute. Right now there is enough water to serve all of Red Bluff, but the city could face issues of building redundancy into the system and getting a greater water supply as the number of users increases, Public Works Director Bruce Henz said. "Growing the water service is an advantage," Henz said. "We just have to control how we do it." Other water items The city will be spending about $122,650 for electronic water meter components and other related parts. The elec- tronic meter reading devices will allow for the water depart- ment to better provide services, including producing a monthly water service bill for customers. About 700 manual meters are needed, and this allocation should pay for about 450 meters, leaving another 250 meters that will have to be funded and bought in the future. The funding comes form the Water Operating Fund and does not impact the General Fund. The city is buying the meters now, as it wants to take advantage of a roughly 25 percent discount that expires at the end of the month. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext.110 or by e- mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.com. State Briefs New Calif cases of horse virus SACRAMENTO (AP) — California officials say more horses have contract- ed a potentially fatal virus which cancelled horse shows around the country in May. The state Department of Food and Agriculture said Wednesday that several horses in Tuolumne, San Joaquin and Sonoma coun- ties contracted equine her- pes virus in the past few weeks. There are currently 22 confirmed cases of the dis- ease in 12 different counties. Two of the horses either died or were euthanized, and the rest have been placed under quarantine. The outbreak was traced to a horse show in Utah. Equine herpes can lead to respiratory illness, neuro- logical problems, paralysis and miscarriage. There is no vaccine. The virus cannot be transmitted to humans, but is transmitted among horses by air or by sharing feed, brushes, bits and other equipment. UC Davis chancellor airs growth plan DAVIS (AP) — The chancellor of the University of California's Davis cam- pus is proposing a major increase in the size of the school's student body to compensate for cuts in state funding. Chancellor Linda Kate- hi's plan calls for expanding UC Davis' undergraduate population of 24,700 by 5,000 students over the next five years. She announced it Wednesday during the uni- versity's annual back-to- school convocation. Katehi says the proposal only is in the very early planning stage. A deputy on duty con- firmed the fire started in a dryer and said there were no injuries reported in the incident. No further information was made as of 9 p.m. Wednesday. CHARGE Continued from page 1A DUI, Alvey said. The Chico-based school is one that was approved by the Drug and Alcohol Divi- sion of the Tehama Coun- ty Department of Health Services Agency. Prosecutors could not find any witnesses that would testify to having, that night in late March, warned Rodriguez of the consequences of drunken driving. There were several peo- ple around that night, and even though people noticed he was drunk no one said anything or warned him, Alvey said. In March, Red Bluff police responded to the WALL Continued from page 1A showed there had been seven acci- dents in the previous three years. Promises were made that a wall would be incorporated into highway improvement projects, said the for- mer association president. Nothing has happened as construction has continued right next to the mobile home park. The concerns of residents are not enough for Caltrans to justify build- ing a sound-reducing wall or guardrail, Baker said. Two accidents in the last five years were reported by California Highway Patrol, Baker said. Neither accident left the state's right of way. Those statistics don't constitute a "safety accident concentration," he said. Some residents at the meeting argued that there have been far more accidents than have been reported. One woman said that she reported 12 accidents, including five that ended right up against the park's fence. Baker promised that he would VETO Continued from page 1A looking for new ways to keep our parks open with- out further burdening the state's finances,'' Harman said. ''Instead he chose to SAN JOSE (AP) — An scene of a hit and run at River Park. Officers were advised by several wit- nesses that Rodriguez reportedly had taken off in his vehicle and hit a parked car, according to the DA's office. Rodriguez continued driving down Main Street and failed to stop for the victim, Wanda Pridemore, who was walk- ing her bike in a cross- walk. Rodriguez reported- ly hit Pridemore with his vehicle and again fled the scene. Pridemore was taken to hospital where she died hours later. Anne-Berit Condit, a victim advocate with the Shasta County branch of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, has been accom- panying Pridemore's friend Eddie Trevino in court. Condit said the murder charges should not have been dismissed, and she is appalled by the school's curriculum. "I am appalled that a DUI school, especially one approved by the coun- ty, does not teach that if you drive drunk you'll be charged with murder, that there are consequences you'll have to face," Con- dit said. The DA's office should have continued with the murder charges, as the Watson Warning all dri- ver's license applicants have to sign on the Depart- ment of Motor Vehicle form is enough to warn against the dangers of drunken driving, she said. reassess the accident data, but he could only use data reported by the California Highway Patrol. Residents were asked to write down any dates and information about accidents they witnessed, but it was not clear that it would make a difference. "Unless data confirms that, we don't have a leg to stand on," Baker said. Homeowner's association Presi- dent Sandy Graham was disappoint- ed in the response. Trees or a fence won't stop a vehicle flying off the freeway, he said. The association also sent its peti- tion to Rep. Wally Herger, Graham said. Herger said it was out of his jurisdiction. After the meeting, Graham said he didn't think that any of it made a difference, he said. Joining Baker were Caltrans Pro- ject Manager Steve Rogers and Pub- lic Affairs Representative Denise Yergenson. The deputy director of the Tehama County Transportation Commission, Barbara O'Keefe, answered questions about what the make a political state- ment.'' Brown has until Oct. 9 to act on a companion bill, SB356 by state Sen. Sam Blakeslee, R-San Luis Obispo. That bill would require the state to give counties and cities a overwhelming majority of Californians believe the state is mired in recession, while half of state residents worry that a family mem- ber will lose his or her job, according to a poll released Wednesday. The survey by the Pub- lic Policy Institute of Cali- fornia found that concerns over the economy weigh just as heavily on residents here as in the rest of the nation, and two in three say Congress and the Obama administration are not doing enough to create jobs. The poll said 40 percent of Californians believe the president's efforts so far have failed to get more people working. Still, more residents are likely to trust him on economic matters than Republicans in Congress, the survey found. ''People are genuinely concerned at this stage of the economic cycle what's going to happen next,'' said Mark Baldassare, the institute's president and chief executive. ''They're not feeling particularly encouraged by what's occurred to date, but they have not yet heard any- thing from the Republican side that would cause them to make a major shift away from the president.'' California's unemploy- ment rate remains stuck at just more than 12 percent, the second highest in the nation behind Nevada. Roughly 2.2 million Cali- fornians were jobless in August, according to the state Economic Develop- ment Department. If Rodriguez signed that form, he should have been aware of the conse- quences. Rodriguez still faces two other felony charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intox- icated with a special of allegation fleeing the scene and leaving the scene of an accident. He waived the prelimi- nary hearing that was sup- posed to be held Wednes- day after the murder charge was dismissed. Arraignment on the two remaining charges will be 9:30 a.m., Oct. 3 in Department 2. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdai- lynews.com. county was doing in response to the petition. She had already contacted the CHP in Redding for information, she said. In the meantime, Caltrans is planning to replant oleander bushes in the median and adding some crape myrtle trees where vegetation was removed during recent con- struction, Baker said. That could help a little with noise. Although he empathized and understood the residents' concerns about sound and safety, it wasn't sufficient to justify making the requested improvements, Baker said. "There are lots of places on I-5 that justify a sound wall right now," he said. "It comes down to dollars and cents. Sound walls are not a cheap endeavor. Who's going to pony up the money to make that happen?" The meeting, inside a packed River Oak clubhouse, adjourned just after 3 p.m. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailynews.com. chance to take over oper- ations of closed parks and encourage the use of local workers and volun- teers. Among the parks scheduled to be closed next summer are China Camp in the San Francis- The poll also found that the consequences of the poor economy have hit home, as tax revenue to state and local govern- ments has declined sharply. Across all regions of the state, most residents said their local government services and public schools have been affected by bud- get cuts. ''People are finding this is a problem that has real consequences,'' Baldassare said. Residents also were asked about two ideas being floated by a congres- sional committee charged with striking a compro- mise to reduce the federal debt. Two-thirds of those polled said they supported raising taxes on businesses and higher-income earners, but opinion was divided about making changes to Social Security and Medicare. Concern over preserv- ing the entitlement pro- grams for seniors could be one reason why the tea party is losing favor, with more than half of Califor- nians holding an unfavor- able view of the move- ment, according to the poll. That compares with about 44 percent holding an unfavorable view a year ago. Among Democrats, 72 percent have a favorable impression of their own party while just 59 percent of Republicans have a favorable impression of the GOP. It also found that 53 percent of California adults support legalizing same- sex marriage, with 42 per- cent opposed. That's simi- lar to a recent national poll by The Associated Press and the National Constitu- tion Center. co Bay area, the gover- nor's and Leland Stan- ford mansions in Sacra- mento, Malakoff Diggins and Railtown state his- toric parks in the Sierra foothills, and the Salton Sea and Mono Lake. Poll: Jobs, economy top issues for Californians A year ago, California voters gave the Legislature — mostly majority Democrats — the authority to pass the state budget with a simple majority rather than a two-thirds vote. The Public Policy Institute survey found they are evenly divided over whether the simple majori- ty rule should be extended to tax increases. By a 58 percent to 31 percent margin, most adults thought it would be a bad idea for the Legisla- ture to be in session part- time rather than full time. The Public Policy Insti- tute interviewed 2,002 Cal- ifornia adults by telephone in Spanish and English from Sept. 6-13. 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