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PHOTOSBYRICHGREENE—DAILYNEWS A home floods on State Route 99E next to Sunset Canal in Los Molinos around 3:30p.m. Wednesday. ByRichGreene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter LOS MOLINOS » More than two inches of rain fell in Te- hama County Tuesday and Wednesday causing mas- sive problems from resi- dences being flooded to nu- merous traffic problems and road closures and reports of children being stranded. Robin Cushman returned to her home on the 9000 block of State Route 99E around 3:15 p.m. to find four feet of water in her front lawn and the levels rising. Only two of the five steps to her porch were visible. Cushman said she didn't know who to call or where to begin, before remember- ing she needed to reach her insurance policy inside her vehicle, which was also be- ing submerged with water. Still Cushman, who had just hung her Christmas decorations the night before, tried to remain positive. "Y ou c an 't b e ma d at Mother Nature," she said. The problems on SR-99E became so bad that law en- forcement closed access to the highway from Red Bluff around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. Scanner reports around 7:30 p.m. were that the high- way had been reopened in both directions. A school bus with stu- dents aboard was report- edly stranded at 8th Ave- nue and Shasta Boulevard and a patrol car got stuck there as well. By around 6 p.m. the stu- dents were removed from the bus and they were taken to Lassen View School when road conditions allowed, shortly before 7 p.m. Par- ents were waiting for the students at Lassen View. Two people were reported in the water at the Antelope Creek Mobile Home Park, according to scanner re- ports around 6:30 p.m. They were rescued from the water about 15 minutes later. A vehicle was reportedly swept off the highway at 63rd Avenue, before that intersec- tion was closed as well. There were numerous calls to dispatch for residents stuck in buildings with rap- idly approaching water. In Manton the Manton/ Wildcat Bridge was com- pletely washed over and be- came impassible. California Highway Patrol reported the structural integrity of the bridge was unknown. Closures were issued for Cone Grove Road, Buena Vista Avenue and portions of Shasta Boulevard and South Avenue. LOS MOLINOS HOUSESFLOOD, HIGHWAY CLOSED The problems on SR-99E became so bad that law enforcement closed access to the highway from Red Bluff around 4:30p.m. By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF » After an attorney for the Red Bluff Peace Officers Association delivered the police union's vote of "no confidence" in police Chief Paul Nanfito that stemmed from his "adversar- ial" management style, Nanfito isn't speaking at length on the accusations. "At the present time I am in Virginia and will not be providing a statement," Nanfito said in an email to the Daily News on Wednesday. "Suffice it to say there are two sides to any issue. I will be providing information at an appropriate time and place in the future." Nanfito has been away, attending the FBI Na- tional Academy in Virginia. On Tuesday, Brett Sherman, an attorney from the Goyette & Associates law firm who represents the police union, told City Council members that Nanfito has "bred a culture of fear and discon- tent within the Red Bluff Police Department." Sherman said Nanfito is the cause of an "attri- tion problem" at the department, and that the de- partment has lost four officers this year. "Interestingly enough," Sherman said, "all four officers took a salary cut when they left the Red Bluff Police Department. Not one of these four officers went to the Redding or Chico police de- partments and three of the four accepted em- ployment with allied agencies right here in Te- hama County." Nanfito, who served as interim police chief for RED BLUFF POLICE Nanfito: 'Two sidesto anyissue' Policeunionblastschief'sleadership By Christopher Weber The Associated Press LOS ANGELES » A storm that saturated California for a second straight day on Wednesday appeared to be just what the dry state had hoped for, boosting reser- voirs and awakening water- falls while bringing few of the flooding problems that had been feared. One location, Yucaipa Ridge in the San Bernardino Mountains, had received 8.38 inches of rain, the Na- tional Weather Service said. Throughout the state, res- idents and authorities kept watch on saturated slopes at risk for flooding and mud- slides after being left barren by wildfires. Despite the storm's scale, experts said it would take many more downpours to pull the state out of its three- year drought. The storm dropped snow in mountains key to the wa- ter supply, and it made sig- nature waterfalls flow at Yosemite National Park, in- cluding the 2,425-foot Yo- semite Falls that had slowed to a trickle by mid-July. "With the precipitation, they are looking good. They are flowing nicely," park spokeswoman Ashley Mayer said. There were problems. The storm likely opened a pair of sinkholes in San Francisco, including a large, 20-by- 30 foot one in a residential neighborhood on the city's west side. And Sacramento's rush- hour commute was dis- rupted by freeway flooding. The California Highway Pa- trol reported that roadway flooding blocked two out of PACIFIC STORM Rain falls for a second day on parched California MIKE KOOZMI — SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER Crews work around a sinkhole that formed in the Richmond district a er a night of heavy rains in San Francisco. HOLLISTER » The San Benito Olive Festival an- nounced Corning's Lucero Olive Oil was among the winners of its first Olive Oil Awards that were presented at the second annual gourmet celebra- tion on Oct. 11 at the Bolado Park Fairgrounds in nearby Hollister, according to a press release is- sued Wednesday. Olive growers from Tehama, Butte, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Luis Obispo and San Benito counties competed in two categories — extra- virgin olive oil and flavor-infused olive oil. Ascolano, a Tuscan mono-varietal harvested by Lucero won the grand prize in the extra-vir- gin olive oil category. The Gold Award went to Trabia Farms, of Tem- pleton, for its Arbequina Olea Reserve and the Silver Award to Brigantino Olive Oil of Hollister for its Tuscan Blend. The Bronze Award was pre- sented to Sons-of-Sicily, also from Hollister, for its Italian variety. The grand prize for flavor-infused olive oil was bestowed to MoonShadow Grove, of Oroville, for its Mandarin Orange. Owned by Rich and Diane Mathews, MoonShadow Grove is one of the larg- est organic olive groves in California. Trabia Farms also took home the Gold Award for its garlic-infused olive oil. The Silver Award went to Pietra Santa Winery, of Hollister, for its rosemary-infused olive oil, while Big Paw, HONORED Corning oil producer takes grand prize at competition Opinion............A6 Lifestyle..........A4 Sports.............. B1 Community.....A3 Comics ............B3 A + E ................A5 Index............... ## INDEX To behold autumn's glory is worth the long wait of winter. It is God's crowning season before spring's rebirth. PAGEA3 GARDEN CLUB Selectingyourownfall beauty this year A Breakfast with Santa is set for 8a.m. Saturday at the Los Molinos VFW hall on Sherwood Avenue. PAGE A3 FUNDRAISER Santa Claus is coming to town Saturday Japan's Takata Corp. rejected federal regulators' demand for a nationwide recall of millions of air bags. 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