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WEEKEND OCTOBER 1-2, 2011 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 8B RED BLUFF Chamber Banquet Wilcox Ladies SPORTS 1B Partly cloudy 78/55 Weather forecast 8B By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Editor's note: This is the first in a three part series looking at the impacts of state realignment legislation, namely Assembly Bill 109, affecting inmate and probation populations in Tehama County.California's DAILYNEWS TEHAMACOUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 AB 109 — Agencies bracing for realignment realignment has county admin- istrators preparing for a shake up this fall. Assembly Bill 109, the "Realignment Legislation Addressing Public Safety," has drawn particular attention as the state prepares to sprinkle lower- risk prisoners back into local jurisdictions. 'This is probably the biggest change in criminal justice to take place in our generation' — Chief Probation Officer Richard Meunch AB109, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in April, set in motion fundamental changes in the way low-level crimes, such as bur- Chinook of time US Fish and Wildlife Service photo Chinook salmon make their way upstream. By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Cooler weather in the North State can signify different things to differ- ent people, but for fish biologists and those who follow fish closely, the change in weather means the return of salmon to local waterways. Chinook salmon are making their annual migration from the ocean back to their home bases along the Sacramento River, including tribu- taries such as Battle Creek. A number of fish will pass through the Coleman National Fish Hatchery Complex, where the salmon spawning season starts Tuesday and should peak by mid-October. "The fish are arriving right around the time when we were expecting them to," said Tricia Park- er Hamelburg, a fish biol- ogist with the Red Bluff Online information • Battle Creek fall Chinook salmon count and Coleman National Fish Hatchery Biological Assessment www.fws.gov/redbluff/he_reports.aspx • Battle Creek Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Project www.usbr.gov/mp/battlecreek/status.ht ml or • Battle Creek Watershed Conservancy http://battle-creek.net/ office of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. A greater number of fish is expected, as well. The service recently posted the Battle Creek fish count from past years on its website and will post daily fish count updates through the fall run migration season. The returning fish pop- ulation varies from year to year, going through a cycle of a high number of Brown scratches at lawmakers on mountain lion bill SACRAMENTO (AP) — It's not quite a cat fight, but it's close. Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday sent a catty letter to California lawmakers in signing a bill that allows dead mountain lions to be stuffed and dis- played in museums so long as they were not ille- gally killed. The bill enjoyed over- whelming support among Democratic and Republi- can lawmakers. It received a total of 116 votes out of the 120-seat Legislature. ''If only that same energetic bipartisan spirit could be applied to creat- ing clean energy jobs and ending tax laws that send jobs out of state,'' Brown wrote in his bill signing letter. Many of the governor's budget and economic ini- tiatives failed to gain enough support this year. He was unable to get GOP support to place a ballot measure before California voters to extend tempo- rary state taxes. He didn't get enough votes to renew a statewide electricity sur- charge to fund renewable energy and efficiency pro- grams. And he failed to close a tax loophole for multistate corporations, which 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See LION, page 7A fish returning then dip- ping to a low return before it peaks again, Parker Hamelburg said. After a slightly smaller population of fish return- ing recently, the cycle looks to be in favor of more returns. "We think the number will be higher in 2011 than 2010," Parker Hamelburg said. "It will be very exciting to watch if our prediction comes true." Biologists are not sure what contributes to the fluctuating cycle. One explanations is that in recent years, changes in ocean conditions, such as less available food, may have contributed to the decline in salmon return- ing to Battle Creek, she said. "These are highly migratory fish, and a lot of things can happen to them out there in the ocean," Parker Hamelburg said. "It's not like cattle in your pasture where you can keep track of them in one place." Propagation and other mitigation programs at the Coleman National Fish Hatchery Complex are helping to balance the numbers. The hatchery releases about 12 million fall Chi- nook salmon annually, 1 million late-fall Chinook See TIME, page 7A glary, are sentenced. Would-be parolees are get- ting shuffled onto the county docket and will be reporting to a county probation officer instead of a parole agent from the state. Those convicted after Oct. 1, under the new sentencing poli- See AB 109, page 7A Man streaks on interstate By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer A 40-year-old man who had crashed his 2003 Chevrolet pickup into a guard rail Friday afternoon on southbound Interstate 5, just north of Sunset Hills Drive, stripped off his clothes and fled the area. The crash took place about 12:30 p.m. when the man, who was going south on I-5, swerved for unknown reasons, crashing his pickup into the guard rail several times and damaging about 100 feet of it, California Highway Patrol Officer Phillip Mackin- tosh said. After the crash, the man, who suffers from a men- tal disorder, got out of his vehicle, stripped his clothes off and ran across both the southbound and northbound lanes before crossing a field, Mackin- tosh said. He was located about 2 p.m. Friday by air units, hiding behind a Cottonwood residence and was taken to Mercy Medical Center in Redding for pre- cautionary reasons, Mackintosh said. According to the CHP Website, one person reported the man was mumbling to himself and walked into his truck and another one. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Traffic stop stops trafficking A man was arrested Thursday when he was found with more than two pounds of marijuana and nearly $5,000 in cash dur- ing a routine traffic stop. Sheriff's deputies pulled over a white 1994 Nissan sedan for a traffic violation just before 10 p.m. on Antelope Boule- vard at Interstate 5, a sher- iff's release said. The dri- ver was identified as Ramon Moreno Viveros, 28, of Red Bluff. After searching the vehicle, deputies found two large bags with about 1,000 grams, or more than two pounds, of mari- juana, the release said. They also found $4,850 in cash and evidence sug- gesting the sales of mari- juana. Viveros told deputies that he had a medical rec- ommendation for the mar- ijuana, the release said. The vehicle was impounded and Viveros was charged with posses- sion of marijuana for sale and transportation of mar- ijuana. Bail was set at $40,000. -Andrea Wagner Pumpkin festival to welcome fall Fall means one thing at Julia's Fruit Stand — pumpkins. Julia's will hold its fifth annual Great Pump- kin Festival 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, at the stand on Highway 99E in Dairyville. There will be pump- kins of all shapes, sizes, and colors. This year there will be orange and white pumpkins that weigh more than 150 pounds. The festival begins with a tri-tip lunch available for $6, live music from the band Flashback and more than 12 local vendors. Che Stedman, execu- tive chef and owner of Moonstone Bistro in Redding, will be provid- ing homemade pumpkin pies made from pump- kins picked at Julia's. Stedman features many of Julia's fruits and veg- etables throughout the year at the bistro and Courtesy photo Jordan and Jayne Brandt stand in a sea of pumpkins getting ready for the fifth annual Great Pumpkin Festival Sunday at Julia's Fruit Stand in Dairyville. says he is delighted to feature his pies at the festival. Admission is free and children will enjoy play- ing on hay mountain, free face painting and getting to pick a pumpkin out of a pumpkin patch.