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ByAmyTaxin TheAssociatedPress LOSANGELES» Whiletensofthou- sands of immigrants living in the country illegally are gearing up to apply for a long-sought driv- er's license in California starting Jan. 2, others are being urged to think twice. Immigrant advocates say the vast majority should be able to get licensed without trouble but they want anyone who previously obtained a driver's license under a false name or someone else's Social Security number to speak first with a lawyer, fearing a new application could trigger a fraud investigation. The same applies to immi- grants with a prior deportation order or criminal record be- cause federal immigration offi- cials and law enforcement can access Department of Motor Ve- hicles data during an investiga- tion. The advice isn't meant to frighten immigrants from seek- ing licenses that are meant to make their lives easier — espe- cially because many already risk getting ticketed or having their car impounded simply by driv- ing to work or taking their chil- dren to school. "For the vast majority of peo- ple, getting a license is a good decision," said Alison Kamhi, staff attorney at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. "At the same time, I think it is impor- tant people are aware there is some risk." The nation's most populous state is preparing to start issu- ing driver's licenses to immi- grants in the country illegally in a bid to make the roads safer and ease fears for more than a million people to get behind the wheel. California's program eclipses the scope and scale of those approved in nine other states, including Ne- vada, Colorado and Illinois. IMMIGRATION Statereadies for migrant driver's license applications By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF » The duo behind the national Girls with Guns Cloth- ing fashion line — Jen Adams and Norissa Harman — are taking aim at television screens in the series debut of "Universal Hunt- re ss T V. " The series, which premieres at 8 p.m. Monday on the Sportsman Channel, follows Adams and Har- man as they "take on new species, new terrain and new personal challenges, forcing them to test their physical and emotional lim- its," according to a news release. When the show was in the de- velopment stages about a year and a half ago, Adams said in a phone interview, she and the pro- ducers wanted something differ- ent and out of the box. "I guess that's Norissa and I." Adams and Harman said each episode will show the duo hunt- ing in locations such as Africa, ENTERTAINMENT FOUNDERS OF GIRLS WITH GUNS AIM FOR TV 'UniversalHuntressTV'followsJenAdams,NorissaHarmanfortelevisiondebut COURTESYPHOTO Norissa Harman, le , and Jen Adams, the founders of Girls with Guns Clothing, stand atop a mountain in New Zealand. Adams and Harman star in the new television show, "Universal Huntress TV," which premieres Monday. "The biggest thing about the show is it's about the journey." — Jen Adams, Girls with Guns Clothing AP and Staff Reports Temperatures near or at freez- ing were expected Friday night and into Saturday, according to the National Weather Service, which says it would be the first frost of the season. A frost advisory was issued Fri- day by the Weather Service for the Sacramento Valley, warning of overnight temperatures around 34 degrees or lower. The advisory is for 4-9 a.m. Saturday. The situation is more serious in the central and southern San Joa- quin Valley, where a freeze watch has been issued. That means tem- peratures are forecast to range between 28 degrees and 32 de- grees for four to six hours. The weather service attributed the season low to a cold air mass an d c le ar s ki es . "We're getting a pretty cold air mass that's dropping down out of Canada," said Eric Kurth, a meteorologist with the Na- tional Weather Service in Sacra- mento. "It's going to be the coldest weather we've seen, really, pretty much this year." The advisory warns to cover sensitive plants. Daytime temperature through theweekendshouldbe in thelow to mid 50s, with mostly sunny skies. The Weather Service also notes that north winds and a few moun- tain showers are possible too. The colder weather is expected to drop mountain temperatures to the 10- to 20-degree range. The cold snap comes as most farmers have completed their harvest and early enough that al- mond and walnut blossoms are not yet out. Temperatures in the mandarin groves of the Sierra foothills are expected to stay above the level farmers consider a hard freeze, said Rich Colwell, who grows mandarins and Meyer lemons on 3 acres in Penryn, about 30 miles northeast of the state capital. He said temperatures have to drop into the mid-20s and stay there for four to six hours before citrus farmers become concerned. "Above that, you're probably OK," Colwell said. "I'm not wor- ried now." Besides that, recent rains al- ready cut short the mandarin crop by two weeks, said Jim Stru- ble, a third-generation farmer who grows mandarins and clem- entines on a 3-acre ranch in Loo- mis, 25 miles northeast of Sacra- mento. Saturday morning should be the coldest period of the week, but another cold snap is expected to move in later next week. 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