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FRIDAY OCTOBER 14, 2011 Breaking news at: The Dead Return Select TV www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside RED BLUFF Spartans Tennis SPORTS 1B Weather forecast 10A Sunny 87/56 By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Schools remain on alert as ongoing sightings of a suspi- 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 Suspicious van fuels concern at schools cious white van continue to cause concern. Staff at all schools in the Red Bluff Union Elementary School District, especially at Vista Middle School where the van has been seen on several occa- sions, have been informed, and they remain extra watchful and vigilant, Superintendent 10-foot burrito Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Many hands make light work when it comes to burritos and children. Some 40 guests ate their way through a 10- foot burrito put together for a monthly meet and greet for the Tehama County Social Ser- vices Child Protec- tion Services foster parents Thursday at the Presbyterian Church on Jefferson Street.The luncheon was both a training session and a recruitment for new foster parents.The agency has had trouble finding homes to place teenage boys, said placement specialist Tomas Loarca. New recruits and their hosts were entered into a raffle for pumpkins from Julia's Fruit Stand and movie tickets from Prime Cinemas. Thieves rob house, take truck and boat CORNING — A 66-year-old Corning man returned home from visiting family to find his home burglarized and his pickup and boat stolen. Tommy Armstrong called law enforcement Wednesday morning to report the crime to his residence in the 23000 block of River Road. The culprit(s) had pried open the side door of the house sometime between 6 a.m., Sept. 29, and 7 a.m. Wednesday, and stole $22,895 worth of items. Items stolen include two shotguns and two rifles with ammunition, a compound bow and accessories, miscellaneous tools, costume jewel- ry, a motorcycle helmet, a gem stone collection, two generators, two GPS units, three digital cameras, clothing, and a laptop computer. While inside the residence, the suspect(s) took a set of keys and stole Armstrong's red and silver 1988 Chevrolet pickup with a cab over camper and a white 1976 Tri-Hull boat and trailer. The Tehama County Sheriff's Office has no known suspects and the case is under investiga- tion. Anybody with information is asked to call 529-7900. -Andrea Wagner William McCoy said. "We encourage our families and staff to be vigilant, but we don't want to spread panic," McCoy said. "Our local law enforcement has been doing an excellent job, and hopefully this issue can be resolved quickly." See VAN, page 9A Letter turns out to be a scam By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Several Red Bluff residents and received a letter Thursday threatening them with a fine if they don't pay $76 by Oct. 31 to install a carbon monoxide detector. The letter is a scam. Red Bluff Fire Chief Mike Bachmeyer warned that anyone who got the notice should disregard it com- pletely. There is a new law, Senate Bill 183, which requires that any single family dwelling with a fuel burning or cooking source or an attached garage should install at least one carbon monoxide detector in an area adjoin- See SCAM, page 9A Corning hikes impact fee By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — The City Council approved an increase in the water well development impact fee and issued several procla- mations Tuesday. "It allows for six wells," City Engineer Ed Anderson said of the increase. "That's what we projected to be needed in the next 20 years. Mayor Gary Strack said he was initially opposed to raising any- thing, but after seeing the cost for the new well going in at Clark Park, he changed his mind. The fees were last updated in July 2005 and the new fee will not go into effect for 60 days, said City Manager Steve Kimbrough. See FEE, page 9A House near school gets a boost By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer A dilapidated property just a block away from Red Bluff Union High School is getting a boost through a partnership that joins athletics and acade- mics. The Red Bluff Spartan Booster Club recently bought the foreclosed home at 1030 Franklin St. and will be working to turn it back into top notch condition. The goal is to fix up the property and sell it. Pro- ceeds from the sale will go to the school's athlet- ics program, Booster Club President Ken Robison said. But the project reaches beyond the athletic department, as the Boost- er Club will be relying on ROP students to help complete the facelift. Students from the cabi- netry and carpentry class- es have been a part of the project from the very start, helping to identify Daily News photo by Tang Lor Red Bluff High School ROP students and the Red Bluff Spartan Booster Club are partnering to renovate this house that sits a block away from the school. the scope of the work and providing input on the type of work they can manage, Associate Princi- SAN DIEGO (AP) — The chief federal prosecu- tor in San Diego is contem- plating expanding a federal crackdown on the medical marijuana industry by going after newspapers, radio stations and other out- lets that run advertisements for California's pot dispen- saries, her office told The Associated Press on Thurs- day. U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy made the comments initially to California Watch, a project of the non- profit Center for Investiga- tive Journalism. They come a week after she and three other U.S. attorneys in Cal- ifornia vowed to close med- ical marijuana businesses they deem questionable and single out people who rent buildings or land to the industry. ''I'm not just seeing print advertising,'' Duffy 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 told California Watch. ''I'm actually hearing radio and seeing TV advertising. It's gone mainstream. Not only is it inappropriate — one has to wonder what kind of message we're sending to our children — it's against the law.'' Duffy wasn't available Thursday to speak to the AP but her office confirmed the comments published by California Watch. The federal government will determine whether the media crackdown is neces- sary as the results of last week's actions unfold, Duffy's spokeswoman Debra Hartman said. She cited a federal law that pro- hibits people from placing ads that have the purpose of buying or selling a con- trolled substance. ''If I own a newspaper ... or I own a TV station, and I'm going to take in your money to place these ads, I'm the person who is plac- ing these ads,'' Duffy said, according to California Watch. ''I am willing to pal Miguel Barriga said. Among the changes that need to be made are leveling and foundation read (the law) expansively and if a court wants to more narrowly define it, that would be up to the court.'' Duffy declined to give further details on the plan under consideration or say whether a media crack- down would involve the state's other U.S. attorneys. But a spokesman for the Sacramento U.S. attorney told the Bakersfield Cali- fornian that there were no plans to go after advertis- ing. 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