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Sports..............B1 Weather........A10 Community.....A3 Education........A8 Life...................A5 Opinion............A4 Index...............## INDEX There will be a month-long free agriculture tire collection program in Tehama County through February. PAGEA5 LIFESTYLES Freeagriculture tire collection Joseph Bosetti had 30points and 18rebounds as Red Bluff crushed visiting Paradise Wednesday night. PAGE B1 SPORTS Red Bluff boys hoops win league game Yemen's president resigns, saying he had reached a "deadlock" in talks with rebels who rule the capital. PAGE B6 HELD BY REBELS Yemen's leader resigns under pressure President Barack Obama will not meet the Israeli lead when he comes to address a joint session of Congress. PAGE A7 INVITED BY HOUSE SPEAKER Obama won't meet with Netanyahu on US visit RED BLUFF Tehama County received straight Fs from the American Lung Association in its annual report grading cities and counties on whether they have put into place tobacco con- trol policies. The ALA said in a press re- lease the grades are based on "whether laws are adequately protecting citizens from the enormous toll tobacco use takes on lives and the economy." Corning, Red Bluff, Tehama and the unincorporated por- tions of the county each received an F rating. HEALTH Te ha ma C ou nt y earns failing gr ad es f or t ob ac co regulations RED BLUFF An autopsy on a 62-year-old Corning man who died while in custody at the Te- hama County Jail did not identify a cause of death, according to a release issued Thursday by the Te- hama County Sheriff's Office. Edward Jay Robinson was found not breathing around 8 a.m. Tuesday in an observation cell, according to a Wednesday release. An autopsy was conducted Thursday and the "Pathologist did not render a cause of death. The Pathologist's investigation will not be complete until toxicology results have been returned," the release said. Robinson reportedly caused a disturbance around 6:30 a.m. Tues- day in a housing unit, using a food tray to damage a fire sprinkler, which flooded the housing unit. Officers handcuffed Robinson and took him to an observation cell in the booking area. He was checked every 13 minutes. Dur- ing a routine check at 8:02 a.m., jail staff found Robinson was not breathing and CPR was initiated. Robinson was transported to St. Elizabeth Community Hos- pital, where he was later pro- nounced dead. Robinson had been arrested and booked into the jail on Jan. 14 by the Corning Police Depart- ment for possession of a dirk/dag- ger, brandishing, trespassing and public intoxication. This investigation is continuing. SHERIFF'S OFFICE Autopsy inconclusive in inmate death PHOTOS BY ANDRE BYIK — DAILY NEWS The city of Corning's proposed Solano Streetscape Project would reconfigure traffic lanes, repair sidewalks and beautify four city blocks from West Street to Third Street. By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter CORNING Downtown business owners, residents and law en- forcement officials here got the scoop on the city of Corning's proposed Solano Streetscape Project at a forum hosted Wednesday evening at the City Council's chambers. The project, which was ap- proved by the City Council in October, would cover four blocks of Solano Street from West Street to Third Street. Plans de- tail sidewalk repairs, street re- pavement, decorative pavers, pe- destrian bulb-outs and reconfig- ured traffic lanes, among other beautifications such as iron-rod benches and tree replacements. The project, according to city officials, costs about $2.2 million and is funded and sup- ported by the California Trans- portation Commission and Te- hama County Transportation Commission. Demolition is tentatively scheduled for July and construc- tion could be completed by Octo- ber, City Manager John Brewer said at the forum. That timeline, however, could shift depending on state review of the project. The project's goals, Brewer said, include economic and safety improvements. Economic goals The city of Corning has an un- employment rate of 12.8 percent, Brewer noted, compared to the statewide rate of 8.6 percent. The project, he said, could attract visitors and businesses to the downtown area, filling vacant storefronts, attracting more foot traffic and benefit- ting the local economy. "A more attractive downtown attracts visitors, which means customers, clients and diners, which means more commerce for businesses downtown," Brewer said. "More commerce creates more interest in being downtown. That means compe- tition for the commercial spaces that are downtown. Competition for commercial spaces ... means higher rents. Higher rents may trigger facade improvements CORNING OFFICIALS DETAIL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT Corning City Manager John Brewer, back right, detailed the Solano Streetscape Project Wednesday evening at the City Council's chambers for downtown business owners and law enforcement officials. By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF The Tehama County Deputy Sheriffs' Association re- cently voted to support the Red Bluff Peace Officers Association's effort to oust Red Bluff Police Chief Paul Nanfito. "On behalf of the Tehama County Deputy Sheriffs' Associa- tion, I would like to extend our full support to the Red Bluff Po- lice Officers' Association in their petition to remove Paul Nanfito as the Chief of Police," according to a letter delivered Thursday evening to the Daily News by Dustin Ma- ria, president of the Deputy Sher- iffs' Association. An attorney for the Red Bluff Peace Officers Association on Dec. 2 delivered the group's vote of no confidence against Nanfito to the Red Bluff City Council. The attorney, Brett Sherman of the Goyette & Associates law firm, told the City Council that Nanfi- to's "adversarial" and "narcissis- tic" management style "has bred a culture of fear and discontent within the Red Bluff Police De- partment." The vote of no confidence, Sher- man said, means "the POA is re- jecting Nanfito as their leader and entreating this council to repair the damages he has done." City Manager Richard Crab- tree, in an email to the Daily News on Thursday, said: "The City has retained an investigator to investigate the allegations pre- sented in December by the POA. The City will also investigate the allegations presented in the re- cent letter from the Deputy Sher- iff's Association. The Peace Officer Bill of Rights (POBAR) applies to all police officers, including police chiefs, and sets forth a mandatory process for the investigation and resolution of complaints lodged against peace officers. These al- legations will be thoroughly in- vestigated, in a manner that com- plies with POBAR's due process requirements." Nanfito, in an email to the Daily News, said: "The City has chosen to conduct an Internal Af- fairs investigation on this issue making this a confidential peace officer record as guaranteed by the Peace Officers Bill of Rights." The Deputy Sheriffs' Associa- tion, or DSA, does not represent the views of Tehama County Sher- iff's Office, said Maria, who has been a full-time deputy sheriff in Tehama County for about two years, in an interview. He said the DSA comprises roughly 60 mem- bers. At a Jan. 15 DSA meeting, Ma- ria said, the roughly 20 members who attended voted unanimously to support the Red Bluff Peace Of- ficers Association. TEHAMA COUNTY DeputysheriffsgroupblastsNanfito SupportsRedBluffPeaceOfficersAssociation'sefforttooustpolicechief Downtown business owners attend city forum on street improvements PROJECT PAGE 9 FAIL PAGE 9 NANFITO PAGE 9 » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, January 23, 2015 50CENTS AN EDITION OF THE CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD 7 58551 69001 9 Volume130,issue46 Good morning, thanks for subscribing Brian Laheney BASKETBALL Lady Spartans win in Paradise Sports B1 RANCHO TEHAMA Students learn obesity prevention Education A8 FORECAST High: 71 Low: 49 A10 Grow?Ranchorride? 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