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BySueManning The Associated Press ONTARIO Dogs aren't the only animals that vie for best in show. Hundreds of breeds of pigeons compete in their own version of the Westminster show, strutting on long, thick legs or flut- tering curly, lacy feathers in their bid to be best bird. These pigeons aren't the nuisance flocks that swarm food scraps at outdoor res- taurants. They are geneti- cally rich birds, including variations bred to look like turkeys or sound like trum- pets, that drew thousands of enthusiasts — including ex-boxer and pigeon lover Mike Tyson — to the Na- tional Pigeon Association's 93rd annual Grand Na- tional Pigeon Show. Showing pigeons is one of the oldest and largest hob- bies in the world. It thrives at a time when pets are be- coming a more important part of people's lives and animals kept as compan- ions range from the tradi- tional to the unique, such as rats and tarantulas. More than 7,800 birds packed the Ontario Conven- tion Center in Southern Cal- ifornia last weekend, cooing and strutting in their cages, which sent feathers and feed flying. But the well-be- haved show birds wouldn't let one drop of waste fall on a judge's shoe as they were examined for build, color and weight. There were birds in blacks, whites and browns with feathers on their feet, circular crests fram- ing their faces and 8-inch necks. Some looked like street pigeons but bigger and stronger, with massive shoulders and thick necks. Tyson, the four-time heavyweight world cham- pion, kicked off the three- day event by releasing 100 white pigeons. He agreed with the mostly older male owners about the need to infuse young blood in the aging hobby. "Take this opportunity at a young age to enhance your responsibility and en- joy it," he told youngsters who asked for photos and autographs. Tyson, 48, who had pi- geons as a kid, keeps 1,800 birds. He said he was 10 when he won his first fight because a bully killed one of his birds in front of him. "They teach you a lot about yourself," Tyson said of pigeons. Nearly a thousand differ- ent breeds of pigeons exist. Not only can these birds be- come pampered pets, they can be raised for racing and stunt performances. Rac- ing pigeons can fly for hun- dreds of miles a day and flap as fast as 80 mph, and per- formers will unleash death- defying stunts midair. "Racing pigeons are the Ben Johnsons of the world and fancy pigeons are the Naomi Campbells of the world," said Fadiel Hen- dricks, president of the Na- tional Fancy Pigeon Associ- ation of South Africa. NATIONAL SHOW Pigeon pageant for beautiful birds dispels 'rats with wings' opinion By Kevin Freking The Associated Press WASHINGTON President Barack Obama's recom- mendation to spend $5 million next year on an early earthquake warning system for the West Coast represents a significant breakthrough, congressio- nal supporters of the proj- ect said Wednesday. It's the first time Obama has included funding for the project in his annual budget recommendation. Sen. Dianne Feinstein and congressman Adam Schiff, both Democrats, say the change shows the president recognizes the importance of moving ahead with the project more quickly. Lawmakers had secured $5 million for the early warning system in this year's spending bill and were seeking at least $16 million more in the next fiscal year, which begins in October. The money al- lows for the installation of more seismic detection sta- tions and sensors. Several universities along the West Coast are working with the United States Geolog- ical Survey to put an early warning system in place. $5 MILLION Lawmakers applaud Obama's budget for warning system NICKUT—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Former boxing champion Mike Tyson holds a white homing pigeon at the National Pigeon Association's 93rd annual Grand National Pigeon Show in Ontario. Tyson, who had pigeons as a youngster, has 1,800now in Nevada, New Jersey and New York. He said he was 10when he won his first fight because a neighborhood bully took one of his birds and broke its neck in front of him. Washington 37/19 New York 31/10 Miami 77/61 Atlanta 49/27 Detroit 14/8 Houston 57/43 Chicago 15/8 Minneapolis 20/12 Kansas City 32/21 El Paso 65/38 Denver 62/41 Billings 50/41 Los Angeles 76/56 San Francisco 63/57 Seattle 57/52 AIRQUALITYFORECAST Whatitmeans: 0-50:Good; 51-100:Moderate; 101-150:Unhealthyforsensitivepeople; 151+:Unhealthyforall. Source: Airnow.gov City Today'sairquality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast s-sunny,pc-partly cloudy,c-cloudy,sh-showers,t-thunderstorms,r-rain,sf-snow flurries,sn-snow,i-ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Africa CarsonCity Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollenlevels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) Extreme Very high High Moderate Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hoursofsunlight River Levels SacramentoRiver Flood 7a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: FRIDAY 57° 54° SATURDAY 63° 51° Br ee zy w ith ra in Windy with rain, some heavy SUNDAY 64° 51° Wi ndy with ra in MONDAY 64° 43° Mostly cloudy , sho we rs around TODAY 61° 53° Cloudy and breezy; rain arriving this a ernoon. Windy with pouring rain; watch for flooding tonight. High ....................................................................... 60° Low ........................................................................ 43° Normal high ......................................................... 58° Normal low ........................................................... 40° Record high ............................................. 77° in 2011 Record low .............................................. 23° in 1948 Humidity noon today ........................................ 68% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 0.37" Normal month to date ..................................... 0.61" Season to date ................................................ 16.76" Normal season to date .................................. 14.61" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .................................................................. Good Napa ........................................................... Moderate Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ............................................. Not available Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass ....................... N.A. Mold .........................N.A. Trees ....................... N.A. Weeds ..................... N.A. 2 Highest at 12 p.m. Today 7:14 a.m. 5:32 p.m. 7:33 p.m. 7:53 a.m. Friday 7:13 a.m. 5:33 p.m. 8:29 p.m. 8:23 a.m. 10 hr., 18 min. Feb11 Last Feb18 New First Feb25 Full Mar5 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........1.10 .......none atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......129.03 ......+0.06 atOrdFerry................................114 ........96.57 ......+0.05 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......237.80 ......+0.10 atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......200.50 .......none atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......166.22 ......+0.06 BlackButte ....................444.88..............41,486 .....28.9% LakeOroville..................724.11.........1,447,992 .....38.7% LakeShasta ...................957.87.........2,009,796 .....44.2% LakeTrinity..................2241.43............883,283 .....33.4% Whiskeytown...............1198.08............204,445 .....84.8% Weather Trivia ™ What is the record high temperature for the United States in February? 105(F) at Montezuma, Ariz., Feb. 3, 1963. Today Friday Anaheim 77/52/pc 76/49/pc Bakersfield 77/49/pc 74/55/pc Chula Vista 74/50/pc 73/50/pc Crescent City 58/55/r 59/53/r Death Valley 82/54/pc 86/57/pc Eureka 60/55/r 60/54/r Fremont 64/57/r 64/59/r Fresno 72/51/pc 67/53/c Glendale 76/54/pc 74/51/pc Huntington Beach 70/55/pc 69/54/pc Irvine 72/51/pc 71/51/pc Lake Tahoe 58/45/c 54/42/r Long Beach 73/53/pc 72/53/pc Los Angeles 76/56/pc 75/56/pc Mammoth Mountain 59/32/pc 57/34/c Modesto 64/54/c 63/56/r Monterey 66/52/c 67/57/r Moreno Valley 79/47/pc 77/43/pc Napa 60/54/r 60/55/r Needles 79/54/s 82/53/pc Oakland 63/55/r 62/57/r Oxnard 67/52/pc 68/53/pc Redding 58/51/r 56/52/r Riverside 79/42/pc 78/40/pc Sacramento 63/53/c 59/56/r San Bernardino 79/45/pc 78/42/pc San Diego 71/55/pc 71/54/pc San Francisco 63/57/r 64/58/r San Jose 64/56/r 63/58/r San Luis Obispo 68/48/pc 70/55/c Santa Ana 74/56/pc 74/54/pc Santa Barbara 66/48/pc 67/51/pc Santa Clarita 78/49/pc 75/50/pc Stockton 61/53/c 61/56/r Ventura 66/50/pc 67/53/pc Yosemite Valley 66/43/c 63/38/c Today Friday Albuquerque 62/33/s 64/35/s Atlanta 49/27/pc 54/33/s Baltimore 35/13/sf 37/24/s Boston 33/2/sn 20/15/pc Buffalo 13/3/sf 21/18/pc Chicago 15/8/s 30/22/c Cincinnati 26/16/s 40/30/pc Dallas 46/35/c 65/47/s Denver 62/41/pc 66/44/pc Detroit 14/8/pc 27/22/c El Paso 65/38/s 71/39/s Fargo 28/9/s 25/16/c Honolulu 79/67/pc 79/66/sh Houston 57/43/sh 64/47/c Indianapolis 21/14/s 37/28/pc Kansas City 32/21/s 53/32/pc Las Vegas 71/47/pc 75/50/pc Louisville 31/21/s 46/33/pc Miami 77/61/t 73/63/pc Minneapolis 20/12/s 29/20/c New Orleans 57/39/pc 58/42/s New York City 31/10/sn 25/21/pc Oklahoma City 46/31/pc 68/45/s Snow accompanying a cold front will push across the Northeast's I-95 corridor today with biting winds and sharply colder air to follow. The south- ern extension of the front will cause a couple of rain showers to start the day along the Southeast coast with rain and thunderstorms moving through Florida. Meanwhile, the Midwest will be frigid as temperatures rebound across the High Plains. The warming will occur ahead of rain wet- ting the Northwest and northwestern California. Some of the rain will be heavy toward the coast. High .................... 83° in Palm Springs, CA Low .............................. -25° in Jordan, MT High ........... 108° in Marble Bar, Australia Low ....................... -66° in Suhana, Russia Bogota 68/48/pc 65/48/sh Buenos Aires 85/69/s 85/68/s Caracas 90/77/s 89/76/s Ensenada 78/52/s 77/50/s Mexico City 68/40/pc 69/36/pc Montreal 8/-12/pc 16/4/pc Rio de Janeiro 89/77/t 90/76/t Tijuana 74/48/s 75/49/s Toronto 13/1/sf 24/14/pc Vancouver 52/47/r 54/46/r Orlando 68/48/r 68/46/pc Philadelphia 34/13/sn 34/23/pc Phoenix 81/55/s 81/54/s Pittsburgh 15/6/sf 28/23/pc Portland, ME 28/-6/sn 17/9/pc Portland, OR 55/51/r 55/49/r St. Louis 31/24/s 51/36/pc Salt Lake City 63/42/pc 63/45/c Seattle 57/52/r 56/49/r Tucson 81/51/s 81/49/s Washington, DC 37/19/sf 42/31/s Cairo 75/61/c 84/57/pc Casablanca 56/35/pc 57/39/pc Johannesburg 84/57/s 76/60/pc Kinshasa 90/73/pc 91/73/t Lagos 91/79/t 92/78/t Nairobi 87/59/pc 85/58/pc Tripoli 71/43/s 63/46/s Baghdad 69/45/s 70/46/s Beijing 47/24/s 51/28/pc Hong Kong 64/53/c 62/57/s Jerusalem 64/51/s 71/53/pc Kabul 51/22/s 50/26/c Manila 85/71/pc 84/71/c Melbourne 81/57/s 93/68/s New Delhi 73/46/c 68/47/c Seoul 40/21/s 40/25/s Singapore 84/76/t 85/76/t Sydney 74/65/sh 77/67/pc Tehran 56/39/s 53/38/s Tokyo 42/37/sn 49/36/s Amsterdam 35/28/pc 36/27/s Athens 67/56/s 65/48/r Belgrade 45/38/pc 45/34/r Berlin 32/23/sf 32/24/s Budapest 38/31/c 37/29/c Dublin 44/34/pc 43/35/pc London 40/31/pc 41/32/pc Madrid 43/28/pc 41/28/c Moscow 20/7/c 19/17/c Paris 37/27/pc 35/26/s Rome 54/41/r 53/42/r Stockholm 26/21/pc 37/27/pc Vienna 34/27/c 35/25/c Zurich 29/28/sf 31/23/pc 62/44 68/44 66/47 62/41 64/36 63/53 62/52 60/54 60/55 63/52 61/52 56/41 60/40 57/37 58/51 61/53 54/49 58/57 58/56 60/55 57/51 48/41 54/44 58/55 53/41 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 235 So. 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