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DEATHNOTICES cattle business in schools, workplaces and the com- munity. The ambassadors also will represent the cattle in- dustry at Farm Day, Edu- cation Day, the CattleWom- en's annual luncheon and fashion show and the Cat- tlemen's winter dinner. In 2014, the Cattle- Women tried a different beef ambassador concept. Instead of a junior and se- nior ambassador, a team of four junior ambassadors represented the cattle in- dustry. The team com- prised Mueller, Palmer, McGiffin and Kegan Rich- ards. The beef ambassadors will receive scholarships at the end of their terms. The winners of the local con- test will travel to San Jose on April 25, when they will compete for the California Beef Ambassador titles. The Tehama County CattleWomen group has a history of success with the local, state and na- tional beef ambassador program. In 2004, Dallas Wood of Vina was named Tehama County Beef Am- bassador. Wood went on to win the California Beef Ambas- sador title and was one of five national beef spokes- persons. Michelle Wiggley of Red Bluff won the Tehama County Beef Ambassador Contest in 2007, and won the California Beef Ambas- sador Contest as well. Wiggley went on to be- come one of five National Beef Council spokesper- sons. In 2009, Stacy Stroing was the Tehama County Junior Beef Ambassador. She won the California Junior Beef Ambassador Contest. Beef FROM PAGE 1 Some went further and accused the board members of abusing civil rights, com- paring their cause to that of ethnic discrimination. There was also stanch support for the ordinance from property owners in the Rancho Tehama Re- serve and northwest Red Bluff areas. Residents from those ar- eas spoke about their com- munities being threatened by an escalation of illegal activity, odor and noise pol- lution and the devaluing of their property values. The ordinance also earned the Tehama County Cattlemen's Association's endorsement. "We have seen that the growing in our rural area has become a danger to the ranchers, it's become a dan- ger to the land owners, it's a danger to public and pri- vate use in general," Presi- dent Steve McCarthy said. Supervisor Bob Williams, who sits on the Marijuana Cultivation Review Ad Hoc Committee with Supervisor Steve Chamblin, said previ- ous county codes have been abused by growers not com- plying with the set regula- tions. He said the urgency or- dinance came about after Shasta and Butte counties strengthened their own or- dinances and there was in- creased interest among growers in pursuing prop- erty in Tehama County. "This is not a debate about the values of medical marijuana," Williams said. "This is a discussion about the proliferation of gardens in Tehama County and the negative effects it's having on the neighbors and neigh- borhoods out there." Chairman Burt Bundy presented the idea of giv- ing a one-year leeway for those who had already in- vested money for their 2015 grow. The board debated be- tween having the cutoff date for those in compli- ance be as of passage of the ordinance or April 1. Chamblin held out for the April 1 date. He said he did so because he wanted to give every opportunity for compliance to those who said they wanted to work with the county and neigh- bors. Grows FROM PAGE 1 By Sudhin Thanawala The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO A promi- nent Silicon Valley venture capitalist who helped direct early investments in Google and Amazon said Tuesday during testimony in a high- profile sex discrimination lawsuit that his firm is not run by men and has many female senior partners. John Doerr took the stand in San Francisco Superior Court in the lawsuit against venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers — a case that has sparked debate over the treatment of women in the high-tech and venture capital fields. The plaintiff, Ellen Pao, saysshewasdeniedapromo- tion at the company because she is a woman and was fired in 2012 after she complained. Her attorney, Alan Exelrod, has argued Kleiner Perkins had a male-dominated cul- turewherehisclientreceived a book of erotic poetry from a male senior partner and experienced retaliation by a male colleague after she broke off an affair with him. Asked about the book of poetry during three hours of morning testimony, Do- err said Pao did not tell him the nature of the book dur- ing a 2007 meeting and did not seem upset by it. She was emphatic that her affair with themalecolleaguewasinthe past and not a problem, he said. Doerr — a billionaire and partner at the firm, which also counts former Vice President Al Gore among its partners — said he did not recall telling an investigator that women were at a disad- vantage at Kleiner Perkins because of the sheer num- ber of men who dominate the venture capital industry and that the firm was run by men. The investigator had looked into Pao's complaint alleging gender discrimina- tion and a complaint filed by a female employee who claimed she was sexually ha- rassed and alleged that Do- errhad made that statement. Pao initially worked as Doerr's chief of staff, writ- ing his letters and speeches, among other duties, before becoming a junior partner with full-time investment duties. The firm has denied wrongdoing and says Pao, 45, didn't get along with her colleagues — a require- ment for the junior partner position — and performed poorly in that role. Exelrodpresentedajobre- view by Doerr that praised Pao's communication skills, though it said she needed to improve her interpersonal skills and not be dismissive of peers who don't meet her expectations. COURTS Ve nt ur e ca pi ta li st t es ti fie s in Silicon Valley sex-bias suit By Tami Abdollah The Associated Press LOS ANGELES A homeless man killed on Skid Row by Los Angeles police had been released last May from a federal prison after serving roughly 14 years for bank robbery, a law enforcement official said Tuesday. The man was identified as Charley Saturmin Robi- net by the official who had been briefed but was not au- thorized to speak publicly about the investigation and spoke on the condition of anonymity. Robinet was a French na- tional who was convicted in 2000 of three federal charges for holding up a Wells Fargo branch and pis- tol-whipping an employee to pay for acting classes at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. Federal prison records show he was released on May 12. Robinet, who acknowl- edged being an illegal im- migrant, was arrested along with an accomplice and a getaway driver after they tried to rob the bank in Thousand Oaks, some 40 miles west of downtown Los Angeles. Robinet was killed Sun- day after a confrontation with police. Authorities say he tried to grab a probation- ary officer's gun and three officers fatally shot him. The three officers who fired their weapons in a vid- eotaped struggle that left a homeless man dead were veterans of the Skid Row beat who had special train- ing to deal with mentally ill and other people in the downtrodden area, police leaders said. But a rookie officer who cried out that the man had his gun, leading to the shooting, had considerably less experience, and police didn't immediately say how much training he had re- ceived in dealing with men- tally ill people. All officers must go through at least an 11-hour course. Police Chief Charlie Beck said some of the veteran of- ficers had "completed our most extensive mental ill- ness training over a 36-hour course." Initial signs showed the officers used what they had learned during the con- frontation, despite the out- come, he said. "The way you have con- versations, the way you of- fer options, the way that you give some space, the body language that you portray, the way that you escalate, all of that is part of the train- ing," Beck said Monday. "I will make judgment on that when I review the totality of the investigation, but on the face of it, it appears they did try all of that." The shooting was cap- tured on video but exactly what happened remained unclear. The footage has been viewed by millions of people online. Several dozen people ral- lied Tuesday in protest of the shooting. There was a mo- ment of silence, and partic- ipant Patrisse Cullors de- clared the shooting site to be "sacred ground." A memorial at the site of the shooting features white roses placed over a tent, blankets and clothing be- longing to the man known as "Africa." The specialized train- ing came under the nation- wide Safer Cities Initiative, designed to tone down en- counters between police and people on the streets. Footage showed the homeless man reaching to- ward the rookie officer's waistband, Beck said. The officer's gun was later found partly cocked and jammed with a round of ammuni- tion in the chamber and an- other in the ejection port, indicating a struggle for the weapon, Beck said. "You can hear the young officerwhowasprimarilyen- gaged in the confrontation saying that 'He has my gun. He has my gun,'" Beck said. "He says it several times, with conviction." SKID ROW Official: Homeless man killed by police did time for robbery The Associated Press ANTIOCH A lucky break led Northern California police to a dead man af- ter officers heard gunshots and saw a suspicious car speed away without its lights. KNTV in San Jose re- ported that police Sgt. Tom Fuhrmann says dis- patchers received a call that someone had been shot about 11 p.m. Monday. About the same time, officers saw a car speed- ing away from a residen- tial neighborhood without any lights. Officers chased the car. The chase ended when the car smashed into a house not far from the shooting scene. No one in the home was injured. Police said three people in the car were detained. Their names were not re- leased. A shotgun was later found in the parking lot of a nearby restaurant. It may be linked to the ho- micide. The name and age of the slain man was not released. DEAD MAN FOUND California police detain 3 in connection to a homicide ERIC RISBERG — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ellen Pao leaves the Civic Center Courthouse during a lunch break in her trial Tuesday in San Francisco. RICHARD VOGEL — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A pedestrian walks past flowers and candles placed on a sidewalk near where a man was shot and killed by police in the Skid Row section of downtown Los Angeles. The Associated Press SANTA ANA A man con- victed of killing the fa- ther and sister of his former girlfriend in a fi- ery attack on the fami- ly's Southern California home was sentenced to death Tuesday. Iftekhar Murtaza, 30, was sentenced for the murders of Jay Dhanak, 56, and his daughter Karishma, 20, in May 2007, the Orange County district attorney's office said. Murtaza was convicted more than a year ago of killing the pair in an at- tempt to reunite with his then-18-year-old ex-girl- friend Shayona Dhanak. She had ended their relationship citing her Hindu family's opposition to her dating a Muslim. Authorities said Mur- taza and a friend torched the family's Anaheim Hills home and kid- napped and killed Dhanak's father and sis- ter, leaving their stabbed bodies burning in a park 2 miles from Dhanak's dorm room at the Univer- sity of California, Irvine. Dhanak's mother, Leela, survived the at- tack. She was stabbed and left unconscious on a neighbor's lawn. Murtaza was inter- viewed by police several days later and arrested at a Phoenix airport with a ticket to his native Ban- gladesh and more than $11,000 in cash. 2007 MURDERS Man who killed ex-girlfriend's dad, sister sentenced to death ThePassingParadeisbroughttoyoubybyMinchPropertyManagement, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527 5514 THE PASSING PARADE (FromDaveMinch'sISaycolumnofSeptember1960) Taxpayers have not objected strenuously for several years. One reason being that each year taxes are being paid with money that is inflated a little more than the year before. This year it will be not be so easy. Lambs, cows and calves, and peaches will be at the lowest price for some time. This brings us to the main subject of this story. We read a few months back that our school systems have considered buying 40 acres inAntelope Valley and building another high school. It was to be built because the present High School was getting near its capacity and to be ready for our increasing population. I am not condemning such an undertaking in the future. We should be thinking about whether it is necessary now or should be put off until we really need the room. Many people have the mistaken idea that Red Bluff is growing every day.Actually the population may be less than it was a few months ago. The Diamond National Company gave the city a terrific boost, not only in the labor it hires now but from the labor that built the plant. Until some other large payroll comes here it may be difficult to keep our population from diminishing. We have a large number of unsold new houses and a larger number of unrented apartments for the first time in several years. So, let's wait awhile before we make commitments for something we may not need for several years. … I wonder what color the people in Europe, who view the Olympic Games, think the majority of people in the United States look like? It surely would not be white. … One of our local professional men and his wife took their 4 year old son to Reno last week. They were to eat dinner in the Sky Room of the Mapes Hotel.As they were walking through the lobby, there were pictures of Lilly St. Cyr in a cowboy outfit and this was pointed out to their son because anything like a cowboy was big stuff to him.As any of you who have had the misfortune to see Lilly perform know that the only attraction is that she wears nothing to start with …and then finishes her act by taking off part of that.As they were coming down the elevator the mother could see that the boy was disappointed in the photos and he finally said, "She didn't even have on cowboy boots!" … Several people around Red Bluff say they have definitely seen flying saucers. My idea is that they are electrically operated and powered by nuclear energy, and that ourAir Force knows all about them.* *Some 55 years later there are still UFO believers, but little or no evidence to prove they are of substance. Like the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot, no corpus exist as proof of such stuff .RM Dave Minch 1900-1964 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A