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McKeown:WilliamJoseph McKeown, 67, of Red Bluff died Tuesday, March 17 at Canyonwood Nursing in Redding. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Wednesday, March 18, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Deathnoticesmustbe provided by mortuaries to the news department, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified advertising department. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortuaries or by families of the deceased and include online publication linked to the newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. DEATHNOTICES level of seasonal firefight- ers straight through the winter. Amid this backdrop, en- vironmental advocates are calling on the state water board to find even more ag- gressive ways to slash water use, such as rationing, en- forcing plumbing upgrades and going after corporate landscapes. "The board could and should do more," said Kate Poole, a lawyer for the Nat- ural Resources Defense Council. The state agency has con- ceded its actions so far have been focused on the eas- ier ways to immediately cut down urban water use. It voted Tuesday to extend statewide outdoor water limits imposed in July, bar- ring washing down drive- ways, decorative fountains without recirculating pumps and sprinklers that spray pavement. New rules will require lo- cal water departments to re- strictthenumberofdaysres- idents can water their lawns. If they don't, residents must follow a state rule limiting their sprinkling to twice a week. Homeowners are also barred from using sprin- klers on days when it rains and for the next two days af- ter. Golf course owners ob- jected to limiting days they can water grass, telling the board Tuesday that the reg- ulation would threaten their ability to keep attractive landscapes, which they say are already water-efficient. The regulations also man- date common business con- servation practices state- wide. Restaurants can't of- fer water unless customers ask, and hotels and motels must offer guests an oppor- tunity to decline fresh tow- els and sheets at hotels. It's up to local water de- partments to enforce these rules, which are expected to take effect later this month. They can fine offenders $500 per violation, but few have gone that far. The water board also de- cided Tuesday it will start tracking how agencies en- force the regulations, in- cluding the number of cita- tions and warning letters is- sued. The Associated Press found wide disparities in en- forcement, from Los Angeles issuing just two $200 fines in a service area of nearly 4 million people to Santa Cruz levying more than $1.6 mil- lion in water waste penalties. Meanwhile, residents have been falling short of Brown's call to slash water consumption by 20 percent when he declared a drought emergency early last year. On average, monthly wa- ter use has fallen 11 percent since the state imposed wa- ter restrictions in July, ac- cording to surveys of water suppliers. Fearing dry conditions may be the new way of life in California, members of the board said they must look at establishing permanent con- servation rules. "In our emerging climate regime with a decreased overall Sierra snowpack and more extreme weather including drought, it's es- sential," water board sci- entist Max Gomberg said Tuesday. Water FROM PAGE 1 PHOTOS BY RICH PEDRONCELLI - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Steve Upton, right, demonstrates how to use the water timer he installed on the water spigot at the home of Larry Barber, le , in Sacramento. California residents have to turn off their sprinklers, and restaurants won't give customers water unless they ask under new drought regulations approved Tuesday. By Kristin J. Bender The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO The mayor of San Francisco said Tuesday that four po- lice officers under inves- tigation in the sending of racist and homophobic texts will be fired if the probe determines they sent the messages. Mayor Edwin M. Lee called the messages hei- nous and despicable and called for immediate disci- plinary action against the officers. The texts targeting blacks, Mexicans, Filipi- nos and gay men were dis- covered by federal author- ities investigating former police Sgt. Ian Furminger, who was convicted of cor- ruption and sentenced to 41 months in federal prison. The names of the officers have not been released by police, but attorneys rep- resenting them have iden- tified them as Michael Ro- bison, 46; Noel Schwab, 49; Rain Daugherty, 40; and Michael Celis, 47. Attorney Alison Berry Wilkinson said Daugherty is "appropriately ashamed by his impulsive and insen- sitive banter, and accepts full responsibility for the content of those text mes- sages that he sent, which are by no means a reflec- tion of his true character or his style of policing." Robison and Celis also regret their involvement in the messages, said Anthony Brass, their lawyer. "They are very clear that this is not acceptable ban- ter," Brass said, "and they understand why the com- munities in San Francisco would take this very seri- ously and find it deeply of- fensive." Brass also said Schwab is one of the officers under investigation. However, a lawyer he said represents Schwab was not immedi- ately available for comment The officers have been reassigned and will have no interaction with the public during the investigation, a decision the association supports. The messages were sent between Furminger and of- ficers in 2011 and 2012 and disclosed in court docu- ments, authorities said. "The content of these text messages displays a bias that is incompatible with the values of our city and incompatible with the ability to perform sworn duties as a police officer," Lee said. "If these state- ments are attributable to any San Francisco police officer, I join Police Chief Greg Suhr in seeking noth- ing less than termination." The San Francisco Po- lice Officers Association issued a statement saying the actions were not em- blematic of individuals it represents. "All these racist and ho- mophobic text messages, if true, are disgraceful and humiliating to the com- munity we serve," the state- ment said. Authorities said the texts feature the repeated use of the phrase "white power" and references to burning crosses and the Ku Klux Klan. 4 OFFICERS San Francisco mayor eyes firing of police over racist texts The Associated Press Starving sea lion pups and seabirds up and down the West Coast this year may be part of a large-scale shift of the Pacific Ocean to warmer and less productive conditions, according to a new federal fisheries report. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration presentedthefindingsonthe warming Pacific in an an- nual report on the state of the waters off California. "We are in some ways en- tering a situation we haven't seen before," Cisco Werner, director of the Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, California, said in a statement from NOAA. The situation demands that sci- entists consider the impact on ocean life as a whole, Werner said. From 2014, waters off Southern California and the Gulf of Alaska turned signif- icantly warmer than usual. The so-called "warm blobs" have grown to cover most of the West Coast, making for record-high water tempera- tures. Tiny, energy-rich organ- isms that support the West Coast food chain have suf- fered in the warming water, the report said. Discoveries of large numbers of emaci- ated young sea lions off Cali- fornia and starving seabirds off Oregon and Washington may reflect dwindling nour- ishment overall as the Pa- cific warms, the study said. ANNUAL REPORT Federal agency warns of warmer, less productive Pacific The Associated Press YOUNTVILLE,CALIF. A win- ery owner chased an inves- tor through a Northern Cal- ifornia vineyard and shot him in the head at close range as police approached before leading them on a short chase that ended with his apparent suicide, author- ities said Tuesday. The investor, Emad Taw- filis, had called 911 in a panic shortly before noon Monday, saying he was run- ning through grapevines to escape a business part- ner who was firing at him from behind the wheel of an SUV, the Napa County Sher- iff's Department said. As authorities headed to the scene, the owner of Dahl Vineyards, Robert Dahl, shot the fleeing investor, who fell to the ground, Sheriff's Capt. Douglas Pike said. Dahl, holding a .22 cali- ber semi-automatic hand- gun, got out of the vehicle, "walked up to the victim and appeared to execute him just as the deputies were arriv- ing," Pike said. The 47-year-old vintner returned to his truck and led police on a brief chase around Yountville. Author- ities lost sight of him in the woods after he plowed through a gate. They found him minutes later, however, dead in the SUV, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Pike said. The 48-year-old Tawfilis was killed near Highway 29, gateway to the Napa wine region. Dahl's attorney, Kousha Berokim, said the two men had been discussing a busi- ness disagreement. "The meeting was peaceful and held to develop a framework to resolve their dispute," he said. "There was certainly no indication of violence." Dahl and Tawfilis had filed lawsuits against each other over a $1.2 million investment. Dahl said the interest Tawfilis was charging on the loan was illegally high. Tawfi- lis, meanwhile, said Dahl misused funds and fooled him into investing in de- funct companies. Berokim and David Wise- blood, Tawfilis' lawyer, par- ticipated in the settlement talks by phone. After about 20 minutes, the parties agreed to take a short break, and the lawyers hung up. CRIME 2 dead at Napa County vineyard in apparent murder-suicide ThePassingParadeisbroughttoyoubyMinchPropertyManagement, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527 5514 THE PASSING PARADE (FromtheDaveMinchISayforDecember1960) EveryweekItakethreeofmygrandchildrentothe store where they help me pick out groceries. On the way these three (2-5-7 year olds) entertain me with a steady stream of conversation and questions.Among them were these two: The first question was extremely controversial, "Is it fun to be married?" The other subject was a boy at school whom the oldest grandchild thought liked her. I asked her how she would know if he doesn't tell her. She replied, "That's easy. Every time he is near me he hits me…and a few days ago I dropped a crayon on the floor and he kicked it and stepped on it and broke it." … Aletter is being circulated around the county that insinuates that anyone who donates money to help a candidate get elected is expecting favors in return. I disagree. I think every voter should not only vote but also do everything in his power to get good men to run for county offices. He should encourage others to vote for the man and help pay the candidates advertising costs. The only favor I ask is for a dignified efficient business like administration of our county by men who do not run down another candidate while campaigning.* … (Article in the Daily News December 15, 1960) "Dave Minch, wholesale meat dealer was last night elected president of the Red Bluff Chamber of Commerce for the 1961 term. Lee Tucker of Tucker's Men's Wear was elected first vice president and Glen Dietz of Diamond National second Vice president. James Froome Jr. of CrockerAnglo Bank was elected treasurer. To serve on the board of directors will be James Blackwood, Bill Buffum, Milt Fisher, John Deming, Willard "Bill" Baumgarten, Dr. Wiliam Gaines, Thomas McGlynn, John Crosby, George Growney Jr. and Howard Sparkman. The fifteenth director will be chosen from the Merchant's Division of the chamber and will be chairman of that group. Outgoing directors are John Brooks, Craig Povey and Jack Trainor. The approved budget was for $19,260.00 which was slightly higher than on 1960 due to cover the U.C. Tax."** *Readers will note the absence of women in father's observation, but today they can now be found running for every office in the country including President.And yet there are those who will not vote for them because of their gender. The absurdity of this can best be illustrated by the fact that all the woes of the world to date have been "Man" made. ** The people named represent the movers and shakers of our little town a long time ago. Many will no longer be recognized by today's leaders, but their impact was enormous at the time. My father thought his position in the Chamber would result in better management and community improvement. However he soon resigned the position citing demands of business requiring his full time and concentration. Dave Minch 1900-1964 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A