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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 24, 2011 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com likely Weather forecast 6B Rain 54/39 DAILYNEWS RED BLUFF 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 Shooting stars Photo by Brent Simons The Rosette Nebula is a vast cloud of dust and gas with an open star cluster in the center. It is locat- ed 5200 million light years from Earth. For more astrophotography images by Brent Simons, visit red- bluffdailynews.com. By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Globular clusters, exploding stars, galaxies and neb- ulae. Many of these deep space objects can be seen with a small telescope, but for Brent Simons, whose hobby is truly written in the stars, there is a better way to view these sights. Taking a long exposure photograph is really the only way to get fine detail and color, said Simons, a self- taught astrophotographer capturing images from his own backyard observatory. "There's an unlimited number of objects out there to photograph," he said. "Once I take a photo of some- thing I just cross it off my list and move on." Chancellor under fire for pepper-spray incident DAVIS (AP) — Linda Katehi was a college stu- dent in her native Greece in 1973 when the govern- ment used guns and tanks to crack down on campus demonstrations against military rule. Thirty-eight years later, the chancellor of the University of California, Davis is under intense pressure following a crackdown last week on student protesters who set up an Occupy camp on campus. Anger has mounted since online videos showed police officers dousing a row of protest- ers with pepper spray as they sat passively on the ground with their arms linked. Youtube videos of Friday's incident have been watched millions of times. Katehi, 57, is now fighting calls for her res- ignation from students and faculty, condemna- tions from state lawmak- ers, and mass protests on her 32,000-student cam- pus, the third largest in the prestigious UC system. Katehi, who became the school's first woman chancellor in 2009, has also found herself in the middle of a national debate over police use of pepper spray to subdue protesters and about the way colleges balance free speech and public safety. ''I want to unequivo- cally apologize to the entire community for the appalling use of pepper spray,'' Katehi told stu- dents at a town hall meet- ing Tuesday. ''I will do everything in my power to make sure nothing like that ever happens again.'' Rachna Kiri, a 21-year- old political science major, is one of many stu- dents who say the chan- cellor should resign. ''It's not working any- more,'' Kiri said of Kate- hi's leadership. ''It's very important with so much authority to have the backing of the people. Trust is fragile and when you've lost that, it's very difficult to gain back.'' Katehi, a former elec- trical engineer, has placed the campus police chief and two pepper-spraying officers on administrative leave, and has asked pros- ecutors to drop charges against nine students who were arrested. At Katehi's request, UC President Mark Yudof has appointed former Los Angeles police chief William Bratton to con- duct an independent investigation of the inci- dent. Katehi declined a request to be interviewed by The Associated Press. She has, however, pub- See SPRAY, page 5A 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 POWER PRODUCTS DOLMAR Red Bluff Outdoor Power Simons set up his backyard observatory about six years ago, but he first became interested in astronomy when he was about 12 years old. "I saved up and bought a used Edmond Scientific 6 inch reflector telescope," he said. "Any evening it was clear I would be out in the backyard looking at planets and galaxies and other deep space objects." He went on to become an electrical engineer and lived in the Bay Area, but his interest in outer space didn't fade. He wanted to photograph deep space objects but the light-polluted sky made it impractical, he said. "The idea went stagnant for 40 years," Simons said. "I couldn't do anything in the Bay Area because the See STARS, page 5A Retailers break with Black Friday tradition By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Not sure what time to set the alarm clock to catch those special Black Friday deals? Just ditch the clock all together. It used to be the early bird got the best deals but now night owls are grabbing a spot in line. As if Black Friday and then Cyber Monday were not enough to draw people out on what has become the busiest shopping weekend, retailers are now offering Moonlight Magic — all night deals that start almost as soon as the Thanksgiving turkey is cleared from the dinner table. Walmart will have the earliest deal beginning at 10 p.m. today for toys, electronics and more. Another round of deals will come at midnight, and more deals become available at 8 a.m. Friday. See BLACK, page 5A Steaming cup of trouble for couple Deputies found drugs and paraphernalia in paper coffee cups that two suspects were holding during a traffic stop Mon- day on Interstate 5 at Riverside Avenue. The suspects, a man and woman from Weaverville, were pulled over in a white 1988 Chevrolet Camaro at about midnight by Tehama County Sheriff's deputies for a traffic vio- lation. After deputies found out that the man, Joseph Anthony Short, 29, was on probation, they searched the vehicle, a sheriff's release said. They found a small usable amount of methampheta- mine in the center con- sole. Short and the woman, Ida Levelle Garwood, 35, sat on the ground nearby while deputies searched the Camaro, the release said. A Red Bluff Police officer who came in to back up deputies noticed that neither suspect was drinking from their coffee cups despite complaining of being cold, the release said. The officer asked to See CUP, page 5A Church provides feast for all NFL Preview SPORTS 1B Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Making final preparations Wednesday for the 18th annual community Thanksgiving dinner, Everett McDonough and Jerome Houck worked from 9 a.m. into late afternoon at the Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St. The tables are set for 160 people to enjoy a free turkey dinner, from noon to 1 p.m., with all the fixings from stuffing to cranberries. Preparations included a dozen turkeys cooked by volunteers, along with 18 pies and all the other items. The dinner is hosted by members of the church and volunteers from the community. 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