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ofthesnowpack. "We have to pull to- gether and save water in every way we can." Brown's order also will require campuses, golf courses, cemeteries and other large landscapes to significantly cut water use; direct local govern- ments to replace 50 mil- lion square feet of lawns throughout the state with drought-tolerant land- scaping; and create a tem- porary rebate program for consumers who replace old water-sucking appli- ances with more efficient ones. "We're in a new era; the idea of your nice little green grass getting wa- ter every day, that's going to be a thing of the past," Brown said. The order calls on local water agencies to imple- ment tiered water pricing that charges higher rates as more water is used and requires agricultural users to report more water use information to state regu- lators. Brown's office said that would boost the state's ability to enforce laws against illegal water di- versions and water waste. The order also prohib- its new homes and devel- opments from using drink- able water for irrigation if the structures lack wa- ter-efficient drip systems. In addition, the watering of decorative grasses on public street medians is banned. The snowpack has been in decline all year, with electronic measure- ments in March showing the statewide snow water equivalent at 19 percent of the historical average for that date. Snow supplies about a third of the state's water, and a higher snowpack translates to more water in California reservoirs to meet demand in summer and fall. There was no snow at the site of Wednesday's survey near Echo Summit, about 90 miles east of Sac- ramento. "It is such an unprece- dented lack of snow, it is way, way below records," said Frank Gehrke, chief of snow surveys for the Cali- fornia Department of Wa- ter Resources. Drought FROMPAGE1 By Paul Elias TheAssociatedPress SAN JOSE A 15-year-old girl hanged herself a week after three classmates pho- tographed themselves sexu- ally assaulting her at a 2012 party, petrified the boys would circulate the photos online and believing gos- sip about her was spread- ing widely. Audrie Pott's story has captivated those con- cerned with teen bullying, which appears to be on the rise with the help of smart- phones and social media but rarely ends in suicide. A wrongful death trial this month in San Jose will determine whether bul- lying played a role in the girl's suicide. Lawyers are scheduled to argue Wednes- day over what evidence the jury will hear, while open- ing statements are expected to start next week. The three boys, now high school seniors, and other teens are expected to de- liver uncomfortable and emotional testimony about the party where Audrie was sexually assaulted af- ter passing out drunk and other events leading up to her death. They will de- scribe life in an affluent sub- urb of privilege, divorce and their attachment to smart- phones and social media. Parry Aftab, a digital pri- vacy lawyer, said Audrie's suicide likely will be dis- cussed at an international anti-bullying conference in Ireland in May that she's helping organize. "Depending on what the jury decides, the kids will look at this and see there may be consequences," Af- tab said. Audrie's parents say the assault and fear of online ridicule caused her suicide, and they have pursued a wrongful death lawsuit against the boys, their fam- ilies and others for three years that will culminate with the three-week trial. Her parents say they want to hold the boys re- sponsible and call attention to bullying, social media shaming and teen suicide. One of the three teens told attorneys that in the weeks before Audrie's suicide, the trio swapped racy selfies of girls they badgered into taking the photos. That boy and his fam- ily recently apologized to the Pott family and settled their portion of the case for an amount of money a judge has ordered be kept confi- dential. But the other two teens insist they weren't re- sponsible for Audrie's sui- cide because she had other problems. Bob Allard, the Pott family's lawyer, said that the "vast majority" of pro- ceeds from the lawsuit will be donated to the Audrie Pott Foundation and used to lobby for anti-bully- ing laws. Audrie's parents launched the nonprofit to combat teen bullying. Audrie's parents led a campaign to pass a Califor- nia law that allows prose- cutors to seek harsher sen- tences for juvenile sex of- fenders who take pictures of their crimes and use them to bully victims. Lawyers for the other two boys say Audrie's suicide was tragic and sad, but not the teens' fault. They argue in court filings that "poor parenting" and other fac- tors led to her death. Aud- rie's parents are divorced, and the boys' lawyers say the girl's relationship with her family played a big role in her suicide. A man claiming to be her biological father con- tacted Audrie when she was in eighth grade, caus- ing emotional turmoil that remained unresolved when she died, the lawyers say. They also claim Audrie was deeply upset about a split with her best friend, who accused Audrie of ly- ing, drinking and being a "bad friend." Allard, the family's attor- ney, dismisses those claims as a "smear campaign" to distract from the root cause of Audrie's suicide: the pho- tos of her sexual assault and the belief she was the sub- ject of rampant rumors. On Sept. 2, 2012, Audrie drank Gatorade laced with vodka at the unsupervised party and then passed out, awakening with her pants removed and crude remarks written on her body. Ten days later, Audrie's mother found the teen hanging by a belt in their home. The Associated Press is not naming the boys, who are now 18, because they were 15 at the time of the assault. Two of the teens served 30-day jail sen- tences, the other spent 45 days behind bars after pleading guilty to felonies in juvenile court. The family that owned the house where the party occurred when they were out of town agreed to pay $100,000 to settle their por- tion of the lawsuit. The fam- ily of a girl who witnessed the assault and tried to cover it up paid $150,000 to settle, and the mother of one of the boys facing trial paid $25,000, court records show. AUDRIE POTT Trial to seek role of online bullying in teen girl's suicide MARCIOJOSESANCHEZ—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE Sheila Pott poses with a portrait of her daughter Audrie in Los Altos on Thursday. By Tami Abdollah and Andrew Dalton The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Andrew Getty, among the heirs in a family whose name is syn- onymous with elite Ameri- can wealth, said in a court filing before he was found dead that he suffered from a serious health problem that could endanger his life. Getty, 47, whose grandfa- ther J. Paul Getty's fortune made his family among the richest in U.S. history, wrote in a March 16 court document that he had been diagnosed with a condition, which he did not specify, in fall 2011. "A rise in my blood-pres- sure places me in grave risk of substantial and irrepa- rable injury or death," he wrote. Neither the coroner nor police had officially identi- fied him, but a statement from Getty's parents, Ann and San Francisco billion- aire scion Gordon Getty, confirmed their son had died Tuesday. Andrew Getty's death ap- peared to be from natural causes, Los Angeles County coroner's Assistant Chief Ed Winter said, but it has been initially called an accident because of medication found at the scene. He said coro- ner's officials need to wait for the results of further ex- amination and toxicology tests, which could take up to 10 weeks to process. "The tentative informa- tion that we do have is that he was not feeling good for the last couple months," Winter said, "and he sup- posedly had an appoint- ment tomorrow with a per- sonal physician." A law enforcement offi- cial briefed on the investi- gation said that Getty had been complaining of stom- ach pain in the days prior. Another official with knowledge of the inves- tigation said authorities found prescription medi- cations and "injectables" at the home, where court re- cords indicate he had lived for 18 years. The officials spoke to The Associated Press on condi- tion of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly. The second official said Getty's girlfriend, Lan- essa DeJonge, who had a room at Getty's Hollywood Hills house and had appar- ently recently moved back in, found him with blood around him and called 911. Getty's court filing was for a restraining order against DeJonge. The oil heir said in the March 16 document that he couldn't get her to move out. ILLNESS Ge tt y oi l hei r fo un d de ad , wr ot e of h ea lt h pr ob le m RINGO H.W. CHIU — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A Los Angeles County Coroner van arrives at a home in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles on Tuesday. The Associated Press WALNUTCREEK An injured golden eagle is recovering at a Northern California wildlife rehabilitation hos- pital after being discovered by firefighters. The Contra Costa Times reports Wednesday that the 11-pound eagle, which vet- erinarians believe is a fe- male, was found outside a San Francisco Bay Area fire station last Friday. Officials say the young eagle had head trauma and possible a toxic condi- tion that comes from eating small mammals that have ingested rodent poison. Lindsay Wildlife Reha- bilitation Hospital spokes- woman Elisabeth Nardi says there were reports of the wounded eagle flying into windows. Nardi says the eagle will stayatthehospitalforatleast 30 days to confirm that she is healthy and able to catch herownpreybeforebeingre- leased back into the wild. Golden eagles have been protected in the United States since 1963. NATURE In ju re d go ld en e ag le r ec ov er in g at s ta te r eh ab c en te r By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter CORNING A Corning man has been arrested Tues- day for his alleged role in an assault that left a man with a one-inch cut above his eye. Tehama County sheriff's deputies responded about 4 p.m. Tuesday to a report of a possible stabbing in the 3000 block of Orchard Av- enue, west of Interstate 5 in Corning, according to a press release. Deputies found the vic- tim, identified as 34-year- old Judson Tobisch, bleed- ing form a cut above his left eye, according to the release. Tobisch told deputies that he had been struck one time in the head with an unknown object by a person he was giving a ride to, according to the release. He was treated by med- ical personnel at the scene and later transported him- self to a hospital. The suspect, identified as 25-year-old Michael Craig Baker of Corning, was re- portedly found hiding in a nearby residence in the 3500 block of Barham Av- enue shortly after the au- thorities responded to the call, according to the re- lease. Baker was arrested with- out further incident on sus- picion of assault with a weapon. He was booked into Te- hama County Jail with bail set at $30,000. CORNING Man arrested for alleged role in assault to City Council members, the president of the DSA, Dustin Maria, wrote, "It is our opinion that Chief Nanfito has derailed the mission of the Police De- partment from protecting and serving the public to serving his own ego." Nanfito has declined to comment on the in- vestigation but has pre- viously said that the alle- gation by the law enforce- ment groups amounted to a smear campaign. Mayor Clay Parker said March 14 that the com- plaints brought forth by the POA and DSA had been investigated, and that the city's investigation was coming to a close. In Wednesday's press re- lease, City Manager Rich- ard Crabtree said, "Chief Nanfito has faithfully served the citizens and community of Red Bluff for more than three decades and has received numer- ous commendations for his service while working his way up through the ranks to become Chief. The City of Red Bluff is grateful for Chief Nanfito's service and wishes him the best of luck in his future endeavors." Capt. Kyle Sanders, who has been with the depart- ment for 18 years, has been in charge since Nanfito was placed on leave. Nanfito was officially promoted to the position of police chief in 2012 after serving in the role on an interim basis since 2009. He earns about $178,000 in salary and benefits, and his contract with the city was due to expire in June. Retire FROM PAGE 1 GEORGEANNADENTINO(neeMiller) January 6, 1911 ~ February 22, 2015 George Anna Dentino, 104; was born in Red Bluff, CA, the only daughter of John G. Miller, editor and publisher of Red Bluff Daily News from 1907 to 1939, and Alice Miller. For 45 years, she had been the loving wife of Bru- no Dentino, a WWII veteran and San Joaquin county En- gineer of the Year for 1968. George Anna died at her home in Stockton, CA, from heart complications, and she is survived by her son, John, a teacher and filmmaker liv- ing in Los Angeles, and her stepdaughter, Geraldine McFall of Carmel. George Anna graduated from Red Bluff Union High School in 1928 and worked for the family newspaper as a proofreader. Photographs from the era show her literally kicking up her heels on the running board of a Ford Model T. It was a time when women were enjoying more opportunities to live and pursue the work for which they felt suited. George Anna studied for a time at the Univer- sity of Oregon at age 18, after which she moved to San Francisco to attend Munson's Business College. She worked as secretary to the publisher of the San Rafael In- dependent and during the war, worked for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. She kept travel diaries of her road trips across the coun- try with her friend Faraldine. When her future husband Bruno returned from Europe, they were married in Mon- terey, CA. After living in San Francisco, Eureka, and Sacra- mento, the couple bought a home in Stockton in 1957. As a homemaker in the 50's and 60's, George Anna was the modern mid-century woman, relentlessly forward looking, neither mired in nostalgia nor interested in second guess- ing life's twists and turns. She and Bruno traveled exten- sively, first by Airstream trailer, then by flights to Europe and Singapore, where Bruno had served as a traffic ad- visor. After his death in 1992, George Anna continued to be active playing golf as a member of the Woodbridge Golf and Country Club and regularly played games of bridge with a group of octogenarians and nonagenarians from Stockton. George Anna celebrated her 100th birthday with friends and family in 2011 and lived at the Stockton house until her death. 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