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Hogan:RobertHogan,82, of Red Bluff died Saturday, April 11at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Tuesday, April 14, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Wilkerson: Cossetta Wilk- erson, 86, of Cottonwood died Wednesday, April 8 in Redding. Arrangements are under the direction of Affordable Mortuary. Published Tuesday, April 14, 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 tional help and medical and began first aid on both individuals. Corona Sr. was treated for lacerations to his face and neck area and was transported to a local hos- pital where he was imme- diately taken into emer- gency surgery. He has since been released. Corona Jr. was pro- nounced dead at the scene. His autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday. Shooting FROM PAGE 1 at the World's Champion- ship Chili Cook-off. Redchili First: Adrian Fuhrman, $500 Second: Rick Decker, $200 Third: Mark Larsen, $100 Chili verde First: Skip Cooley, $200 Second: Adrian Fuhrman, $125 Third: Bob Tyree, $75 Salsa First: Amy Lind, $100 Second: Dione Cooley Third: Bryan Harrington People's choice First: AmericanWest Bank, Trish Jantzen Booth and showmanship First: Red Bluff Fire De- partment Cook-off FROM PAGE 1 By Alicia Chang The Associated Press LOS ANGELES One of Cali- fornia's largest water whole- salers moved forward Mon- day on a plan to reduce the amount of water it deliv- ers to more than two dozen cities and agencies serving 19 million people amid the lengthening drought. If approved by the board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern Cali- fornia on Tuesday, regional water deliveries would be cut by 15 percent beginning in July. The district serves parts of Los Angeles, Or- ange, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ven- tura counties The effects of the cuts would vary between local water districts. Places that have done a poor job of con- serving would have to crack down on outdoor watering and take other conserva- tion measures and boost water rates to avoid paying a high price for extra water. Several committee mem- bers wanted a deeper cut in deliveries — 20 percent — but were outvoted by oth- ers who feared it could hurt the economy. Businesses "could be scrambling for the hills" if the reduction was steeper, said Michael Touhey, who represents the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District. California is enduring a fourth year of parched con- ditions, prompting Gov. Jerry Brown earlier this month to call for a manda- tory 25 percent cut in ur- ban water use compared with 2013 levels. To meet Brown's goal, the State Water Resources Control Board released draft reduction targets for more than 400 water agen- cies that must cut their wa- ter use by anywhere from 10 percent to 35 percent. The targets are based on per-capita water use. MWD's general man- ager Jeffrey Kightlinger said limiting water sup- plies to member agencies is necessary to meet de- mand and stretch storage reserves, which currently stand at about 1.2 million acre-feet, less than half of what was in storage at the end of 2012. MWD officials said the proposed water delivery restrictions — along with conservation, rebate pro- grams and other tools — could help local water dis- tricts meet the governor's goal. The cuts would stay in effect for a year. The agency noted that it has a proven record of ag- gressive water conserva- tion. Per capita water use in Southern California has declined by about 24 per- cent since 1990, even as the region's population grew by 5 million, and it has spent $750 million over 25 years on water use efficiency. Last year, MWD deliv- ered 2.1 million acre-feet of water and will supply 300,000 acre-feet less this year under the proposal. An acre-foot is enough to cover a football field with a foot of water or meet the annual needs of about two households. Cities that need more wa- ter would have to pay a pen- alty — up to four times the normal price — for extra deliveries. The proposed tightening of water supplies comes as state surveyors earlier this month found the lowest snow level in the Sierra Ne- vada snowpack in 65 years of record-keeping. MWD, which imports water from the Colorado River and Northern Cali- fornia to supplement local supplies, was most recently forced to slash water deliv- eries during the previous drought in 2009 and 2010. Water districts back then lived within their means and didn't end up purchas- ing expensive water. During Monday's delib- erations, committee mem- bers representing Beverly Hills, San Diego and sev- eral other cities favored a deeper reduction in water deliveries, saying it's nec- essary to maintain storage reserves. "We don't know when this drought is going to end," said Robert Wun- derlich, who represents Beverly Hills. The board committee agreed to revisit the issue if drought conditions worsen that would require limiting deliveries even more. DROUGHT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Water district to reduce deliveries RICHARD VOGEL — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Water from a leaking pipe flows along the curbside of a street in Los Angeles on Sunday. The Associated Press SAN BERNARDINO A Southern California man who was beaten by several sheriff's deputies following a 2½-hour- long chase involving a stolen horse has been re- leased from jail. The San Bernardino C o u n t y S h e r i f f ' s Department website says Francis Pusok was re- leased on bail Sunday eve- ning. The 30-year-old's vio- lent arrest, which was re- corded by a TV news he- licopter, has led to an FBI civil rights investiga- tion and 10 deputies being placed on leave pending an internal investigation. San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said last week that the video "disturbed and trou- bled" him and appeared to show an excessive use of force. Pusok fled by car and then on the horse in the desert Thursday while dep- uties chased him. They had tried to serve a search war- rant in an identity-theft in- vestigation. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Man beaten by deputies a er chase involving stolen horse DAVID PARD — THE VICTOR VALLEY DAILY PRESS Law enforcement personnel search for suspect Francis Jared Pusok, who stole a horse and fled into the mountains near Deep Creek in Apple Valley on Thursday. Pusok The Associated Press YREKA Federal biologists have pushed back the dead- line for deciding whether to grant Endangered Species Act protection to the Pa- cific fisher, a cousin of the weasel that lives in forests in California and southern Oregon. The U.S. Fish and Wild- life Service announced Monday that it wants more information on risks that may be pushing the Pacific fisher toward extinction, particularly rat poisons left around illegal marijuana gardens. It is asking law enforcement agencies for information on how preva- lent illegal pot gardens are in fisher habitat. Fish and Wildlife started gathering information on the fisher two years ago. The effort marks the first time the federal agency con- sidered illegal marijuana growing as a factor in pro- tection of a species. COUSIN OF WEASEL Feds seek more data on rat poison risk to Pacific fisher By Jeff Barnard The Associated Press Fisheries managers have decided to call off the West Coast sardine fishing sea- son that starts in July be- cause of rapidly dwindling numbers, hoping to save an iconic industry from the kind of collapse that hit in the 1940s and lasted 50 years. Meeting outside Santa Rosa, California, the Pacific Fishery Management Coun- cil voted Sunday to close the season starting July 1. It had little choice. Es- timates of sardine abun- dance have fallen below the level for a mandatory fish- ing shutdown. "We know boats will be tied up, but the goal here is to return this to a produc- tive fishery," David Crabbe, a council member and com- mercial fishing boat owner, said in a statement. The council next will de- cide whether overfishing has been a factor in the latest collapse, which could trigger an emergency shut- down of the current season, which runs through June. It votes Wednesday. Made famous by John Steinbeck's novel "Cannery Row," the once-thriving sardine industry crashed in the 1940s. It revived in the 1990s when fisheries developed in Oregon and Washington waters, but population esti- mates have been declining since 2006, and catch val- ues since 2012. The reasons are not well- understood, though it is widely accepted that huge swings in populations are natural, and generally are related to water tempera- tures. Council member Frank Lockhart of NOAA Fisher- ies Service noted that sev- eral other fisheries — such as salmon, lingcod and rockfish — have recovered after going through steep declines. Today, about 100 boats have permits to fish for sar- dines on the West Coast, about half the number dur- ing the heyday. Much of the catch, landed from Mexico to British Columbia, is ex- ported to Asia and Europe, where some is canned, and the rest goes for bait. West Coast landings have risen from a value of $1.4 million in 1991 to a peak of $21 million in 2012, but are again declining. Geoff Shester, Califor- nia campaign director for the conservation group Oceana, said this is the first shutdown of sardine fish- ing on the West Coast since the council began regulat- ing harvests in 2000. He added the fishery should have been shut down years ago, when it first became clear more fish were being harvested than reproduced. Shester said every ton of sardines left in the ocean is important as a food source for other wildlife and as a foundation for rebuilding the population. The council allowed some sardines to be caught inadvertently in the course of related fisheries but re- duced the amount. That means boats targeting an- chovies, mackerel and her- ring won't have to stop fishing but could run up against limits in sardines caught that would shut them down, as well. 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