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Estes:JanellEstes,51,of Corning died Friday, April 17 in Corning. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Cremation & Burial. Published Tuesday, April 21, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Robinson: Maxine Rob- inson, 85, of Los Molinos died Sunday, April 19at her home. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Tuesday, April 21, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. 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. DEATHNOTICE and was unfamiliar with the area. During the hike, it was getting cold and Luce- ro's legs were getting tired. He could not continue the hike, she said. The friend hiked his way out, flagged down a ride and later alerted authori- ties to the situation. Bowersox said she didn't know why they didn't go back for Lucero that night. She said though he was left alone, Lucero was able to contact friends and family via cellphone. Lucero mentioned that he walked over a grate and was near an area where the flumes were recently re- paired. No further contact was made with Lucero. Reyes said Lucero was rarely without his phone so family kept calling, though she thinks they couldn't get through because the phone's battery lost its charge. Lucero moved to Maga- lia to live with his grand- parents after losing his parents in 2012 and 2009. Lucero was on a juvenile detention weekend release program and had almost completed his obligation, Reyes said. A warrant for Lucero was issued when he didn't check in with the Sheriff's Office. However, it didn't ap- pear Lucero was trying to run from authorities, BCSO detective Jay Freeman said. Reyes said even though Lucero got into some trou- ble on the ridge, he was kind and would go out of his way to make someone feel good about themselves. In addition to friends, family and local agencies, the search brought out the Marin and San Mateo County mountain rescue teams. The California Area Res- cue Dog Association, Wil- derness Finders Search Dog Team, Butte County Com- munication Rescue and BCSO STARS also aided in the search. Bowersox cautioned against hiking alone in the woods. "That's not a great place to be lost in," she said. She said there is safety in num- bers and hikers should al- ways bring a friend. She also warned against swimming in deceptively calm waters. "The water might look inviting, but the current is stronger than it looks and the water is a lot colder than you think," she said. Teen FROM PAGE 1 ganizations, law enforce- ment agencies and school groups, was posthumously dedicated to Allie Clough, one of the early founders of the Round-Up, according to the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Com- merce, which presented the parade. "The Round-Up was his vision and he gave count- less hours of time and mea- sureless energy to create an event that has spanned over 94 years," according to the chamber. Clough's three living grandchildren — Can- dace Clough Owens, Nancy Woodward Hartelt and Susan Woodward Pugh — served as the parade's grand marshals. The following parade re- sults were announced by the chamber Saturday. Committee's Choice: Friends of thee Renaissance Faire. Best depiction of theme: Shasta College Humanities Film Class. Floats Fraternal junior: 1st, Bend Elementary School. 2nd, Tehama County Early Head Start. Fraternal senior: 1st, Friends of thee Renaissance Faire. 2nd, Cuttlefish Base — USSVF. Commercial and indus- trial: 1st, Tehama County Health Services Agency. 2nd, Main Street Band. Marching units Drill teams: 1st, Marine Corps League, VFW, Ameri- can Legion. 2nd, Civil War Days Red Bluff. Junior high bands: 1st, Se- quoia Middle School Spartan Band. 2nd, Red Bluff High School Marching Band. Majorettes Group: 1st, Buckeye Cuties Baton. Single mounted Novelty costume: 1st, Alice Smith. Fancy western: 1st, Stony Creek Horsemen's Associa- tion. 2nd, Michaela Decker. Mounted groups Junior: 1st, Red Bluff Junior Round-Up Queens. 2nd, Redding Junior Rodeo As- sociation. Senior: 1st, Shasta County Sheriff's Mounted Search and Rescue. 2nd, Charros El Camino. Horse drawn One horse-drawn vehicle: 1st, Shasta College Humani- ties Film Class. 2nd, Wells Fargo Bank. Two or more horse-drawn vehicles: 1st, Reno Rodeo. Vehicle Individual pre 1989: 1st, World War II 1942Ford GPW military jeep. 2nd, Hub Johnson. Group entries pre 1989: 1st, Friday Knights Car Club. 2nd. Army Motor Pool. Miscellaneous Group novelty: 1st, Carlitos Mexican Restaurant. 2nd, Willows Lamb Derby & Con- testants. Parade FROM PAGE 1 ANDRE BYIK — DAILY NEWS The parade honored the beginnings of Round-Up rodeo in Red Bluff, which concluded its 94th edition on Sunday. Montana. Each scored 82 points. Three saddle bronc rid- ers, including Troy Crowser of Whitewood, South Da- kota, Chuck Schmidt of Keldron, South Dakota and Cort Scheer of Elsmere, Ne- braska, also shared a title. Blair Burk of Durant, Oklahoma won the tie- down roping title. Ann Scott of Canyon Country, California was the barrel racing champion. Wesley Silcox of Santas- quin, Utah was the bull riding champion, securing his win with an 89-point ride. Nearly $35,000 was raised Sunday to benefit breast cancer treatment at the St. Elizabeth Imaging Center during the rodeo's "Tough Enough to Wear Pink" campaign, accord- ing to the release. The 2016 Red Bluff Round-Up is scheduled to be held April 15-17. Champs FROM PAGE 1 By Brian Melley The Associated Press LOS ANGELES An Orange County appeals court ruled Monday that San Juan Cap- istrano's tiered water-rates are unconstitutional, po- tentially dealing a blow to agencies statewide that have used the pricing struc- ture to encourage people to save water. The 3-0 ruling by the 4th District Court of Appeal upholds a Superior Court judge's decision that found that charging bigger water users incrementally higher rates violates a voter-passed law that prohibits govern- ment agencies from charg- ing more than the cost of a service. The ruling comes shortly after Gov. Jerry Brown is- sued drought orders that called on local water agen- cies to implement tiered wa- ter pricing to help save wa- ter. About two-thirds of wa- ter districts in the state use tiered water pricing, and the ruling was being closely watched to see how it might apply beyond the appellate court, which is only binding in Orange County. San Juan Capistrano charged nearly four times as much per unit of wa- ter for the highest users to encourage conservation. Residents complained the higher rates were arbitrary and unfair. "We feel vindicated and feel the constitution was upheld," said attorney Ben- jamin Benumof, who rep- resented San Juan resi- dents. "It's one for the re- cord books." Under the ruling, tiered pricing would be perfectly legal, but it would have to be tied to the cost of the wa- ter, the court said. San Juan Capistrano's 2010 rate schedule charged customers $2.47 per unit — 748 gallons, or 100 cubic feet — of water in the first tier and up to $9.05 per unit in the fourth. The city failed to show how those costs were tied directly to more expensive sources of water, the court ruled. "Nothing in our record tells us why, for example, they could not figure out the costs of given usage lev- els that require City Water to tap more expensive sup- plies, and then bill users in those tiers accordingly," the court wrote. Benumof had argued that the tiered structure violated Proposition 218, a 1996 state law, because the highest rates exceeded the cost of delivering the water. After the state Superior Court declared San Juan Capistrano's rate structure invalid in 2013, the city flattened its tiers and tied charges more directly to water costs while it awaited the appellate court decision. Tiered rate structures re- duce water use over time by up to 15 percent, according to a 2014 study at the Uni- versity of California, River- side. LOCAL CONSERVATION ORDERS Appeals court rules against higher water rates for big users The Associated Press FAIRFIELD An 8-year-old boy snoozing in the back- seat of his family's running car appears to have slept through his brief kidnap- ping Monday after the ve- hicle was stolen in front of his Northern California home, police said. Brock Guzman was found safe about 2 miles away in the abandoned car following an hourslong search. A thief likely hap- pened upon the 2001 Toy- ota Corolla when the boy's father left it briefly unat- tended, police said. The father had placed the sleeping boy in the Corolla around 4:45 a.m., started the engine and went back into the house in Fairfield to get some belongings and his older son, who attends school 40 miles away in Napa. When the father went back outside, the car was gone and an unfamil- iar bicycle lay nearby. He hopped into another fam- ily vehicle and sped off in search of the Corolla. The boy's mother frantically called 911, and authorities issued an Amber Alert. Less than four hours later, a resident called po- lice and said the car was parked in the neighbor- hood. When officers ap- proached it around 8:15 a.m., the suspect was gone and Brock was still asleep. He was not injured. "We don't for sure if he slept through the whole thing, but it looks that way," Fairfield police Of- ficer Kathryn McCormick said. "We hope that was the case." Police don't have a de- scription of the suspect and say it appears the thief didn't know the child was sleeping in the backseat. "At this point, we are in- vestigating this as a crime of opportunity," McCor- mick said. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Boy sleeping in car that was stolen is found safe The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Even as California struggles to cope with a long-run- ning drought, scientists are worried that the San Francisco Bay Area is un- prepared for an inevitable super storm that could drop 12 inches of rain in a week. The nonprofit Bay Area Council says the storm that occurs every 150 years could cause $10.4 billion in economic damage, the San Mateo County Times reported. The report by the coun- cil says the flood would be concentrated in Marin, San Mateo and Santa Clara, affecting 355,000 residents and $46.2 bil- lion in assets. "The drought is a func- tion of extreme weather, but it's only one side of the coin, and we know what's coming next," said Adrian Covert, policy director for the council. City officials in San Ma- teo and San Jose agreed with the study's conclu- sions and said prepared- ness is key when it comes to natural disasters. San Mateo County Su- pervisor Dave Pine said in a statement, "If ever there was a case where 'an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,' this is it." The report does not fac- tor in predicted sea-level rise, which would make extreme storms even more dangerous. The ocean off California is expected to rise by as much as 24 inches by 2050, according to the council. TOO MUCH RAIN Ba y Ar ea r es ea rc her s fear 'super storm' flood PLEASERECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. Thankyou! CAROLLEEHILL April 10, 1943 ~ April 14, 2015 Carol Lee Hill of Red Bluff, California, passed away on April 14, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. at the age of 72. The oldest child of Robert and Lorraine Norton, Carol was born on April 10, 1943 while her father was away serving in the 82nd Airborne during World War II. Being the daughter of both a civil engineer and an elementary teacher, Carol was encouraged to follow her dreams to be anything she wanted to be, and her dream was to be an actress. Her dreams led her to California where she was fortunate enough to get a few acting jobs. Carol had a small part in a movie with Brooke Shields and Peter Fonda called "Wanda Nevada," and some other parts on "Little House on the Prairie" and "General Hospital." But Hollywood is a tough place, and Carol left that dream behind to live in quiet, peaceful small towns throughout California. Carol had a huge heart for her family and the pets she cared for, and she will be sorely missed. Carol is survived by her husband of 31 years, Kevin Hill; her brother, Barry Norton; her sister, Bonnie Creighton; four brothers-in-law; two sisters-in-law; 12 nephews, and six nieces. Obituaries RUNNINGS ROOFING SheetMetalRoofing ResidentialCommercial • Composition • Shingle • Single Ply Membrane Ownerisonsiteoneveryjob ServingTehamaCounty 530-527-5789 530-209-5367 No Money Down! "NoJobTooSteep" " No Job Too Flat" FREE ESTIMATES CA. 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