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MONDAY DECEMBER 19, 2011 Breaking news at: Hospital Invests in Community Grants awarded www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 8A RED BLUFF Extra Effort SPORTS 1B Sunny 62/35 Weather forecast 8B DAILYNEWS 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 49er festivities City OKs K-9 purchase By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer With much ongoing support from the community and after at least two big fundraisers that drew in thou- sands of dollars, the Red Bluff Police Department is on its way to obtaining a K-9 officer. The City Council Dec. 6 approved Police Chief Paul Nanfito to sign agreements with Vigilant Canine Ser- vices International, LLC to buy a dog and pay for the necessary training. The dog will cost about $3,375, and the handler's training will cost $3,500. Ongoing training will cost about $250 per month. See K-9, page 7A Solano Street plan moves forward By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — The City Council Dec. 13 approved submitting an application for the Solano Street Streetscape Trans- portation Enhancement Project, originally approved in 2005. Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Volunteers served gingerbread and snickerdoodle cookies alongside figgy pudding and hot apple cider Saturday during the holiday party at the William B. Ide Adobe State Park. By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Christmas spirit, pioneer-style, blew in with an almost spring-like afternoon breeze Saturday along the Sacra- mento River as families enjoyed the William B. Ide Adobe State Park's annual holiday event. Wafting on the breeze were the sweet scents of ginger- bread men and hot apple cider with the sounds of children laughing and the tap-tap-tap of a hammer on tin amid the heat of hot coals nearby. Booths illustrating pioneer life during 1850, the year California became a state, allowed guests to create wax Victim of LA office shooting remains in the hospital LOS ANGELES (AP) — One victim remained hospitalized Sunday as authorities searched for a motive after an employee shot four co-workers, killing two, before turning the gun on himself at a util- ity office east of Los Ange- les. Angela Alvarez, 46, was in critical condition following Friday's shoot- ing inside a complex that houses more than a thou- sand Southern California Edison employees. There was no update to her con- dition Sunday. Authorities identified the shooter as Andre Turn- er, 48, of Norco in River- side County. Investigators have said Turner methodi- cally picked off his co- workers with a semiauto- matic handgun, and then shot himself. Turner's death was ruled a suicide, Los Ange- les County coroner's Lt. Larry Dietz told The Asso- ciated Press. Turner had worked at Edison for seven years, utility spokesman Steven Conroy said. Abhay Pimpale, a 38- year-old independent con- tractor from Montebello, was also injured. He was released from the hospital Saturday. Pimpale, the father of a 3-year-old son and a newborn baby, declined to speak to reporters, telling KCAL- TV he only wanted to ''spend time with my fam- ily.'' The two other men killed were Henry Serrano, 56, of Walnut, and Robert Scott Lindsay, 53, of Chino Hills, coroner and compa- ny officials said. Turner and Lindsay died at the scene. Serrano died while being taken to a hospital, the coroner's office said. Lindsay was a manager in the IT division at Edison and worked for the compa- See LA, page 7A 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Red Bluff Outdoor Power candles, write with ink-dipped pens and craft hand-made ornaments with the help of volunteers dressed in 19th cen- tury garb. "I like that nothing is plugged in," said Kristine Schorovsky of Dairyville. Schorovsky brought her three children for the first time to Ide adobe after hearing about the Christmas party on the news. said. They wanted to do something to be more festive, she "This is one more way to try to bring the community See 49ER, page 7A By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer A dozen winners were announced during The Gold Exchange's annual community Christmas drawing Saturday in sup- port of a holiday food drive. The Gold Exchange is collecting food and sup- plies to go to Hands of Hope and the Red Bluff Family Resource Center. Customers and guests were allowed to sign up for the drawing through- out the month. The first winner, Dar- lene Calvin of Red Bluff, received a $500 shop- ping spree at The Gold Exchange. The $500 shopping spree was the top prize, followed by a $300 fam- ily fun pack containing a $100 for Lariat Bowl, $100 for Prime Cinemas, $30 for Baskin Robbins and $70 for Papa Mur- phy's Pizza won by Orle Jackson of Red Bluff. All other winners received a $100 prize of $50 in gasoline and $50 in food. Crowds squeezed inside the Gold Exchange to hear the winners announced Sat- urday, as entrants had to "This will be pretty spectacular if it ever gets off the ground," said City Engineer Ed Anderson. Approved in 2005 by the council, the project never came to be for a few reasons, including the untimely illness of Tom Russ, who was the Public Works director at the time, said Public Works Director John Brewer. "The most noticeable difference between now and 2005 is that in 2005 there were no funds to repave Solano Street," Brewer said. There were other com- plications, including problems with the Nation- al Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Thanks to the efforts of Barbara O'Keefe, Adam Hansen and Sean Harrasser of the Tehama County Trans- portation Commission, these have been fixed, Brewer said. Kurt Lervold of the Redding Caltrans office has been helpful, Brewer said. "There's a very good possibility this will hap- pen and that's a good thing," Brewer said. "The project will have beautiful streetscape, pedestrian bulbs, decorative cross- walks and sidewalks. This application includes pave- ment. I think we'll be able to leverage the pavement because we're changing things, including adding bicycle lanes and recon- figuring the traffic lanes." The plan is to take the four lanes with parallel parking down to one lane in each direction, using a middle lane for turning and adding bike lanes. Funding would come from Transportation Enhancement Program, which is like State Trans- portation Improvement Program (STIP) money, but comes from a federal source, Brewer said. "If this gets done it'll really make the town jump out," Mayor Gary See SOLANO, page 7A 12 win big in annual downtown giveaway Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Winner Darlene Calvin received a $500 shopping spree at The Gold Exchange Saturday, the first of a dozen winners announced during the business' annual community Christmas drawing to support an annual food drive. Orle Jackson of Red Bluff won a $300 family fun pack.The other winners included Kelly Zamora, Rosa Valencia, Janet Buckley, Karen Herrlie, Carolyn Bair, Willford Porter, Nina Darrough, Juliet Huffman, James Winter and Jean Haynes. be present to win. Throughout the food drive so far The Gold Exchange has collected more than 2,000 pounds of food. They will con- tinue to accept donations through the week and are also looking for small toiletries, such as single bars of soap or shampoo, See WIN, page 7A Christmas Holiday, Monday, Dec. 26 New Years Holiday, Monday, Jan. 2 Advertising deadline for these editions & the Tuesdays following is 10am the previous Thursday. D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY 527-2151 • FAX 527-3719 545 DIAMOND AVE., RED BLUFF The Daily News office will close at noon Friday, Dec. 23 & closed