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Death Notices Death notices must be 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 news- paper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Gregory G. Gormley Gregory G. Gormley of Red Bluff died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011 in Red Bluff. He was 62. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. David William Pearson Jr. David William Pearson Jr. of Red Bluff died Tues- day, Dec. 20, 2011, at his home. He was 74. Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, December 22, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. MAN Continued from page 1A tims called police, Arnette fled the area, in a green jersey with the number 12 on it, going north on Toomes Avenue. BANK Continued from page 1A the car, Carl Randolph Tehada Jr., 19, and Dustin Dwayne Mcintire, 24, both listed as transients from Red Bluff, were arrested on multiple charges. Tehada was initially only charged While officers were talking to the victims, Corning Police received a 911 call of a man in a green sport shirt standing on the porch of a residence in the 1900 block of Colusa Street. Officers responded and found Arnette, who was ARRESTS Continued from page 1A tion. No further information was released and it is not clear if this incident is connected with Lemmon or anyone associated with him. Lemmon, 39, was arrested Tues- day at about 7 p.m. at the same DIRT Continued from page 1A benefit. "It's tonnage that we otherwise wouldn't see at this time of the year," Garrett said. "We're taken into custody without incident and booked into Tehama County Jail on three counts of attempted robbery. Bail was set at $50,000. Arnette had contact with law enforcement in Red Bluff earlier Tuesday. At 12:03 a.m., he had been with possession of drug parapherna- lia, but when booked into the Tehama County Jail, deputies found a glass methamphetamine pipe in his sock, the release said. The dis- covery garnered Tehada a felony charge of bringing drugs into the jail in addition to the misdemeanor pos- session charge. Bail was set at $18,000. Mcintire was charged with pos- SACRAMENTO (AP) — About 1.1 million unemployed Californians will be affected if Con- gress and President Barack Obama fail to break their political dead- lock before the end of the year, state officials said Wednesday. Some jobless residents will begin losing unem- ployment extensions as early as next month if Congress does not extend benefits, according to the California Employment Development Depart- ment. For about 100,000 people who are in their final federal extension known as FED-ED, their benefits will immediately stop after the first week of January. And people who are at or near the end of their benefits will no longer be able to file for extensions. California provides up to 26 weeks of benefits, but the federal govern- ment has allowed exten- sions up to 99 weeks. The state, which administers unemploy- ment insurance benefits, provides a maximum weekly benefit of $450 with an average unem- ployment check of $300. Department Director Pam Harris said the state is doing all it can to keep people informed. While California's unemploy- ment rate has been creep- ing lower in recent months, its jobless rate of 11.3 percent remains the second highest in the nation behind Nevada. ''We know unemploy- ment is a stressful experi- ence at any time, and we understand that the uncer- tainty surrounding the benefit extensions adds to that stress, especially dur- Thursday, December 22, 2011 – Daily News 7A address after a six-hour stand off. Redding SWAT team members used tear gas and sound devices to try to persuade Lemmon to come out. Eventually, officers used a police K9 to capture him. Lemmon was treated at a local hospital for minor injuries relating to a dog bite before being booked into Shasta County Jail. The only casualty in the stand-off really grateful to have this. We've seen a tremendous droppage in tonnage, and I can't remember the last time we met our max ton- nage." Within the last week, Garrett has been able to work out a contract that approached by law enforcement when he was seen standing in the road- way near the Red Bluff Police Department. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. session of a controlled substance, transportation of a controlled sub- stance, possession of drug parapher- nalia and violation of parole. Bail was set at $43,000. The woman, Lunessa Pilkington, was released on scene. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailynews.com. Gridlock could hurt 1.1M unemployed Californians ing the holiday season,'' Harris said in a statement. The House of Repre- sentatives on Tuesday rejected legislation passed in the Senate to extend a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for two months, as the presi- dent criticized Republi- cans for threatening high- er taxes on American workers. House Republi- cans want the provisions extended for a full year. Without any action by Congress, millions of people would lose unem- ployment benefits, and starting in January, Social Security payroll taxes will go up almost $20 a week for a worker mak- ing a $50,000 salary. Even though 1.1 mil- lion Californians are fil- ing unemployment claims, about 2 million people are classified as unemployed, meaning Oregon's famous wandering wolf seems to be staying out of trouble after settling for now in the south- ern Cascades, but there are no signs he has found a mate yet. Meanwhile, a conservation group said Wednesday it is closer to picking a name for OR-7 in a con- test that has drawn entries from kids around the world. Oregon Wild chose five finalists from about 250 entries from chil- dren. Arthur came from a child in Fin- land. Max came from a 6th grade class in North Clackamas, a second- grader in St. Paul, Minn., and a sec- ond-grader in Eugene. Journey came from a 7-year-old in Moun- tain Home, Idaho, and an 11-year- old in Dickinson, N.D. Lupin came from a 13-year-old in La Grande. Takota, a Shoshone word meaning Friend, came from a 14-year-old born in Oregon now living in Oklahoma. The winner will be named Jan. 2. (AP)— Bank of Ameri- ca agreed to pay $335 mil- lion to resolve allegations that its Countrywide unit engaged in a widespread pattern of discrimination against qualified African- American and Hispanic borrowers on home loans. The settlement with the U.S. Justice Department was filed Tuesday with the Central District court of California and is subject to court approval. The DOJ says it's the largest settle- ment in history over resi- dential fair lending prac- tices. According to the DOJ's U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologist John Stephenson checked on OR-7 last week after GPS tracking signals put him in Klamath County, between Crater Lake and Upper Klamath Lake. Stephenson didn't spot him, but found tracks in the snow from a single wolf and the carcass of an injured elk calf that had been fed on. ''He's stopped wandering, for the time being,'' said Stephenson. ''We're glad to see he's feeding on elk, and not on livestock. There aren't very many livestock up that valley now. That's helpful.'' The same can't be said for the Imnaha pack, which OR-7 left in northeastern Oregon on Sept. 10 to establish a new territory and try to find a mate. The pack has been blamed for 20 livestock deaths since 2010. Shortly after OR-7 left, the Oregon Depart- ment of Fish and Wildlife issued a kill order for the alpha male, OR- 7's sire, and a sibling. That would leave the alpha female and a pup complaint, Countrywide charged over 200,000 African-American and His- panic borrowers higher fees and interest rates than non- Hispanic white borrowers with a similar credit profile. The complaint says that these borrowers were charged higher fees and rates because of their race or national origin rather than any other objective criteria. ''These institutions should make judgments based on applicants' credit- worthiness, not on the color of their skin,'' said Attorney General Eric Holder. ''With today's settlement, the fed- they are looking but can't find work. About 45 per- cent of them have been unemployed for six months or longer. ''When you take away benefits, you're taking it away from those most in need of them,'' said Employment Develop- ment Department spokes- woman Loree Levy. As of Dec. 19, some 585,000 unemployed workers in California had run out of all available benefits. California has been borrowing heavily from the federal government to pay benefits. The state's unemployment insurance trust fund, which is fund- ed in part by employer contributions, is running a $10.1 billion deficit due to the high number of claims and California's outdated funding formu- la. Oregon wolf has no mate, but closing in on a name GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — since OR-7 and other young adults dispersed. Conservation groups, including Oregon Wild, won a court order stopping the kill order while the Oregon Court of Appeals decides whether it was issued prop- erly. OR-7 has traveled more than 750 miles, ending up about 320 miles from home, becoming a media sen- sation along the way. He has settled in a 100-square-mile area of the Cascade Range in Jackson and Kla- math counties, where a wolf has not been seen in 65 years. Stephenson said he will be going back to see if OR-7 has found a mate. Though OR-7 remains the only confirmed wolf in western Oregon, chances are there are others. In November, the department received 16 reports of wolf sightings, three reports of tracks, and one report of howling in the area west of U.S. Highway 97. Wolves typically mate around January or February. BofA in $335M settlement over Countrywide loans eral government will ensure that the more than 200,000 African-American and His- panic borrowers who were discriminated against by Countrywide will be enti- tled to compensation.'' Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America Corp. bought the nation's largest subprime lender, Country- wide Financial Corp., in 2008. Dan Frahm, a Bank of America spokesman, said in a statement that the bank does not practice lending based on race. ''We discontinued Coun- trywide products and prac- tices that were not in keep- ing with our commitment and will continue to resolve and put behind us the remaining Countrywide issues,'' Frahm said. was a pitbull that was shot and killed when it charged aggressively at offi- cers, according to a Redding Police press release. Lemmon was charged with mur- der, robbery and burglary and is being held in lieu of $1 million bail. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailynews.com. would allow for the landfill to accept clean soil as well. Nichols said the city is open to finding a pur- pose for the soil if it is clean and reusable. It would have to be cau- tious about where and how the soil is repur- INMATE Continued from page 1A Turner, who was medically cleared before being booked into Tehama County Jail, went missing from the Paynes Creek area camp about 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, Pieper said. He had last been seen on Plum Creek Road, heading northeast toward Department of Fish and Game land. It is not known whether Turner planned his escape or saw an opportunity and took it, Pieper said. Turner had been committed to the California Department of Corrections from Stanislaus County on Feb. 28, 2003 for second-degree burglary and was due to be paroled in April 2014, she said. A charge of attempted escape or escape from a state prison or state forestry camp is being recommended to the Tehama County District Attorney's Office for pros- ecution, Pieper said. "The remaining charges will be determined during the investigation," Pieper said. Turner is not the first inmate to escape from Ishi. In April 2010, Phillip Guthmiller escaped but was appre- hended and prosecuted, Pieper said. Of those who have escaped from an adult institution, camp or community-based program since 1977, 99.1 percent have been apprehended, Pieper said. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. AG seeks changes to CA medi-pot laws SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Attorney General Kamala Harris is urging California lawmakers to get serious about clarify- ing the state's notoriously murky medical marijuana law. In a letter to leaders of the California Legislature, Harris said on Thursday that numerous holes in the 15-year-old statute approved by voters have left law enforcement and legitimate patients in a constant state of uncer- tainty. She said the state needs to spell out, for example, if storefront pot dispen- saries are legal and if so, under what conditions they can operate. Harris, a Democrat who was elected with backing from the state's medical marijuana industry, has been under pressure to defend it since the four federal prosecutors based in California announced in October a coordinated effort to shut retail pot shops they described as fronts for public drug dealing. She also sent the U.S. attorneys a letter advising them of her request to the Legislature. Airman surprises family with early return home TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE (AP) — The young daughter and the wife of a Northern California airman stationed in Afghanistan received quite a pleasant sur- prise during a holiday show this week. Four-year-old Stephanie Randall was about to per- form a recital during a performance at the Fairfield Center for Creative Arts on Tuesday when her father, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brett Randall, back earlier than expected from Afghanistan, walked onto the stage. The Daily Republic reports that Stephanie, at first did not recognize her father, but then shouted ''Daddy'' and rushed up to him. The newspaper says as the father and daughter hugged and kissed, the audience rose to its feet, cheered and applauded. Randall was due back by Christmas after being sta- tioned for more than six months at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, but his return to California came four days earlier than expected. 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