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23 at the time, and Alan Doulphus Jr., who was 26, were taken into cus- tody Oct. 3 after the vehi- cle they were traveling in crashed off the roadway at Clear Creek Road in Shasta County, according to re- ports. Bounnhaseng, who was 31 at the time, alleg- edly fled the scene of the wreck and was taken into custody a short time later. The defendants remain in custody. Trial FROMPAGE1 get pensions. Members of the com- mission say the state's top elected officials, includ- ing the governor and attor- ney general, might deserve even more generous com- pensation because their pay lags counterparts in other states or at local levels, such as district attorneys and county supervisors. The board did not grant bigger raises on Monday because members wanted more information on pay and a debate on the issue with a full commission af- ter vacancies are filled. "You are talking about significant increase for spe- cific people that will have big ramifications," Miller said. The raises take effect in December and come out of operation budgets for gov- ernmentoffices,sothemoves won't necessarily mean addi- tional costs for taxpayers. The commission's vote fol- lowed a 2 percent raise ap- proved last year and a 5 per- cent increase in 2013. This year's raises also in- clude a 10 percent increase in state payments for health and dental benefits for state- wide elected officials. Members of the commis- sion didn't indicate plans to overhaul compensation for legislators. The seven-person commission was created by voters in 1990. Members are appointed by governors, and Brown hasappointed all four current members. The commission sets salaries and benefits for state lawmakers and the eight constitutional officers elected statewide, as well as for members of the Board of Equalization, which deals with a wide range of tax is- sues. Aides to Brown, Attorney General Kamala Harris and Assembly Minority Leader Kristin Olsen declined to comment on the pay raises. Representatives of other legislative leaders and the state's top financial officers did not immediately return requests for comments. Raise FROM PAGE 1 JULIEZEEB—DAILYNEWS RedBluffPoliceSgt.ScottCurtis,right,isswornintohisnewrankMondaybyDeputyCityClerkCherylSmithat Red Bluff City Hall. Curtis, born and raised in Red Bluff, has been with the department in a number of positions starting as a patrol officer from 2000 to 2004. A 1989 graduate of Red Bluff High School, Curtis returned to Red Bluff Police as a patrol officer again in 2011 before being promoted to detective in 2012. He was promoted to Corpo- ral in 2014 before receiving Monday's promotion to Sergeant. In 2007, he received a Bachelor's Degree in Business and Human Resources from Simpson University. RED BLUFF POLICE CURTIS PROMOTED Chamberlain: Jessie Marie Chamberlain, 80, of Red Bluff died Friday, May 8at her home. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Tuesday, May 12, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Howard: James "Jim" A. Howard, 76, of Red Bluff died Saturday, May 9at Mercy Medical Center in Redding. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Tuesday, May 12, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Nasise: Gladys R. Nasise, 96, of Red Bluff died Mon- day, May 11at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Tuesday, May 12, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Sebastinelli: Mark Se- bastinelli, 53, of Cotton- wood died Tuesday, May 5in Chico. Arrangements are under the direction of Affordable Mortuary. Published Tuesday, May 12, 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. Death notices FIRE JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS A fire reported at 2:10p.m. Saturday burns at a house in the 600block of Sacramento Avenue, cross of Delphinium Ct., in Red Bluff. No injuries had been reported as of 3:30p.m. A fire reported at 2:10 p.m. Saturday burns at a house in the 600 block of Sacramento Avenue, cross of Delphinium Court, in Red Bluff. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire, which did $35,000 damage to the property and an additional $3,500 in contents, is under inves- tigation. Fire cleared the scene at 5:10 p.m. House burns on Sa cr am en to A ve nu e The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO San Fran- cisco Mayor Ed Lee is float- ing a proposal to tear down part of a major interstate and build an underground rail tunnel in a project that would open up a whole new area of the city to redevelop- ment, a newspaper reported Monday. City officials plan to go public next month with the multi-billion-dollar pro- posal, which calls for raz- ing Interstate 280 in the city's Mission Bay neigh- borhood and rerouting Cal- train through a new under- ground tunnel that would also carry high-speed rail trains to the Transbay Transit Center downtown, the San Francisco Chroni- cle reported. In addition to freeing up land now taken up by the freeway and a rail yard, the change would bring Cal- train closer to the proposed location for a new Golden State Warriors arena. "It's very attractive," said Randy Rentschler, a spokes- man for the Metropolitan Transportation Commis- sion. "The problem is, it's also very expensive. But doing nothing is not an op- tion." Caltrain spokesman Mark Simon said the plan was advancing rapidly without proper concern for Caltrain's operations and riders. The project would do- away with Caltrain's cur- rent hub in the city and a large part of its already-ap- proved route to run trains downtown. The plan right now is to run Caltrain and in the future, high-speed rail trains, from Caltrain's current hub to the new Transbay Transit Center. Lee's proposal would require additional tunnel- ing. Officials unveiled the mayor's plan last week at a closed-door meeting that included Caltrain represen- tatives and transportation agencies, the Chronicle re- ported. There is talk of a possi- ble ballot measure to seek public support for whatever emerges as the final plan. REDEVELOPMENT S.F. mayor proposes razing part of major interstate By Christine Armario and Sally Ho The Associated Press NEW CUYAMA Nestled be- tween mountains 60 miles from the nearest city, stu- dents at Cuyama Valley High School use Internet connections about one- tenth the minimum speed recommended for the mod- ern U.S. classroom. So when it came time to administer the new Com- mon Core-aligned tests on- line, the district of 240 stu- dents in a valley of Califor- nia oil fields and sugar beet farms faced a challenge. New Cuyama has no ac- cess to fiber optic cables. Some residents live entirely off the grid, relying on so- lar power and generators. The local telephone com- pany provided a few extra lines, but that only bumped speeds a few megabits. "We tripled our capac- ity but it's still woefully in- adequate," said Paul Chou- net, superintendent of the Cuyama Joint Unified School District. Across the country, school districts in rural ar- eas like New Cuyama and other pockets with low bandwidth are confronting a difficult task: Administer- ing the new standardized tests to students online, lay- ing bare a tech divide in the nation's classrooms. Overall, 63 percent of public schools don't have access to broadband speeds needed for digital learning. The problem is particularly acute in rural and low-income districts: Only 14 percent in those areas meet high-speed in- ternet targets. "It's just very uneven all over the country," Lan Neu- gent, executive director of the non-profit State Educa- tional Technology Directors Association. The Federal Communica- tions Commission approved a $1.5 billion spending cap increase for school broad- band and Wi-Fi last year that is expected to signifi- cantly boost connectivity. State grants linked to Com- mon Core implementation and collaborations with tech and business leaders are also bridging the gap. But those initiatives could take a year or more to con- nect thousands of schools and testing started in 29 states and the District of Columbia for 12 million stu- dents this year. In the meantime, they're resorting to alternatives: Testing students in small groups, busing them to other schools and limiting all other internet access while exams are taken. On a recent testing day in New Cuyama, 11 students filed into the high school's small computer lab. Even with such a small number of test takers, students said they'd gotten kicked offline and had to log in again. "It got me off track," said Brian Olivas, 17. The Common Core stan- dards adopted in 43 states and the District of Colum- bia provide uniform bench- marks for what students should know in each grade in reading and math. To aid their adoption, two groups of states received grants from the U.S. Department of Education to develop new assessments required to be computer based. By administering the tests online, educators can test more skills. Students can be asked, for example, to demonstrate how they would conduct a science experience or solve a math problem, rather than just bubble in an answer. Some states were al- ready administering their tests by computer. The vast majority, however, had to quickly bring their tech- nology and infrastructure up to speed. A survey by the Center for Education Policy found most districts had concerns about hardware and inter- net speeds and more than half said they didn't expect to have the technology in- frastructure in place to ad- minister the test until this year or later. EDUCATION Online Common Core testing lays bare tech divide in schools Rosalind"Rose"Ebert February 25, 1930 ~ May 6, 2015 Rosalind "Rose" Ebert died on May 6, 2015 at St. Eliza- beth Hospital in Red Bluff, CA. Rose, as she liked to be called, was born February 25, 1930 in Westville, OK to Tom & Julie Mae Kirby. Rose met Duane Ebert in Westwood, CA & on Novem- ber 5, 1949 they were married in Reno, NV. They had two sons, Tom & Bob Ebert. Rose had a passion for helping people and she showed this by her many years in health care. She started by working in rest homes in Anderson. After moving to Red Bluff she became employed at St. Elizabeth Hospital. She retired from there after 35 years of dedicated service. She still longed to do health care so she became an in-home care worker until she just could not work. And Rose touched the lives of many people who loved her and whom she loved also. Rose enjoyed life to the fullest. She enjoyed socializing with friends & relatives. Always ready to go at the drop of a hat. Rose loved country music & their trips to Fan Fair & the Oregon Jamboree. Rose leaves a large extended family and many friends. She is survived by son Tom and wife, Diane Ebert; grand- children Scott Dean of Thornton, Bobby Dean of Magalia, and Michelle Harrison of Red Bluff; 12 great grandchil- dren; 7 great-great grandchildren; sisters-in-law Onie Kir- by of Anderson, Shirley Vallee of Hemet & Joan Ebert of Red Bluff and numerous nieces & nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents Tom and Julie Mae Kirby, husband of 46½ years, Duane Ebert, son Bob Ebert, sister Mary Walton & brother Ruben Kirby. 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