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MONDAY JANUARY 2, 2012 Breaking news at: Rose Makes Parade Debut Community www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 2A RED BLUFF 49ers 2nd Seed SPORTS 1B Mostly Sunny 62/37 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 New year brings new laws for 2012 Staff report The state Legislature has had a busy year passing 745 new laws, most of which go into effect Sunday. Here are a few new laws that stand out. • Employment credit reports: In most cases, prospective employers will no longer be allowed to obtain a consumer credit report. If a credit report is needed, a writ- ten notice must be provided to the prospective employee cit- ing a specific reason for obtaining the report. Exemp- tions are made for certain jobs, such as positions in the Depart- ment of Justice, law enforce- ment or those dealing with cash. • Child safety seat: Chil- dren under eight years old need to be buckled into a car seat or booster seat in the back seat. The new law does away with the 6 years or 60 pounds rule. • Alcohol sales: Businesses will be prohibited from selling alcoholic beverages through self-service checkouts. • Firearms: It will be illegal to open carry an unloaded handgun in plain sight or in a car. Applying for an concealed weapon permit is still an option. • Rabies vaccinations: A dog can be exempt from receiving a rabies vaccination if a veterinarian can verify that receiving the vaccine would endanger the dog's life. A dog exempt from the vaccination will be required to be confined to the premises of the owner, or if off the premises, it must be Roquemore repeats on a leash no longer than 6 feet and under direct control of an adult. • Copper theft: Theft of cop- per wire where the value exceeds $950 will be consid- ered grand theft and is punish- able by imprisonment and in county jail or state prison and fines up to $2,500 or $10,000. See LAWS, page 7A Missing man found in Corning CORNING — A 71-year-old man was found early Saturday morning after being discovered missing by his nephew the night before. The nephew told Corning police he had taken his uncle to dinner and returned him to the Corning Apart- ments around 7 p.m. Friday, according to a Corning Police Department press release issued Saturday. The nephew, whose identity was not released, returned to the apartment around 11 p.m. to find his uncle's front door wide open and the man nowhere to be found. After searching about three-and-a-half hours for his uncle, the man called police, saying his uncle had dis- See MAN, page 7A State faces midyear Photo courtesy of Gary R. Beem Cottonwood bullrider Keith Roquemore sealed the deal for a second year in a row, winning the 2011 New Year's Eve NBC Bullriding Bash Saturday at the Tehama District Fairground. Roquemore scored an 85 Saturday to take home a one-of-a-kind custom gold and silver buckle with diamonds and rubies.The former PBR finalist won the 2010 event with an 84-point ride after advancing to the finals on a re-ride where he scored an 82. Pictured is Diamond W Productions Manager Megan Moffett, Roquemore and Diamond W Owner David Halimi. Fighter jets scrambled after plane loses contact SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal authori- ties say fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a small plane that had lost contact with traffic con- trollers over California. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus says the Cessna 172 was flying from Santa Moni- ca to Oakland on Sun- day morning when it lost radio contact with air traffic controllers somewhere near Ventu- ra. It wasn't until the plane had reached the Monterey area, around 11:35 a.m., when traffic controllers were able to contact the pilot. The plane landed without incident at Oak- land International Air- port. Fergus wasn't sure if the jets, which had been scrambled from a base near Fresno had actually intercepted the Cessna, or if they had turned back once radio contact was established. Photo courtesy of Ross Palubeski Red Bluff Fire, CalFire and TCFD were dispatched around 7:45 p.m. Thursday for a structure fire at 1805 Monroe Ave. in Red Bluff. The first arriving unit reported the structure being fully involved. The fire was knocked down at 8:06 p.m.The cause was unknown. PG&E and Red Cross assisted. CARE TO COMMENT? 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 At redbluffdailynews.com, scroll to the end of any story, click the link and type away. The Daily News office will close at noon Friday, Dec. 30 & closed 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 cuts, more budget strife SACRAMENTO (AP) — Students pepper- sprayed while demon- strating against tuition hikes, teachers arrested after protesting school spending cuts and law- suits piling up over cuts to an array of state ser- vices for seniors, the poor and disabled. Those represented California's fiscal crisis in 2011 and foreshadow even more budget strife in the year ahead, especially with a statewide vote on tax increases headed to the November ballot. It won't take long for the anxiety to resume. Because revenue in the current fiscal year fell short of projections, automatic cuts to schools, colleges and social programs will start taking effect in Jan- uary. Gov. Jerry Brown and state lawmakers are heading into the new year with a $13 billion shortfall over the next 18 months, a smaller budget problem than in recent years but still problemat- Monroe structure burns ic because there are few places left to cut. The state has fewer options for balancing its budget after multiple rounds of cuts to schools, universities and social service programs whittled state spending by more than 16 percent since the recession began. The $1 billion in midyear reductions to schools and social ser- vices is further agitating students, parents, teach- ers, faculty and advo- cates for the poor, elder- ly and disabled. Los Angeles Unified School District wasted no time in announcing it would sue the state over the loss of school bus fund- ing. Various groups also are challenging prior cuts in court. The governor said he saw no other path toward balancing the state's $86 billion budget, invoking a Latin phrase meaning ''no one can give what he does not have.'' See CUTS, page 7A

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