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Igo:TheNorthernCali- fornia Veterans Cemetery, 11800Gas Point Road, will host a ceremony at 5:55 p.m. For more information, call 396-2447. Monday Red Bluff: The American Legion Mt. Lassen Post 167will hold a Memorial Day ceremony at 10a.m. at the Veterans Memorial Hall, 735Oak St. The Red Bluff Community Band will perform patriotic music at the beginning of the cer- emony. A printed program will be available so the audience can follow along as the band plays the many patriotic numbers on the program. One of the songs included is what was once know as "God Save the Queen" now known as "My Country Tis of Thee. Another song." "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean" comes from the time period of the War of 1812. "The Girl I Le Behind Me" and "Chester" are from the American Revolution. One more to challenge the memory would be "Keep the Home-Fires Burn- ing (Till the Boys Come Home)," which comes from World War I. Corning: A Memorial Day Ceremony will be held at 10a.m. at Sunset Hills Cemetery, 4470Oren Ave., with Bucky Bowen serving as master of ceremonies and Brigadier General Mike LePeibalt as the speaker. Michael Taylor will lead the pledge of allegiance and Linda Davis will sing the national anthem. The Rev. Dennis Wyman will give the invocation, Corn- ing Union High School Band Director Steve Mitchell will play "Taps" and Corning Volunteer Fire Department will hoist the flag. The Corning High School Band will provide patriotic music and the Corning Veterans Honor Guard will do a 21-gun salute. Immediately fol- lowing, there will be a barbecue provided by the Corning Exchange Club at the Corning Veterans Me- morial Hall, 1620Solano St. Cost is $7for a tri-tip sandwich, beans, salad and dessert. Memorial FROMPAGE1 The California High- way Patrol released the results of its investiga- tion at a news conference after the agency met with family members of those killed in the collision. The agency said it found some evidence of fatigue, but could not conclude either way if that played any role in the crash. Evans "had sufficient time off," Parsons said. "That day, he had been working approximately eight hours at the time of the collision. But he had between eight and 10 hours of sleep the night before." Evans was survived by a wife, who did not im- mediately return a Face- book message on Friday. C a rl a H ay w o o d , whose daughter Matti- son died on the bus, said the investigation didn't still address their cen- tral question of why the truck driver left the road. "We're constantly won- dering what happened, questioning what could have been prevented," said Haywood, 63 of Chino. Mattison and her fi- ancé, Michael Myvett, who also died in the crash, were chaperones on the trip. It was their second year together ac- companying students on a campus trip designed to encourage the enrollment of students with disad- vantaged backgrounds who would have been the first in their families to attend college. FedEx is reviewing the report and will not com- ment until the National Transportation Safety Board finishes its sepa- rate investigation, com- pany spokesman Jim Mc- Cluskey said. Multiple lawsuits have been filed by victims and their families against Fe- dEx and the bus com- pany, Silverado Stages. What has been unclear ever since the crash is why the semi gradually veered across the inter- state median and into oncoming traffic. Inves- tigators previously said they found no evidence that the truck driver at- tempted to slow down or swerve. The National Trans- portation Safety Board released documents ear- lier this month showing Evans had no drugs or al- cohol in his system and was reportedly in good health. Those records also in- cluded uncorroborated witness accounts offer- ing insight into the in- vestigation. One passen- ger seated three rows be- hind the bus driver said he saw Evans with his head down and slumped toward the door imme- diately before the crash. Another driver on the highway said the semi's left turn signal lit up be- fore it changed lanes and drifted across the me- dian. A couple in a sedan sideswiped by the truck before the crash reported seeing flames coming out of one of its trailers, but state and federal investi- gators found no physical evidence to support that statement. The National Trans- portation Safety Board could release its final report this summer, an agency spokesman said last week. Probe FROM PAGE 1 By Fenit Nirappil TheAssociatedPress SACRAMENTO Califor- nia regulators Friday ac- cepted a historic offer from a group of farmers holding some of the state's stron- gest water rights to vol- untarily reduce their wa- ter use by one-quarter to stave off deeper, manda- tory cutbacks amid one of the worst droughts on re- cord. Officials hope the deal will serve as a model for more such agreements with growers in the nation's top-producing farm state, where agriculture accounts for 80 percent of all water drawn from rivers, streams and the ground. "We're in a drought un- precedented in our time. That's calling upon us to take unprecedented ac- tion," Felicia Marcus, chairwoman of the state Water Resources Control Board, said in announcing the agreement. The rare concession from the farmers is the lat- est indication of the sever- ity of the water shortage in California, which is suffer- ing through its driest four years on record. California water law is built around preserving the rights of the so-called senior rights holders — farmers and others whose acreage abuts rivers and streams, or whose claims to water date back a cen- tury or more, as far back as Gold Rush days. The offer potentially could cover hundreds of farmers in the delta of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, the heart of California's water sys- tem. Some of the farmers made the offer after state officials warned they were days away from ordering the first cuts in more than 30 years to the senior wa- ter rights holders' allot- ments. The state already has or- dered cities and towns to cut their water use by 25 percent, and it has cur- tailed water deliveries to many other farmers. But in recent weeks, many city dwellers and others have complained that agricul- ture should be made to share more of the sacrifice. By itself, the delta farm- ers' offer would not go far enough to save shrinking waterways statewide. But if more farmers sign on across the state, Califor- nia could save significant amounts of water, since the nearly 4,000 senior water rights holders alone con- sume trillions of gallons a year. The agreement "is an illustration of creative practical approaches that water managers in the state of California are taking to help get us all through this devastating drought," said Michael George, state water mas- ter for the Delta. While California pro- duces nearly half of the fruits, nuts and vegeta- bles grown in the U.S., ag- riculture experts say they would expect only modest immediate effects on food prices from any reduction in water for the senior wa- ter rights holders. Other regions would be able to make up the difference, economists say. Under the deal, delta farmers have until June 1 to lay out how they will use 25 percent less water dur- ing the dry summer. That could include irrigating their crops less or leaving some of their land fallow. In exchange, the state gave assurances to the farm- ers it will not cut the remain- ing 75 percent of the water to which they are entitled. "When your back is up against the wall, I guess you'll do anything," said Paul Wenger, president of the California Farm Bureau Federation and an almond grower in the Modesto-area, outside of the Delta. He said he is skeptical the deal will protect the farmers if the drought worsens. Senior water rights hold- ers last saw their water cut back in 1977, but that move applied only to dozens of people along a stretch of the Sacramento River. Any accord with the Delta farmers would prob- ably rely largely on the honor system. California currently does not require monitoring or meters for superior rights holders. Knickmeyer reported from San Francisco. Fenit Nirappil contributed to this story from Sacramento. DROUGHT Irrigation pipes sit along a dried irrigation canal on a field farmed by Gino Celli near Stockton. PHOTOS BY RICH PEDRONCELLI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Gino Celli inspects wheat nearing harvest on his farm near Stockton. State OKs offer of voluntary wa te r cu ts b y fa rm er s By Brian Melley The Associated Press LOSANGELES Thecompany responsible for a pipeline that spilled thousands of gallons of oil along the California coast was or- dered to take a series of steps before it can restart the line, federal regulators said Friday. The Pipeline and Haz- ardous Materials Safety Administration required Plains All American Pipe- line to remove the dam- aged section of pipe, test it and empty the remain- der of the line. The agency said it did not yet know the cause of the leak, which spilled up to 105,000 gallons of crude into a coastal ditch Tuesday. About a fifth of that amount is estimated to have flowed into the sea northwest of Santa Barbara. Investigators for the agency are looking into the cause of the failure and whether there was some- thing Plains should have known about conditions in the underground pipeline and factors that could have contributed to the accident. The corrective action order said the 10.6-mile line had recently been in- spected, but the results weren't known. Tests of the 24-inch pipe in 2012 found 41 anomalies mostly due to external corrosion, frequently near welds, the agency said. The company has said there were no previous problems with the pipe. A corrective action or- der is issued to protect people, property and the environment. If vi- olations are found, the agency said it would is- sue a strong enforcement action order. Plains said it could take weeks or even months be- fore investigators find what caused the disaster. Bad weather slowed cleanup efforts early Fri- day at the spill site in Santa Barbara County, where gusty winds whipped up waves as high as 4 feet. Several days of calm seas had helped crews, but oil skimming vessels had to be brought to shore late Thursday, Santa Barbara news station KEYT-TV re- ported. CALIFORNIA COAST Re gu la to rs o rd er p ip el in e te st in g a er s pi ll The ceremony con- cluded with Schlom bring- ing out a bottle of Volca- nic Double IPA brewed by Lassen Ale Works of Su- sanville and, along with Clynne, drinking a toast at the moment of the eruption — 4:30 p.m. The celebration con- tinues Saturday with a Devastated Area walk with Clynne at 10 a.m. and continues through- out the day with a 3 p.m. presentation on volcanic discoveries at the Visitor Center and an evening campfire with geologists at the Manzanita Lake Amphitheater. Saturday concludes with a starry nights event hosted by Schlom at the Devas- tated Area. Events con- tinue through Monday. For a full list of events visit go.nps.gov/lavo/cen- tennial. 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