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TheSeniorCenterisbe- ing offered by the center staff in cooperation with the board of directors and the city of Corning. The city would like to recog- nized the Senior Staff and Board of Directors: Board President Willie Smith, Vice President Delores May, Treasurer Caroline Slater, Secretary Karen Burnett, Directors Johnny Mack, Dennis Converse and Judy Metcalf, Center Manager Tammy Wilken- son and Center Assistant Dot Linnet. It would also like to thank County Li- brarian Sally Ainsworth and staff. Heatrisks According to the re- lease, high heat exposure can be very dangerous for any age group, but can be especially serious for the very young, elderly, obese and people with existing health conditions. The following tips were offered as ways people can protect themselves from the effects of extended high heat exposure: • Drink plenty of water – Drink water throughout the day, even when you are not thirsty, and avoid caf- feine. • Stay cool indoors – Complete outdoor activi- ties in the morning or eve- ning, and go indoors to air conditioned buildings dur- ing the heat of the day. • Pace yourself and wear appropriate clothes and sunscreen when out- door activities are a must. • Check on your neigh- bors and family – The heat is very hard on the el- derly and those with med- ical conditions. Be sure to check on your loved ones and neighbors to ensure they have access to a place to cool down and are cop- ing. • Don't forget your pets – The high heat is hard on your pets. En- sure they have access to shade and plenty of wa- ter. Bring them indoors to cool down and give them a break from the harsh heat. Never leave your pets in a car when it is hot. • Never leave children in a car when it is hot. It can take as few as 10 min- utes for the temperature to rise to levels If your home becomes too hot, consider leaving your home and visiting an indoor mall, theater, or li- brary. Public places such as these are called "cool zones" because they allow you to get out of the heat for a period of time to let your body cool down. Cool zones do not offer snacks or water, only air condi- tioned facilities. Cooling FROMPAGE1 While investigating, officers learned Hender- son was on post release community supervision and was wearing an an- kle monitor. The mon- itor was reviewed and tracking information showed Henderson was at Walmart during the time of the theft and had then driven to his residence, Curtis said. Officers searched Hen- derson's vehicle and found bolt cutters, a cut lock and an owner's manual matching one of the miss- ing lawn mowers. There also was a loaded hand- gun found. A search of Hender- son's residence turned up a wheelbarrow, four Murray brand lawn mowers and two BMX style bicycles, a total value of $1,022.39. Henderson was arrested and booked into Tehama County Jail on the charges of burglary, possession of stolen property, posses- sion of a loaded firearm, possession of burglary tools and a flash incar- ceration per his post re- lease community supervi- sion status. Bail was set at $58,000. Walmart FROM PAGE 1 She says she thought it would happen, but didn't. If people from Corning and other parts of Te- hama County would join in, it would drop each per- son's donation to between 75 and 50 cents. "The challenge is reach- ing every person and get- ting them to donate," Na- son said. "The main cost of the show is the fireworks as everything else was done by volunteers. The Elks were an amazing host and Red Bluff Fire and the city were very generous in helping us out." The two biggest do- nations toward the 2014 show were Corning busi- nesses with Rolling Hills Casino donating $5,000 toward the show and Nor- cal Buy Sell Trade, LLC donated $1,000. "I stressed from the be- ginning that it was the Te- hama County Fireworks Committee because it truly isaTehamaCounty,county- wide effort," Nason said. Fourth FROM PAGE 1 Sheriff's deputies re- ceived a call June 11 from the owner of a lo- cal business, Discreet Defense in Red Bluff. The owner told depu- ties that he believed his em- ployees unknowingly pur- chased stolen shot- gun shells. Brad Farmer said he was aware of the bur- glarytotheShootingRange and that 12 gauge ammu- nition was stolen, accord- ing to the release. He said he was not at the store on June 3 when two subjects came in and asked the em- ployees if they were inter- ested in purchasing am- munition. The men told the em- ployees that their grandfa- ther had passed away and the shells had been his, the release said. The employ- ees purchased 15 unopened cases of 12 gauge shot- gun shells. I n v e s t i g a t o r s matched the lot num- bers to those sto- len from the range and col- lected the 15 cases of am- munition with an esti- mated value of $2,550, the release said. Investigators in- t er v iewed Gr id ley and Shira Wednes- day and they confessed to burglarizing the Te- hama Shooters Associ- ation range and the Te- hamaRockQuarry,therelease said. Investigators re- covered most of the sto- len property. Ammo FROM PAGE 1 PHOTOCOURTESYOFROSSPALUBESKI Afirereportedat6:01p.m.Wednesdaywasinitiallyassessedbythefirstarrivingunitasaone-acrevegetation fire burning toward a structure in the 17000 bock of Fawn Lane, near Hillcrest Road, in Rancho Tehama. Cal Fire and Tehama County Fire responded and the fire advance was quickly halted with containment at 6:35 p.m. Units responded from Red Bluff, Paynes Creek, Paskenta, El Camino, Rancho Tehama and Corning. RANCHO TEHAMA FIRE BURNS ONE ACRE By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO The latest models of Google's self-driv- ing cars are now cruising the streets near the Inter- net company's Silicon Val- ley headquarters as an am- bitious project to transform the way people get around shifts into its next phase. This marks the first time that the pod-like, two seat vehicles have been al- lowed on public roads since Google unveiled the next generation of its self-driv- ing fleet more than a year ago. The cars had previ- ously been confined to a pri- vate track located on a for- mer Air Force base located about 120 miles southeast of San Francisco. Google announced last month that it would begin testing the curious-looking cars last month, but hadn't specified the timing until Tuesday when it disclosed the vehicles are driving up to 25 miles per hour on the roads around its Mountain View, California, office. Google had installed its robotic driving technology in Lexus sports utility ve- hicles during the first few years of testing before de- veloping the smaller proto- type. The new models are designed to work without a steering wheel or brake pedal, although the vehi- cles will be equipped with those features during the initial runs on public roads. A human will also ride in the cars to take control in emergencies, just as has been the case with the self- driving Lexus vehicles dur- ing the past six years. The debut of the pod- like car will help Google get a better understanding on how well its technology works around other vehicles steered by people. Califor- nia's Department of Motor Vehicles have given Google permission to send up to 25 of its latest self-driving cars on neighborhood roads. If all goes well, Google hopes to gain regulatory clearance to remove the steering wheel, brake pedal and emergency driver from the prototype. Company executives have expressed hope that self-driving cars using its technology will be joining the flow of daily traffic by the end of this de- cade. The earlier models of Google's self-driving cars had been involved in 13 minor accidents through more than 1.8 million miles on the roads, ac- cording to the company. Google blamed the colli- sions on other vehicles in every instance except one when the company says one of its own employees was steering. Motorists who encounter Google's latest self-driving car while they are in Moun- tain can share their expe- rience with the company at http://www.google.com/ selfdrivingcar/contact/ . TECHNOLOGY Google's new self-driving cars cruising Silicon Valley roads TONY AVELAR — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Google's new self-driving prototype car is presented during a demonstration at the Google campus in Mountain View. By Sudhin Thanawala The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Comput- erized "sweepstakes" games offered at special Internet cafes are the equivalent of slot machines and therefore illegal under state law, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The court said the sweep- stakes are games of chance because customers have no way to influence the unpre- dictable outcome. "When the user, by some means (here swiping a card or entering a num- ber), causes the machine to operate, and then plays a game to learn the out- come, which is governed by chance, the user is play- ing a slot machine," Associ- ate Justice Ming Chin wrote for the court. The sweepstakes are played through video games for cash prizes at the busi- nesses where people pay to access the Internet. Operators say the sweep- stakes are different from slot machines because the computers don't randomly determine winners. The re- sults are determined in ad- vance much like a lottery scratcher card, and the computers spit them out in sequence from a prear- ranged stack of entries. The California Supreme Court rejected that argu- ment in its unanimous deci- sion in a case involving sev- eral Internet businesses in Kern County that prosecu- tors sought to stop from of- fering sweepstakes games. Authorities across the state have been trying to crack down on such busi- nesses, equating them to gambling dens that contrib- ute to vices such as drugs and prostitution. The American Gaming Association estimates that Internet sweepstakes cafes take in $10 billion a year na- tionwide. John Weston, an attor- ney for two of the business owners in the case, said his clients stopped running sweepstakes games in 2012 after a trial court issued an injunction. He said the key issue for his clients was whether they could be fined for their be- havior before the injunc- tion, but the court did not address that. The businesses' owners say the games are a way to promote their other prod- ucts and a fun way for cus- tomers to reveal a sweep- stakes result. INTERNET GAMBLING Co ur t sa ys ' sw ee ps ta ke s' g am es a re i ll eg al RICH PEDRONCELLI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Khue Vang, le , is questioned by a Sacramento County deputy sheriff during a code enforcement raid on the Silk and Stars in Sacramento. WILLIAMMcLAINSPAULDING June 15, 1930 ~ June 22, 2015 William M. Spaulding passed away on June 22, 2015.He is survived by his wife Audrey Spaulding, their three chil- dren: Sharon Lattisaw, Rita Jo Daniels, and Kyer McLain Spaulding. His surviving siblings include: his brother Ken- neth Spaulding and sister Jacquline Moore, and three grandchildren: Brandon William, Austin Robert Daniels, Joseph Blair Lattisaw, and many nieces, nephews and cousins. The viewing will be held at Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers, on Monday, June 29, 2015, from 4-7p.m. The memorial service will be held the following day (same lo- cation) at 12:00pm. The internment will immediately fol- low at Oak Hill Cemetery in Red Bluff, with full Military Honors. His wife and children, wish to thank their fami- ly and friends for their love and support during their time of grief. Obituaries FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 9 A