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ByScottSmith The Associated Press FRESNO A massive sheet of rock has fallen from the vertical face of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, making one of the most popular routes attempted by climbers in North Amer- ica even more challenging, park officials said Tuesday. The granite sheet that peeled off measured roughly 100 by 200 feet. It was discovered by climbers who were attempting the route and had to turn back. "What used to be rela- tively easy climbing has gotten much more diffi- cult," park geologist and climber Greg Stock said. Half Dome — an icon of the park that is visible throughout Yosemite Valley — is scaled by hundreds of experienced climbers each year. The rock fell from half- way up the sheer face of Half Dome, which rises more than 1,000 feet. A path for hikers using ca- ble handrails was not changed. There are several routes for climbers to scale Half Dome, but the one im- pacted when the rock fell ranks as one of the top 50 climbing destinations in North America, said Mike Gauthier, Yosemite's chief of staff and an avid climber. Such falls occur often in Yosemite Valley and on other climbing destina- tions, forcing climbers to find new routes, he said. "Now is their chance to find a new work-around," Gauthier said of Half Dome. "And they will." Nobody was injured or witnessed the rock fall be- lieved to have happened last week. Renowned climber Kevin Jorgeson said the fallen sec- tion had been one of his fa- vorite routes. He has twice scaled Half Dome. In addition, he and climbing partner Tommy Caldwell made history early this year with a free climb up Dawn Wall on the opposite side of Yo- semite Valley. "It's on a lot of people's lists for a classic big wall route to climb," he said of Half Dome. "It would be uninformed to say that it is impossible." 'MUCH MORE DIFFICULT' Yosemiterockfallchangesfaceofclimb TRACIECONE—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE Half Dome and Yosemite Valley is seen from Glacier Point at Yosemite National Park in August 2011. A massive sheet of rock has fallen from the vertical face of Half Dome, making one of the most popular routes attempted by climbers in North America even more challenging, park officials said Tuesday. Thank you! PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO The Cali- fornia Supreme Court ruled that prosecutors aren't re- quired to help defendants fight their criminal cases by reviewing the personnel files of police officers serv- ing as witnesses. The ruling Monday up- holds the review process San Francisco and about a dozen other California counties use when preparing for criminal trials. Police review boards — rather than prosecutors — are tasked with reading in- vestigating officers' person- nel files for evidence of mis- conduct or bias that could help exonerate defendants. The case at issue involved a San Francisco man ac- cused of domestic violence. Prosecutors told defense attorneys that informa- tion in the files of two po- lice officers being called as witnesses may contain evi- dence of misconduct or bias. The defendant, Daryl Lee Johnson, and his attorneys argued that prosecutors should be required to re- view files for evidence rel- evant to the case. A San Francisco judge and state appeals court agreed, ruling that prosecu- tors should have the respon- sibility to review the files. The unanimous Supreme Court overturned those de- cisions, saying that giving prosecutors unfettered ac- cess to personnel files could jeopardize officers' privacy. CRIMINAL CASES Co urt rules in police personnel file case By Lisa Leff The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO The Uni- versity of California is try- ing to increase the number of undergraduates it ad- mits from the state's com- munity colleges by spelling out the courses transferring students need to be eligible to complete their studies at a UC campus, UC President Janet Napolitano said Tues- day. Hoping to make the jour- ney from a two-year col- lege to a UC school both simpler and speedier, Na- politano said the system has created uniform trans- fer "pathways" for 10 of its most popular majors: an- thropology, biochemistry, biology, cell biology, chem- istry, economics, mathe- matics, molecular biology, physics and sociology. The common roadmaps developed by faculty mem- bers list the three to five classes students at Califor- nia's 112 community col- leges would have to com- plete in their chosen field of study to be ready to en- ter the university as juniors and then earn their degrees in two years. The university is planning to do the same for another 11 majors before the end of the year. "These pathways will al- low us to better meet stu- dents' needs by making course expectations more transparent," UC Aca- demic Senate Chairwoman Mary Gilly said in a state- ment. "Although the path- ways are not a guaran- tee of admission, we know that early preparation can help students meet their ac- ademic goals and graduate on time." Transfer students make up about 30 percent of the new undergraduates the university system en- rolls each year. As part of the budget deal Napolitano negotiated with Gov. Jerry Brown to preserve the uni- versity's funding for the fis- cal year that started July 1, she has committed to get- ting the proportion up to one-third, or one transfer student for every two fresh- men, at eight of UC's nine undergraduates campuses by fall 2017. Jacob Jackson, a research fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, said only three campuses — UC Davis, UCLA and UC San Diego — achieved that ra- tio last year. TRANSFER 'PATHWAYS' UC c am pu se s ai m to admit more students fr om 2 -y ea r co ll eg es Washington 88/74 New York 84/70 Miami 91/79 Atlanta 92/71 Detroit 73/60 Houston 92/76 Chicago 69/60 Minneapolis 74/59 Kansas City 65/55 El Paso 94/72 Denver 71/53 Billings 77/56 Los Angeles 74/60 San Francisco 69/60 Seattle 89/62 AIRQUALITYFORECAST Whatitmeans: 0-50:Good; 51-100:Moderate; 101-150:Unhealthyforsensitivepeople; 151+:Unhealthyforall. Source: Airnow.gov City Today'sairquality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast s-sunny,pc-partly cloudy,c-cloudy,sh-showers,t-thunderstorms,r-rain,sf-snow flurries,sn-snow,i-ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Africa CarsonCity Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollenlevels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) Extreme Very high High Moderate Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hoursofsunlight River Levels SacramentoRiver Flood 7a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: THURSDAY 80° 60° FRIDAY 80° 62° Pa rtly sunn y, n ic e and cool Times of clouds and sun SATURDAY 87° 63° Times of clouds and sun SUNDAY 89° 62° Pa rtly sunn y TODAY 88° 66° Times of clouds and sun. Partly cloudy tonight. High ....................................................................... 90° Low ........................................................................ 69° Normal high ......................................................... 96° Normal low ........................................................... 66° Record high ........................................... 113° in 2008 Record low .............................................. 53° in 1935 Humidity noon today ........................................ 40% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 0.00" Normal month to date ..................................... 0.02" Season to date .................................................. 0.00" Normal season to date .................................... 0.02" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .................................................................. Good Napa ................................................................... Good Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ................................................... Moderate Allergy, dust and dander today: Neutral Grass ............. Moderate Mold .........................Low Trees ....................... Low Weeds ........... Moderate 7 Highest at 12 p.m. Today 5:47 a.m. 8:41 p.m. 12:28 a.m. 1:23 p.m. Thursday 5:48 a.m. 8:40 p.m. 1:05 a.m. 2:30 p.m. 14 hr., 54 min. Jul8 Last Jul15 New First Jul23 Full Jul31 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........2.40 .......none atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......128.83 ......+0.03 atOrdFerry................................114 ........96.39 ....... -0.01 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......238.50 .......none atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......201.20 .......none atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......166.99 ....... -0.01 BlackButte ....................457.15..............74,379 .....51.8% LakeOroville..................712.00.........1,348,510 .....36.1% LakeShasta ...................966.08.........2,154,574 .....47.3% LakeTrinity..................2244.67............909,984 .....34.4% Whiskeytown...............1209.03............237,991 .....98.7% Weather Trivia ™ How much of the sun's energy is received by the Earth? Only two parts in a billion. Today Thursday Anaheim 75/62/sh 72/59/sh Bakersfield 92/67/pc 87/65/pc Chula Vista 70/63/sh 69/61/sh Crescent City 60/54/pc 61/52/t Death Valley 106/77/pc 100/71/pc Eureka 61/54/pc 61/54/c Fremont 71/61/pc 70/60/pc Fresno 91/64/pc 85/63/pc Glendale 75/59/sh 71/56/sh Huntington Beach 70/63/sh 69/61/sh Irvine 71/63/sh 70/60/sh Lake Tahoe 65/45/t 60/43/t Long Beach 74/64/sh 73/62/sh Los Angeles 74/60/sh 70/58/sh Mammoth Mountain 68/42/t 62/37/t Modesto 87/61/pc 83/62/pc Monterey 68/57/pc 68/57/pc Moreno Valley 82/58/sh 74/54/sh Napa 72/57/pc 69/55/pc Needles 105/82/s 100/79/pc Oakland 68/60/pc 68/59/pc Oxnard 70/60/sh 69/58/sh Redding 90/68/pc 82/62/pc Riverside 82/59/sh 76/52/sh Sacramento 85/59/pc 77/58/pc San Bernardino 84/57/sh 78/51/sh San Diego 70/66/sh 72/65/sh San Francisco 69/60/pc 69/59/pc San Jose 71/59/pc 71/58/pc San Luis Obispo 71/57/pc 72/54/pc Santa Ana 72/64/sh 72/62/sh Santa Barbara 73/58/sh 69/57/pc Santa Clarita 81/56/sh 75/54/sh Stockton 85/59/pc 81/58/pc Ventura 70/59/sh 68/58/sh Yosemite Valley 77/52/t 68/48/t Today Thursday Albuquerque 85/65/t 85/62/t Atlanta 92/71/pc 92/72/pc Baltimore 85/71/t 88/68/t Boston 84/65/t 71/63/pc Buffalo 74/59/pc 71/57/t Chicago 69/60/pc 75/61/pc Cincinnati 74/68/t 79/64/t Dallas 87/76/t 93/75/pc Denver 71/53/t 78/57/t Detroit 73/60/pc 75/59/r El Paso 94/72/pc 91/70/pc Fargo 76/57/t 85/64/s Honolulu 89/77/pc 89/77/pc Houston 92/76/s 93/75/s Indianapolis 70/65/t 75/64/t Kansas City 65/55/r 75/66/t Las Vegas 99/76/s 94/72/pc Louisville 82/72/t 83/70/t Miami 91/79/pc 90/79/t Minneapolis 74/59/pc 81/62/pc New Orleans 93/76/t 91/75/s New York City 84/70/t 79/68/t Oklahoma City 78/68/t 89/70/pc A swath of drenching showers and thunderstorms will extend from central Texas to New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland today. The main threat from the storms will be flash flooding. A few of the storms can also bring gusty winds. Storms will dot the South with typical steamy July conditions, while much of the area from the central Plains to the Great Lakes and western New England is likely to stay dry with a lack of heat. Both mainly dry and drenching storms will dot the West. A narrow zone of showers and storms will extend from Wyoming to northern Minnesota. High ........................... 108° in Needles, CA Low ............... 36° in Bodie State Park, CA High ........................... 119° in Ahwaz, Iran Low ...... 6° in Summit Station, Greenland Bogota 67/49/sh 67/50/c Buenos Aires 63/45/s 63/49/s Caracas 86/76/t 86/76/t Ensenada 75/58/pc 73/56/pc Mexico City 70/52/t 71/51/t Montreal 76/59/pc 77/59/s Rio de Janeiro 78/69/c 78/67/c Tijuana 72/61/pc 73/58/pc Toronto 72/57/pc 73/57/pc Vancouver 78/61/pc 79/61/pc Orlando 92/73/t 93/73/t Philadelphia 87/74/t 86/71/t Phoenix 105/79/pc 100/77/pc Pittsburgh 77/65/t 78/60/t Portland, ME 81/58/sh 73/59/pc Portland, OR 92/65/s 92/63/pc St. Louis 71/63/r 79/69/t Salt Lake City 83/65/t 88/67/pc Seattle 89/62/s 89/60/pc Tucson 99/75/t 95/70/t Washington, DC 88/74/t 92/73/t Cairo 93/74/s 93/72/s Casablanca 91/67/pc 85/68/c Johannesburg 62/42/pc 66/44/s Kinshasa 95/70/s 93/71/s Lagos 85/76/pc 83/75/t Nairobi 75/53/c 75/51/c Tripoli 94/71/s 95/72/s Baghdad 110/83/s 111/83/s Beijing 94/68/s 94/68/pc Hong Kong 92/81/c 91/81/c Jerusalem 83/64/s 85/65/s Kabul 95/68/s 95/64/s Manila 85/78/r 85/78/r Melbourne 57/45/pc 56/46/pc New Delhi 91/79/t 91/78/t Seoul 84/70/pc 87/70/c Singapore 88/78/t 90/81/pc Sydney 60/45/sh 63/45/s Tehran 101/79/s 102/81/s Tokyo 78/68/r 73/68/r Amsterdam 66/54/sh 63/50/sh Athens 90/70/s 92/70/s Belgrade 101/66/s 85/64/pc Berlin 74/56/sh 66/53/sh Budapest 97/64/pc 80/54/pc Dublin 63/46/c 64/56/pc London 70/51/pc 71/52/pc Madrid 103/68/s 103/70/s Moscow 75/60/pc 79/59/t Paris 73/55/pc 75/53/pc Rome 87/72/s 87/70/s Stockholm 67/54/r 64/52/sh Vienna 82/59/t 76/55/sh Zurich 75/57/pc 74/49/pc 73/51 80/55 77/58 78/54 84/54 85/59 85/60 72/57 86/59 85/64 88/64 72/52 75/54 78/55 90/68 88/66 76/54 65/56 66/57 61/54 78/54 79/55 82/63 60/54 86/65 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 SeHablaEspañol Serving Our Community For Over 20 Years 413WalnutSt.,RedBluff 530 528-8000 EVERYTHING in the store SALE 50 % excluding coins up to OFF ~Lots of Toys for Boys ~ EstateJewelry Gold ★ ★ Silver ★ ★ Diamonds 40% off Mon. 10-4 Tues.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm • Sat.10am-4 pm www.redbluffgoldexchange.com www.angelsamongusall.com $ 1 00 DVDs Sizzling Summer Salecontinues... 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