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"Icouldn'tdoitwithoutmy employees. They never cease to amaze me. I'm blessed to have a company that allows me to do what I need to do to care for my community and a team that's talented enough to do pretty much any project I've asked them to do." —StoremanagerJenniferGuarino By Terence Chea The Associated Press LOWERLAKE Coolerweatherhelpedcrewsbuild a buffer Monday between a raging Northern Cal- ifornia wildfire and some of the thousands of homes it threatened as it tore through drought- withered brush that hadn't burned in years. At least two dozen homes were destroyed over the past few days, and more than 13,000 people were urged to flee. The fire — the largest blaze in drought-stricken California — roughly tripled in size over the week- end to 93 square miles, generating its own winds that fanned the flames and reduced thousands of acres of manzanita shrubs and other brush to barren land in hours. "There's a lot of old growth-type vegetation and four years of drought to dry it all out," said Lynne Tolmachoff, a spokeswoman for the Cali- fornia Department of Forestry and Fire Protec- tion. "It was ready to go." The fire was burning in the Lower Lake area, about 100 miles north of San Francisco and 10 miles from Clear Lake, the largest freshwater lake entirely within California and a popular spot for boaters and campers. Fire officials said no homes around the lake were threatened. Evacuated residents were amazed at how quickly the flames spread. "I'm overwhelmed," Donna McDonald, of Clear Lake, said at a high school that had been turned into a shelter. "I was very happy at one point when I saw no smoke at all. Then all of a sudden it just flared up real big again." Layna Rivas, of Clearlake Oaks, evacuated her home over the weekend and wanted to get back to feed her chickens. "You have to have that let go feeling and know NORTH STATE WILDFIRES Cooler weather helps crews By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF The City Council will discuss Tues- day the approval of $40,000 in funding from the state and county to go to a Gang Resistance Edu- cation and Training and School Resource Officer position for the fiscal year of 2015/2016. The purpose is to provide a police officer, who will be employed by the city, to serve as the Gang Resistance Education and Training Officer at the Vista Preparatory Academy. It is recommended that the council approve the contract between the city and Tehama County for the funding of the GREAT and SRO position at Vista Preparatory Academy, Chief Kyle Sanders said in the agenda report. The program's officer will be paid for by state funding that the city receives from California combined with other funds from the Commu- nity Corrections Partnership Committee. If ap- proved, the county will provide $40,000 for the officer position, Sanders said in the report. CRIME Citytoconsider Vista school officer funding Comics............B3 Community.....A3 Health..............A4 Lifestyles........A5 Opinion............A6 Sports..............B1 INDEX Being hopeful is admirable, but putting all of your faith in hope can leave you addicted to hope-ium. PAGEA3 COMMUNITY Columnistwarnsof hope-ium addiction The Bureau of Reclamation released documents for two major water projects in California. PAGE A3 COMMUNITY Meetings set to seek input on water plan GOP bill blocking federal funds for organization at center of controversial recordings is stymied for now. PAGE B4 SECRET VIDEOS Senate backs Planned Parenthood funds Large majority support water restrictions amid drought but believe farmers should be first in line at the spigot. PAGE A8 WATER MANAGEMENT Poll: Americans favor farmers, food in drought By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter CORNING The Corning AmVets Post held its first car show on Saturday at the Corning Veterans Me- morial Hall, where about a dozen cars showed up to participate. "For our first one, we had a good turnout," said Post Commander Kevin Benson, Sr. "We had about 100 show up for our break- fast and take a look at the cars. We're already start- ing to work on next year and we're hoping to make it bigger, but we definitely had a big enough turnout that we want to try again." With many local car en- thusiasts planning to leave Sunday and Monday for Reno's Hot August Nights show, fewer than expected showed up, but at least it was a start, Benson said. Glenn Waldow was a 30-year resident of Corn- ing prior to moving to Los Molinos and he came out Saturday to take a look. Waldow has a 1949 Ford that he is working on and hopes to have it ready for the 2016 show, he said. "Everything's running, but it's not as good look- ing as I want it to be," Wal- dow said. CORNING AmVets hold first car show Saturday JULIE ZEEB - DAILY NEWS Glenn Waldow of Los Molinos takes a look at a 1965Ford Mustang owned by Judy and Joe Lindell of Corning on Saturday at the AmVets first car show held at the Corning Veterans Memorial Hall. By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF Several em- ployees of The Home De- pot in Red Bluff got to work Saturday fixing up and adding a caboose to the train at Diamond Park on Diamond Avenue that had been missing at least a month. The group, which was made up of employees volunteering their time through a corporate pro- gram called Team Depot, was organized by store manager Jennifer Guarino who contacted the city and handled the details of get- ting people and supplies. assistant manager Seth Plumb drafted the plans and rebuilt the caboose. Guarino takes her son Tyler out to the park and he often calls it the choo choo park, she said. "You can't call it that without the train," Gua- rino said. After learning on June 1 that the train's caboose was vandalized, deemed unsafe and removed to the city's corps yard on Kim- ball Road, Guarino con- tacted the city and was put in touch with Mike Skel- ton, who confirmed it was in the city's yard. "I called the city and was told they were so backed up with projects it would be the end of the summer at least before they could get to it," Guarino said. "I couldn't do it without my employees. They never cease to amaze me. I'm blessed to have a company that allows me to do what I need to do to care for my community and a team that's talented enough to do pretty much any proj- ect I've asked them to do." Most recently, the store is working with a local DONATION TRAIN REVITALIZED AT DIAMOND PARK Store associate Chad Bagwell takes some measurements on Saturday. PHOTOS BY JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS The Home Depot employees volunteer on a restoration project in Diamond Park to bring the train back to life by restoring the caboose and painting the train at the play area. Pictured, from le , are store associates Chad Bagwell, Ed Reardon and assistant manager Seth Plumb. 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