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and Colusa counties, and its cause is under investiga- tion. More than 13,000 peo- ple have been required or urged to leave their homes, cabins and campsites, and at least 39 homes have been destroyed. Some of the 3,400 fire- fighters on the blaze have been here since it started a week ago. The fire isn't ex- pected to be fully corralled until at least Monday. Elsewhere in North- ern California, six light- ning-caused fire "com- plexes" have burned more than 58,000 acres in Trin- ity County. Fires in Lassen and Modoc counties total more than 18,000 acres As much as crews love the work, fatigue inevita- bly sets in. "This is our seventh day," said Seaton King, a battal- ion chief with the Pasa- dena Fire Department. He returned from a shift pro- tecting structures and cut- ting low tree limbs. "You kind of get used to it, but it's still taxing in terms of being up and available for those 24-hour work cycles." California fire officials say their biggest concern is that forecasts call for lightning that could spark more blazes. Since July 1, when the new fiscal year started, Cal Fire estimates it has spent $63 million battling large wildfires. Last fiscal year, it spent an estimated $434 million. At the fire camp here Wednesday, freshly re- turned firefighters in blue sat at long tables and dug into bowls of fruit, corned beef hash and fried eggs. They told jokes and drank coffee named after Jus- tin Bieber, Johnny Cash and Metallica, to indicate strength. Fire trucks parked out- side hailed from Long Beach, Los Angeles and Riverside. Nearby were large white mobile sleepers that could fit 45 weary fire- fighters. Some preferred to pitch a tent. "It's tiring work, no doubt about it. But most of these guys are in re- ally great shape, and they thrive in this environ- ment," said Hugo Patino, Modesto Fire Department battalion chief. Mike Burt with the Glen- dale Fire Department in Los Angeles County said his crew received a call to help last Thursday morn- ing and was in Lakeport. "I'd like to put my feet in an ice chest basically, but I won't do that," he said, laughing. "That would feel pretty good." AssociatedPresswriters Kristin J. Bender in San Francisco, Nicholas K. Geranios in Spokane, Washington, and Jeff Barnard in Grants Pass, Oregon, contributed to this report. Fire FROMPAGE1 There are more than 20 active fires across Califor- nia, with over 10,000 fire- fighters battling them. Here is the Wednesday afternoon update on the most signifi- cant fires in Northern Cali- fornia, with links to the Cal Fire and U.S. Forest Service websites with the most cur- rent information. RockyFire:69,600acres east of Clear Lake, 30percent contained. Fire grew about 1,000acres Wednesday but containment increased from 12percent Tuesday. TRINITY COUNTY FIRES Route Complex: Six fires to- talling 12,164acres in Trinity County, 2percent contained. Mad River Complex: Seven fires totalling 14,028acres in Trinity County south of Highway 36near Ruth Lake, 8percent contained. Fire grew about 300acres since Tuesday. South Complex: Four fires totalling 12,156acres in Trin- ity County near Hyampom, south of Highway 299. Fire grew about 1,100acres since Tuesday. Fork Complex: Forty fires totalling 11,416acres in Trinity County south of Hayfork, 7 percent contained. Fire grew about 2,300acres since Tuesday. River Complex: Five fires totalling 8,536acres in Trinity County near Denny, 0percent contained. Fire grew about 1,500acres since Tuesday. Limited resources are com- mitted to this fire and they are focused on protecting Denny and other communities in the area. OTHER NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA FIRES Gasquet Complex: Six fires totalling 910acres northeast of Crescent City, 2percent contained. Humboldt Lightning Fires: Seventy fires totalling 3,702 acres northeast of Garberville, 30percent contained. NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA FIRES Frog Fire: 4,745acres in southwest Modoc County, 50percent contained. Un- changed from Tuesday. Dodge Fire: 10,700acres in Lassen County near the Nevada border, 20percent contained. Fire grew 7,200 acres since Tuesday with containment dropping from 25percent OLDER FIRES These two fires have been winding down: Wragg Fire: 8,051acres west of Lake Berryessa, 98 percent contained. Lowell Fire: 2,304acres in Nevada County, 88percent contained. North state fires update being put on the kids," Carlson said. And instead, us backing off and giving them some space to find their own path and then being there to support them. We got recognized for that project. I became connected with Maker Ed- ucation Initiative, which is in the Bay Area. They were the ones who invited me to speak on the panel in May." After that presentation Carlson went on to speak on another panel at the Bay Area Maker Faire in San Mateo in that same week. She spoke about the power of embrac- ing Maker education and transforming learning for children. Carlson has actively worked with students in the Tehama County Juve- nile Justice Center and at risk students in the area and outside the area. This is something she hopes to continue to do, to inspire all children who are look- ing for that support and create these programs that do just that. "When you want some- thing bad enough you just have to believe you can make it happen," Carlson said. This is something she said while rebuilding a classic car with her father and husband. Carlson said the car project really em- bodies what Future Devel- opment Group is all about — "even if it's difficult just go for it." Re-imagining FROM PAGE 1 to $10 from $5 and motor- cycles were raised to $15 from $5. The annual pass increased to $40, up from $25. A new winter seasonal pass for Dec. 1 through April 15, 2016 is $10. Three big projects are planned for 2015, including boardwalk removal and trail work at the Bumpass Hell Basin, trail work and a new overlook at the Kings Creek Falls and a rehabil- itation of the Twin Lakes patrol cabin. The work at the Bumpass Hell Basin and King Creek Falls was a necessity due to a safety concern, Gibbons said. "We'll be upgrading the rest of the boardwalk (at Bumpass Hell) and up- grading the interpretive panels," Gibbons said. "It was an extreme safety haz- ard. We've closed the falls to develop raised viewing platforms, which should provide a safe re-open in October 2015." The park is preparing for the second of a trio of centennial celebrations, having just celebrated the May 22 anniversary of the eruption of Lassen Peak. In 2016, the park will cel- ebrate its 100th anniver- sary since being estab- lished Aug. 9, 1916 as well as the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. "It's going to be a very active year," Gibbons said. The celebration will in- clude an inaugural camp out at the new Volcano Ad- venture camp, a Dark Sky dinner fundraiser, the offi- cial re-opening of the Las- sen Peak Trail, which has been undergoing four years of rehabilitation work, and a Day in the Park festival that will have ranger pro- grams, hikes, demonstra- tions, activities and spe- cial guests. For more information on the centennial, visit www. nps.gov/lavo/planyour- visit/centennial.htm. Gibbons said the snow pack is at about 23 per- cent of its normal amount meaning it only has 77 inches received instead of the normal amount of around 331 inches. The fire season has not been a huge problem yet, but could be because of dry conditions, Gibbons said. To date, there have been 10 lightning strikes result- ing in five fires within the park. The most recent one was Saturday. The Dark Sky Festival is scheduled for Friday through Sunday with spe- cial guests including NASA scientists and various guests from universities. Telescopes will be avail- able to the public in a num- ber of locations throughout the park. For details, visit http://www.nps.gov/lavo/ planyourvisit/stargazing. htm. Gibbons held nine act- ing superintendent posi- tions prior to his selection in May as the permanent superintendent at Lassen. He has worked at 27 parks in his 33-year career with the National Park service, he said. "I'm blessed to be here (at Lassen)," Gibbons said. "It's an honor to be at Las- sen. It's a great resource, great staff and great neigh- bors." Most recently, Gibbons, who has a background in natural resource manage- ment, was at the North Cascades National Park in Washington. He started his career in 1978 at the Everglades National Park. Lassen FROM PAGE 1 AP PHOTO/TERRY CHEA Fire crews walk on U.S. Highway 20as a fire approaches near Clearlake on Monday. JEFF CHIU — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A car burned in the Rocky Fire is shown near Lower Lake Tuesday. Firefighters made some progress Tuesday a ernoon with some help from light rain that fell in the area. By Michael R. Blood The Associated Press LOS ANGELES More than two months after oil from a ruptured pipeline fouled California beaches, docu- ments released Wednes- day disclosed that the spill might have been far larger than earlier projected. Plains All American Pipe- line had estimated that the May 19 break along a cor- roded section of pipe near Santa Barbara released up to 101,000 gallons of crude. The resulting mess forced a popular state park to shut down for two months, and goo from the spill washed up on beaches as far as 100 miles away. In documents made pub- lic Wednesday, the Texas- based company said alter- nate calculations found the spill might have been up to 143,000 gallons, or about 40 percent larger. The company is continu- ing its analysis, and the fig- ures are preliminary. Plains All American has hired an outside consultant as part of the effort to reconcile the differences, the documents said. At this point, the com- pany considers the meth- odology used in its initial estimate to be "the most straight forward and accu- rate calculation." However, it emphasized the estimate could change as the inves- tigation continues. In a statement, Sen. Ed- ward J. Markey, D-Massa- chusetts, faulted the federal agency responsible for regu- lating the nation's pipelines for the conflicting figures. "The revelation that the Santa Barbara pipeline spill was much larger than originally thought under- scores the importance of our pipeline safety agency providing complete infor- mation to Congress and the American people. Un- fortunately, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materi- als Safety Administra- tion's operational culture has been to withhold in- formation from the Amer- ican people and Congress," he said. The company has been criticized for taking about 90 minutes to alert federal responders after confirm- ing the spill, even though federal regulations require the company to notify the National Response Cen- ter, a clearinghouse for re- ports of hazardous-mate- rial releases, "at the ear- liest practicable moment." State law requires immedi- ate notification of a release or a threatened release. The cleanup is nearly complete, although the cause of the break is un- der investigation. The state attorney general and local prosecutors are consider- ing possible charges. MAY 19 PIPELINE BREAK California oil spill might be larger than projected The Associated Press SACRAMENTO Califor- nia closed an ugly chap- ter in its financial history on Wednesday by making its final payment on $14.2 billion in costly borrow- ing that plugged a budget deficit 11 years ago but eventually cost taxpayers about $5 billion in inter- est and fees. State Treasurer John Chiang and Director of Finance Michael Cohen announced the final pay- ment of nearly $929 mil- lion toward the Economic Recovery Bonds, debt that was approved by voters in 2004. PROPOSITION 57 California pays off $14 billion in debt from 2004 CAROLYNMARGARETFLY 1933 - 2015 Carolyn Margaret Fly, 82, passed away July 31, 2015 at Red Bluff Health Care facility. She was born in San Fran- cisco, CA. February 3, 1933, she was raised & attended school in Sonora, CA. She was an avid horsewoman & owned and operated a park & ride stable in the high Sier- ra near Echo Summitt through the 50's and 60's. She rode in Northern California parades for over 40 years & along with her longtime companion, Ray Wysocki, participated in many trail rides and traveled hundreds of miles on the Pacific Coast Trail. She enjoyed RV travel throughout the U.S. and Canada, riding historic trains & was a member of the Traditional Country Music & Dance Club. Employeed at Tenneco West in Chico for 16 years and Blue Diamond for 8 seasons. She later worked in the Orland Senior Center Office as a Thrift store manager un- til retirment. She leaves behind her long time compainion Ray Wysocki, 2 children, son Russell Staggs, daughter Colleen Wallace, 4 grandchildren; Shawn Staggs, Courtney Uhalde, Christopher Nelson & Brittney Yeager & 3 great grandchildren. Graveside services are scheduled for Monday August 10, 2015 at 10:00 am at the Vina Cemetery. 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