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The following informa- tion is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Red Bluff Fire, Tehama County Sheriff's Depart- ment, Corning Police De- partment, Corning Fire, Cal Fire and California Highway Patrol logs. Arrest ScottAllenAppleby:52, of Red Bluff was arrested during a pedestrian check about 1:30p.m. Wednes- day on Diamond Avenue. Officers were sent to Starbucks on South Main Street for the the of two outside chairs, a er which they went to a transient camp off Diamond Avenue, just east of Shasta Col- lege. At the camp, they contacted Appleby and lo- cated the chairs that were missing from Starbucks. Appleby was booked into Tehama County Jail on the charges of failure to register as a sex offender, possession of stolen prop- erty, possession of drug paraphernalia, false infor- mation to a peace officer, and altered markings on an imitation firearm. The orange tip on a toy weapon had been painted black. Bail was $24,300. Break-in Rawson Road: Someone in the 5400block reported Wednesday that his resi- dence and shop had been broken into on Tuesday evening. Electrocuted Luther Road: Red Bluff Fire responded at 10:31 a.m. Wednesday to reports of a man who had been electrocuted at the new Walmart construction site in the 600block of Luther Road. The man was taken to St. Elizabeth Communi- ty Hospital with moderate to major injuries. Nothing further was available. The Mill Street: Someone reported giving a ride to a man who then stole things from them and broke the person's phone. Antelope Boulevard: Extra patrol was requested Wednesday in the area of the Valero Gas Station due to multiple recent the s. PoliceLogs By Janie Har TheAssociatedPress LAKEPORT Crews backed by important firefight- ing resources are gaining ground against a massive Northern California wild- fire, but it may be several days before thousands of evacuees can return home, officials said Thursday. Four more homes were destroyed overnight, bring- ing the total number of properties lost to 43. More than 13,000 people have been ordered or urged to leave their homes, vaca- tion cabins and campsites since the blaze ignited July 29 about 100 miles north of San Francisco. Dominic Polito, a fire spokesman, said he does not know when residents will be allowed back home. "I would imagine they're going to make sure the line is completely contained be- fore they do that," Polito said Thursday. "Plan on the next couple of days, and hopefully it's sooner than that." Firefighters and equip- ment from outside the drought-stricken state have poured in to battle the blaze, which has chewed through more than 107 square miles of parched terrain and was 40 percent contained, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protec- tion said. Days after declaring a state of emergency, Califor- nia Gov. Jerry Brown vis- ited fire crews Thursday and thanked them for their efforts. He said the state is hotter and drier than it's ever been, making blazes more severe and extending the fire season. Officials got ready for a drought-fueled fire season and built up staffs early with several hundred more firefighters than previous years, Cal Fire spokesman Daniel Berlant said. "We're definitely at a me- dium to high level of ac- tivity, but we're not at ex- treme, where we are low on resources by any means," he said. The National Interagency Fire Center in Idaho has listed the fire as the na- tion's highest priority for crews and equipment. It is the largest of 23 fires state- wide and takes up nearly a third of the 10,000 fire- fighters dispatched in Cal- ifornia. Across the U.S., 118 fires are burning on 2,757 square miles, according to the cen- ter. About 17,200 people are fighting those fires, but re- sources are not tapped out yet, center spokeswoman Robyn Broyles said. If civil- ian crews run low, officials can call on national guard and military crews. August is the height of fire season, and while the number of fires nation- ally is below average, the 9,361 square miles burned to date is about 50 percent above average. Most of that — 7,731 square miles — has been in Alaska. Firefighters in Northern California have been work- ing 24-hour shifts. They bunk in tight sleepers and depart in the mornings with enormous high-cal- orie sack lunches of sand- wiches and cookies as oth- ers come back tired, foot- sore and hungry. Some of the 3,400 fire- fighters on the blaze have been here since it started a week ago. The cause of the fire, burning in rugged terrain in Lake, Yolo and Colusa counties, is under investigation. 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 Pasadena Fire Department. "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." At the fire camp Wednes- day, freshly returned fire- fighters sat at long tables, telling jokes and digging into bowls of fruit, corned beef hash and fried eggs. Fire trucks parked out- side hailed from Long Beach, Los Angeles and Riv- erside. Nearby were large white mobile sleepers that could fit 45 weary firefight- ers. Some preferred to pitch a tent. "It's tiring work, no doubt about it. But most of these guys are in really great shape, and they thrive in this environment," said Hugo Patino, Modesto Fire Department battalion chief. Associated Press writer Kristin J. Bender in San Francisco contributed to this report. PARCHED TERRAIN Wildfiresdestroymore homes, but crews advance By Jeff Barnard The Associated Press GRANTS PASS, ORE. The drought in the West could be creating conditions in the Klamath River straddling Oregon and California for a repeat of a 2002 fish kill that claimed tens of thousands of adult salmon, biologists said. Low water and warm temperatures have slowed the upriver migration of spring chinook, allowing in- fections by parasites as the salmon crowd together in cool water pools. A similar fate is expected for fall chinook that will start arriving in coming weeks. "The risk factors this year are piling up," Mike Belchick, biologist for the Yurok Tribe, said Wednes- day. The tribe depends on Klamath River salmon for food and ceremonies. The deadly parasite has been detected at high lev- els in salmon earlier in the year than usual. The para- site thrives in warm water, infesting the gills of fish and suffocating them. Warm water has left fish too lethargic to swim up- stream, so they congregate in pools fed by cool springs, where the crowding con- tributes to the spread of the disease. The river is running slightly higher than it was in 2002 but this year's pro- jected return of 120,000 chi- nook is lower than average. The Yurok and Hoopa Valley tribes have called on the U.S. Bureau of Recla- mation to send extra water down the Klamath and Trin- ity rivers for the fish. But there is little avail- able in the drought and any releases are being saved for the most effective times. "At this point, we are just really watching the situa- tion," said bureau spokes- woman Erin Curtis. "It is the fourth year of severe drought. Water supplies are very limited and the situa- tion is not good." The water in the rivers is tightly split between fish and irrigation projects. Conditions were simi- lar last year, but the bureau was able to release extra wa- ter down both rivers. While some fish died of disease, the numbers were not great, said Wade Sinnen, senior en- vironmental scientist for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. However, no one really knows how much water is needed to avert a major fish kill, given the variables of how many fish return and how hot the weather gets. "Every time we've done flow augmentations, there has been litigation associ- ated with it," Sinnen said. In 2001, water was shut off to the Klamath Recla- mation Project to leave wa- ter in the Klamath River for protected salmon, setting off bitter confrontations be- tween farmers and federal marshals. The next year, the Bush administration restored ir- rigation to the Klamath project, creating conditions in the river for disease that killed as many as 62,000 salmon. Farmers, tribes, salmon fishermen and states later hammered out agreements to remove three dams on the Klamath River, restore the river and give farmers more predictability about water, But the plan remains stalled in Congress, opposed by House Republicans. KLAMATH RIVER Biologists fear repeat of salmon kill RON WINN — THE HERALD AND NEWS FILE Dead salmon lining the banks of the Klamath River near the mouth of the river in Klamath. A varying degree of symptoms may be expe- rienced such as cough- ing, scratchy throat, wa- tery and itchy eyes and difficulty breathing. Per- sons with questionable or severe symptoms are ad- vised to seek professional medical advice. There are no fires within Tehama County and the smoke is coming courtesy of the fires off the coast and to the south of Tehama County, a Cal Fire spokeswoman said. The smoke was caused by a change in a weather sys- tem that is pushing it into the valley, she said. "What caused the smoke to drift in our di- rection was a shift from a southerly wind to a north/ north-west wind pattern," said Air Pollution Special- ist II Joe Tona. "This is caused the smoke from the fires in Trinity county to be piped in through trib- utaries like cottonwood creek." The air quality, which had jumped from 194, which is an unhealthy range in the air qual- ity index, down to 189 at 11:20 a.m. had continued to drop, but as of the 1:20 p.m. reading had come back up to 191. At the 2:20 p.m. reading it was at 201, but it had dropped to 199 at the 4:20 p.m. reading. The lowest range on the air quality index (AQI) is good at 0-50 meaning there is no advisory in ef- fect while yellow, which represents 51-100 on the index, is moderate, which means there is an advisory for unusually sensitive in- dividuals to consider lim- iting prolonged outdoor exertion. When the index reaches orange, which is 101 to 150, there is an alert issued that it is unhealthy for sensitive groups to be outdoors and children, active adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion. The red level of the AQI, 151 to 200 which is where Tehama County sat for most of the day,is the third worst rating being named unhealthy with only pur- ple, 201-300, and maroon, 301-350, being worse. At the unhealthy range, children, active adults, and people with respi- ratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid pro- longed outdoor exertion; everyone else should limit prolonged outdoor exer- tion. At purple, or very unhealthy, children, ac- tive adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid outdoor exertion; everyone else should limit outdoor exertion. The ma- roon level, deemed hazard- ous, is the level at which everyone should avoid all physical activity outdoors. To view the most re- cent Air Quality Index rat- ing for Tehama County, which is updated Mon- day through Friday, visit www.tehcoapcd.net/aqi. html . There are a variety of places to monitor the smoke including satellite imagery provided by the National Oceanic and At- mospheric Administra- tion (NOAA): http://www. goes.noaa.gov/GSSLOOPS/ wcvs.html. To monitor smoke throughout the United States and Canada visit: http://smoke.airfire. org/monitoring/#/ . For a map of the ac- tive fires visit: http://cf- pub.epa.gov/airnow/index. cfm?action=topics.smoke_ wildfires . Haze FROM PAGE 1 PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. JEFF CHIU — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cal Fire engineer Clint Singleton looks out at a plume of smoke near Clearlake on Wednesday. On immigration, one of the main topics of the night, Bush defended his call for a path to legal status for some of the people living in the U.S. illegally, an unpopular position among some Re- publican voters who equate legal status with amnesty. "The great majority of people coming here have no other option," Bush said. Trump in particular has pushed the issue of immi- gration throughout the summer, drawing criticism for saying Mexican immi- grants are rapists. He said Thursday that he had been told that by border patrol agents, and he took credit for immigration being an is- sue in the campaign. "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't even be talking about illegal immigration," he said, despite the fact that immigration has been a hot- button issue in presidential campaigns for years. Trump's blunt style was in line with the approach he's taken to his campaign throughout the summer, ap- pealing to voters frustrated with career politicians and perplexing his rivals. He en- tered the first debate leading the polls in a field filled with governors and senators. Seventeen Republicans are seeking the party's nom- ination, but only 10 were in- vited by debate host Fox News to participate in the main event based on their showing in recent polls. The remaining seven were rele- gated to a pre-debate forum. On stage in his home state, Ohio Gov. John Kasich sought to raise his profile by striking an optimistic tone on the economy, saying all Americans need an oppor- tunity to "share in this great American dream." He said that while he favored tradi- tional marriage, he had re- cently attended a same-sex wedding and would support his children if they were gay. A raucous crowd cheered the candidates on throughout the debate in Cleveland, the same city where Republicans will nominate their gen- eral election candidate next summer. No Repub- lican has ever won the presidency without win- ning Ohio. While the candidates pep- pered their remarks with barbs about Clinton, they avoided lengthy attacks on her record as secretary of state and the deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya. Only late in the debate did Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker raise the controversy surrounding her use of personal email and a private server while serving in the Obama ad- ministration. Debate FROM PAGE 1 JERRYL.SCHUMACHER December 4, 1929 ~ July 29, 2015 Jerry L. Schumacher, 85 of Red Bluff, CA, passed away July 29, 2015 in Red Bluff. She was born to Russell & Doris Lane, December 4, 1929. Jerry was married to Herb Schumacher for 62 years. She worked Red Bluff Elementary schools. Jerry won many awards for her paintings and drawings, she was a 4H leader and a taxidermist. Jerry is survived by husband, Herb, son, Britt Schumach- er (Jennifer), daughters; Penne Arbaninson (Steve), Bambi Schumacher, Nannette Schumacher (Dave Stoffel), grand- children Mathew Schumacher, Colin Swathout, Nischa Gall, Patrick Dodero, Andrea Schumacher; great grand- children, Owen and Adam Swarthout, Devin & Lillie Gall. She is preceded in death by by her parents Russell & Doris Lane, sister Peg Dittmer and sons Gene & Gary Schumacher. A celebration of life will be held August 9th at Ridgeway Park, 10 am - 12pm, All welcome. Burial will be held at Northern California Veterans Cemetery, Igo, CA. Contributions can be made to the Alzheimers Assoc. & Hospice. Obituaries FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 9 A