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tialharmtosalmonfarout- weighed the harm to farm- ers, who were far from cer- tain to get any more water. He made a similar ruling last year when the bureau released water for Klamath salmon. Intense political and le- gal battles have gone on over dividing water be- tween fish and farms in the Klamath Basin for decades. The bureau started re- leasing water last Friday from a reservoir on the Trinity River that pro- vides water to both the Sacramento and Klamath Basins at the request of the Yurok and Hoopa Val- ley tribes and Humboldt County. The flows are to con- tinue into late September to protect salmon in the lower Klamath River from a parasite known as Ich, short for Ichthyophthir- ius multifiliis, which in- fests the gills, smothering the fish. High levels of the parasite have been seen in fish since July, and the bulk of the fall chinook run is expected to move into the river soon. "The most important thing is its good for fish," said Troy Fletcher, execu- tive director of the Yurok Tribe, which depends on the salmon for food and ceremonial uses. "It's too many years we have had to worry about our fish and we need to land on some long-term solutions that increase the health of the Klamath River." The water districts is- sued a statement saying, "At a time when record fallowing of agricultural land is on the rise, com- munity wells are drying up, and more than 95 per- cent of the State is expe- riencing drought condi- tions, today's decision is one more disappointment from achieving a reason- able balance for all Cali- fornians who depend upon a reliable water supply." In the 2001 drought, the bureau had to shut off wa- ter to a federal irrigation district straddling the Or- egon-California border to leave water for threatened coho salmon in the Klam- ath. When the Bush ad- ministration restored ir- rigation in 2002, causing river flows to diminish, an estimated 60,000 adult salmon died in the lower river from parasites that spread best in low and warm water conditions. In the 1960s, as much as 90 percent of the Trin- ity's water was diverted to the Sacramento River for agriculture, but over time it became clear that fish were paying the price. In 2000, a plan was adopted splitting the water about half and half on average. Salmon FROMPAGE1 the mentors will provide the youth the tools they need to avoid being repeat offenders. "Statistics show when youth go into this program (in other areas) there is no second offense," Cory said. The goal of the program is to successfully reach troubled children and en- courage them to make bet- ter choices. The city has a grant in place, funded by the By- rne Criminal Justice In- novation Program, that will support the program, Councilman Tony Carde- nas said. "We are looking forward to this being successful and I think the community is looking forward to this new program," Cardenas said. Cory began work Wednesday. "I'm extremely excited to work with the youth in the city," Cory said. "This is an exciting opportunity to give youth a second chance. I love this city, so I am ex- cited to jump right in." Cardenas had good things to say about Cory and said he is looking for- ward to having her work in the community. A new of- fice for her is in the works and will possibly be at City Hall, where she will have a separate entrance for her- self and her clients. "She is committed to working with the youth," Cardenas said. "And very committed to the commu- nity. I think she will be a great fit for the program." The City Council ap- proved the program coor- dinator agreement with an unanimous vote. Diversion FROM PAGE 1 Stephens:DannyStephens, 65,ofCorningdiedWednes- day,Aug.19inCorning. Arrangementsareunderthe directionofAffordableMortu- ary.PublishedThursday,Aug. 27,2015intheDailyNews,Red Bluff,California. Deathnoticesmustbe provided by mortuaries to the news department, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified advertising department. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortuaries or by families of the deceased and include online publication linked to the newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. DEATH NOTICES By Don Thompson The Associated Press SACRAMENTO An Amer- ican college student who along with two friends helped stop a terror attack on a high-speed train trav- eling from Amsterdam to Paris returned home to Cal- ifornia. A relaxed Anthony Sadler, 23, walked off a commercial plane at Sacramento Inter- national Airport accompa- nied by his parents Tuesday. The Sacramento State University student, dressed in black shorts and a gray sweatshirt, was carrying a black backpack as the fam- ily walked into the tarmac with the rest of the passen- gers. Instead of using a jet- way to the terminal like other travelers, the family was led to an area where several sheriff's vehicles waited. The family didn't speak to reporters at the airport and they hadn't arrived to their home on a tree-lined street of the Sacramento suburb of Rancho Cordova, where TV trucks and a clus- ter of reporters waited out- side Tuesday night. The family landed in Sac- ramento after taking a pri- vate jet to Portland, Ore- gon. Columbia Sportswear CEO Timothy Boyle had made the jet available to fly the Americans' mothers to France. Sadler and two Sacra- mento-area friends, U.S. Air Force Airman Spen- cer Stone, 23, and Oregon National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, 22, helped sub- due Ayoub El-Khazzani, a man with ties to radi- cal Islam who was carry- ing a handgun and an as- sault weapon on the train Friday. Stone was undergoing treatment at a military hos- pital in Germany for inju- ries suffered in the attack. Skarlatos remained with Stone in Germany. Senior U.S. Army lead- ers said Skarlatos will get the Soldiers Medal — the Army's highest award for acts of heroism not involv- ing actual conflict with the enemy. The city of Sacramento is planning a parade for all three men, who grew up in the area. John Dickson arrived on the same plane as Sadler and said they became good friends after meeting in a math class three years ago at Sacramento State Uni- versity. He said no one noticed Sadler was on the plane until he was approached on board by a TV producer. "He was very relaxed," Dickson said as he left the Sacramento airport. "Very low key." Dickson said he, too, was returning from Europe and that he had made plans to meet Sadler during their European vacation. "We were supposed to link up in Europe but it never happened," he said. Alina Ezzi was at the Sac- ramento airport Tuesday hoping to greet Sadler af- ter hearing of his pending arrival through the media. "I've just been super in- terested in it," said the San Francisco State University student. "It's a fascinating story: People see what hap- pens and decide to stand up. ... I feel like our society is finally stepping up to the plate." She said that sort of he- roic behavior should be re- warded after the 9/11 at- tacks. Associated Press writer Olga R. Rodriguez in San Francisco contributed to this story. FRENCH TRAIN ATTACK RICH PEDRONCELLI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Anthony Sadler, center, who helped stop a terror attack on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris, walks across the tarmac to a vehicle at Sacramento International Airport, Tuesday. US student who helped stop terror attack arrives home The Associated Press SANTA ROSA An abalone diver whose body was re- covered last weekend is at least the seventh person to die while hunting for aba- lone off the Northern Cali- fornia coast this year. The Santa Rosa Press- Democrat reported that 57-year-old Yoshihiro Ohhashi's body was recov- ered Saturday off the Men- docino Coast. Mendocino sheriff's of- ficials say the Pleasanton man was reported miss- ing by his diving partner Friday. The partner had climbed to the top of a bluff and only caught sight of his friend's overturned flota- tion device. Rescue teams from the Mendocino Volunteer Fire Department, U.S. Coast Guard, state parks, and the sheriff's office joined in a search for the missing man. Ohhashi's body was lo- cated the next day in about 15 feet of water near Little River, where he'd last been seen. Information from: The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, http://www. pressdemocrat.com BODY RECOVERED Abalone diver dies off Mendocino Coast By Steve Helber, Pam Ramsey and Jonathan Drew The Associated Press MONETA, VA. He planned it all so carefully — a cho- reographed execution of two former colleagues, broadcast live to a horri- fied television audience, and also recorded by him and then shared worldwide across social media. Vester Lee Flanagan's own video shows him ap- proaching WDBJ reporter Alison Parker and camera- man Adam Ward, gun in hand, as they conduct an interview. He points the gun at Parker and then at Ward, but he waits pa- tiently to shoot until he knows that Parker is on camera, so she will be gunned down on air. TV viewers heard about the first eight of 15 shots. They saw Parker scream and run, and heard her crying "Oh my God!" as she fell. Ward fell, too, and the camera he had been holding on his shoulder captured a fleeting image of the sus- pect holding a handgun. That man, authorities said, was Flanagan — a former staffer who used the on-air name of Bryce Williams and was fired by WDBJ last year, a man who always was looking for reasons to take offense, colleagues recalled. He fled the scene but then posted his own 56-second video of the murders on Twitter and Facebook. He later ran off a highway while being pursued hundreds of miles away and was captured; he died of a self-inflicted gun- shot wound. Wednesday's on-air murders reverberated far from central Virginia be- cause that's just what the killer wanted — not just to avenge perceived wrongs, but to gain maximum, vi- ral exposure. He used his insider's knowledge of TV journalism against his vic- tims — a 24-year-old re- porter who was a rising star and a 27-year-old cam- eraman engaged to a pro- ducer who watched the slaughter live from the con- trol room. Flanagan's planning may have started weeks ago when, ABC News said, a man claiming to be Bryce Williams called repeatedly, saying he wanted to pitch a story and needed fax informa- tion. He sent ABC's news- room a 23-page fax two hours after the 6:45 a.m. shooting that was part- manifesto, part-suicide note — calling himself a gay black man who had been mistreated by peo- ple of all races, and say- ing he bought the gun two days after nine black peo- ple were killed in a June 17 shooting at a Charles- ton church. The fax also included admiration for the gunmen in mass kill- ings at places like Virginia Tech and Columbine High School in Colorado. He described himself as a "human powder keg," that was "just waiting to go BOOM!!!!" Parker and Ward were a regular team, provid- ing stories for the sta- tion's "Mornin'" show on everything from breaking news to feature stories on subjects like child abuse. Their live spot Wednesday was nothing out of the or- dinary: They were inter- viewing a local official at an outdoor shopping mall for a tourism story before the shots rang out. As Parker screamed and Ward collapsed, Ward's camera kept rolling, cap- turing the image of the suspect pointing the gun. WDBJ quickly switched to the anchor back at the sta- tion, clearly shocked, who told viewers, "OK, not sure what happened there." Parker and Ward died at the scene. Their interview subject, Vicki Gardner, also was shot, but emerged from surgery later Wednesday in stable condition. Flanagan, 41, who was fired from WDBJ in 2013, was described by the sta- tion's president and general manager, Jeffrey Marks, as an "an unhappy man" and "difficult to work with," al- ways "looking out for peo- ple to say things he could take offense to." "Eventually after many incidents of his anger coming to the fore, we dis- missed him. He did not take that well," Marks said. He recalled that police had to escort Flanagan out of the building because he re- fused to leave when he was fired. Tweets posted Wednes- day on the gunman's Twit- ter account — since sus- pended — described work- place conflicts with both victims. He said he filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportu- nity Commission against Parker, and that Ward had reported him to human re- sources. Marks said Flanagan al- leged that other employ- ees made racially tinged comments to him, but that his EEOC claim was dis- missed and none of his al- legations could be corrob- orated. "We think they were fab- ricated," the station man- ager said. Dan Dennison, now a state government spokes- man in Hawaii, was the WDBJ news director who hired Flanagan in 2012 and fired him in 2013, largely for performance issues, he said. COMMITS SUICIDE Fired reporter kills 2 co-workers on live TV JILL NANCE — THE NEWS & ADVANCE Virginia State Police close off a section of Virginia 122in Moneta, Va., Wednesday, a er a gunman opened fire during a live on-air interview for WDBJ7, killing two journalists and injuring a local economic-development official. STEPHANIE KLEIN-DAVIS — THE ROANOKE TIMES VIA AP Troy Keaton, Board Chairman of the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce speaks on behalf of Vicki Gardner, executive director of the Chamber who was shot during an interview with WDBJ-7, on Wednesday. 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