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DEATHNOTICES drilling or mining at the 2,700-acre property, which has been in Brown's fam- ily for more than a century. Through the state's open records law, The Associ- ated Press obtained the research that state regula- tors carried out for Brown, and the emails among se- nior oil and gas regulators scrambling to fulfill the governor's request. Brown spokesman Evan Westrup declined to dis- cuss the work for the gover- nor, referring the AP to Cal- ifornia'sDivisionofOil,Gas andGeothermalResources. That agency said the work was a legal and proper use of public resources — and no more than the general public would get. But oil industry experts said they could not recall a simi- lar example of anyone get- ting that kind of state work done for private property. Brown's request to state regulators amounted to the governor using state workers as "his own pri- vate oil prospecting team," said Hollin Kretzmann, a staff attorney for the Cen- ter for Biological Diversity. The work on the Brown family ranch "is especially outrageous given his ad- ministration's failure to prevent oil companies from polluting Califor- nia's underground water," Kretzmann said, refer- ring to the oil agency's ac- knowledgments to federal environmental regulators that it regularly fell short in enforcing federal law on oilfield pollution. Brown's request to oil regulators points to the complex way that the gov- ernor, an internationally known advocate of renew- able energy, approaches oil and gas issues in his own state. While spear- heading ambitious pro- grams to curb the use of climate-changing fossil fu- els, Brown also has sought to spur oil production in California, the country's No. 3 oil-producing state. Nine days after Brown appointed Steve Bohlen to lead the state oil and gas regulatory division, the governor called him with his research request. Brown wanted to find out about the "geology, past oil and gas activ- ity, potential for future oil and gas activity in the vicinity of his long-time family ranch," Bohlen re- lated in an email to senior agency staffers that same day, June 11, 2014. Bohlen set noon the next day as a target for getting the re- search done for delivery to Brown. After Brown's initial call, his aides called back within hours to ask regu- lators to look at what min- erals might lie under the Brown ranch and also emailed to make sure the regulators were doing a map for the governor. In an email to the AP, an attorney for the oil and gas agency, Graham St. Mi- chel, said Brown had been compiling documents that "shed light on the fauna, flora, rock formations and geology of the area where his great-grandparents ... first homesteaded in the 1870s." California law bars elected officials from using public employees or other public resources for per- sonal purposes, with lim- ited exceptions for things like occasional personal calls from work phones. Regulators say the per- sonal work they did for Brown was legal and ap- propriate. "We field similar re- quests for public, histori- cal information ... and re- sponding is one of the di- vision's public service responsibilities," said Don Drysdale, a spokesman for the oil and gas agency. Drysdale said the satel- lite-imaged geological and drilling map prepared by the state for Brown's land took a "few hours." Regulators and Brown's office declined to provide examples of any similar geological assessments and maps that oil gas regu- lators had done for anyone else who was curious about any oil and gas potential of their private land. The AP has filed a public records request for them. Petroleum-industry pro- fessionals contacted by the AP said they never heard of regulatorscarryingoutand compiling that kind of re- search, analysis and map- ping for private individu- als. The AP told the oil-in- dustry professionals only that state regulators did the work for a state official. Assessing a private property's oil and gas and mineral potential is not something that state reg- ulators typically do, one oil industry executive said. "There's no evaluation. That's not a service they provide at all," said Rick Peace, president of a Ba- kersfield, California, com- pany that helps manage oil exploration and pro- duction. Ranch FROM PAGE 1 The Associated Press SACRAMENTO Wildlife au- thorities delayed the Dunge- ness crab season and closed the rock crab fishery for most of California on Thurs- day, just days after warning of dangerous levels of a neu- rotoxin linked to a massive algae bloom off the West Coast. The state Fish and Game Commission voted 3-0 on the Dungeness delay and the rock crab closure north of the Santa Barbara-Ven- tura county line. The panel said crabbing would resume when toxin levels dropped but did not estimate when that might be. The recreational Dunge- ness season was scheduled to start Saturday and the commercial season was set for Nov. 15. Rock crabs are caught year-round. Officials on Tuesday warned people to avoid eat- ing Dungeness and rock crabs. High levels of domoic acid have been found in crabs from the Oregon bor- der to the southern Santa Barbara County line, the De- partment of Public Health reported. In severe poisoning cases, the neurotoxin can cause seizures, coma or death. It was unclear how much impact the actions might have on California crabbing, which is estimated to bring in at least $60 million com- mercially. The toxin is linked to a vast algae bloom off the West Coast — which has seen unusually warm ocean temperatures as a result of El Nino, said Jordan Tra- verso, a spokeswoman at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Such blooms are cyclical, but this summer surveyors aboard a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis- tration research vessel said the algae bloom was one of the largest ever observed on the West Coast. The toxin has affected shellfish and sickened or killed seabirds, seals, dol- phins and whales through- out the region. Oregon state officials is- sued an advisory this week for all recreationally caught crab along the state's south- ern coast, from south of Coos Bay to California. Of- ficials warned people to re- move the viscera, or guts, before eating the crab meat. Last month, Washington shellfish managers post- poned the fall start of ra- zor clam digging on ocean beaches, and all razor clam- ming remains closed along the Oregon coast because of high levels of domoic acid. COAST High toxin level delays California crab season BEN MARGOT — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A boat loaded with crab pots is docked Thursday at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. The reality is, there are lots of opportunities for those interested in science and technology. Here they get a chance to see that. It gives them an opportunity to see the jobs that they don't read- ily see out in the community every day." An example would be Sierra Pacific Industries, which has been known to bring a wildlife biologist to the event, Morehouse said. Career Day is a great event, said Paul Weber, Mercy High School prin- cipal and assistant direc- tor of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Sacramento. Weber attended both as a chaperon for Sacred Heart Students and with some of his high school students who were representing Mercy at a booth. "It gives the kids a way to see vocational and ca- reer pathways as well as college," Weber said. "It shows them all of the op- tions available and what a great community we have with all these presenters taking time to be here and support this event." College is something that has become very com- petitive and students need to start earlier than ever to determine their goals and careers, he said. Dr. Debbie Fox of Val- ley Veterinary Clinic was a presenter and said there were lots of questions about what were the sad- dest and grossest parts of her job. She has been pre- senting since 1998, shortly after graduating and start- ing her career as a veteri- narian. She said it's impor- tant to be involved in the event because the children of Tehama County are its future. Sacred Heart School students Hailee Byam and Taylor Baldrige said they found the presentation very interesting. Byam enjoyed the engi- neering presentation and liked that it was a career with stability where one could make good money, she said. Baldridge said her favor- ite presentation was the IRS Enrolled Agent. "I liked the idea of it and it just sounded interest- ing," Baldridge said. Vista Preparator y Academy student Logan Houchins found the Nat- ural Resources Conser- vation presentation to be the best and especially liked learning about how many different kinds of soils there are, he said. He also enjoyed the Cal Fire booth and the event gave him something to think about as far as careers. "It was pretty cool to see the variety of differ- ent jobs," said Vista stu- dent Abby Gantenbein. "I liked the prevention spe- cialist for North Valley Ser- vices. It was cool to see a job where people help each other out in the commu- nity." Vista student Itzel Favela said she liked that she was able to learn a lit- tle bit about each of the jobs presented Thursday. "I liked that you were introduced to so many of them (at the same time)," Favela said. Career FROM PAGE 1 This approach not only benefited the camp but itemsfoundintheshedwere used for softball leagues and other programs put on my the department. Increased revenue was due in part to the intro- duction of pre-registra- tion forms online, themed camps, coordination with the Safe Education and Recreation for Rural Fam- ilies program and promo- tion of the camp on social media, Hurton said. The camp also saw increased attendance. The water smart classes, swim lessons and res- cue training taught water safety, Hurton said. "In the group that I was able to work with we had the kids going from being afraid to get their faces in the water, to teaching them how to safely enter the pool, paddle away from the wall, turn over and float on their backs, to rest and then turn around, paddle back to the wall and exit the pool," Hurton said. "We are tak- ing these kids that don't have this exposure to wa- ter, to swimming and they learn safety skills." The department will hold a Fun Zone camp dur- ing Thanksgiving break. For more information on the camp, future events and what the department has to offer, visit www.red- bluffrecreation.org or www. redbluffcenter.org. Center FROM PAGE 1 "We will be making a more dry scape area from Oren Avenue to Hoag Road," Crane said. "We will also add shrubs and drought tol- erant trees while using the high tech watering drip sys- tem. We are going to next take out the old Bermuda grass lawns. That will be our next big project." Finished before the grant was received by the ceme- tery, the Forest is an area with trees and plants that are now being switched out for drought tolerant plants. Crane and the rest of the crew at the cemetery have started installing the new slow water drip system that will lower the use of water in the area. "This was a cost effective way to expand the cemetery and have a low impact on water use," Crane said. "I can see the Forest going to- ward Oren Avenue and even on the other side of the of- fice toward Sunset Hill one day." Visitors to the cemetery have noticed the improve- ments. "The ground crew has done such a great job," said clerical staff member Christi Clay. "They have re- ally stepped up and have made a huge difference and the families that come here really seem to be pleased with how nice it is and how well maintained it is as well." What the cemetery hopes to provide to visitors is an inspirational place for them to come similar to a park or sanctuary, Crane said. Cemetery FROM PAGE 1 PHOTOS BY JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Tehama County Sheriff's Deputy Coroner Omar Farmer talks with another group at the annual Career Day held Thursday at the Tehama District Fairgrounds. Tehama County Farm Bureau Manager Kari Dodd, right, talks with a student. HEATHER HOELSCHER — DAILY NEWS Another way the Corning Cemetery District's Sunset Hills Cemetery is seeking to be more drought tolerant is to take out grass and replace it with cement stones in the area housing cremated remains. RICH PEDRONCELLI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE California Gov. Jerry Brown gestures during a news conference in Sacramento. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 9 A