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Th anks for subscribing, Eduardo Griego. GOODMORNING! Check out what's going on in your neighborhood and the community. PAGEA2 CALENDAR BUSINESS U Dow Jones Industrial 17,888.35 (+168.43) U Standard & Poor's 2102.63 (+22.22) U Nasdaq 5156.31 (+47.64) By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF AfireMondayeveninginthe2000 block of Stonybrook Drive has been declared by the Red Bluff Fire Department to be arson. The fire, which was reported about 5:30 p.m. Monday, originated on the exterior wall on the east side of the house where it was quickly con- tained, said Red Bluff Fire Division Chief Mat- thew Shobash. The Red Bluff Police Department had one per- son detained upon Shobash's arrival at the scene. Red Bluff Police logs show about 3 p.m. Mon- day receiving a call from a man who said he had been gone from his residence for about an hour and returned to find a black line inside the house. About 5 p.m., a 911 call was received with sup- plemental information to the case. Someone re- ported a man had run out of the residence and the homeowner had him detained. John Russell Sine, 25, of Red Bluff was arrested at the residence. He was booked into Tehama County Jail on the felony charge of arson of an inhabited dwelling and misdemeanor charges of possession of controlled substance parapherna- lia and possession of a narcotic controlled sub- stance. No bail was set. ARSON RedBluff man arrested Community.....A3 Business .........A4 Lifestyles........A5 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. B1 Weather ..........B8 INDEX An archaeologist said his team has found a tunnel-like pas- sageway that might lead to two sealed chambers. PAGE B6 MEXICO EXPERTS: Passagewaymaylead to Aztec ruler's tomb Facebook CEO Mark Zucker- berg and his wife said they'll devote nearly all their wealth to good works. PAGE A7 CHARITY Facebook CEO will give away most of his money By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdaily- news.com @DN_Heather on Twitter REDBLUFF Opening night for the Poverty A-Z Art In- stallation exhibit and Stu- dent Art Showcase was Monday at the Red Bluff Union High School library in conjunction with the school's book in common featured book "The Glass Castle," a memoir by Jean- nette Walls. The A-Z exhibit had 26 panels and 10 floor stamps and original music was playing throughout the event by the band Invisible Bike. Together they created a maze of art and imagery that participants walked through, getting lost in a world of poverty issues, ac- cording to a flyer produced for the event. The traveling exhibit was brought to the atten- tion of the school after par- ticipating in the book in common program. With help from the school's Par- ent Partnership Team and the support of various lo- cal agencies, including the CommunityActionAgency, the school decided on one book to be the focus of the 2015-2016 school year. "The Glass Castle," about the author's childhood in LITERATURE Localschoolbringawarenesstopoverty HEATHER HOELSCHER - DAILY NEWS Red Bluff Union High School sophomores Kaylanie Sandefer By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF A plan is in the works to turn the Sports- man Lodge motel, 768 Ante- lope Blvd., into transitional housing for a more central- ized location for alterna- tive custody inmates that at present occupy 12 beds in two separate houses. "The county has begun discussions and reached consensus today to more forward with the plans," Te- hama County Chief Admin- istrator Bill Goodwin said at a Nov. 17 informational pre- sentation during a Red Bluff City Council meeting. When the county leases a property within city bound- aries it is exempt from zon- ing requirements, but is given a chance to comment on any new uses, City Man- ager Richard Crabtree said at the meeting. While the city will lose Transient Occupancy Tax revenue from the deal, it will still receive property tax since the county is only leasing the property, Crab- tree said. The building is near the Tehama District Fairground, one sites where a crew of al- ternative custody inmates works, and the AB-109 au- tobody shop, and will allow for all the beds to be in one location, Chief Probation Of- ficer Richard Muench said. The program now has 12 beds at a cost of $55,000 a year, whereas the new one, expected to open in Febru- ary 2016, will house 42 with a cost of about $200,000, Muench said. The funding will be spread amongst sev- eral departments and in- clude funds from subleas- ing part of the property to the Church Without Walls. Staff has been asked to pre- pare a fiscal plan for a three- year pilot program. Alternative custody in- mates will make up about half of the number of beds with the other part to be subleased to other county departments and the Church Without Walls, which will provide case management staff to oversee those in its program. Sue Harms will serve as the case manager. "The intent is to have someone on campus 24 hours," Muench said. "It will give an opportunity for tran- sitional housing to include up to four months stay so they can seek employment and become taxpayers. The idea is if you change addic- tion you can change crimi- nality. It's easy to stay clean and sober for 30 days at a facility, but afterwards it is typical to return to the same environment with the same people." Partners in the venture include the Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Te- hama County Health Ser- vices Agency Alcohol and Drug Division, Tehama County Public Guardian and Tehama County Mental Health, Muench said. Those who are chosen to be in the housing will be carefully screened ahead of time and are "folks who are least likely to be repeat of- fenders, have been vetted and gone through the pro- gram through a certain level of commitment," Muench said. The new housing will al- low for women, who make up 1 in 10 alternative cus- tody inmates, to be housed. SPORTSMAN LODGE MOTEL WILL BECOME TRANSITIONAL HOUSING JULIE ZEEB - DAILY NEWS Tehama County is looking to lease the Sportsman Lodge, 768Antelope Blvd., to turn it into transitional housing for alternative custody inmates and other county departments. M/cloudy High: Low: 59 42 PAGE B8 Chargedwitharson in Stonybrook Drive fire By Scott Smith The Associated Press FRESNO California's latest water conservation may not appear as impressive as in past months, but a state official said that residents are ex- ceeding a long-term order to save water during drought. The State Water Resources Control Board is expected Tuesday to reveal how much water cit- ies conserved in October. For a fifth straight month, Californians have been under an order by Gov. Jerry Brown to con- serve 25 percent compared with the same pe- riod of 2013, the year before Brown declared a drought emergency. Felicia Marcus, board's chairwoman, would not reveal the October conservation figures be- fore the formal release. In September, Califor- nians reduced water use by 26 percent, just above the mandate. Marcus blamed October's exceptionally warm temperatures. But she added that because the mandated savings began in June, California is meeting its 25 percent target considering several months altogether. "I think people have gotten the message," Mar- cus said. "Californians are continuing to under- stand that they need to save water." The state reported last month that California is more than halfway toward its conservation goal for the period ending in February. Statewide cut- backs amounted to 27 percent in August, 31 per- cent in July and 27 percent in June. In September, state officials for the first time fined four water suppliers for failing to meet their individual conservation targets. Beverly Hills, In- dio, Redlands and the Coachella Valley Water Dis- trict were each fined $61,000. Continued viola- tions could lead to a cease and desist order with DROUGHT Official: State water savings take a dip POVERTY PAGE 7 "The intent is to have someone on campus 24 hours. It will give an opportunity for transitional housing to include up to four months stay so they can seek employment and become taxpayers.." — Richard Muench, chief probation officer HOUSING PAGE 7 WATER PAGE 7 » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, December 2, 2015 50CENTS AN EDITION OF THE CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD Online Find more news on our website. redbluffdailynews.com RED BLUFF Spartans named to All League teams Sports B1 CHAMBER Christmas breakfast set for Dec. 10 Business A4 LiketheDailyNews on Facebook and stay in the loop on local news, sports and more. VISITFACEBOOK.COM/ RBDAILYNEWS LIKEUSON FACEBOOK Volume131,issue9 7 58551 69001 9