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ByHeatherHoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF Tehama County's unemployment rate has risen 0.4 percent from 6.6 percent to 7 per- cent in November, according to numbers released Friday by the Employment Development De- partment. In the county there are 25,650 people in the labor work force, down 640 people in a month. Of those, 23,840 people are em- ployed and 1,800 people are un- employed. Unemployed persons are up 50 from October. The size of the labor force has gone down 2.4 percent since Octo- ber and is down 0.1 percent since November of 2014. All industries have decreased in the number of jobs from Oc- tober, down 3.4 percent or down 640 jobs, from 19,000 to 18,360 jobs. In November of 2014 the to- tal industries were up 2.1 percent. No industries have shown growth since last month. The three with the biggest decrease in jobs includes Total Farms, at a de- crease of 16.4 percent, Construc- tion, at a decrease of 12.5 percent and the Federal Government, at a decrease of 12 percent. Total Farms went from 2,440 jobs in October to 2,040 jobs. Employers with the most job ads for the month of November included Walmart, St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Tehama County Health Services Agency, Burger King and Gordon Truck- ing. Occupations with the most job ads included heavy and tractor- trailer truck drivers, occupational therapists, registered nurses, general maintenance and repair workers and first line supervisors of food prep and service workers. Tehama County's rate of un- employment is ranked 34th out of the 58 counties in the state. That is up two spots from Octo- ber, when the county was ranked 36th. The unemployment rates for nearby counties are Glenn at 7.7 percent, Shasta at 7.1 percent and Butte County at 6.7 percent. All have increased in unemployment since October. San Mateo County has the low- est unemployment rate at 3.1 per- cent. Marin and San Francisco counties follow with 3.3 and 3.4 percent respectively. The counties with the highest unemployment rate remained Imperial County at 20.4 percent, Colusa County at 15.5 percent and Tulare County at 11.1 percent. UNEMPLOYMENT Joblessrate increases in November By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF The Planning Com- mission Tuesday approved a res- olution permitting the building at 925 Walnut St. to become the Restpadd Psychiatric Health Fa- cility. The facility approved is a 16- bed, 24-hour, non medical care fa- cility that will serve youth ages 13-17 and adults. The facility is intended to be an in-patient re- habilitation for mentally ill pa- tients and persons needing psy- chosocial evaluations. A typical stay for patients will be three to five days and will be on a referral basis, said Scott Friend, Community Development director. The Tehama County Health De- partment will refer and transport patients to Restpadd after being medically cleared in a hospital or medical facility, Friend said. Other agencies may transfer pa- tients as well. "A housing facility like this could be very beneficial for the county and I fully recommend this," said Valerie Lucero, ex- ecutive director of the Tehama County Health Services Agency. The existing building will have some upgrades done to the out- side but the main renovations will be done inside the building, Friend said. There are certain requirements to buildings that house people that will be met with those renovations. The building covers the en- tire lot so no off-street parking is available. The only people that would need parking are the em- ployees, as patients would not come by way of their own cars. There would be no visitation at the facility. The owner of Scoops Ice Cream on Walnut Street, Frank Ferreira, had concerns about people from the facility using his business' parking lot. Businesses that have been at that location previously have taken over his parking lot many times before. Ferreira said this facility was needed, but should be located elsewhere. A discussion occurred over the lack of outside space when it comes to having a trash bin for the facility. A inside trash bin that can be rolled out on trash day was suggested as well as us- ing neighboring businesses' trash bins. If problems arise from using these businesses' bins, the build- ing owner of the facility will be responsible for working out an- PLANNING COMMISSION CommissionOKspsychiatricfacility By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF A Christmas Star Wars Display, a labor of love for a 90-year-old mother, has gone up on Chestnut Avenue, con- tinuing a tradition that began in 1998. "We used to do the display with my dad, Jacob Gable, every year since 1998 until he passed away," Nancy Gabel Zirkle said. "We pick a different theme ev- ery year and after he passed away my brother and I contin- ued the tradition." The family, especially the grandchildren, loves Star Wars, which made this year's display a perfect fit with the new movie coming out, Zirkle said. Zirkle and her brother Bill put the display up and her granddaughter Shelby helped them procure a bit of Star Wars Christmas music to help add to the display, which contains an 18-foot Millennium Falcon star ship with Santa on the roof. There's also Yoda in a Christ- mas hat along with other char- acters from the movie. The brother and sister duo create the display for their 90-year-old mother, Doris Gabel. "We do a life-size nativity scene every few years, but that's the only repeat," Zirkle said. "The first year we did Chip- munks and then another year we made the entire Sesame Street backdrop. We've done Disney and a carousel theme. It's also a family effort. We do this for our neighborhood and for fun." Every year, the display is kept secret until it is completely ready, Zirkle said. This year it took three tarpaulins to cover it while construction was taking place and her grandchildren, who attend Berrendos Middle School, were getting questions from everyone on what the dis- play might be. "Everyone thought it was going to be a carousel," Zirkle said. "It's a lot of fun when ev- eryone's guessing what it will be." The display at Doris Gabel's house, 106 Chestnut Ave., will be lit up by 5 or 5:30 each eve- ning and will stay up until New Year's Day. RED BLUFF STAR WARS CHRISTMAS DISPLAY A LABOR OF LOVE JULIEZEEB—DAILYNEWS A Star Wars Christmas display created by Bill Gabel and Nancy Gabel-Zirkle will be up for the public to view through New Years Day at 106 Chestnut Ave. Community.....A3 Lifestyles........A4 A&E..................A5 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. B1 Daily Break......B3 Index............... ## INDEX Forecasters warned of a "particularly dangerous situa- tion" as a storm system swept across the country. 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