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Medi-Cal as payment or bill Medi-Cal for services. Medi-Cal clients should be seen by their primary care physician whenever possible. Tehama County Health Services Agency does not accept debit and credit card payments. Payments are due at the time of service and can be made in the form of cash or personal checks. Fees FROMPAGE1 Borgatello:SueG.Bor- gatello, 94, of Red Bluff died Sunday, Jan. 3at Brookdale in Red Bluff. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Courtney: Myrna Carol Courtney, 94, of Red Bluff died Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015at Mercy Medi- cal Center in Redding. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Debus: Carol Debus, 73, of Los Molinos died Tuesday, Dec. 22at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Cremation & Burial. Published Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Fitzhenry: Mary Patricia Fitzhenry, 67, of Reno, Nevada died Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015in Reno. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Kraisinger: Margaret Esther Kraisinger, 92, of Red Bluff died Sunday, Jan. 3at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Phillips: Beverlie Jeanne Phillips, 85, of Red Bluff died Saturday, Jan. 2at her home. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Crema- tions & Burial Service. Published Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Death notices must be 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 PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. Thankyou! By Amy Taxin and Justin Pritchard The Associated Press SAN BERNARDINO Behind a chain-link fence and un- der heavy security, work- ers on Monday returned to their offices at the San Ber- nardino campus where 14 people died last month in a massacre. Inland Regional Cen- ter employees flashed their identification badges to se- curity guards who ush- ered them into a parking lot surrounded by a mesh- wrapped fence as dozens of news reporters stood out- side. Since the attack, few em- ployees of the center that serves autistic children and mentally disabled adults have gone to the office, other than for brief visits to gather personal belongings. Melvin Anderson, who helps transport the center's clients, was trying to figure out where he could turn in paperwork to get paid. The last time he did that — as he does each month — was the day before the Dec. 2 ter- ror attack at a holiday lun- cheon for county employees. The gathering was held in a building on the gleaming campus. "It's scary, really scary, but we as Americans just have to face what's going on and try to move on," An- derson said. "We've got to pull ourselves together, and we've got to go on." Many of the center's roughly 600 employees have continued to work and visited their clients' homes over the past month. But they hadn't been together in the place where everything froze since law enforcement officers whisked them away after the gunfire. Amid the investigation and cleanup, the campus has been locked behind the temporary fence. Within that perimeter, in one cor- ner, is a second fence. It seals the conference center that San Bernardino Coun- ty's health department was renting for the holiday lun- cheon when the two shoot- ers began their assault. A county restaurant in- spector targeting his co- workers was joined by his wife in killing 14 and injur- ing dozens in the attack. They were motivated by radical Islamist beliefs, ac- cording to the FBI. The conference building did not reopen Monday, and it's unclear when it might. In the afternoon, a me- morial service for victims of the shooting was planned for county employees so they can mourn together. At the center, staff mem- bers have missed each oth- er's friendly faces and hall- way chit chat, said Lavinia Johnson, the executive di- rector. They yearn to re- new a sense of stability at an institution unmoored by violence. "Most of us are relieved to be back at work. We want to continue with the nor- malcy, and we miss each other very much," she told reporters. "We want to en- sure that our staff feels safe and secure as they work in their offices." A welcome and food were planned for returning em- ployees. Professional coun- selors were being made available for workers who wanted them. "It may take a day or two for most people," said Kevin Urtz, the center's associate director. "There's no blue- print for this kind of thing, and everybody is going to react to it differently." Both Johnson and Urtz have worked for more than 25 years at the center, which with nearly 31,000 disabled clients in the working-class sprawl east of Los Angeles is the largest of 21 in Cal- ifornia. It is a vital com- munity resource in a place where about one-third of households live below the poverty line. As the workers drove into the parking lot, 41-year-old client Ron Pollakoff held a sign farther down the road showing his support for a place he said has helped him with housing and other services. He said he knew one of the victims, and was re- lieved to learn the worker who handles his case was alright. "I'm still shocked over all of this," he said. "I'm just glad that so many came out of this unscathed." Contact Amy Taxin at http://twitter.com/ataxin or Justin Pritchard at http://twitter.com/ lalanewsman. MASS SHOOTING Workers return to San Bernardino offices following deadly massacre The Associated Press LOS ANGELES A leaking natural gas well under a Los Angeles neighborhood lacked a working safety valve, raising questions about how the facility was maintained. Southern California Gas Co. confirms to the Los An- geles Times that its well at Porter Ranch did not have a deep subsurface valve. Spokeswoman Melissa Bai- ley tells the newspaper such a valve was not required by law. Attorneys for residents suing SoCal Gas say the company failed to replace the safety valve when it was removed in 1979. Attorney Brian Panish says the valve may not have prevented the leak, but it would have stopped the continued re- lease of fumes. The leak, already several months old, has forced the relocation of several thou- sand residents who say the stench made them sick. It could be another month be- fore it's fixed. Information from: Los Angeles Times, http:// www.latimes.com/ NEIGHBORHOOD Leaking natural gas well lacked working safety valve By Sudhin Thanawala The Associated Press SAN QUENTIN With execu- tions on hold in California and a death penalty appeals process that can take years, many inmates on the na- tion's largest death row say they spend little time wor- rying about the lethal injec- tion that may one day kill them. "It's almost like it's not even a real punishment for a lot of people," said Charles Crawford at San Quen- tin State Prison, where the vast majority of the state's nearly 750 condemned in- mates are held. Crawford, who has been at San Quentin since 2002 for killing two people, spoke during a rare tour by prison officials of death row and the death chamber, with its sea green gurney where ex- ecutions by lethal injection would take place if they re- sumed. The tour on Tuesday came as the state considers a one- drug execution protocol to replace a three-drug method that a federal judge inval- idated in 2006 as a poten- tially cruel and unusual pun- ishment. Votersin2016mayalsoget a chance to weigh in on com- peting death penalty mea- sures — one would scrap capital punishment, and the other would speed up execu- tions by providing inmates with more appellate lawyers and faster appeals. "By the time they get to me, I'm going to be dead anyway," said Charles Case, 75, who killed two people at a bar during a robbery. Case was alone in a cell behind a mesh door in the musty, five-tier East Block, where most death row in- mates are housed. Many of the cells were dark, their oc- cupantsquietlylyingontheir beds. A sign outside Case's cell indicated his "kosher" meal preference. Since 1978, California has executed 13 people. More than 90 other inmates have died of natural causes or sui- cide, according to prison of- ficials. The 10th anniversary of the state's last execution is Jan. 17. Case describedSanQuen- tin as the "worst place he's ever been," and said after 19 years there, he was ready to die. "Don't abolish the death penalty, fix it," he said, sit- ting on an overturned white bucket while typing a letter to his attorney. A few cells down, Rich- ard Hirschfield, said he, too, would likely die before his execution. Hirschfield was convicted in 2012 of kidnapping and murdering 18-year-old col- lege sweethearts and sexu- ally assaulting the woman. He is in his late 60s and said he is diabetic. East Block inmates re- ceive a minimum of 10 hours of recreation time a week in a yard that includes heavy bags and basketball courts, San Quentin spokesman Lt. Sam Robinson said. They can also communicate with neighboring inmates. Hirschfield said he elects to spend his days in his cell and keep to himself. He grabbed his cell bars and pulled himself up from his bed, demonstrating one of the exercises he said he does to try to stay fit. Inmates described their lives as monotonous, spent reading or watching the news or other programs on small televisions that prison officials say must be pur- chased. Most said they were innocent and declined to talk about their convictions. PRISONS State grants rare look inside largest death row NICK UT — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A chain-link fence is in place as workers return to work at the Inland Regional Center for the first time since a Dec. 2 attack killed 14people, in San Bernardino on Monday. BEN MARGOT — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A sign warning that no warning shots will be fired is seen on a recreation yard near death row at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin. The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO The Cal- ifornia Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for a non-binding state ballot measure asking voters for their opinions on corporate donations in political cam- paigns. The court upheld the le- gality of Proposition 49, a measure backed by the state Legislature that had been slated for the 2014 ballot. It would have asked voters whether Congress should propose an amend- ment overturning a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision known as Citizens United that lifted many restric- tions on corporate spend- ing in elections. The Howard Jarvis Tax- payers Association had chal- lenged the legality of Prop- osition 49 CALIFORNIA State high court OKs advisory vote on Citizens United FRANCESMILEY March 19, 1922 ~ December 29, 2015 Frances Ellen Miley, 93, of Chico passed away on Dec 29, 2015. She was born in Priest River ID on Mar 19, 1922 to William and Catherine Krueger. She dedicated her life to children as a teacher, principal, and tutor at Mercy High School in Red Bluff, CA. Frankie retired then moved to Chico, CA. with her husband Tom to be close to fami- ly. Preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Miley (Hus- band of 65 years), two brothers Clement and Harold and a sister Lucille. She is survived by her daughters Cheryl Miley Tarter (Bruce), Debbie Joy Miley (Carol), and son David Miley (Judy). Four grandchildren Eric Newport, Marc Newport, Jessica Miley and Melissa Miley-Edwards (Justin) and two great-grandchildren Paige and Everette Newport; brothers Bill Krueger (Marilyn) , Earl Krueger, and sisters Helen Mahoney and Cathy Watson (Dick) and numerous nieces and nephews. Teaching was a passion for Frances, and she felt honor- ed to be an important part of her students' lives. It wasn't only her family and friends that loved her, but also the hundreds of students that she had the opportunity to teach and mentor. She taught her family and friends many things as well. She taught us to love by seeing her be a wonderful wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother and friend. Everyone who knew her was blessed to have Frankie in their lives. Frankie cherished everyone and in turn it was easy for others to cherish her. She was sweet, kind-hearted, pa- tient, and selfless. She had a quick wit and sense of hu- mor with which people loved to surround themselves. Frankie will be greatly missed. A memorial mass will be held at Our Divine Savior Cath- olic Church, at 566 East Lassen Ave. Chico Ca, at 11 am on January 9, 2016. Charitable donations can be made to St Jude Hospital or Butte Home Hospice or favorite Charity under the direc- tion of Brusie Funeral Home, Chico, CA. Online condolinances can be sent to www.bruisefh.com. JOHN CHARLES BLOOD June 14, 1945 ~ December 29, 2015 John Charles Blood passed away peacefully at home December 29, 2015 from a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. John was born and raised in Sacramento then moving to Los Molinos in 2001. He was a retired truck driver. John is survived by his wife of 15 years Karen, mother Bonita Blood, Sacramento; sister Judy McDermott, Sacra- mento; daughters Rebecca Blood-Wachsmuth (Don), Paradise, Jennifer Anderson (Rob), Los Molinos; grand- children, Kiley Wilson, Cooper Anderson, Zoey Anderson, Los Molinos, Dani Anderson, Montgomery, LA, father and mother in-law Norman and Beverly Pierro, Los Molinos; brother in-law Darrell Pierro, Chico; sisters in-law Kathy Adams (Michael), WY, Diane Gipson (Ben) Red Bluff, many nieces and nephews. John is preceded in death by his father Fred Blood, brother Robert Blood and granddaughter Kayla Blood. John enjoyed his woodworking, yard work and travel- ing, but most of all spending time with his grandchildren. Christmas was his favorite time of year. Private services are pending. Bruise funeral home is in charge of arrangements. 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