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TheAssociatedPress RENO, NEV. The latest storm to hit the Sierra Nevada re- gion dropped a foot of snow on ski resorts around Lake Tahoe on Wednesday, with a couple of inches in the valleys and freezing fog that caused dozens of crashes on slippery roads from Reno to Fallon about 60 miles east. The only potentially serious injury reported involved a man who was hospitalized Wednes- day after his truck slid off Inter- state 80 near the Nevada-Califor- nia line and plunged several feet below into the Truckee River. His name was not released, and his condition was not immediately known, the California Highway Patrol said. Troopers were investigating the cause of that accident. "We don't really know the SKI RESORTS Stormdrops foot of snow around Tahoe; many crashes By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF The annual 2016 fis- cal assessment report was ap- proved Tuesday at the City Coun- cil meeting for the Downtown Red Bluff Parking and Business Improvement Area Association requiring businesses to continue to pay the yearly fee. The Downtown Red Bluff Busi- ness Association and the council held a public hearing to discuss a resolution that allows the asso- ciation to receive the assessment fees that all businesses in the as- sociation pay each year. The money goes to the im- provements of downtown. There are some improvements and ac- tivities carried out in the previ- ous year that will be continuing for this year with the help of the assessment money received. The association has had fi- nancial and organizational sup- port for various events including the Chili Cook Off during Round Up week, support for the Sum- mer Concert Series, Red Bluff CITY COUNCIL Annual association assessment report approved By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF The City Council ad- opted an ordinance Tuesday that prohibits marijuana cultivation, processing, delivery and dispen- saries in the City of Red Bluff, ef- fective in 30 days. Ordinance No. 1041 was first publicly heard at the Dec. 22, 2015 Red Bluff Planning Commission meeting with a three to one vote to recommend the ban to the city council; one commission member was absent. California cities and counties were given until March 1 to enact local legislation regulating mari- juana use in their communities, said Scott Friend, community de- velopment director, at the Decem- ber meeting. If the deadline is met the city will be allowed to regu- late medical marijuana at the lo- cal level. The city will then have the con- trol to change the ordinance, if needed, at any time. One resident came to the public hearing to discuss the ordinance's language. It should be changed to accommodate those with medical marijuana prescriptions that are delivered, he said. Although, the ordinance does state that those in the city limits can not have med- ical marijuana delivered, Police Chief Kyle Sanders said in a situ- ation like that the person will not be reprimanded. No one will be arrested for a violation of this ordinance, said Richard Crabtree, city manager. This is mainly so the city can pre- serve the right for control on the matter. Sanders added that there are numerous examples of marijuana activities that have lead to more intense criminal acts in the state, but he said the council doesn't have to look that far, it is right here in Tehama County. There are five suspects await- ing trial related to the issue of marijuana, Sanders said. In the last three months there was a child endangered by the use of marijuana and a person who was in possession of marijuana with a firearm as a felon. Homi- cides and kidnapping have oc- MARIJUANA CityOKsbanonmarijuana By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF Tehama County Public Works Director Gary Antone announced at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting that his department will be re- stocking sandbag locations dur- ing the remainder of the week. "We are preparing for dis- semination of sandbags," Anton said. "It will take a few days and will also depend on the severity of the storms that roll through the area. We watch the weather closely and will have the mate- rials placed at the various pick up locations as soon as needed." Sandbags and the sand to fill them will be available at the nor- mal locations which are as fol- lows: Los Molinos Corp Yard on Taft Street; Gerber Corp Yard on San Benito Avenue; Te- hama County Library on Madi- son Street; Corning Fire Station near city hall; and if necessary the Probation Day Reporting Center on Antelope Blvd. The information regarding sand and sandbag availability as well as road closures will be posted on the public works web- site: http://www.tehamacounty- publicworks.ca.gov/operations/ closures.html. The seasonal closure of Hall Road at Thomes Creek and Paskenta Road at Red Banks were the only ones listed Wednesday afternoon. Updates are posted as information is re- ceived, Antone said. Red Bluff has received al- most three inches of rain since storms begin with the National Weather Service website run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) listing 2.88 inches be- tween 4 p.m. Monday and 2 p.m. Wednesday. The California Ne- vada River Forecast Center web- site, also run by NOAA, showed Red Bluff had 0.81 of an inch in a 24-hour period with 0.46 of an inch between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Wednesday. Corning received a bit more rain with a 0.96 inch in 24 hours while nearby Black Butte had re- ceived 0.97 and Thomes Creek had 0.62. In the Cottonwood area monitors showed 24-hour precipitation in inches as fol- lows: Patty Mocus 0.37, Saddle Camp 0.16 and Davis Ranch 0.76. In Mineral: 0.57, Lassen Lodge 0.47 and Battle Ridge 0.24. The majority of Corning's 24- hour rainfall was received be- tween 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Wednes- day with 0.59 of an inch. During the same six-hour period mea- surements in inches were as fol- lows: Patty Mocus 0.09, Saddle Camp 0.03, Davis Ranch 0.44, Mineral 0.35, Lassen Lodge 0.11, Battle Ridge 0.04, Black Butte 0.44 and Thomes Creek 0.2. The rainfall comes just about a month after a Dec. 3 presenta- tion to the Tehama County Plan- ning Commission by Tehama County Flood Control and Water Resources Manager Ryan Teu- bert and Tehama County Envi- ronmental Health Director Tim Potanovic regarding water and wells issues. During Teubert's presenta- tion he used several slides of Department of Water Resources maps to illustrate the data he was presenting. "This is the fourth year of a pretty significant drought," Teu- bert said. "Most of the county is red, which is extreme drought." Maps showed the 2014-2015 precipitation, measured from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, was below the average for Tehama County, but still above what had fallen the previous year, he said. Even with lower amounts of rain in 2013- 2014, it was still "significantly more" than the lowest year re- corded in 1923-1924. It was well below the wetest year recorded, which was 1982-1983. California goes through cy- cles when it comes to rainfall, but even when there is an El Nino year, it doesn't always hit the whole West Coast. "There's been a lot of talk about El Nino with names like Bruce Lee and Godzilla thrown around," Teubert said. "Of the past six predicted, two were be- low average for the northstate TEHAMA COUNTY TEHAMA COUNTY PUTS OUT SANDBAGS DAILYNEWSFILEPHOTOS Corning residents Tim Devine, Cody Klarenbach, Jeremy Brown and Justin Launius work on filling sandbags across from the Corning Fire Department in November 2012. The group voluntarily filled bags so there would be some for those who are unable to do it themselves. The area across from the Corning Fire station is one of the county sites where sand and or bags will be available for those who need it. News................A2 Community.....A3 Lifestyles........A4 A&E..................A5 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. 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