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BUSINESS U DowJonesIndustrial 16,016.02(+27.94) U Standard & Poor's 1881.33 (+1.00) D Nasdaq 4476.95 (-11.47) Have a great day, Kenneth Robison. GOOD MORNING! Check out what's going on in your neighborhood and the community. PAGE A2 LOCAL CALENDAR TheAssociatedPress SAN FRANCISCO Still recover- ing from a weekend storm that caused rockslides and battered its coastline, California got hit Tuesday with more heavy rain and snow. The National Weather Service issued flood advisories for the Sacramento region and the Cen- tral California coast. Forecaster Steve Anderson said San Fran- cisco had received more than an inch of rain by the afternoon, when the precipitation tapered off to scattered showers. The front was expected to bring little or no precipitation to most of the southern half of the state. Light rain reached as far south as southern Santa Barbara County, but most of the precipi- tation fell from San Luis Obispo County northward, the weather WEATHER WetJanuary continues in California with latest storm By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF A Tehama County man accused of shooting at his girlfriend and her son was sched- uled Tuesday to be back in court for a status conference hearing at 1:15 p.m. Feb. 16 in department three of the Tehama County Su- perior Court. The defendant, James Pulizz- ano, 41, was arrested and booked into Tehama County Jail on Oct. 24, 2015 when it was reported that he had been arguing with his girlfriend and had threatened to kill her. Pulizzano is a felon and report- edly pulled out a revolver and started shooting at his girlfriend, according to Tehama County Dis- trict Attorney Gregg Cohen's of- fice. The victim's son was in the direct line of the fire, although neither the girlfriend nor her son were hurt. Pulizzano reportedly missed both victims but riddled the COURT Conference hearing set in attempted murder case By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter CORNING The City Council voted Monday unanimously in favor of the purposed half-cent increase in sale tax to be placed on the No- vember ballot to increase general fund revenues in the next fiscal year. The sales tax measure would generate an estimated $1 million in the first year and around $1.12 million in subsequent years, ac- cording to estimates from Hinder- liter, de Llamas and Associates, said City Manager Kristina Miller. A consumer would pay an ad- ditional penny for every $2 pur- chase, Miller said. The revenue generated from the half-cent sales tax bump could go to sup- port the fire department, po- lice department, street improve- ments throughout the city and in- frastructure to support economic development. All decisions on what the rev- enue would be spent on in each department would go to the City Council for deliberation and ac- tion. The council discussed the var- ious budget savings options that the General Fund Ad-Hoc Com- mittee presented at the Dec. 8, 2015 council meeting. The four options included gathering input from the Fire Chief, Police Chief and the Pub- lic Works Director regarding how they would be able to modify their budgets to reduce them, consoli- date dispatch centers, initiate a ballot measure for supplemental general sales tax and contract out for police and fire dispatch ser- vices. The city voted in a back up plan if the sales tax measure is not passed by voters. The plan would be to negotiate and contract out to Cal Fire and Tehama County Sheriff's Department for their dis- patch services only. This option would result in the loss of nearly nine jobs from the two dispatch centers. The city is unable to promote or push for a measure to be passed, but residents who are interested can start a committee to ensure the measure gets attention. The benefits of the sales tax in- CITY COUNCIL Corningtoputsalestaxhikeonballot By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter REDBLUFF The driver of a big rig that jack- knifed about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday on south- bound Interstate 5 was taken to St. Eliza- beth Community Hospital with minor in- juries. The crash took place between the Sac- ramento River Bridge and the Diamond Avenue off-ramp and . Antonio Meza, 50, of Stockton was driving south in the left lane about 60 mph when for undetermined reasons he allowed the vehicle to drift left where it hit a bridge rail, causing the semi to jack-knife, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said. The vehicle traveled in a southwest di- rection across the freeway and down the embankment before colliding with a pe- rimeter fence. The fuel tank of the big rig was rup- tured and roughly 4-5 gallons were spilled, the spokesman said. The owners of the truck contacted Ben's Trucking to provide cleanup. According to the CHP traffic website, the hazardous material was contained by about 9 a.m. and cones and tape had been put up around the area of the crash. The Office of Emergency Services was notified of the diesel spill, including that there was a storm drain in the area. The tow company had the truck towed around 12:30 p.m., but at 12:35 p.m. the road was still shut down on Brearcliffe Drive. A portion of Brearcliffe was closed just before 10 a.m. to help with the recov- ery of the truck. An accident took place in the same area, but on the northbound side north of the Sacramento River Bridge on Jan. 5. The driver, Wendi Vaillette, 38, of Red Bluff was not injured. Vaillette was driving a 2013 Honda Civic with low tread on the tire, hit a puddle and spun out, hitting the con- crete wall of the bridge abutment, a CHP spokesman said. The Honda lost traction on the wet surface and Vaillette lost con- trol of the vehicle, which was in the right lane. CHP Officer Matt Szychulda who re- sponded to the big rig crash said there have been more crashes than usual lately with the rainy weather. The majority have been caused by driv- ing too fast or having inadequate tread depth on a tire. CRASH BIG RIG JACKKNIFES ON I-5 IN RED BLUFF JULIE ZEEB - DAILY NEWS Emergency personnel responded to a big rig that jackknifed about 5:30a.m. Tuesday on southbound Interstate 5between the Sacramento River bridge and the Diamond Avenue off-ramp. Community.....A3 Business .........A4 Food.................B4 Lifestyles........A5 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. B1 INDEX The vehicle plowed into safety barrels and flipped on its side, killing two women and injuring at least eight others. PAGE B6 GREYHOUND Busdriversaidhewas tired before fatal crash A California union began sub- mitting signatures for a ballot initiative asking voters to raise minimum wage. PAGE A8 UNIONS Signatures send for $15 minimum wage push Councilorsvoteforhalf-centincreasetoshoreupgeneralfundrevenues M/cloudy High: Low: 59 43 PAGE B8 TAX PAGE 7 HEARING PAGE 7 WET PAGE 7 Fuel tank ruptured and several gallons of fuel spilled; driver treated for minor injuries CHP Officer Matt Szychulda who responded to the big rig crash said there have been more crashes than usual lately with the rainy weather. The majority have been caused by driving too fast or having inadequate tread depth on a tire. ยป redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, January 20, 2016 50CENTS AN EDITION OF THE CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD Online See more news on our website. redbluffdailynews.com CattleWomen's Corner Beef chili Carnivale recipe for Superbowl Community A3 Red Bluff Chamber It's your time to shine at the business expo Business A4 FollowtheDailyNews on Twitter to keep pace with breaking news and events @REDBLUFFNEWS FOLLOWUS ONTWITTER Volume131,issue44 7 58551 69001 9