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If you believe a factual error has been made in a news story, call 737-5042. Corrections The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO The on- going deluge of storms in Northern California has swelled lakes and dams, boosting the prospects for outdoor recreation but likely falling short of end- ing the drought. Heavy rain hit the region north of San Francisco on Thursday with four inches expected by Friday, the National Weather Service said. In Santa Rosa, the storm caused a partial roof collapse at a Kmart store. No injuries were reported. The water level at Loch Lomond Reservoir in Santa Cruz County, which had been closed for the past three years, rose so fast that the lake was re- opened for the weekend, the San Francisco Chron- icle reported. The lake was about 85 percent full and climbing. In Marin County, La- gunitas, Bon Tempe, Al- pine, Kent, Phoenix, Soula- jule and Nicasio lakes are 100 percent full. Of the big reservoirs, Shasta rose three feet last weekend and is 63 percent full. The water in Lake Oro- ville has climbed 20 feet in the past week after hitting a near-record low in De- cember. "We were down in the mud, Oroville Marina gen- eral manager John Prieto told abc10. "We became the face of the drought. So people on the one hand got to hear about Lake Oro- ville, hear about where it was and why it was so im- portant. Hopefully they'll come back now that the water's here and see it in a whole new light." Water was released from Sugar Pine Reservoir after the latest storm. A body was recovered Wednesday from a car that plunged into a rain-swollen creek south of the reservoir. Workers have opened Fol- som Dam's three floodgates for the first time since 2012. Still, nearly all the state's major reservoirs hold far less water than average for this time of year, the Department of Water Re- sources said. In Southern Califor- nia, the sun was shining Thursday, but rain was expected by Friday. In ad- dition, a Pacific storm sys- tem was headed for Cen- tral California. The snow level was expected to drop to around 5,000 feet in the mountains. In the Sierra, winds on Thursday were gusting up to 80 mph ahead of a win- ter storm expected to bring more than 2 feet of snow to the highest elevations west of Reno this weekend. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch Friday for the Lake Tahoe area effec- tive Saturday afternoon through Monday morning. Water experts have said that one wet year won't be enough to end the drought, given the water deficit from the driest four-year period on record. The Sierra snowpack, which normally stores about 30 percent of Califor- nia's water supply, was only 83 percent of the March 1 average. Information from: San Francisco Chronicle, http://www.sfgate.com WEATHER Rain swells lakes, dams in Northern California ERIC RISBERG — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Three women run and laugh in the rain as they begin to cross the Golden Gate Bridge on Thursday in Sausalito. 58 counties in the state. All industries decreased in the number of jobs from December 2015, down 0.9 percent or 150 jobs from 17,250 to 17,100. The industry with the biggest decrease in a month was mining and logging, down 14.3 per- cent. Total farms had the biggest increase in jobs from December 2015 at 15.3 percent. The unemployment rates for nearby counties are Glenn at 9.5 percent, Shasta at 8 percent and Butte at 7.3 percent. All have increased unemploy- ment rates since Decem- ber 2015. San Mateo remains the county with the lowest unemployment rate at 3.1 percent. Following at sec- ond and third lowest by Marin County at 3.2 per- cent and San Francisco County at 3.3 percent. The counties with the highest unemployment rates for January included Colusa at 22.4 percent, Im- perial at 19.2 percent and Plumas at 13.9 percent. All three also have increases in unemployment since De- cember. The state's unemploy- ment rate increased by 0.1 percent from 5.7 percent to 5.8 percent in a month. In the state there are 18,948,200 people in the labor work force. Of those, 17,840,800 people are em- ployed and 1,107,400 people are unemployed. That rep- resents 15,800 more people unemployed in January. The nation's unemploy- ment rate for January has risen to 5.3 percent from 4.8 percent. Labor FROM PAGE 1 FollowusonTwitterandFacebookforupdatesandmore. By Jonathan J. Cooper The Associated Press SACRAMENTO California lawmakers voted Thursday to raise the smoking age from 18 to 21, approving a measure that would make the nation's most populous state only the second to put legal tobacco products out of the reach of most teen- agers. Before it can become law, Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown must sign the legis- lation, which has already passed the state Assembly. Hisspokesmansaidthegov- ernor generally does not comment on pending leg- islation. Only Hawaiihas adopted the higher age limit state- wide, although dozens of cities, including New York and San Francisco, have passed their own laws. "We can prevent count- less California youth from becoming addicted to this deadly drug, save billions of dollars in direct health care costs and, most im- portantly, save lives," said Democratic Sen. Ed Her- nandez, who wrote the bill. The package of anti-to- bacco bills would also re- strict electronic cigarettes, which are increasingly pop- ular and not regulated by the federal government. The higher age limit won approval despite in- tense lobbying from to- bacco interests and fierce opposition from many Re- publicans, who said the state should butt out of people's personal health decisions, even if they are harmful. The six bills that passed both houses represented California's most substan- tial anti-tobacco effort in nearly two decades, accord- ing to the American Cancer Society. "With California having such a huge population, it's going to be very impactful nationwide," said Cathy Callaway, associate direc- tor of state and local cam- paigns for the society. Advocates noted that the vast majority of smok- ers start before they are 18, according to data from the U.S. surgeon general. Mak- ing it illegal for 18-year-old high school students to buy tobacco for their underage friends will make it more difficult for teens to get the products, they said. Opponents said Amer- ican law and custom has long accepted that people can make adult decisions on their 18th birthday and live with the consequences. Eighteen-year-olds can reg- ister to vote, join the mil- itary, sign legally binding contracts, consent to sex and do just about any legal activity besides buying al- cohol. In response, Democrats changed the bill to allow members of the military to continue buying cigarettes at 18. "You can commit a fel- ony when you're 18 years old and for the rest of your life, be in prison," Assem- bly Republican Leader Chad Mayes said. "And yet you can't buy a pack of cig- arettes." Another bill would clas- sify e-cigarettes, or "vap- ing" devices, as tobacco products subject to the same restrictions on who can purchase them and where they can be used. The Food and Drug Ad- ministration has proposed regulations for e-ciga- rettes, but none has taken effect. Anti-tobacco groups fear that vaporizers are enticing to young people and may encourage them to eventu- ally take up smoking. "All the progress we've made since 1965 to ed- ucate people about the hazards of smoking may be for naught as vaping has started a new gener- ation of nicotine junkies that will be helplessly ad- dicted and will ultimately graduate to smoking can- cer sticks," said Sen. Jeff Stone, a Republican. Others say the devices are a less harmful, tar-free alternative to cigarettes. They have not been exten- sively studied, and there is no scientific consensus on their risks. A vaping industry group, the Smoke-Free Alterna- tives Industry Group, urged Brown to veto the bill, say- ing in a letter that it could pose problems for vape shops. "The stigma of be- ing equated with tobacco has many negative conse- quences," the group wrote. The bills would also ex- pand smoke-free areas to include bars, workplace break rooms, small busi- nesses, warehouses and hotel lobbies and meet- ing rooms. Smoking bans would apply at more schools, including char- ter schools, and counties would be able to raise their own cigarette taxes beyond the state's levy of $0.87 per pack. The legislation would take effect 90 days after the governor signs it. CALIFORNIA Lawmakers approve raising smoking age to 21 "I'm not interested in be- ing politically correct. I'm interested in being cor- rect." The Florida senator noted the Muslims in the U.S. military and buried in Arlington National Ceme- tery and said the only way to solve the problem of vi- olent extremists is to work with people in the Muslim faith who are not radicals. Cruz bundled together his criticisms of Trump for what he called simplis- tic solutions on trade and on Islamic terrorists, say- ing, "The answer is not to simply yell, 'China: bad, Muslim: bad." Trump, though, clearly was intent on projecting a less bombastic — and more presidential — image. His closing message: "Be smart and unify." "We're all in this to- gether," he said early on, sounding more like a con- ciliator than a provoca- teur as he strives to unify the party behind his candi- dacy. "We're going to come up with solutions. We're going to find the answer to things." The candidates split down the middle — Trump and Texas Sen. Cruz vs. Florida Sen. Rubio and Ohio Gov. John Kasich — on the likelihood and im- plications of the GOP race coming down to a bro- kered Republican conven- tion this summer. "I think I'm going to have the delegates, OK?" Trump said. As for who has a realis- tic chance of winning the nomination, Trump sim- ply wrote off Rubio and Kasich, saying, "There are two of us that can, and there are two of us that cannot, OK?" Cruz heartily agreed with Trump on that. Rubio countered that disappointing "delegate math" aside, he'd keep on fighting. Kasich, for his part, said itwouldn'tbesobadtohave a contested convention. He added there are plenty of primaries left so "let's not get ahead of ourselves." Trump's rivals, in a des- perate scramble to halt his march to the nomination, gradually ramped up their criticism as the night wore on. Rubio'soverarchingmes- sage: "I know that a lot of people find appeal in the things Donald says. The problem is presidents can't just say anything they want because it has conse- quences around the world." Cruz, eager to cement his position as the par- ty's last best alternative to Trump, had a string of criticisms of the GOP front-runner, too, saying flatly at one point: "His so- lutions don't work." Trump refused to take the bait when Cruz repeat- edly poked at his foreign policy positions and at one point lumped Trump with Hillary Clinton and John Kerry in supporting the Obama administration's Iran nuclear deal. Trump's restrained re- sponse: "If Ted was listen- ing, he would have heard me say something very similar" to what Cruz had said about the failings of the deal. In a meaty discussion of Social Security, Cruz and Rubio both said they'd gradually raise the retire- ment age for younger work- ers to help stabilize the sys- tem and stave off financial disaster for the system. Trump, in contrast, said he'd do "everything within my power not to touch So- cial Security, to leave it the way it is." On that issue, the GOP front-runner couldn't re- sist taking a dig at the Democrats, saying he'd been watching them in- tensely on such issues —"even though it's a very, very boring thing to watch" — and that they weren't doing anything on Social Security. Trump was questioned about whether he had set a tone at his rallies that fu- eled violent encounters be- tween supporters and pro- testers. "Itrulyhopenot,"hesaid, but added that many of his supportershave"angerthat is unbelievable" about how thecountryisbeingrunand thatsomeofprotesterswere "bad dudes." President Barack Obama, offering politi- cal commentary from the sidelines, said earlier in the day the party was go- ing through a "Republican crackup" that had taken on the tone of a "circus." He blamed the GOP itself for fostering the idea "that co- operation or compromise somehow is a betrayal." Debate FROM PAGE 3 RICH PEDRONCELLI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Ed Hernandez, D-Azusa, uses a smartphone to record the vote of his measure to raise the smoking age from 18to 21, at the Capitol on Thursday in Sacramento. FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2016 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A