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ByJulieZeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter COTTONWOOD The California Highway Patrol is holding an Ag- ing Well class from 9 a.m. to noon Monday and the public is invited to attend the event, which will be at the Lake California Com- munity Center, 19999 Lake Cal- ifornia Drive. The two-hour class is specifi- cally designed for senior drivers, CHP Public Information Officer Troy Somavia said. Discussion will include going through new laws and dealing with physical DRIVING CHPtohost driving class for seniors By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF If you need any- thing at Walmart on March 29, make sure you get there before 6 p.m. as the South Main Street location will be closing and busi- ness will stop until it reopens at 8 a.m. March 30 at the new Su- percenter, 608 Luther Rd. Store hours will be 24-hours a day with the garden depart- ment open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and pharmacy 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mon- day through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. A number of circumstances, including being stalled by liti- gation, caused considerable de- lay since the supercenter was first proposed in 2003. A group of residents called Citizens for a Healthy Community chal- lenged the project's environ- mental impact report (EIR) in Tehama County Superior Court in 2006, citing deficiencies in- cluding noise concerns, accord- ing to a Daily News article pub- lished in 2011. After amendments were made to the EIR, a judgment in 2012 was issued in favor of the proj- ect, according to a Daily News article published at the time. Ac- cording to a March 2015 Daily News article, off-site work re- lated to the Walmart Super- center started in September 2014. Walmart completed several road improvements related to the project, including asphalt overlays on Luther Road from Mill Street to its property line at the Supercenter's west entry, on Mill Street from Luther Road to Reeds Avenue, on Reeds Ave- nue from Mill Street to its prop- erty line near Armstrong Court, and on South Main Street from Luther Road to the Interstate-5 southbound on-ramp, accord- ing to city documents. Striping was also done on Luther Road from the Walmart property line to South Jackson Street. The store, which broke ground in March 2015, will bring on about 180 new associ- ates bringing the total number of employees working at the lo- cation up to about 380, said Red Bluff Manager Robin Collins. The new location is about 180,000 square foot compared to the South Main location, which is about 102,000, allowing for expansion of all departments. New additions include produce, bakery, meat and deli depart- ments. The new produce sec- GRAND OPENING WALMART ON LUTHER ROAD OPENS MARCH 30 JULIEZEEB—DAILYNEWS The new Walmart Supercenter, 608Luther Rd., is set to open at 8a.m. on March 30. By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF A bid to upgrade the Red Bluff Police Department ra- dio console was awarded Tuesday at the city council meeting to Day Wireless Systems out of Chico. The project is estimated to cost $86,323.12. All three dispatch radio sys- tems are at the end of life and need replacing, Police Chief Kyle Sanders said at the Oct. 6 coun- cil meeting. The project is being funded by a combination of Homeland Se- curity funds in the amount of $31,439 and previously approved funds, in the amount of $68,160, from the city's general fund, said Lt. Matt Hansen, of the Red Bluff Police Department, filling in for Sanders at the meeting. While $68,160 was allocated already, only $54,884.18 will be required for the project leaving a balance or savings of $13,276.82, Hansen said. All necessary labor, materials and the installation of all equip- ment, including the furnishing of the equipment, is covered in the proposed contract. The project consists of install- ing three new dispatch consoles costing $41,135.99, six base sta- tion radios for $12,922.13, a new control system for $10,105 and programming for handheld ra- dio identifiers for $19,400. Re- moving the old and obsolete dis- patch equipment is estimated to cost $2,760. There are two parts to the dis- patch center, one is the phone sys- tem and one is the radio system, Hansen said. The two systems need to be integrated. The new phone system, which was previously funded by the California 911 Communication Branch, will not work with the current radio system. So to integrate the two systems the radio system also needs to be upgraded. 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