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cludedCindyDixon,Sherry Cherry, Michelle Anderson and Suzie Bradley. A special tribute was given to long-time teacher and real estate agent Linda McCay who recently passed away, with a float from Bar- tels carrying on her tradi- tion of riding in a stage coach dressed in costume to announce the Shasta Col- lege Film Festival put on by her class. Several members of royalty from the Tehama County Youth Focus to var- ious rodeo queens and prin- cesses including local favor- ites Red Bluff Junior Round- Up, Corning Junior Rodeo and the Cottonwood Rodeo made an appearance. New this year was the California Highway Patrol Mounted Patrol Unit accompanying the Red Bluff CHP office led by Red Bluff Area Com- mander Lt. Lou Aviles. Two local schools, Mercy High School with Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Whittenberg Country School with The Hobbit, announced their upcoming performances with students in costume and a banner on the side with dates. Providing Essentials For Tehama Shelter (PETS) walked several available dogs from the Tehama County Animal Care Center in hopes of catching some- one's eye to find a forever home for them. The Hart family came and added a little fun to the parade with one member showing off their branding skills while a short while later two members of Red Bluff Fire, Firefighters Jus- tin Kingsley and Uriah Har- ris, showed off their danc- ing skills after announc- ers made mention of their dance-off Friday at the de- partment's annual boot drive. Results Band Sweepstakes — Se- quoia Middle School Spar- tan Band Equestrian Sweepstakes — El Camino Charro Committee's Choice — Green Waste of Tehama Best Depiction of Theme — The Hart Family Float Pooper Scoopers — Minch Ranch Floats Civic/Fraternal Junior (Up to 18) First Early Head Start, Second Red Bluff Jr. Spartans Floats Civic/Fraternal Senior (19 and older) First Providing Essentials for Tehama Shelter, Second American Legion, Mt. Las- sen Post #167 Floats Commercial and Industrial (Business) First Firm Foundations Insur- ance & Benefits Center, Sec- ond — Green Waste of Te- hama Marching Units — Drill Teams First Tehama County Young Marines, Second Re- enactors of the American Civil War Marching Units — Junior High Bands First Sequoia Middle School Spartan Band, Second Vista Prepa- ratory Academy's March- ing Band Marching Units — Se- nior High Bands First Car- dinal Regiment of Corning High School, Second Red Bluff High School March- ing Band Majorettes — Group First Buckeye Cuties Baton Single Mounted — Fancy Western First Tucker Ham- mons/CHSRA Single Mounted — Work- ing Western (up to 18) First Stonyford Rodeo Queen 2015 Theresa LaGrande Single Mounted — Work- ing Western (19 and older) First Becky Sanders Mounted Groups — Jr. (up to 18) First Redding Jr. Rodeo Association, Sec- ond Red Bluff Jr. Round-Up Queens & Court Mounted Groups — Sr. (19 and older) First Carlitos Mexican Restaurant, Sec- ond Shasta County Search & Rescue Mounted Posse Horse Drawn — One Horse Drawn vehicle Sr. (19 and older) First Reno Rodeo Association, Second Home Depot Horse Drawn — Two or more Horse Drawn Vehi- cles First Bartels Honoring Linda McCay Vehicle — Individual Pre 1989 First Hub Johnson, Second CalFire/Tehama County Fire Department Vehicles: Group Entries Pre 1989 First Army Mo- tor Pool, Second Mike & Brayden Burnham Miscellaneous — Special Interest Group First Red Bluff Performing Arts Cen- tre, Second Nor Cal Antique Tractor & Engine Club Miscellaneous — Group Novelty First Friends of the Renaissance Faire, Sec- ond Willow Lamb Derby Pageant Contestants & Royalty. Parade FROMPAGE1 RedBluffJr.Round-Up Senior Queen Shylie Sedita and Senior Princess Monica Baker ride in the 61st annual Red Bluff Round-Up Parade on Saturday. JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS By Lisa Leff The Associated Press BERKELEY University of California President Janet Napolitano moved Mon- day to strengthen campus procedures for investigat- ing and disciplining fac- ulty members in sexual ha- rassment cases and asked a committee that looked into the issue to bring her tougher recommendations for further action. Napolitano convened the committee of faculty and administrators in October following the resignation of a prominent UC Berke- ley astronomer. She said she would im- mediately implement four of its initial recommenda- tions, including assigning confidential advocates to field concerns about fac- ulty misbehavior and order- ing personnel records to be maintained indefinitely on faculty members who were formally or informally dis- ciplined, a step aimed at making it easier to identify serial offenders. At the same time, Na- politano said the bulk of the panel's more than two dozen suggestions were in- sufficient to ensure that the investigations are effective and that possible sanctions are proportionate to the se- riousness of conduct. "While UC has made progress over the last year and a half on faculty sex- ual harassment cases, sev- eral cases that have recently come to light make clear we have much more work to do," she said. The university has been rocked by criticism over the handling of substantiated sexual harassment cases in- volving professors and ad- ministrators at the Berke- ley campus. Napolitano established the committee following allegations that promi- nent astronomer Geoffrey Marcy had sexually ha- rassed several graduate stu- dents without severe conse- quences. Marcy has said he was sorry and thought his actions were within accept- able friendliness. In the months since then, the dean of Berkeley's law school resigned amid fac- ulty and student backlash that occurred when he was allowed to keep his job af- ter campus investigators concluded he had harassed his assistant. Last week, two graduate students went public with allegations against an as- sistant professor who has had disciplinary proceed- ings pending against him since October. Napolitano said she was sending the committee back to develop additional recommendations for short- ening how long it takes for faculty cases to be investi- gated and for sanctions to be imposed when sexual misconduct allegations are substantiated. She also specifically di- rected the panel to con- sider requiring each cam- pus to establish peer re- view committees that would be charged with proposing and reviewing disciplinary measures — a responsibility that now lies only with a handful of ad- ministrators. In the wake of the disclo- sures surrounding the law school dean, Napolitano in- stituted a similar commit- tee review process for disci- plining administrators. The panel that came up with the steps Napolitano implemented Monday said it had a difficult time quantifying the scope of faculty sexual miscon- duct because of a lack of data and case information it called "unacceptable go- ing forward." Based on incomplete data from eight of the 10 UC campuses, the commit- tee found there were 141 harassment allegations in- volving faculty made from 2012 to 2015. Of those, 107 never resulted in an inves- tigation and were either de- clared unfounded, closed through an alternative res- olution process or settled through a disciplinary pro- cess designed to resolve cases quickly. CALIFORNIA UC president strengthens sex harassment procedures The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO San Fran- cisco port officials say it could cost between $2 bil- lion and $3 billion to secure three miles of seawall un- derlying the Embarcadero waterfront and prevent it from causing significant damage in the event of a major earthquake. The Port of San Francisco released the estimate in a report last week. The report states most of the seawall is built over weak marine clay that tends to amplify earthquake shak- ing, and that fill used to cre- ate land behind the seawall is subject to liquefaction, a phenomenon in which soil loses strength and behaves like a liquid. The report finds that a moderate to major earth- quake would probably push the seawall out toward San Francisco Bay, anywhere from up to a foot to several feet. The seawall protects a memorable stretch of San Francisco's waterfront from Fisherman's Wharf to AT&T Park, which is heavy with tourists, commuters and joggers. The stretch also includes the popular Ferry Building, which survived the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, but the epicenter of that quake was 60 miles away. The magnitude of that quake was 6.9. A working group of the United States Geological Survey concluded a 72 per- cent probability of a strong earthquake occurring in the region in a 30-year pe- riod between 2014 and 2043. WATERFRONT Report: Securing San Francisco seawall could cost $3 billion The Associated Press CHICO A 108-year-old woman believed to be the oldest living female military veteran kept her feet firmly on the ground Monday, deciding at the last minute to turn down a flight aboard a World War II-era biplane, ac- cording to the nonprofit that organized the ride. Lynn Balmer was sched- uled to take off from Chico, but decided against the flight in the morning, said Darryl Fisher, presi- dent of the Ageless Avia- tion Dreams Foundation, a groupthatgetsagingveter- ans into the sky. The foundation hon- ors seniors and U.S. mili- tary veterans with flights aboard a Boeing Stea- rman biplane, the same type of plane used to train military aviators during World War II. Balmer served in the U.S. Coast Guard, work- ing as a coder while sta- tioned in Seattle, accord- ing to the foundation. BIPLANE Vet, 108, skips flight ERIC RISBERG — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Waves crash against a seawall as people make their way along the Embarcadero in San Francisco. | NEWS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016 8 A