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TheAssociatedPress SACRAMENTO A California leg- islative panel has approved seven gun-control bills. Democrats on the Senate Pub- lic Safety Committee voted Tues- day to require that people who make homemade guns get a back- ground check and apply for a se- rial number. Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon says the bill would help police track guns used in crimes. Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a similar measure in 2014. The committee also voted a bill that seeks to get around a court order barring enforcement of a 2009 law requiring stores to keep records on purchases of hand- gun ammunition. Lawmakers also backed a ban on ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds and approved creating a firearm violence research center at the University of California. GUN CONTROL Legislature advances seven bills By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter SACRAMENTO Pre-trial motions have been filed in the case of the Tehama County man accused of murdering a Red Bluff teen and were heard Monday by Sacra- mento Superior Court Judge Del- bert Oros. A motion to admit Quentin Bealer's prior conduct, with two witnesses present on the stand, was filed on April 11 by the Te- hama County District Attorney's office. Bealer's defense team, includ- ing attorney Shon Northam, filed on Monday motions to request the judge rule certain testimony be excluded in trial. These motions are under review by Oros and will COURT Motions heard in murder case ThetrialofQuentin Bealer is projected to begin by the end of April By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter REDBLUFF Red Bluff Police Chief Kyle Sanders has confirmed a suspect in a Tuesday morning robbery at Rabobank has been caught after leading officers on a chase. The suspect has been identi- fied as Sarah Beth Natho, 29, of Red Bluff. A robbery was reported at Ra- bobank, 500 Luther Road, at 11:31 a.m. Tuesday, when a woman stole an undisclosed amount of cash from the business, Sanders said. Red Bluff Police officers and Tehama County District Attor- ney investigators began searching the area for the suspect and lo- cated a woman matching the sus- pect description driving a white pickup truck. An attempt was made to make a traffic stop, however, the woman fled the area and a pursuit on Kimball Road ensued. During the pursuit, the woman hit at least two parked vehicles before fleeing the area on foot after hit- ting the second one, Sanders said. Natho was caught and arrested and will be booked into Tehama County Jail. RABOBANK Bankrobberysuspectcaught Special to the Daily News RED BLUFF The parking lot at Samuel Ayres and Dog Island Park in Red Bluff is a crowded and busy place on the Friday morning before Civil War Days Red Bluff kicks off each year. Giant school buses jockey for position with a small fleet of parent and teacher vehicles, dis- gorging an army of north-state 8th-graders. Civil War soldiers in Union Blue and Confederate Gray act as shepherds, quickly rounding up the students into company-sized class units, form- ing them into parallel columns and marching them down a tree-lined road marked with signs saying "This way to 1863." As they pass under the arch of trees and leave modern sights and sounds behind them, their soldier guide informs them they have just joined up and are about to learn about life during the American Civil War. The guide instructs them to march in step to his commands and don't straggle. Ahead of them the trees open up and they can see the meadow of Dog Island, dotted here and there with white canvas tents, horses, artil- lery pieces and soldiers in camp. Usually there are 16 stations, organized by subject and ac- tivity, such as Union and Con- federate infantry, artillery, cav- alry, Civilian life, politics of the Civil War. As the students ar- rive and line up, they and their guide are sent to a specific sta- tion as a starting point. Over the next two hours, with military- like clockwork precision, they will rotate to a new station ev- ery 15 minutes, where they will be entertained and informed by uniformed re-enactors who de- scribe in first person the details of life during the war, and the particular specialty of the unit at the current station. The clock that signals change of stations is a full scale Civil War cannon, firing off a blank round precisely every 15 min- utes. At the stations, the re- enactors will engage the stu- dents directly and involve them by treating them as if they are new recruits fresh off the farm, showing them the uniforms, ac- coutrements and weapons of the period. In the infantry camp, stu- dents will see the tents the sol- diers live in, learn the different types of infantry weapons and perhaps learn a bit about drill or skirmishing. They may be of- fered a shave and haircut by an enterprising soldier barber. One station might involve a visit to a picket's outpost, where the students may witness an ex- change of fire with enemy pick- ets lurking unseen in the under- brush. At the artillery camp, the students learn all the steps in- volved with loading and firing a cannon, and end the station with the cannon firing the 15 minute signal round. The cavalry station usually in- volves getting up close and per- sonal with horses, learning the gear and weapons of the cavalry, and sometimes a chance to see a working mule team and supply wagon. Soldiers on both sides will explain about the flags they followed into battle, as well as used for signaling and rallying the troops. At the politics station, they might hear about the underly- ing causes of the war and why individuals chose and fought for either side. 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