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Howard:MarvinHoward, 76, of Red Bluff died May 11, 2016in Red Bluff. Arrange- ments are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Friday, May 13, 2016in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Murrer: Leo Elwin Murrer, 84, of Red Bluff died May 12, 2016in Red Bluff. Arrange- ments are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Friday, May 13, 2016in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Pacheco: Derek K. Pacheco, 26, of Cottonwood died May 8, 2016. Arrangements are under the direction of Allen and Dahl Anderson. Pub- lished Friday, May 13, 2016 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Slauson: Frank Slauson, 74, of Redding died May 11, 2016in Red Bluff. Arrange- ments are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Friday, May 13, 2016in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Deathnoticesmustbe provided by mortuaries to the news department, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified advertising department. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortuaries or by families of the deceased and include online publication linked to the newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. DeathNotice By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF Twomorepeo- ple have been arrested, making four arrests total, in connection with a bur- glary Monday morning at Radio Shack on Main Street. Report came in about 7:30 a.m. Monday of a bro- ken window at the store. Entry was made sometime during early morning hours by breaking a front window with a rock and four cell phones, a tablet and sev- eral large portable speakers were taken, a Red Bluff Po- lice spokesman said. Later Monday, officers contacted Nathan Tolbert, 33, of Red Bluff who was found in Red Bluff City Park in posses- sion of a tablet and the box for a portable speaker taken from the store. There were several stolen items found in the vicinity where Tol- bert had been contacted that had been hidden in the bushes, the spokesman said. During contact with Tol- bert, Roberty Ray Cooper, Jr., 23 of Red Bluff was also contacted and arrested. Tol- bert was booked into Te- hama County Jail on the charges of burglary and possession of or receiv- ing known stolen property. Cooper was booked on the misdemeanor charge of possession of receiving known stolen property and two outstanding warrants. Officer initiated activity lead to the additional ar- rests Wednesday of Laura Elizabeth Graham, 24, and Matthew Adam Calonico, 35, both of Red Bluff at sepa- rate locations. Graham was contacted on the 700 block of South Jackson Street and Calonico on the 100 block of South Main Street. Both were booked into jail on the charge of burglary. Bail was set at $50,000 for Graham. Calonico was booked on the additional charge of receiv- ing known stolen property. Bail was $53,000. Monday's burglary is still under investigation to de- termine if there is any con- nection to the previously re- ported burglaries at Radio Shack. ARRESTS Two more arrested in connection with burglary at Radio Shack Gaxiola noted that swabs were taken from Nichols' right and left cheeks as well as from her chest. Swabs were also taken from the tank top and from underneath Nichols' fingertips. Gaxiola described the yellow tank top found wrapped around Nichols' neck. The tank top had to be cut up and taken apart for DNA testing, but Gaxi- ola taped it back together for the purposes of the trial. The jury was shown Defense Exhibit 10, the reassembled tank top along with samples taken from the tank top. Photos of the tank top wrapped and knotted around Nich- ols' neck were shown to the jury. Gaxiola said when she untied the tank top a clump of Nichols' hair was found. Deputy District Attor- ney Donna Daly asked Gaxiola if she would ex- pect DNA to be on the yel- low tank top if someone had tied the knot to stran- gle Nichols. "Yes, if the person wasn't wearing gloves I would expect there to be DNA from the person who tied the knot," Gaxiola an- swered. The jury was also shown photos of the green sweatshirt covered in dirt that was found underneath Nichols' left foot. Gaxiola detailed the process of unfolding the sweatshirt and collecting DNA samples from it. Gaxiola confirmed see- ing a pair of blue under- wear near where the body was found. "When I examined them I found the size was consistent with a boy's medium rather than men's sizing," Gaxi- ola said. "There was some brown staining and an odor consistent with fe- cal matter." Gaxiola said she swabbed the waistband area in case it was needed for later DNA testing. Daly requested that more than 70 items be en- tered into evidence. Judge Delbert Oros said it would take the rest of the afternoon to go through all of the items entered into evidence. According to Oros, Bealer's attorney, Shon Northam, will cross ex- amine Gaxiola at a later time. The trial is scheduled to resume at 9 a.m. Mon- day in Department 27. DNA FROM PAGE 1 Kerstiens Entertainment Center, is $5 and there will be a silent auction as well, Croman said. Tickets can be bought pre-sale from students or at the gate. Proceeds will go to lymesdisease.org to en- able scientists to purchase items such as a specialized microscope costing about $12,000 to do research. "It's open to the entire community, not just stu- dents," Croman said. For more information, tickets or to donate si- lent auction items, con- tact Croman at 567-8641 or send an email to coun- tricamo@yahoo.com. Lyme FROM PAGE 1 JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Justin Croman and Emyli Palmer promote the Red Bluff High School Ag Leadership hosted event Dance Away Lyme Disease Barn Dance, which will be 6to 10p.m. Saturday, May 21at the Tehama District Fairgrounds. The event will raise awareness and funds to fight Lyme Disease. By Jonathan J. Cooper The Associated Press SACRAMENTO The Cal- ifornia Senate on Thurs- day reversed the fundrais- ing blackout it imposed after a series of ethical vi- olations led to the suspen- sion of three senators in 2014, a day before senators would have been forced to stop some fundraising just ahead of the June primary. The restrictions barred lawmakers from seeking or accepting campaign contri- butions from lobbyists dur- ing certain periods. One such period begins after the governorreleaseshisrevised budget, which is scheduled for Friday. Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, D-Los An- geles, said incumbent sena- tors shouldn't have to "uni- laterally disarm" in the face of opponents who can raise and spend millions to attack them. "This is David vs. Goliath, and we cannot take away the slingshot from David," de Leon said after the vote. He pointed to Sen. Jim Beall, a San Jose Democrat who is being challenged by term-limited Democratic AssemblywomanNoraCam- pos. Campos faced no fund- raising restrictions because the Assembly did not adopt them. Campos has also bene- fited from independent ex- penditures by an outside group funded by oil inter- ests, which has so far re- ported spending $340,000 to boost Campos. "The oil companies are now invested in trying to prevent my re-election," Beall said. "I'm working hard to persevere." The race has turned un- usually personal, including dueling allegations of phys- ical attacks by Campos' hus- bandandalaborofficialwho supports Beall, which Cam- pos highlighted in a Capitol news conference this week. Beall was the only Dem- ocrat to vote against sus- pending the fundraising ban, which was approved in a 24-8 vote. Six of the sup- porters were Republicans. Eight lawmakers sat out the vote, all but one of them Democrats. The rule change takes ef- fect immediately. Because the restrictions were only in the Senate's internal rules, not state law, they aren't subject to approval by the Assembly or the governor. Lawmakers who raised money from lobbyists dur- ing a blackout period would have been subject to disci- plinary action ranging from reprimand to expulsion. The fundraising restric- tions were adopted two years ago in response to scandals that brought the Legislature's integrity into question. A prominent lobbyist re- ceived a record fine for ille- gally throwing lavish fund- raisers for top elected offi- cials at his home. Sen. Rod Wright of Los Angeles was convicted for lying about living inside his district. Sen. Ron Calderon of Montebello and Sen. Le- land Yee of San Francisco were suspected of taking bribes. Calderon has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial. Yee was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison. Jessica Levinson, a pro- fessor at Loyola Law School who serves as president of the Los Angeles Ethics Com- mission, said she has mixed feelings about lifting the fundraising ban. On the one hand, she said, it's questionable whether a ban that's lim- ited to certain time peri- ods would actually prevent lobbyist money from reach- ing legislators through do- nations at different times or to outside groups. On the other hand, Levin- son said, the ban was a re- action to scandals that tore into public confidence in the Senate, and the push to re- verse it shows lawmakers rely on the money. "There is something re- ally kind of disgusting about walking across the street, picking up a check form a lobbyist, and then going back to the Capitol to vote on a measure that ef- fects that lobbyist," Levin- son said. SACRAMENTO Ca li fo rn ia S en at e su sp en ds lobbyist fundraising restrictions RICH PEDRONCELLI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, le , Assemblywoman Nora Campos, D-San Jose, and Sen. Jim Beall, D-San Jose, attend the Peace Officers Memorial ceremony in Sacramento. By Michael R. Blood The Associated Press LOS ANGELES With the primary season's biggest prize in play, Hillary Clin- ton has fashioned a strat- egy to reprise her 2008 vic- tory in California when she defeated Barack Obama by running up big margins with Hispanics and women. Bernie Sanders is hoping for an upset to sustain his ar- gument to stay in the race. There is another histor- ical backdrop for Clinton: Her husband locked up his firstpresidentialnomination in the California primary in 1992. This year, the state's June 7 Democratic primary offers the largest trove of delegates in the nation and gives Clinton the opportu- nity for a turnaround after Sanders embarrassed her withrecentwinsinWestVir- ginia and Indiana She's got the party's nom- ination all but clinched, no matter what happens, but a loss in the Demo- cratic stronghold would be a stinging setback and re- fresh questions about her electability in November. Sanders, with only a wisp of a chance of over- taking her delegate lead, concedes he faces a daunt- ing climb. One sign: On a recent sunny afternoon in Maria- chi Square, a landmark in a Hispanic neighborhood east of downtown Los An- geles, campaign organizer Richard Avina was waiting for volunteers to arrive to help him knock on doors. No one showed up. Decked out in a Sanders T-shirt, Avina, 24, who left his hospital job to help the campaign, acknowledged the obvious: "It's been a lit- tle rough." Still, the Vermont sena- tor said at a rally in Stock- ton this week that if he can rack up big wins in Cali- fornia and other endgame primaries, "I think you are looking at the Democratic nominee." June 7 amounts to a cap- stone on the primary sea- son — with voting also in New Jersey, Montana, New Mexico and South Dakota. Clinton could lose every state and still become the nominee. Besides winning here before, the former first lady leads in polling and has a deep team of experi- enced advisers and organiz- ers, some plucked from her 2008 state campaign and from Obama's team. An- other Clinton edge is with blacks — she has trounced Sanders among black vot- ers in key states like New York and Florida and wants to duplicate that here. A rally last week in a heavily Hispanic neighbor- hood east of downtown Los Angeles pointed to her em- phasis on the Latino vote, and the campaign Wednes- day kicked off a state- wide battery of women-to- women phone banks. She recently met with a who's- who of black pastors and community leaders in Los Angeles. Sanders, virtually un- known in California at this time last year, enters the fi- nal weeks after an internal disagreement over strat- egy and an abrupt change in top staff. POLITICS California: Clinton sees big win, Sanders an upset MARY ALTAFFER — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton participates in a round table discussion with HIV/AIDS activists on Thursday at the campaign headquarters in New York. NancyTurnerDunham April 7, 1925 ~ May 8, 2016 Nancy Dunham, 91,passed away peacefully in her sleep on May 8, 2016 in Elk Grove California. Nancy Turner was born April 7, 1925 in Red Bluff California to Coyle Clay Turner and and Nancy Helen (Wilkinson) Turner. She spent her early years in Red Bluff and on the Turner Ranch near Lyman Springs. After World War 2 she spent several years working in Germany as a legal secretary. She married Maurice Allan ("Al") Dunham on November 3, 1956. She remained married to Al until his death on May 29, 2009. In November 1965 they adopted their only child, Jeffrey ("Jeff") Allan Dunham. Nancy spent the last half of her life in Chico California. She was a legal secre- tary for much of her career, concluding her career taking minutes for the Chico City Council until she retired in the early 90s. Nancy was a lifelong bridge player having met her husband Al playing bridge and continuing to play right up to a few years ago. She also enjoyed playing the piano and singing, including singing with the Bidwell Presbyterian Church Choir and later on with the Mayflow- er Society and Daughters of the American Revolution. Nancy will be remembered during a service hosted at Newton-Bracewell Funeral Home in Chico on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at 10:00 am. This will be followed by a graveside service at Oak Hill Cemetery in Red Bluff at 12:30 pm the same day. Nancy is survived by her son Jeffrey ("Jeff") Allan Dun- ham. To send online condolences to the family go to NewtonBracewell.com. Obituaries FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2016 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A