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ByHeatherHoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF Some of the solar panels west of Red Bluff Union High School that provide a dis- counted electric rate to the school are not producing as much solar power as other panels, costing the district potential savings. The solar panels in question are not positioned for the optimal sun exposure but are still produc- RED BLUFF HIGH Districtlooks to get the most out of school's solar panels By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter REDBLUFF Tehama County's un- employment rate has decreased from 8 percent to 7.4 percent in April's preliminary numbers, ac- cording to data released by the Employment Development De- partment. In the county there were 24,490 people in the labor work force, down 80 people or .3 percent in a month. Of those, 22,690 are em- ployed and 1,800 are unemployed. The number of unemployed per- sons was down 160 from March. Tehama County's unemploy- ment rate went up by three po- sitions to 37th in the 58 counties in the state. All industries are up by 1 per- UNEMPLOYMENT Jobless rates in the county decrease By Margaret Baum Daily News correspondent SACRAMENTO A forensic ento- mologist told a Sacramento jury Wednesday that insect evidence shows a Red Bluff girl murdered in 2013 could have been killed later than originally thought. Dr. Timothy Huntington was the next to testify for the defense in the Quentin Bealer murder trial. Bealer, 42, is charged with homicide in the strangling death of 14-year-old Marysa Nichols, who was found half a mile be- hind Red Bluff High School Feb. 28, 2013. According to Huntington, an associate professor of biology and criminology, the insect evidence found on Nichols' body shows that she could have been killed Feb. 27, 2013 in the late evening hours. Although Huntington is a pro- fessor in Nebraska and did not visit the crime scene himself, he said he had reviewed Dr. Bob Kimsey's report. Kimsey, who previously testi- fied for the prosecution, put to- gether a report determining how long bugs had been on Nichols' body when she was found. Huntington said Kimsey had ignored some pertinent informa- tion in his analysis. "Insects are cold blooded an- imals and are entirely depend- ent on temperature," Hunting- ton said. "The warmer it is, the faster they grow." According to Huntington, Kim- sey did not account for the fact that swabs taken from the body were taken to a lab to dry and the temperature would be differ- ent than if they had dried where the body was found. Kimsey had estimated Nichols' time of death to be 36 to 40 hours before the body was found. "His estimate is more than what it should be," Huntington testified. "He is ignoring the de- velopment of the swabs at room temperature." When asked by Shon Northam, Bealer's attorney, Huntington said that the time of death could have been late on Feb. 27. During cross examination Huntington told Deputy District Attorney Donna Daly he couldn't rule out that Nichols could have been killed Feb. 26. "If the eggs (from the insects) had been laid prior to sunset on BEALER TRIAL Murdercouldhavehappenedlater By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF A panel discussion was held Tuesday as a part of the Hope Forum hosted by the Tehama County Health Services Agency and the American Foun- dation for Suicide Prevention aimed at reducing the stigma surrounding mental illness. The event kicked off with a mental health community re- source fair with several organi- zations, including the National Alliance For Mental Illness, Te- hama County Head Start and Family Counseling Center, par- ticipating. Greenville Rancheria and the Red Bluff Community Center also participated. Attendees watched a documen- tary "Family Journeys," that talks with families affected by suicide and people who have attempted suicide. Family members talked about the loss of loved ones and the way it has shown a light on what was really important. The film was followed by Health Services Agency's Dr. Mi- chaele Brown, who has spent the last 20 years working in the pub- lic health, drug and alcohol and mental health divisions, sharing her experience in the loss of her aunt. Only nine years older than her- self, Brown said at 32 her aunt took her life after several tragic circumstances, including the loss of her first child at 21 and her HOPE FORUM SEEKS TO REDUCE MENTAL ILLNESS STIGMA PHOTOSBYJULIEZEEB— DAILYNEWS Tehama County Mental Health Educator Kelly Keith, center, asks questions of the panel Tuesday during a discussion at the Hope Forum held at the State Theatre. 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