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Staffreport CORNING ForthosewhoheardaboominRan- cho Tehama about 8 a.m. Thursday, there was no cause for concern as it was the Shasta County Bomb Squad safely destroying hazardous items, including blasting caps, found on a county- owned property in the 7000 block of Rainbow Ridge Road. An advisory outgoing 911 call was issued prior to the blast by the Tehama County Sheriff's De- partment to advise residents around the deto- nation site of the potential for loud explosions. The Sheriff's Department responded just be- fore 9 a.m. Wednesday to a Rainbow Ridge Road home in the Rancho Tehama Reserve area of Corning after a clean-up crew discovered blast- ing caps and chemicals, including gun powder, in a shed on the property, according to the press release issued at 8:15 a.m. Thursday. The clean-up was part of a process to get the residence ready for sale, the release said. Due to the nature of the items found, the bomb squad responded to the residence, securing and moving the items to a location for detonation early Thursday. The bomb squad worked to secure all found items until 10 p.m. Wednesday. It was decided to detonate and dispose of the items the next day due to the late hour of the completion of the clean-up. The Sheriff's Department, Cal Fire and emer- gency medical services personnel were on scene throughout the night as a precautionary mea- sure, the release said. RANCHO TEHAMA Capsand chemicals safely destroyed By Don Thompson The Associated Press SACRAMENTO California voters will decide in November whether to tighten the state's already tough gun control laws after the secretary of state's office said a proposal exceeded the num- ber signatures needed to qualify for the fall bal- lot on Thursday. If voters approve, California would become the first state to require background checks at the point of sale for ammunition. Some other states already require buyers to get licenses and go through background checks ahead of time. It would also streamline California's unique program that allows authorities to seize firearms from owners who bought guns legally but are no longer allowed to own them because they were later convicted of a felony or a violent misde- meanor, determined to be mentally unstable, or were the subject of a restraining order involving domestic violence. Those people also would no longer be able to buy ammunition. Gun owners would have to surrender large- capacity ammunition magazines. California al- ready bans selling assault-style magazines hold- ing more than 10 bullets, but current law lets those who possess the large-capacity magazines to keep them. CALIFORNIA Guncontrol measure qualifies for November ballot Haveagreatday,Sylvia Steele. GOOD MORNING U DowJonesIndustrial 18,011.07 (+230.24) U Standard & Poor's 2113.32 (+27.87) U Nasdaq 4910.04 (+76.72) BUSINESS Feds look at apps to alert drone hobbyists about nearby wildfires to avoid contact with firefighting operations. PAGE A8 TECHNOLOGY High-techhelptokeep drones from wildfires Supreme Court ruling kills Obama's plan to help millions living in U.S. illegally in execu- tive authority case. PAGE B4 EXECUTIVE ACTIONS High court deadlocks on immigration plan By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF The Tehama County Board of Super- visors held a lengthy dis- cussion Tuesday to narrow down ideas on the topic of pay raises for the supervi- sors. A list of seven ideas was presented by Chief Adminis- trator Bill Goodwin made up of the more popular options expressed by residents at the two public meetings held to discuss a potential Novem- ber ballot measure. That list will be brought back to the July 12 regular meeting with input from constituents. The supervisors are the lowest paid in the state with a base salary of $1,045 a month. The rate cannot be changed according to the county charter without a vote of the people. There is a $500 a month allowance for mileage, $100 a month for cell phone and laptop, a $300 a year stipend for road inspection. The first option was a one-time salary adjustment of $1,000 a month, bringing the base salary compensa- tion to $2,045 per month, re- quiring a vote of the people. A second option was a $1,250 raise in January 2017 with another $1,250 a month in January 2019. Following these increases there would be a yearly increase using the Consumer Price Index. Anything more would re- quire a vote of the people. The third option was the same as the second with the exception that the CPI raises would be capped out after 10 years, at which time it would require another vote. Option four was to tie the supervisor salary to that of a superior court judge, making it 20 percent of the judge's salary of $178,789, or about $35,758. The fifth option was the same as option four, but phased in with a $1,000 a month increase in January 2017 and again every two years until the salary was at 20 percent of the judge's salary. The sixth option was to raise the pay to the equiva- lent of an exempt employee minimum wage, which is $800 per week. The final option was the same, but phased in with a $1,000 a month raise in January 2017 and additional $1,000 per month raises every two years until it reached the amount. Resident Tom Mohler said part of the battle was peo- ple's fear that changing ar- ticle four, which gives voters the final say in the supervi- sor compensation, it would be done away with. Super- visors need to get out and educate the public about why the raise was needed TEHAMA COUNTY Su pe rv is or s to g at he r fe ed ba ck o n pa y in cr ea se By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF A series of six videos was shot earlier this month for the Tehama County website to promote the area and it was all done at no cost by CGI Commu- nications because the vid- eos are an in-kind donation of services. The videos — which in- clude a welcome video and videos on education and healthy living, economic de- velopment, homes and real estate, parks and recreation, agriculture and open space — are part of the Tehama County Marketing Plan au- thorized in 2015, said Jobs Development Coordinator Caylyn Wright. The videos themselves were approved at the March 15 meeting. "The series is designed to market Tehama County as a great place to live and operate a business," Wright said. "The video series from CGI comes at no cost to the county, and area businesses will have sponsorship op- portunities, which will al- low them to market their business through the video series." The education and healthy living video will feature run- ning and hiking trails, places to go horseback riding, fish- ing and hunting and the parks and recreation video will show the variety of out- door activities the area of- fers. The economic develop- ment and manufacturing video will show some of the prominent manufacturers in the county and the homes and real estate video will show different housing op- tions available. The agriculture and open space video will show local beer and wine tasting, lo- cal fruit stands and locally sourced food. Amanda Jenkins, the jobs development liaison with the Tehama County Economic Development Program, as- sisted with the filming, in- cluding making an appear- ance in the welcome video. Filming locations in- cluded Red Bluff, Los Mo- linos, Corning and Cotton- wood and were selected based upon the types of shots CGI had asked the county to find. "They asked for us to get shots of an orchard so we filmed at Bianchi's and they asked for workers in a manufacturing setting so we filmed at Sierra Pacific," Jenkins said. "Our overall purpose is to create qual- ity jobs in Tehama County through expanding our ex- isting businesses and re- cruiting new business into the county." It will take about two months to edit the videos, Wright said. Once the series is completed, it will be fea- tured on the Tehama County Economic Development wes- bsite at www.Tehama4Busi- ness.org. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNTY WEBSITE TO FEATURE LOCAL VIDEOS HEATHER HOELSCHER - DAILY NEWS Tehama County Jobs Development Liaison Amanda Jenkins films the welcome video for the Tehama County Website. Community.....A3 Lifestyles........A4 Lifestyles........A5 Opinion............A4 Sports.............. 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