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RED BLUFF While recent rains this winter and spring have been a welcome sight in California, drought conditions continue to increase fire danger in the region prompting Cal Fire and the Te- hama County Fire Department to suspend all burn permits for out- door residential burning for the higher elevations of eastern Te- hama County, which includes the communities of Mineral, Childs Meadows, Deer Creek, and Mill Creek. This suspension takes effect at 8 a.m. Friday, July 1 and bans all residential outdoor burning of landscape debris like branches and leaves. The residential burn permit suspension went into effect for the rest of Tehama County and the State Responsibility Areas of Glenn County June 13. "As conditions across Califor- nia are drying out further we must take every step to prevent new wildfires from sparking," said Chief Ken Pimlott, Cal Fire CAL FIRE Burnbannow extended to east Tehama County RED BLUFF Dignity Health Hos- pice Second Hand Store closed June 28 in order to redirect re- sources and time to better help the hospice program itself, ac- cording to a press release issued late Thursday afternoon by Dig- nity Health. Originally, the Hospice Sec- ond Hand Store was opened as a way to raise funds for those who needed or may have used the hos- pice program, the release said. The store was staffed by volun- teers and all items for sale were generously donated by commu- nity members. After almost 20 years in busi- ness, Charlotte Haisch, home health and hospice director, said the move is aimed at improving patient care. "It is with mixed emotions that we are closing our doors," Haisch said in the release. "The closure will allow us a better opportunity to focus on continuing our award winning patient care within the current hospice program." BUSINESS Co mp an y shuts down Red Bluff thri store By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter CORNING During a public hear- ing Tuesday at the Corning City Council meeting over declaring as a public nuisance and fire haz- ard 22 properties, there were no comments or appeals from the properties' owners and the res- olution was approved with an unanimous vote from the council. The regulations within the res- olution are intended to address the recurring health and safety problems arising out of weeds and rubbish on property within the city and are designed to al- leviate those problems and pro- tect the residents' health, safety and property, said Martin Span- naus, fire chief. At the June 14 meeting the council adopted a resolution de- claring a public nuisance on 30 properties located within the city. Spannaus, acting weed abate- ment officer, and City Clerk Lisa Linnet identified the properties and requested the authorization to initiate nuisance weed abate- ment procedures and proceed with the lien process to recoup any cost associate with the ap- proved abatement, according to the agenda report. The term weeds in this context refers to weeds that bear seeds of a downy or wingy nature that will attain such a large growth as to become a fire menace when dry, or are otherwise noxious or dangerous, according to the re- port. Weeds also refers to sagebrush, chaparral and any other brush or weeds that can be a fire hazard, poison oak or poison ivy when the conditions of growth are a public health issue and dry grass, stub- ble, brush, litter or other flamma- ble materials. All these materials can endanger the public safety by creating a fire hazard. As of Tuesday, six property were in the process of abatement and the other properties will be addressed in the following weeks, Spannaus said. CORNING Citydeclarespropertiesasnuisance By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF Community lead- ers were asked to join state rep- resentatives in checking out Te- hama County schools' summer programs during a VIP site visit aimed at showing off what is offered and raising aware- ness of the summer learning gap and overcoming it. Attendees included local law enforcement representatives, the Red Bluff Recreation De- partment and partners such as Dignity Health. Red Bluff Elementary School Superintendent William McCoy welcomed attendees by explain- ing that those not involved dur- ing summer in an environment that promotes learning fall be- hind. "We have a program in SERRF through the Tehama County Department of Educa- tion that serves almost 900 stu- dents," McCoy said. "It's been recognized at the state and na- tional level and it's a gem. You have to dig for diamonds and we have certainly found one in Karla (Stroman)'s program. We're here to help find solu- tions to the problems related to summer learning loss and to discuss the importance of sum- mer programs. Today we'd also like to highlight the great work being done in the summer mat- ters programs and the partner- ships." A lot of people think of sum- mer school in terms of the 1950s, when it was for students who were in trouble, but Mc- Coy said it's time to think of it in terms of a chance to close the learning gap. A video about the gap produced by the Ex- panded Student Success Cam- paign through the governor's office was shown. The video talked about the difference between the low-in- come students and their mid- dle class counterparts, whose families are better able to af- ford opportunities that enrich education and promote read- ing in the summer. From kin- dergarten, the lower class child falls behind and the gap contin- ues to increase. By third grade, low income students are about two and a half to three years behind and by fifth grade, if there is noth- ing done to address the gap, it becomes impossible to catch up. In Tehama County there is a large portion of low-income students with about 71.8 per- cent eligible by income for a free or reduced lunch and an 81 percent eligibility rate in the Red Bluff Elementary School District, McCoy said. "That's about 8,200 kids out of 11,000 in the county that need something of value dur- ing the summer (to help with the learning gap)," McCoy said. The goal of the summer EDUCATION SUMMER PROGRAM TO OFFER EXPANDED LEARNING LINEUP PHOTOSBYJULIEZEEB—DAILYNEWS Red Bluff Police Capt. Quintan Ortega, le , and Chief Kyle Sanders, right, observe students playing a sorting game Thursday during the SERRF Expanded Learning Program at Jackson Heights Elementary School. Erin Luevano, of Red Bluff Parks and Recreation, observes students playing a sorting game. U DowJonesIndustrial 17,929.99 (+235.31) U Standard & Poor's 2098.96 (+28.09) U Nasdaq 4842.67 (+63.42) BUSINESS Three suicide bombers kill over 40at Istanbul airport; police raid neighborhood in search of militant links. PAGE B8 TURKEY BLASTS Official:Attackersfrom Russia, Central Asia California Legislature sends 12 gun control measures to Gov. Brown in attempt to one-up ballot initiative. PAGE A6 CALIFORNIA Sweeping new gun control bills approved Community.....A3 Opinion............A4 Lifestyles........A5 Weather ........ A10 Sports.............. B1 Comics ............B5 INDEX Check out what's going on in your neighborhood and the community. PAGE A2 LOCAL CALENDAR Have a great day, The Human Bean. 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