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Deathnotices opportunity to get out in the community and have a good time." Caylie Newport, who was the one of the youngest per- formers, performed "Twin- kle, Twinkle Little Star" to kick off the evening fol- lowed by Frankie Ferriera dancing to the "Whip and Nae Nae." Kenna Eusted was joined on the stage for a rendition of John Denver's "Country Roads" by her grandfather Tom Threlkeld, who also accompanied his granddaughter, Katrina Eu- sted, in the song "Rainbow Connection." Kira and Luci Ferriera did a duet of "See You Again" by Whiz Khalifa and Luci later teamed up with Sauve in a duet of "Keep Your Head" by Andy Gram- mer. Leslie Soto and Grant Cottier joined together for a piano duet while Ju- nior Miss Tehama County Matilyn Szychulda, intro- duced as the girl with the big voice, tackled Giacomo Puccini's opera number "O Mio Babbino Caro." Heart- shine Miss California Pre- Teen "Jordyn Armstrong" entertained the audience with a theatrical perfor- mance of Meghan Train- or's "Dear Future Husband" while her fellow Heartshine royalty Ana Hartman per- formed a ballet-style tribute dance to the song "We're In Heaven." The 2015 Miss Te- hama County Mahlon Ow- ens performed the number "I Can't Say No" from "Okla- homa," acting out the lyr- ics as she glided across the stage. Natalie Newport per- formed "I Won't Say I'm In Love" from the movie "Her- cules" while Kiley King re- cited a Shel Silverstein poem called "Sick." Grant Cottier and Les- lie Soto teamed up to per- form two piano duets with a bit of flute thrown in while Sauve teamed up with Vic- toria Yates for the number "Love Yourself." Kerry De- Fonte, 2009 Miss Tehama County Second Alternate and 2010 Miss Congenial- ity, wowed the audience with "On My Own" from "Les Miserables," receiving thunderous applause after- ward. The evening was pur- posely staggered from the youngest and most inexpe- rienced performers to those who are no stranger to the stage in order to showcase how good one can get if they really try, Sauve said. He wanted to show per- formers and those in the au- dience what is possible with hard work. Szychulda was the final singer before Sauve closed out the show with Ellie Fletcher singing "Latch" by Sam Smith, Jennifer Peyton singing "Masterpiece" by Jessie J and Amanda Man- dolfo performing Adele's "Someone Like You" just prior. Admission and raffle prizes brought in about $700 that will go toward a scholarship through Te- hama County Youth Fo- cus for younger winners in the ages 9-12 and 13-15 age group, Program Director Sonja Akers said. "A better measure of the success of the event is mea- sured by how many people were so encouraged by the atmosphere and the spirit of encouragement that was shown (to performers), Ak- ers said. Youth FROM PAGE 1 By Darcy Costello The Associated Press SACRAMENTO As a de- fensive strong safety on his high school football team, Aaron Rubin was no stranger to injury treat- ment. He'd apply ice, take ibuprofen and — unbe- knownst to his parents — self-medicate with pre- scription drugs. Over time, as treatment turned to addiction, Rubin graduated from painkill- ers like Vicodin and Perco- cet to the highly addictive opioid OxyContin. In pur- suit of pills, he would doc- tor shop, getting prescrip- tions from multiple physi- cians, his mother said. A bill by Democratic Sen. Ricardo Lara of Bell Gar- dens attempts to address the opioid crisis by crack- ing down on this practice. It would mandate provid- ers consult an existing da- tabase of patient prescrip- tion histories before recom- mending addictive drugs. More than 20 states have similar laws. Advocates for prescrip- tion drug legislation have unsuccessfully pushed for California to require such database checks in the past. But they're hoping recent national attention to the issue will persuade legislators to support re- forms. The crisis is so un- deniable that people no lon- ger can "stick their head in the sand," said Carmen Bal- ber, executive director of Consumer Watchdog. Between 1999 and 2014, more than 165,000 people died nationwide from pre- scription opioid overdoses, according to the U.S. Cen- ters for Disease Control and Prevention. High-pro- file deaths — like that of musician Prince, who acci- dentally overdosed on the painkiller fentanyl in April — have increased the spot- light on the issue. "These drugs ultimately are a weapon if not used properly, stored safely and taken properly," said Ru- bin's mother, Sherrie Ru- bin, of Escondido, who founded the Hope2gether Foundation for prescrip- tion drug education and awareness. Despite stints in rehab, her son overdosed in 2005 at age 23 after combining painkillers with a muscle relaxant. He is quadriple- gic and unable to speak. The state maintained re- cords of narcotic prescrip- tion histories for years in an early, paper version. The database, known as CURES, moved online in 2009 and was upgraded this year. CURES offers patient histories at a glance, but doctors vastly underutilize it, advocates say. Lara's bill would require doctors to check the da- tabase when initially pre- scribing drugs like Oxy- Contin, Vicodin, Percocet and a host of other narcotic painkillers, as well as ste- roids, sleep aides and psy- chiatric medications. They would then have to check it every four months for as long as the drug regimen is continued. Advocates say the law would help prescribers identifyat-riskpatientsand reduce the overall number of opioids in the market. Plus, with patient histories in hand, they could prevent dangerous drug combina- tions, Balber said. CURES data from 2010 to 2013, made public by the California Health Care Foundation, suggests more than one in 1,000 residents were doctor shoppers who had obtained pills from at least six prescribers or pharmacies. The measure, SB482, passed the Senate and is waiting to be heard by an Assembly committee. Its main opponent is the California Medical Associ- ation, a lobbying group for doctors, which finds flaw with the idea of legislating medicine, said Janus Nor- man, vice president of gov- ernment relations and po- litical operations. The organization is con- cerned about patient pri- vacy, Norman said, and the database's ability to handle the full number of California prescribers and pharmacists, which he es- timates is around 200,000. Proponents recognize the bill won't halt the spread of illegal drugs but say it's part of the so- lution. HEALTH California bill would crack down on opioid doctor shoppers is geared toward school- aged children up to 18-year- olds, Deck said. Every pro- gram has special guests, stories, songs and crafts meant to encourage chil- dren to read over the sum- mer. The children will get reading logs to keep track of the books they read and if the younger readers read 20 books and the older readers read 700 pages they will win a prize. Partici- pants who complete these goals will win a coupon for a free ice cream cone from Scoops on Walnut Street for the first reading log turned in, a free personal pizza from Round Table for the second log turned in and for the third log turned in a free kids meal from Ap- plebees. There is also a coloring book event, which began in January, held the second Tuesday of each month, in- cluding 5:30-7:30 p.m. July 12. Deck said this event is still very popular. The Red Bluff Book Club will be discussing the book "A Man Called Ove," by Fredrik Backman, 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, July 19. The book club is geared toward adults but if teenagers who have read the book are welcome to join, Deck said. There is no sign-up required to join the book club. The library will hold a "Doctor Who" fan event 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2 at the Red Bluff Library. "(The 'Doctor Who' event) is put on by some big 'Doctor Who' fans and it will be a blast," Deck said. The Los Molinos branch will hold its children's sum- mer reading program at 10 a.m. Mondays and for the Corning branch the pro- gram will start at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Library FROM PAGE 1 LENNY IGNELZI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sherrie Rubin, director of the Hope2Gether Foundation, bumps fists with her son, Aaron, at their home in Escondido. Aaron overdosed on OxyContin, suffered a heart attack and two strokes in 2005, and is now a quadriplegic. "These drugs ultimately are a weapon if not used properly, stored safely and taken properly," she says. The Associated Press SACRAMENTO California Gov. Jerry Brown has ap- proved spending $2 billion to build permanent housing for homeless people with mental illnesses. The Democratic governor announced signing AB1618 on Friday. The measure allows the state to sell bonds for homeless shelters and re- pay the debt with money from a 2004 voter-ap- proved tax on millionaires. It requires counties to pro- vide supportive services for people housed with state aid. Legislative analysts ex- pect the measure to fund at least 14,000 units. Federal housing officials estimate more than 29,000 home- less Californians were liv- ing with serious mental ill- ness in 2015. Senate Democrats pro- posed the idea, saying it will improve the quality of life for people living in de- spair. It easily cleared the Assembly and Senate last month. SACRAMENTO Brown approves $2B for homeless housing PHOTOS BY JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS A group of 18performers, pictured here, took the stage Thursday for the first ever Tehama County Talent Showcase at the Tehama District Fairground. blame, from unemployment rates to changes in sentenc- ing patterns to fewer police on the streets, he said, and it is difficult to isolate a par- ticular one. Criminal Justice Legal Foundation legal director Kent Scheidegger said he blames the crime increase on California's shift in late 2011 to keeping lower-level offenders in county jails in- stead of state prisons. "It confirms what we've been hearing anecdotally from law enforcement, re- ports from individual cit- ies," said Scheidegger, whose organization advo- cates for crime victims. However, experts study- ing the state's sweeping criminal justice realign- ment have yet to find a re- lated increase in crime. Last year: — There were 1,861 ho- micides in California, or 4.8 for every 100,000 residents. — That represents 164 more homicides than 2014. — The rate is the same as in 2010 but up from 2014. — Over the last decade, the homicide rate has ranged from a high of 6.9 homicides per 100,000 in 2006 to a low of 4.4 in 2014. — Nearly 9 percent of the homicides were deemed to be justifiable last year. — Of the 163 justifiable homicides, 130 were by po- lice and the remaining 33 by citizens. — More than 70 percent of homicides were commit- ted with firearms last year, up more than 9 percent from 2014. The news came the same day that Gov. Jerry Brown signed several laws increas- ing California's already strict gun regulations. Vot- ers will consider more gun restrictions on the Novem- ber ballot. Hate crimes increased 10.4 percent last year, with 837 reported statewide, Harris said in a separate report. The increase was led by a nearly 50 percent jump in hate crimes involving a reli- gious bias, from 127 in 2014 to 190 in 2015. There were 40 hate crimes involving Muslims last year, up from 18 in 2014, while those tar- geting Jews increased from 80 in 2014 to 97 last year. The boost comes as pres- idential candidates debate the wisdom of restricting Muslim immigration into the United States. Crime FROM PAGE 1 By Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter RED BLUFF The Colyear Fire, burning 7 miles west of RedBluffoffColyearSprings Road, was held at 464 acres Friday and was 70 percent contained as of 7 p.m. The fire broke out around 1:30 p.m. Thursday and spread quickly, but hand lines were able to slow it and Friday crews were able to halt forward progress, ac- cording to the Cal Fire inci- dent information. "Priorities are to improve containment lines, mop up and patrol," the report states. There are 228 total per- sonnel fighting the fire with 18 engines, 12 crews, 2 bull- dozers and 4 water tenders. Other fires broke out Fri- day, keeping local depart- ments busy. The Flores Fire, off Inter- state 5 and Flores Avenue 5 miles south of Red Bluff, started around 3:15 p.m. as three smaller fires covering around 30 acres, according to scanner reports. Gusty conditions spread the Flores Fire to 88 acres before it was fully con- tained around 6:30 p.m., according to Cal Fire. While crews were re- sponding to the Flores Fire a blaze was reported in Cot- tonwood off Longcor Road north of Bowman Road. A Shasta County unit re- sponded and no further in- formation was available Fri- day evening. A vegetation fire off Di- amond Avenue in Red Bluff was reportedly extin- guished around 6:30 p.m. WILDFIRES Colyear Fire held at 464 acres Other fires burn closer to town Friday 2015Tehama County Ambassador Mitchell Sauve takes the stage with the number This Song Is About You on Thursday for the first ever Tehama County Talent Showcase at the Tehama District Fairground. R ed Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service FD1931 527-1732 Now open longer hours 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff (530) 527-2151 • 728 Main St., Red Bluff THE DAILY NEWS OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY, JULY 4 RETAIL & CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Tuesday, July 5 edition is Friday, July 1 at Noon. SATURDAY, JULY 2, 2016 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 11 A