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TheAssociatedPress SACRAMENTO Californiahasof- fered its largest state employee union a nearly 12 percent salary increase over four years. The Sacramento Bee reports that the July 8 proposal comes in contract talks between Gov. Jerry Brown's office and Service Em- ployee International Union 1000 officials. It includes another op- tion of a 9 percent increase over three years. Thestate'sofferwouldalsoboost paymentstopost-retirementhealth benefits by 3.5 percent over either three or four years. Union officials said June 30 that talkshadreacheda"crossroads."A previousupdateexpresseddissatis- faction with an offer of 10 percent over four years. Theunionthatrepresents95,000 stateemployeeshasbeenseekinga 22percentincreaseoverfouryears. Brown'sofficeandunionofficials didnotimmediatelyrespondto re- quests for comment. SALARY Californiaoffers 12 percent raise to largest state employee union Staff report RED BLUFF A search warrant was served Thurs- day on a Red Bluff home and found more than 30 ju- venile marijuana plants, more than 20 pounds of dried marijuana, a loaded 9 mm pistol, a loaded assault rifle with high capacity mag- azines and numer- ous rounds of 5.56 rifle ammunition. Francis Bene- dele, 36, and Chel- sea Benedele, 23, were arrested and charged with felony possession of marijuana for sale, manufacture of a controlled substance, keep- ing a place to sell a controlled CRIME Police find pot plants, weapons in home search By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter CORNING A portion of Solano Street closed for construction was reopened Friday, according to a memo posted on the city's web- site. The only portion of the street remaining closed is the north side of Solano Street at the intersec- tion with Fourth Street. "A portion of Solano Street was closed for about 30 days for street reconstruction associated with our Downtown Streetscape En- hancement Project," Corning Pub- lic Works Director Dawn Grine said. "This was a federally funded project that has been in the works for years. Funding became avail- able in 2015 and construction be- gan in April 2016." Trent Construction based out of Gerber was the project contrac- tor, Grine said. The $1.2 million project, funded by the State Transporta- tion Improvement Program, in- cluded construction on the in- tersection at Sixth and Solano streets and included closures of the lanes heading west on Solano Street at Third Street through Sixth Street and at Fourth, Fifth and Sixth streets from Solano to the alleys. Construction began April 18 and is estimated to continue through September. The closure, which took place at the beginning of July, resulted in detours through neighboring streets. Prior to complete clo- sure, individual lane closures took place in the spring. Businesses in the area re- mained open during construction and offered alternative entrances on the side or back. CORNING SolanoStreetmostlyreopened NorthsideofFourthStreetintersectionremainsclosed By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF Three local youth placed at state level compe- titions when titles were an- nounced July 22 at the 2016 California State Youth Acco- lades Scholarship Competi- tion Finals at the Santa Clara Convention Center, hosted by Youth Focus Inc. The 2015-2016 Miss Te- hama County Mahlon Owens was named second alternate to the title of Miss California State and 2015-2016 Tehama County Ambassador Mitchell Sauve was third alternate for ambassador. The 2015-2016 Junior Miss Tehama County Matilyn Szy- chulda was second alternate in the Junior California Ambassa- dress category. "They were exemplary repre- sentatives for Tehama County," said Sonja Akers of Tehama County Youth Focus. "Mahlon got her highest score in her personality interview. Mitch- ell got his highest score in on- stage community service advo- cacy and Matilyn got her high- est score in stage arts. All three kids were stalwart examples of the greatest moral character, and showed what we are so passionate about in the North State. They are great examples of everything we hold dear in Tehama County and are amaz- ing representatives." The competition kicked off July 18 with an afternoon ori- entation. Various workshops and team building exercises led up to the competition, which took place with prelim- inaries July 20 and stage por- tions and finals on July 21 and 22, Akers said. "This is the most dynamic group of kids we have," Akers COMPETITION LOCAL YOUTH EARN STATE LEVEL TITLES COURTESYPHOTO Tehama County youth Mitchell Sauve, Matilyn Szychulda and Mahlon Owens pose for a picture during a state level Youth Focus competition that ended July 22. Tehama County's Matilyn Szychulda, center, awaits results during a state level Youth Focus competition. Have a great day, Brian Laheney GOOD MORNING D DowJonesIndustrial 18,432.24 (-24.11) U Standard & Poor's 2173.60 (+3.54) U Nasdaq 5162.13 (+7.15) BUSINESS Late-night stop turned into a shootout; 2suspects nabbed a er manhunt and hours-long SWAT standoff. PAGE A9 LAW ENFORCEMENT 2SanDiegopolice officers shot, 1 fatally Scientists say Lake Tahoe's surface temperature has risen faster over last 4years than any time on record. 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