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JULIEZEEB—DAILYNEWS Tehama County Probation Corrections Officer Geoff Will receives goodies from Tehama County Department of Social Services Child Services Social Worker Tania Gunderman and Adult Services Social Worker Alaina Carrel on Thursday. linos transient Ronald Victor Brown, was trans- ported to Enloe Medical Center in Chico with non- life-threatening injuries including several lacera- tionstohischestandback. Brown initially told deputies he had been in an altercation with a man known to him as James Davis. He later contacted dep- uties stating he did not want prosecution over the incident. Stabbing FROMPAGE1 RedBluffCityCouncil,Corn- ing City Councilman, Corn- ing City Clerk, Corning Treasurer, Corning Mayor, Tehama City Council and Tehama City Clerk. School board seats are open in Antelope, Capay, Corning Elementary, Corn- ing High, Elkins, Evergreen, Flournoy,Gerber,Kirkwood, Lassen View, Los Molinos, Red Bluff Elementary, Red Bluff High, Reeds Creek and Richfield school districts. Local districts with open seats include Corn- ing Healthcare District, El Camino Irrigation District, Gerber/Las Flores Commu- nity Service District, Los Molinos Community Service District and Rio Alto Water District. Shannon Barrow qualified to be on the ballot for the Red Bluff Joint Union High School District board positionandPaulaCherveny and Heidi Ackley both qual- ified for the Red Bluff Union Elementary School District board. For more information on filing, call 527-8190 or visit theelectionofficeat444Oak St.inRedBlufforco.tehama. ca.us/elections. Election FROM PAGE 1 employees were awed by the amount of baked goods brought in and the quality. Recipients expressed ap- preciation for the depart- ment's efforts to show grat- itude. The department is con- sidering another campaign to extend appreciation to firefighters, but that would most likely take place after fire season, Backus said. Baking FROM PAGE 1 The Associated Press BIG SUR Firefighters gained more ground Thurs- day against two of Califor- nia's big wildfires as fore- casters predicted the onset of statewide warming with high temperatures in inte- rior areas. The 109-square-mile blaze burning for three weeks in the Big Sur region south of Monterey Bay was 55 percent contained after minimal overnight activity. More than 400 structures remained threatened by the blaze that has destroyed 57 homes and 11 outbuildings and damaged three resi- dences. One person has been killed in a bulldozer acci- dent and three other in- juries have been reported since the fire was ignited by an illegal campfire on July 22. In the inland region 60 miles east of Los Angeles, firefighters established con- tainment lines around 70 percent of a 12-square-mile forest fire between Lake Arrowhead in the San Ber- nardino Mountains and the city of Hesperia in the high desert to the north. Voluntary evacuation ad- visories for areas of Hespe- ria, Apple Valley and Sum- mit Valley were lifted but all mountain-area closures remained in effect. Pacific Crest Trail also remained closed through the area. A trough of low pressure that kept many areas of Cal- ifornia cooler than normal for days was moving away and forecasts called for a statewide warm-up with triple digit temperatures in the Central Valley and other interior areas by the week- end. The National Weather Service said a high pressure ridge building into the state from the southwest would remain in control through the middle of next week. Temperatures were pre- dicted to be above normal virtually everywhere. Fore- casters noted, for example, that visitors to Yosemite Na- tional Park during the week- end should expect highs near the century mark in Yosemite Valley. CALIFORNIA Containment of wildfires increases The Associated Press SACRAMENTO A Califor- nia bill that would have lev- ied taxes on medical mar- ijuana growers appears dead. The Senate Appropria- tions Committee did not approve AB2243 ahead of a deadline on Thursday. Experts estimated that the bill by Democratic As- semblyman Jim Wood of Healdsburg would have raised at least $71 mil- lion annually for local po- lice and environmental cleanup. Wood says he's not sure what happened since the bill previously had unan- imous bipartisan support. He says he doesn't know what got in the way of good policy. Wood's district includes prime land for growing marijuana. He says the money is needed to miti- gate environmental dam- age from illegal pot grows. Taxes on marijuana flowers would have ranged from $4.75 to $13.25 per ounce depending on the grower's license. Some marijuana activ- ists opposed the taxes as unreasonably high. Rapekitreporting A bill to strengthen rape kit reporting requirements for police departments has failed to advance in the California Senate. The measure would have required local departments to report the number of rape kits they collect to the state Department of Justice and give a reason for each that goes untested. The Senate Appropri- ations Committee held AB1848 on Thursday, after it previously passed the As- sembly unanimously. Democratic Assembly- man David Chiu of San Francisco had said the bill would give a better idea of the statewide backlog of kits and why they haven't been tested. Data would be made public in an annual summary. Previous bills attempt- ing to force police to test kits more quickly died when police testified they didn't have enough re- sources to test them all. Drugs A proposal to make Cal- ifornia law treat the drug fentanyl like heroin or co- caine has died amid an in- creasing number of fatal overdoses linked to the powerful opiate, including that of musician Prince. SB1323 would have en- hanced sentences for peo- ple convicted of selling or trafficking fentanyl based on the amount of the drug involved. Under the system cur- rently used for heroin and cocaine, one kilo- gram tacks on three years to a sentence while 80 ki- lograms or more adds 25 years. A fiscal panel declined to act on the bill Thursday, ef- fectively killing it. Bill author Sen. Patricia Bates attributed the bill's demise to Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown's focus on re- ducing California's prison population. The Laguna Niguel Republican says Brown's initiative has made it difficult to address weak- nesses in criminal law. Climate change Lawmakers on a legis- lative fiscal panel are ad- vancing California's lat- est proposal to combat cli- mate change, though the measure has a rocky path to Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown's desk. In 2006, California set a goal to reduce greenhouse- gas emissions to 1990 lev- els by 2020. Brown and environmen- tal advocates are seeking to extend the life of that law and take the ambitious effort further. The bill passed Thursday would set reduce green- house-gas emissions 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. SB32 now advances to the full Assembly, where moderate Democrats who blocked similar legislation last year are expected to push back against it. Elephant welfare California's Legislature has passed a measure tar- geting elephant handlers who use tools that inflict pain to train or control the animals. Under the bill, individu- als, zoos, circuses or other organizations caught using bullhooks, baseball bats, pitchforks or other harm- ful devices would be sub- ject to fines up to $10,000. They could also lose their elephant permit. The Senate approved SB1062 Thursday 26-10, sending it to the governor. Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill last year that would have crim- inalized the use of such tools. Rhode Island became the first state to ban use of bullhooks last month. Animal welfare groups say the tools are inhumane. Some bill opponents say the tools can facilitate vet- erinary care and research when used properly. If Brown approves it, the measure would take effect in 2018. Family leave California lawmakers are reviving legislation to give family leave to work- ers at small businesses. Federal law requires businesses with 50 or more employees to give workers up to 12 weeks unpaid leave per year to care for a new child or other family mem- ber. The California proposal would expand that to com- panies with 10 to 49 em- ployees. Those employees could get at least 60 per- cent of wages for up to six weeks. The legislation is a pri- ority of the California Leg- islative Women's Caucus. It was shot down in June by a committee led by Demo- cratic Assemblyman Roger Hernandez of West Covina. Hernandez was booted from committees last month amid allegations he physically abused his ex- wife. Democratic leaders re- vived the bill Thursday. The Assembly voted 44-24 to introduce SB654. SACRAMENTO La wm ak er s de cl in e to t ax p ot f ar mer s DAVID ROYAL — THE MONTEREY COUNTY HERALD A helicopter makes a water drop near the Mount Manuel Trail while fighting a wildfire near the Big Sur village on Thursday. JAMES QUIGG — THE DAILY PRESS San Bernardino County Firefighter Mike Callaway battles flames from a wildfire in Hesperia on Monday. The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Thomas Steinbeck, the eldest son of NobelPrize-winningauthor JohnSteinbeckandaprom- inent author and screen- writer in his own right, died Thursday at his Santa Barbara home. He was 72. "The Grapes of Wrath" author'sson,whowaswork- ing on a memoir at the time of his death, died of chronic obstructive pulmonary dis- ease, according to a state- ment from his family. In addition to being a writer, Steinbeck fiercely defended his father's work, adapting several John Steinbeck books for movies and launching legal efforts to protect the copyrights of his father and others. "Until the end, Thom worked to protect his fa- ther's name and legacy, as wellastherightsofcreative individuals everywhere," Steinbeck's wife, Gail, said in a statement to The Asso- ciated Press. She called her Vietnam War veteran husband a pa- triot as well as a "wonder- ful, loving husband and son." After years as a docu- mentary filmmaker and screenwriter, Steinbeck launched his own career as an author relatively late in life. At age 58 in 2002, he published his first book, a collection of stories called "Down to a Soundless Sea" to positive reviews. He fol- lowed it with the novels "In the Shadow of the Cypress" in 2010 and "The Silver Lo- tus" in 2011. Like his father's works, many of the younger Stein- beck'sstoriesweresetalong California's picturesque coastline. "Down to the Soundless Sea" recounts tales of early settlers in Big Sur while "In the Shadow of the Cy- press" was set in Monterey, the same coastal city Stein- beck's father used as set- tings for the novels "Sweet Thursday," ''Cannery Row" and "Tortilla Flat." Steinbeck, who bore a striking resemblance to his father, launched a nearly decade-long battle in 2004 to claim intellectual prop- erty rights towrittenworks he said should have been passed on to him and his family upon his father's death. In 2009 he and folk singerArloGuthriebrought a copyright infringement case against Google that was eventually settled. "Thom was friend and family," Guthrie told the AP in an email Thursday. "And despite our different life ex- periences, we shared many things — survived hav- ing famous fathers whose line of work we continued, the '60's, well-told stories and other experiences that made us feel like brothers." ThomasMylesSteinbeck, known to friends as Thom, was born in New York City onAug.2,1944,tothe"East ofEden"authorandhissec- ond wife, singer-composer Gwyndolyn Steinbeck. The couple divorced four years later and he was raised mainlyinEastCoastboard- ing schools. He often spent summersandholidayswith hisfather,travelingthrough Europe, Greece and North Africa or vacationing in Pa- cific Grove, California, and Sag Harbor, New York. It was during those times, he said, that his fa- ther imparted in him a pas- sion for writing. From his mother, he said, he gained a deep appreciation for art. His family, which plans a private service at Big Sur, said donations should be given to The Artists Rights Coalition. OBITUARY Jo hn St ei nb ec k' s so n, fellow author Thomas Steinbeck, dies ELDREDE.FROST June 25, 1924 ~ August 9, 2016 Eldred "Ellie" Frost (Hahn), age 92, passed away on Au- gust 9, 2016, surrounded by family and loved ones. She was born in Santa Rosa; raised in Daly City; met and mar- ried the love of her life on July 5, 1945. They raised a family of 4 in Concord and Woodland, later retiring to Red Bluff. She is survived by her loving husband of 71 years, Leslie F. Frost; their 4 children, Jane (John) Wilkinson, Thomas (Pam) Frost, Susan Rose, David (Lisa) Frost; their 10 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. She is preced- ed in death by her parents Ethel B. Hahn and Milton H. Hahn, brother Robert M. Hahn, sister Doris J. Wright and son-in-law David S. Rose. She was past President of the PTA at Clayton Valley Elem in Concord; Past Matron with Eastern Star, Yolo County Chapter; Kelly Griggs House volunteer; Pink Lady volunteer, Woodland Memorial Hospital; Native Daugh- ters, Red Bluff Parlor; loved to travel and spend time with her family. Her ashes will be scattered at her beloved Sweet Afton in Camp Meeker at a later date, with her family and loved ones present. In lieu of flowers the family asks for dona- tions be made to the Camp Meeker Fire Department at CMVFD, PO Box 511, Camp Meeker, CA 95419. Obituaries Check out the new place in Los Molinos Karaoke-Pool Tables 12 Beers onTap Live Music onWeekends NuWayShoppingCenter 384-0315 11am-Midnight•Fri&Sat11am-2am Mention this ad for a discount STOVEJUNCTION The TheNorthState'spremiersupplierofstoves 22825 Antelope Blvd., Red Bluff 530-528-2221 • Fax 530-528-2229 www.thestovejunction.com Over 25 years of experience Tues-Sat9am-5pm• ClosedSun&Mon Now Carrying! 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