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Mayo:GeraldMayo,79, of Red Bluff died Tues- day, Aug. 16at his home. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Friday, Aug. 19, 2016in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Deathnoticesmustbe provided by mortuaries to the news department, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified advertising department. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortuaries or by families of the deceased and include online publication linked to the newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Deathnotice structure,sandingbenches and applying either paint, stain or sealer, updating fixtures inside and out, up- dating the signage, install- ing a misting system on the outer portion of the ga- zebo, installing four flat screen televisions and out- door speakers behind new glass on the interior of the gazebo, which will be used to loop fire safety messages, info on Cal Fire and info on recruitment for Tehama County Volunteer Firefight- ers and upgrading electri- cal wiring. Over the years with nu- merous changes in man- agement at Tehama Dis- trict Fair and Cal Fire, the history of the relationship and responsibility of main- taining the gazebo area has been lost as nothing was in writing, Thompson said. Now Cal Fire would like to revitalize the gazebo area and make it something to be proud of. Thompson said she hopes to get as much of this done as possible before the fair starts on Sept. 22. For the fair in 2017 she would like to replant the boxes in the im- mediate area of the gazebo and use it as a demonstra- tion garden showing fire resilient landscaping and drought tolerant plants as well as native plant speci- mens. Cal Fire has the staffing and a small budget to ac- complish most of the items listed and will require some help from the fair's mainte- nance staff. A written agree- ment was requested and ap- proved at the meeting. Fair FROM PAGE 1 of 99W in the Gerber area about 1 p.m., at which time the sheriff's department was called to back up CHP. In the initial report, it was learned the vehicle's owner had been visiting a friend at the hotel when she set the keys down in the ho- tel room and noticed they were missing after two boys known to her friend had entered the hotel, but left abruptly. About an hour later, the two boys drove to a resi- dence in Gerber, during which time a relative saw the boys drive up and con- tacted police upon discov- ering the teens had stolen the vehicle they drove to his residence, said Public Infor- mation Officer Troy Soma- via. The boys, one from Red Bluff the other from Gerber, were arrested and taken to the Tehama County Juve- nile Justice Center where they were booked on the charges of vehicle theft and possession of a stolen vehicle. Crime FROM PAGE 1 in as evidence. Just before 10 a.m., an incident was called in at apartment building on Walnut Street of a loud noise about 10 p.m. Tues- day. In the morning mul- tiple holes in a kitchen window, possibly from a pellet gun, were noticed. Those incidents are be- lieved to be connected to the Adobe Road inci- dents. Anyone with informa- tion concerning these in- cidents is urged to call the police department at 527-3131. Biz FROM PAGE 1 NEVERGIVEUP UNTIL THEY BUCKLE UP. VISIT SAFERCAR.GOV/ KIDSBUCKLEUP VISIT SAFERCAR.GOV/ KIDSBUCKLEUP By Don Thompson The Associated Press SACRAMENTO The father of a California congressman was sentenced Thursday to a year and a day in federal prisonafterprosecutorssaid he illegally funneled nearly $270,000 in contributions to his son's campaigns. A federal judge also fined BabulalBera$100,000forvi- olating federal election laws, according to the U.S. Attor- ney's Office in Sacramento. Democratic U.S. Rep. Ami Bera of Elk Grove was not charged and has denied knowing about his father's activities. Prosecutors said they have found no evidence that he was involved. Beraisrunningforathird two-year term against Re- publicanSacramentoCounty Sheriff Scott Jones, who has suggestedhisrivalmusthave known about the scheme. Babulal Bera of La Palma pleaded guilty in May to making excessive campaign contributions and making contributions in someone else's name. He acknowledged that he arranged for friends, rel- atives and acquaintances to contribute more than $225,000 to his son's failed 2010 campaign for a House seat and then illegally reim- bursing the donors. He did it again with more than $43,000 for his son's successful 2012 campaign, when Ami Bera defeated Re- publican Congressman Dan Lungren on the second try. "This is one of the most difficult moments my family has ever experienced," Ami Bera said in a statement. "Of course I'm absolutely devastated and heartbro- ken for how today's decision will impact our entire fam- ily. But my father's accepted what he did was wrong, he's taken responsibility, and I love him more than words can express." Investigators found more than 130 improper cam- paign contributions involv- ing about 90 contributors, according to a plea agree- ment in the case. Campaign officialssaidtheyreimbursed the U.S. Treasury for the amount of the illegal dona- tions, as required by law. Prosecutors sought the one-year prison term, while probation officers and de- fense attorneys said the 83-year-old Bera should be sparedincarcerationbecause of his age, poor health and because his 82-year-old wife could not live without him. As part of the plea deal, the U.S. Attorney's Office agreednottochargehiswife. Prosecutors said a prison sentence was needed be- cause of the seriousness of the crime and noted they sought a shorter sentence than the maximum 2 years allowed under Bera's plea agreement in May. The maximum prison sentence on each of his two felony counts is five years. Jones called it "a very se- rious crime committed to further Ami Bera's politi- cal ambitions. I am sorry to hear that at 83 years old, Mr. Bera will be going to prison for a crime I do not believe he alone is responsible for." Babulal Bera's attorney, Edward Loya, declined com- ment. Democrats hold a 5 per- centage point advantage in voter registration in the sub- urban Sacramento 7th Con- gressional District. However,Bera'scampaign has been shadowed this year byhisfather's actionsandby criticism from some labor organizations over his sup- port for Democratic Presi- dentBarackObama'sforeign trade agenda. POLITICS California congressman's father sentenced to year in prison RICH PEDRONCELLI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Babulal Bera, the father of Democratic Congressman Ami Bera, walks to the federal courthouse for sentencing for election fraud on Thursday in Sacramento. By Tali Arbel The Associated Press NEW YORK Gawker.com, the brash New York web- site that broke new ground with its gossipy, no-holds- barred coverage of media, culture and politics, is shut- ting down after 14 years, brought low by an unhappy, but deep-pocketed, subject. The news — appropriately enough, broken by Gawker itself — follows the sale of the site's parent company to Univision. Founder Nick Denton reportedlytoldstaff- ers Thursday afternoon that Gawker.com will come to an end next week. Twitter im- mediately went berserk in an unholy mélange of shock, sadness and Schadenfreude. Univision, the Spanish- language broadcaster, is buying the parent company, Gawker Media, for $135 mil- lion; the sale follows Gawk- er's loss in a major inva- sion-of-privacy case brought by the former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan. Gawker had published a video of Hogan having sex with a friend's wife. A Florida court awarded Hogan, whose lawsuit was secretly backed by an ag- grieved Silicon Valley bil- lionaire, $140 million in damages. Gawker Media went into bankruptcy pro- tection after the verdict, and a judge has to approve the sale at a hearing Thursday. "The real shame is that GawkergaveHoganasledge- hammerwithwhich(to)pul- verize it in state court," New York University journalism professor Adam Penenberg tweeted . "If you want to as- cribe blame, blame Denton." Other Gawker Media blogs may live on. The com- pany currently publishes seven sites in addition to Gawker.com, including the feminist-focusedJezebel,the tech site Gizmodo and the sports site Deadspin. Univi- sion wants those properties to help build a more youth- ful audience than that com- manded by broadcast TV. But Gawker's real enemy, it turns out, wasn't Hogan so much as Peter Thiel, a Pay- Pal founder and early in- vestor in Facebook who a Gawker site had outed as gay in 2007. Thiel's vendetta against Gawker raised con- cerns about wealthy people covertly working to under- mine media companies they didn't like. Gawker's snarky and fre- quently vulgar style was in- fluential throughout pub- lishing. The site became a breeding ground for jour- nalists, some of whom went on to jobs at the sort of es- tablishment media outposts Gawker itself frequently mocked. "I think in a lot of ways Gawker has helped to de- fine the voice of the inter- net," said Josh Benton, the director of the Nieman Jour- nalism Lab at Harvard Uni- versity, who said he's been a daily reader "as long as there's been a Gawker." The site was initially a breezy, insider-y chronicler of the media that made it a must-read for many in the industry. In later years it branched out into salacious stories of all kinds, but still enjoyed needling establish- ment figures in media and technology. Denton, an outspoken a former Financial Times journalist, for now does not plan on going to Univision. He also declared personal bankruptcy as a result of the Hogan case. WEBSITE Gawker.com dies next week, killed by an unhappy subject By Juliet Williams and Alison Noon The Associated Press SACRAMENTO Califor- nia's Assembly speaker conceded defeat Thursday onnegotiationsoveraplan to inject $400 million into affordable housing proj- ects, a deal that was in- cluded in the $122 billion budget compromise legis- lative leaders negotiated withGov.JerryBrownthis spring. The funding was con- tingent on lawmakers ap- provingBrown'scontrover- sial"byright"housingpro- posaltospeedapprovalfor developments that include affordable units. The pro- posal would give approval toprojectswithoutanyad- ditional review to multi- family housing projects that set aside at least one- fifths of the units for low- income residents. Devel- opments neartransitstops could be built under this procedure if they set aside 10 percent or more. Brown's proposal was aimed at quickly increas- ing the supply of hous- ing. But it left some neigh- borhood activists furious at the prospect of losing a voice in approving con- struction that they fear will change the charac- ter of their communities, and it angered some labor unions. Assembly Speaker An- thony Rendon, D-Para- mount, said "I believe it's over." "It's my understanding that there haven't been discussions in at least two weeks," he said. Califor- nia's legislative year ends Aug.31,soanycompromise must be approved by law- makers before then. He added in an inter- viewwithTheSacramento Bee that linking the fund- ing "has sort of backed us into a corner." Housing groups an- nounced last week that they were walking away from talks with the Dem- ocratic governor. In a let- ter this week, they urged Brown, Rendon and Sen- ate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, D-Los An- geles, to provide the $400 million anyway. "Withlittletimeremain- ing in the Legislative ses- sion and no real prospect of a deal, we must ask you toreleasethefunds.Please do not penalize our state's most vulnerable residents for the failure to reach agreement on the stream- lining proposal," said the letter signed by officials from more than two dozen community and social jus- tice groups. The budget deal says that if no agreement is reached, the Legislature can devote the money to other priorities, but law- makerswouldstillneedthe governor'ssign-off.Rendon said he would like to com- mit at least $150 million to affordable housing. AspokesmanforBrown, Evan Westrup, did not im- mediately respond to a re- quest for comment Thurs- day. A spokesman for de Leon, Anthony Reyes, de- clined to comment. Rendon's declaration Thursday marks the lat- est concession in a string of legislative letdowns this year. Leaders have already lowered expectations on reaching a deal to extend California'sclimatechange mandate to lower carbon emissions through 2030, which was to have been oneoftheLegislature'ssig- nature accomplishments this year. They also again failed to reach consensus on funding for a backlog of billions in needed road repairs. Brown's willingness to spend heavily on housing was seen as a notable con- cession for a governor who has been both skeptical of the value of housing subsi- dies and eager to save for a recession he warns is coming. But it was unclear Thursday whether $400 million was set aside spe- cifically for the projects, or the money was to have comefromotherpriorities. SACRAMENTO Talks stall on $400M in affordable housing DR.JOSEPHCARLSTRICKER December 10, 1925 ~ August 9, 2016 Born in Red Bluff, Joe's parents were Joseph and Bertha K. (Micke) Stricker. Joe was brother to Mary Anger and Ed Stricker, who preceded Joe in death. Joe graduated from Red Bluff High School, where he was on the tennis team and played trombone in the school band. After com- pleting one year at the University of California, Berkeley, Joe enlisted in the Navy and was assigned to the Farragut Naval Station, Idaho, where he worked in the hospital tending to wounded soldiers returning from the Pacific theatre. After the war, he graduated from UC Berkeley, as well as the University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry. It was there that he met Marie Ravazzano, who was studying dental hygiene. They married and re- turned to Red Bluff to start his dental practice, where Marie was also his hygienist. During 64 years of marriage, together they raised six children: Steve (Kathy), Jim (Mary Jean), Joe (Amanda), Michael (Anne), David, and Lisa Lloyd (Zane). Joe enjoyed fishing, and taking the children camping at Mt. Lassen, and he and Marie enjoyed skiing and travel. He was a loving husband, a kind and good father, and a supportive grandfather to Joe, Katie, Anna, Sarah and Will. Joe was a generous dentist, and never allowed a pa- tient's financial hardship to interfere with needed care. He was a life-long resident of Red Bluff, and a member of Sa- cred Heart Catholic Church. Joe will be greatly missed by all who knew him. A private burial service will be held in San Francisco. A memorial mass will be held at Sacred Heart Church in Red Bluff on Monday, October 17th, at 10 am. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Sacred Heart Church Scholarship Fund, 2355 Monroe Ave, Red Bluff, CA 96080. RALPH G. SCOTT, JR. January 7, 1935 ~ August 15, 2016 Ralph G. Scott, Jr. was born in Oakland in 1935 the only child of Ralph G. and Eunice C. Scott. He was raised in San Mateo, California, graduating from San Mateo High School. He attended the University of California at Berke- ley, earning a B.S. in Geology in 1956. He had three sons, Ralph III, Michael and Leland, with his first wife Donna Thorne. His found his first position after college with the Army Corp of Engineers and he later accepted a job with The California Department of Water Resources in Sacra- mento, beginning a long career in Geology, which he loved. He married Linda (Durby) Scott (died 1985) and had a daughter, Lindsay. The family moved to Red Bluff in 1966 to work for the new northern district DWR office for 29 years, retiring in 1995. In 1988, he married Patricia Troberg and added three stepchildren to the family: Jef- frey, Melissa and Timothy. He is survived by his wife, Pat, children, Ralph (Sacramento), Michael (Sacramento), Le- land (Eagan, MN), Lindsay (Murrieta, CA), Jeffrey (Red Bluff ) Melissa (Antelope) and Timothy (Red Bluff ) and 20 grandchildren. Ralph enjoyed jogging (30,000 miles), running marathons, working out, playing basketball, hiking, coaching little league, softball, T-ball and working on old cars – Studebakers, Sprites and MG's but he liked all fixer-uppers. He taught Sunday school and ran youth groups at the Presbyterian Church when his family was young. He was a member of Red Bluff Toastmasters for many years. He dreamed of owning a mountain cabin, fi- nally finding one in Mineral where he spent many happy, satisfying hours working to make it a family destination. The family helped to restore it together, and visited there often. Ralph and Pat travelled after retirement, visiting Mexico, Canada and China and they crossed the United States sev- eral times to visit family and friends. They traveled on nu- merous geology tours in the western states with a close group they grew to love. The stories of Ralph's escapades are legion. Ralph lived life to the fullest and made the most of ev- ery minute he was awake until dementia began to erode the ambitions he held in his mind. He loved deeply, played and worked hard and was loyal to God, family, friends and colleagues. A Celebration of Life will be held this Saturday, August 20, 2016 at the Presbyterian Church in Red Bluff at 1:00 p.m. with fellowship and snacks immediately after at the church. Bring your stories about Ralph and plan to share with all of us. Obituaries FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2016 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 9 A