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TUESDAY JULY 3, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A Breaking news at: Vitality Local Weight Loss Success RED BLUFF Little League SPORTS 1B Sunny 97/68 Weather forecast 8B By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer There won't be many oohs or aahs in Red Bluff this Fourth of July. DAILYNEWS TEHAMACOUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Silent night on tap for RB Fourth of July As towns across the country celebrate Independence Day Wednesday by lighting up the sky with fireworks, Red Bluff will remain dark. Crash caused outage Tehama County Chamber of Commerce announced it would no longer undertake the staging or fundraising for a fireworks show in Red Bluff. "We're all saddened by the loss of this great community event but we're hopeful that a new committee will form and start the planning and fundrais- In April the Red Bluff- ing early so we aren't without a fireworks show next year," Chamber President Lisa Hansen The Los Molinos Fourth of July Parade and Play Day is set for Wednesday. The parade is scheduled for 10 a.m. in front of the Veterans Memorial Hall and the Play Day will follow at Mill Creek Park said in an e-mail. Chamber members have said its executive committee decided to pull back from the project due to a reduction of its share of Transient Occupancy Tax rev- enue from the city. The chamber had taken over promotion of the 4th of July Heritage Days event at the Tehama District Fairground in 2009 after the Red Bluff Volun- See FOURTH, page 7A Name released in fatal crash By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The fatality from Wednesday's crash at 2:38 p.m. on Remunda Road, north of Dry Gulch Court in Corning has been released. hit Tehama County within 12 hours has been identified as Jacob Aaron Tabaka, 22, of Belleville, Ill., Califor- nia Highway Patrol Officer Phillip Mackintosh said. Work continues after Highway 99 construction fatality By BEN MULLIN MediaNews Group Courtesy photo A Dodge Dakota pickup sits beneath a power pole that was severed when the truck crashed into it Saturday morning. By RICH GREENE and ANDRE BYIK DN Staff Writers More than 2,000 homes and businesses lost power and the area of Jackson and Sycamore streets was shut down Sat- urday after a 20-year-old Red Bluff man crashed his pickup truck into a power pole traveling at a high rate of speed with two female passengers when he lost control of his 1991 Dodge Dakota and crashed into a power pole on the north- east corner of the intersec- tion around 9:18 a.m., according to a Red Bluff Police Department press release. — Gov. Jerry Brown's sweeping reorganization of California state gov- ernment is expected to become law today. It will be the largest reshuffling of state agencies, boards and commissions in recent state history. The plan does not include significant cost savings, but the Brown administration hopes the housecleaning will save money down the road by increasing efficiency. The overhaul repre- sents the most ambitious of the 36 reorganizations the Little Hoover Com- mission has vetted since 1968, said Deputy Exec- utive Director Carole D'Elia. It targets the bodies that oversee eco- nomic development, consumer services, hous- ing, real estate and nat- ural resources, among others. ''It's by far the biggest reorganization that we've given,'' D'Elia said. ''This is much larger and more sweeping in that it touches on more than 30 areas of government,'' Brown detailed his plan in March to the Commission, which ever been overhaul set to go into effect SACRAMENTO (AP) Largest government endorsed it. The Legis- lature's deadline for rejecting the overhaul is Monday. Lawmakers were expected to pass a series of fix-it bills dur- ing their afternoon ses- sion. Among other changes, the plan reduces the number of agencies from 12 to 10 and groups sim- ilar governmental bodies together. Caltrans will be grouped with other transportation departments instead of with managed health care. Departments dedi- cated to fostering eco- nomic growth will be housed together in the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development. For example, the overhaul as a good first step toward untan- gling the bureaucracy created by years of unwieldy growth in state government. ''It will make it easier for the public to know where to find different organizations,'' she said. ''Hopefully it will cut through some of the red tape.'' D'Elia characterized The plan is expected to go into effect next July. News tip? Call 527-2151 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Morgan Lucero was for felony driving under the influence of alcohol with injury. power between one and eight hours and the near- by roads were closed until 3 a.m. Sunday morning as Pacific Gas and Electric crews repaired the dam- age. Residents were without Lucero was arrested Some power was restored within an hour after the crash, said Sgt. Quintan Ortega. PG&E crews restored power to other areas about 4:30 p.m. Lucero's vehicle sev- ered one pole at its base, which landed on top of the pickup. Another power pole a half block north of Sycamore Street See OUTAGE, page 7A CHICO — It's been more than a month since Viking Construction Co. worker Brad Capps fell to his death while working on the Highway 99 widening project. Cal-OSHA is investi- gating the accident by talking to Viking Con- struction employees, but that may take four to six months, said Patricia Ortiz, a spokeswoman with the California Department of Industrial Relations. Capps, of Cottonwood, fell about 21 feet from the highway bridge over Bid- well Park while he was placing a wooden screen on a cement safety barrier called a "K-rail," said Ortiz. He was taken to Enloe Medical Center where he was pronounced dead from head trauma. The deceased from the first of two fatal wrecks that See NAME, page 7A After Capps died, the construction company took a couple of days off to regroup, then began working again, said Randy Jenco, the presi- See WORK, page 7A By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer fulfilled Friday with the dedication of the North- ern California Child Development Inc.Early Head Start Center. Children's center dedicated to McGuinness A long-time dream was The Caterpillar Cot- tage and Butterfly Bunga- low at 415 Antelope Blvd. in Red Bluff bears a sign dedicating it to Kathy McGuinness, who spent 36 years working for the program in Tehama Coun- ty. "I'm so proud the orga- nization was able to get the early head start pro- gram," McGuinness said. "I wanted it for 15 years. I'm thankful for the pow- ers that be who found other funding. The dream is happening." First 5 Tehama Execu- tive Director Denise Snider was one of several on hand who saw the return of childcare to the location as a interesting twist of fate, she said. "Talk about stars align- ing. I grew up in Tehama County and my mom was a working mom," Snider said. "In Tehama County, the place to have child- care was at Mrs. Becker's who lived in this house. To have Early Head Start here and to be a part of it is great." NCCDI Executive Director Brian Heese said his group is very grateful to owner June Harms who Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Northern California Child Development Inc. Executive Director Brian Heese, right, and Kathy McGuinness, left, unveil the sign on the new Early Head Start building at 415 Antelope Blvd. that was dedicated to McGuinness on Friday. "basically gave us a blank check to get this place ready." 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