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FRIDAY JULY 6, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 6A Breaking news at: Rhythm Rascals Robert Minch RED BLUFF SOAR Swims SPORTS 1B Sunny 95/65 Weather forecast 8B 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 Fire chars 70 acres By RICH GREENE Classes at the Dia- mond Avenue campus were canceled Thursday due to the smoke odor inside the classrooms. Both the cause of the working Thursday to clean up in the aftermath of Wednesday's fire that destroyed the Tehama County Department of Child Support Services building and burnt 70 acres of vegetation near the Shasta College Tehama Campus. DN Staff Writer Firefighters were still fire and the estimated damage were unknown as of Thursday after- noon, CalFire Public Information Officer Kevin Colburn said. The structure fire broke out just before 3 p.m. Wednesday and an hour later the fire had jumped to nearby vege- tation. and Tehama County fire crews contained the fires around 6:30 p.m. Colburn said he expected CalFire inmate Ishi crews to continue cleanup work through Friday. Tehama County See FIRE, page 7A Daily News photos by Rich Greene Above: A charred palm tree stands in the mid- dle of vegetation that was burnt Wednesday after the Tehama Coun- ty Department of Child Support Services building caught fire. Left: Workers clean up the remains of the building that housed the Tehama County Department of Child Support Services, which was destroyed in a fire Wednesday after- noon. Lawmakers postpone water bond to 2014 SACRAMENTO (AP) — California lawmakers voted Thursday to delay voters' consideration of an $11 billion water bond from this November until 2014 — the second time the measure has been postponed. approved AB1422 on a 69-6 bipartisan vote and the Senate approved the bill by Democratic Assemblyman Henry Perea of Fresno on a 34-2 vote. The bill now goes to the governor, who is expected to sign it. Voters were originally supposed to consider the bond in 2010, but former Gov. The Assembly Schwarzenegger, a Republican, signed legis- lation delaying it until this year. Arnold timing and cost of the pro- posal at a time they are relying on tax hikes to help cut the state's $15.7 billion deficit. The governor's tax Democrats want to delay the vote again to focus on Gov. Jerry Brown's tax hike to help state programs and cut the deficit. Democratic lead- ers have worried about the hike seeks to increase the sales and income taxes individuals with incomes over $250,000 a year. The money would aid the state's general fund, pub- lic schools and universi- ties, and public safety. ''I am going to vote to delay it because I think it's critically important that we focus on the rev- enue measure at this point in time,'' said Assembly- woman Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo. Some lawmakers say the entire bond should be scrapped because it is filled with pork projects estimated at about $800 million. ''By all rights this bond should be repealed and the reason it should be repealed is because that is the only way we will have a serious discussion over the next year or two about what really ought to be funded in a water bond,'' said Sen. Lois Wolk, D- 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See WATER, page 7A CalFire, Red Bluff Schools await tax initiative By JULIE ZEEB its budget June 29, but the fiscal soundness will be up to voters. DN Staff Writer Red Bluff Union Elementary School District passed "The board again asks for the cooperation from the associations in helping us resolve the challenges with the budget that lay ahead of us, especially if the November Tax Initiative does not pass," Superintendent William McCoy said. "We stand to lose nearly $1 mil- lion in funding in November, having already lost about $3 million over the last four years already." While the governor has adopted a state level budget, school funding still remains in jeopardy. Schools across the state are having to brace for a possible $457 per student reduction in funding if Gov. Jerry Brown's tax initiative fails in November. This would come after schools have already had to learn how to operate on 80 percent of the funding available four years ago, he said. State tabs $4 million for 99W, I-5 landscaping The California Trans- portation Commission announced last week it had allocated nearly $4 million to fund a pair of Tehama County highway projects. In Tehama County, $2,333,000 was allocated to the county for the reha- bilitation of 5.5 miles of Old State Route 99 between Corning and Red Bluff. The project will provide a new surface, shoulders and striping. A $1.4 million land- scaping project also received funds. The Tehama County Local Transportation Commission will receive the money for landscap- ing at 10 interchanges along Interstate 5 from the Glenn County line to the Shasta County line. About $600 million was provided by Propo- sition 1B, a transporta- tion bond approved by voters in 2006. The remaining allocations came from assorted state and federal transporta- tion accounts. In total, about $13.8 billion in Proposition 1B funds have been distributed statewide. "Proposition 1B con- tinues to fund key trans- portation projects, which translates into a strengthened economy," Caltrans Director Mal- colm Dougherty said. "Investing in our infra- structure will improve mobility and create a better future for Califor- nians." Nearly $1 billion was allocated to 135 trans- portation projects statewide. CVS plans move across town "The success of the tax initiative is critical to our See TAX, page 7A Daily News photo by Chip Thompson Last occupied by a motorcycle dealership, this building at 455 S. Main St. in Red Bluff is the proposed new home of CVS Pharmacy, which plans to move from its Belle Mill Road location. By RICH GREENE move across town. The pharmacy is in the early planning stages of a move from its 124 Belle Mill Road location to a DN Staff Writer CVS Pharmacy is planning to vacant building 455 S. Main St. across from the Shell Minimart. Director of Public Relations Mike DeAngelis said the plan is for the new store to open in the spring. "We look to increase the conve- nience and access of our store loca- tions with free standing stores," DeAngelis said. Red Bluff Planning Director CVS Caremark Corporation pur- chased Longs Drugs Stores in 2008. Scot Timboe said he had already received paperwork from the com- pany.