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business with employees paid specifically to work in the gardens and pro- cess the marijuana, ac- cording to the release. Employees were complet- ing time cards and paid on a regular basis by cash for their time worked. Evidence led investiga- tors to a neighboring and adjoining property where they obtained a second search warrant and located a second large marijuana greenhouse full of mature marijuana plants, accord- ing to the release. This second garden was part of the first commercial grow- ing operation found at the property where James and Singer were found. This operation was pre- sented as being a medical marijuana grow, however the evidence determined otherwise. The investiga- tion into the person fleeing at the time investigators arrrived and the owner of the operation is ongoing and arrests are imminent. Arrest FROMPAGE1 those, these experiences and what we learned got us thinking about what we needed to do to bring more good paying jobs to Tehama County and that we needed to get started now," Williams said. In January 2015, Cay- lyn Wright was hired as economic development and jobs coordinator and three goals were identified including workforce devel- opment, business recruit- ment and business reten- tion. Part of that is creat- ing the on-line presence through the economic de- velopment website and Facebook page. The seven videos show Wednesday are a part of a series shot in June for the Tehama County web- site to promote the area and it was all done at no cost to the county by CGI Communications be- cause the videos are an in- kind donation of services, Wright said. These vid- eos are already up on the county's website — http:// co.tehama.ca.us/ — along with a new economic de- velopment website at www. Tehama4Business.org. The idea behind the vid- eos is to pique the interest of business owners to want more information on relo- cating to Tehama County, Wright said. The videos in- clude a welcome video and videos on education and healthy living, economic development, homes and real estate, parks and rec- reation, agriculture and open space. Sites in Red Bluff, Los Molinos, Corn- ing and Cottonwood and were selected based upon the types of shots CGI had asked the county to find. The videos, sponsored by several businesses and other organizations includ- ing Red Bluff Union High School, Dignity Health's St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Truman Christ Insurance Agency, Rich- ard B. Dunbar, DDS, Roll- ing Hills Clinic, Corning Union High School, An- telope Elementary School District, Corning Health- care District, Indian Peak Vineyards, llc, Red Bluff Elementary School Dis- trict, Andersen and Sons Shelling, Olive City Care Home, House of Design, Moon Dental, Los Moli- nos Unified School Dis- trict, River City Realty, Evergreen Union School District, Gold Exchange, Better Choice Real Estate, A&R Custom Butcher- ing, Tobin and Associates CPAs, Aerofeet Podiatry Center, Bud's Jolly Kone, Red Bank Ale and Quail, Corning Health Center, Rolling Hills Casino, Sun- shine Schoolhouse, Gerber Elementary School, Wing Solar and Wood Inc, Geijs- beek Construction, Prime Lending, a Plains Capital Company, High Point As- sembly of God and Michael Lamberts Farmers Insur- ance Agency. AnnieBianchiofLosMo- linos said she thought the videos were a great start to highlighting the treasures of Tehama County while Debbie Chakarun of Red Bluff said she thinks they are a nice introduction to the area and what we have available locally. Brin Greer said she thought it was a great way for Tehama County to have an online presence through the website as well as the use of various social media platforms. "It's a great way to pro- mote Tehama County to out of towners and it's something that we have needed for quite some time," Greer said. Corning resident and former Corning Chamber Manager Valanne Carde- nas said she was excited to see Corning included from various businesses to the new skate park. "They've included sev- eralthingswe'reveryproud of," said Valanne Cardenas. Her husband Tony, who is on the Corning City Council, said he loved the excellent photography and video that was used and he enjoyed learning about motorcross, which he was not as aware of as being in Tehama County. "It really puts Tehama County first as far as show- ing what's available here," said Tony Cardenas. Brandy Rodelo of Red Bluff said she thought it was an excellent job. "They did a really good job and it really depicts Te- hamaCountyandmakesus look fabulous," Rodelo said. Corning Mayor Gary Strack was pleased with how it turned out and said he could tell a lot of work went into it. "People have to realize that this isn't something that's going to just happen overnight," Strack said. Corning Chamber Exec- utive Director J.C. Pender- graft also thought the vid- eos were great, he said. "This is just the be- ginning of what Tehama County Economic Devel- opment is doing," Pender- graft said. "It creates an opportunity for outsiders to get an idea of what Te- hama County has to offer. There are a lot of opportu- nities that are overlooked even by the locals. I'm ex- cited about the website and the business opportunities it could draw to the area." Marketing FROM PAGE 1 California is one of the few states that empower voters to enact laws af- fecting state revenue and spending. The proposals go- ing before the state's 18 mil- lion registered voters put billions of dollars at stake in this election. "That's big business," said Jessica Levinson, a law professor at Loyola Univer- sity in Los Angeles, who commented before the re- cord was broken. She and other campaign finance ex- perts stress that big money flows to the contests that will have the biggest fi- nancial impact and the fi- nal push to sway voters is likely to include a spend- ing blitz. "A lot of the oxygen is re- ally being sucked up by the presidential race," Levin- son said. "For most vot- ers, they're just starting to think about the ballot mea- sures." Proposition 61, a pro- posal to cap what the state pays for prescription drugs at the lowest price the U.S. Department of Veterans Af- fairs pays, has drawn the biggest spending. Pharma- ceutical companies have contributed most of the $108 million that's been raised to defeat it, includ- ing $22 million publicly dis- closed Thursday. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which placed it on the ballot, has spent about $14 million backing it. Because Proposition 61 would not force drug com- panies to change their prices, the state legislative analyst says its fiscal effect on the $3.8 billion market is unknown. Tobacco companies are among the other big- gest spenders, contribut- ing more than $55 million to oppose Proposition 56, a proposed $2 tax increase on every pack of cigarettes sold in the state. The Cal- ifornia Hospital Associa- tion has spent more than $46 million opposing three measures that would affect funding for Medi-Cal, the state's health care program for the poor. Most of the funding has come directly from the cor- porations facing massive gains or losses to their own bottom line on Nov. 8. "They're called citizen initiatives because of who has to sign them, not nec- essarily who has to pay for them," said Josh Altic, who directs research on ballot measures at Ballotpedia, an organization that aggre- gates electoral data from all 50 states. Two of the biggest indi- vidual donors are Repub- lican Charles Munger Jr., who has contributed more than $10 million to sup- port Proposition 54, seeking greater legislative transpar- ency, and Napster founder Sean Parker, who's given about $7 million support- ing the effort to legalize and tax recreational marijuana, Proposition 64. The totals exclude money that's transferred between allied campaigns as well as duplicate contributions re- corded when one commit- tee raised money for more than one proposition. The record amount also includes about $50 million raised in 2014 for some of this year's ballot measures. That money does not ap- pear in some calculations the secretary of state's of- fice provides online. Where does all the money go? The campaign reports show more than $40 mil- lion was used to pay sig- nature-gatherers who cir- culated petitions to qual- ify each of the 14 initiatives and one referendum for the ballot. Two measures were placed on the ballot by law- makers, a process that does not require signatures. Overall, the reports show roughly $200 million has been spent on advertising and political consulting firms that coordinate re- search and media buys. About $115 million was spent to air 76,000 broad- cast television advertise- ments supporting and opposing California ini- tiatives through Oct. 17, ac- cording to an analysis by the Center for Public In- tegrity of data from Kantar Media/CMAG, which moni- tors media markets around the country and offers a widely accepted cost esti- mate. That figure does not include spending on cable TV, radio, online or mail- ers, nor the cost of produc- ing ads. Donors FROM PAGE 1 RICHPEDRONCELLI—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE Carolyn Channing joins others at a rally against Proposition 64at the Capitol in Sacramento. If approved by California voters in November, Proposition 64would legalize the recreational use of marijuana. By Tom Krisher and Dee-Ann Durbin TheAssociatedPress DETROIT A 50-year-old woman who died after a car wreck last month in Califor- nia is the 11th U.S. victim of Takata Corp.'s defective air bag inflators. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administra- tion confirmed the wom- an's death on Thursday but didn't release her name. Up to five people also may have been killed by the air bags in Malaysia, bringing the num- ber of deaths globally to as many as 16. The agency said the woman, identified in Riv- erside County, California, coroner's records as Delia Robles, 50, of Corona, was driving a 2001 Honda Civic. Riverside police said in a statement that a man mak- ing a left turn in a Chevrolet pickup truck was hit head- on by the Civic. The woman was rushed to a nearby hos- pital, where she died from her injuries, the statement said. "Our thoughts and deep- est sympathies are with the family of the driver during this difficult time," Honda said in a statement. Takata air bags can in- flate with too much force, which causes a metal can- ister to rupture and spew shrapnel into the vehicle. Tokyo-based Takata, unlike other manufacturers, uses the chemical ammonium nitrate to create a small ex- plosion that inflates air bags in a crash. But the chemical can de- teriorate when exposed to prolonged high heat and hu- midity and can burn faster than designed. That can blow apart a metal canister designed to contain the ex- plosion. The problem touched off what is now the largest auto recall in U.S. history. More than 69 million inflators have been recalled in the U.S. and more than 100 mil- lion worldwide. Takata faces billions in costs. Honda said the Civic in- volved in the California crash had been included in multiple recalls since 2008. The company said it mailed more than 20 recall notices to the car's registered own- ers, but its records indicate the vehicle was never re- paired. Company spokesman Chris Martin said "multiple" notices were sent to the vic- tim's address, but he did not know if she received them. She bought the car at the end of 2015, he said. In June, NHTSA urged owners of 313,000 older Hondas and Acuras to stop driving them and get them repaired, after new tests found that their Takata in- flators are extremely dan- gerous. The agency said it had data showing that chances are as high as 50 percent that the inflators can explode in a crash. Mar- tin said about 300,000 have not been repaired, and that the owners have been diffi- cult to reach. Just over 1 mil- lion Hondas originally had the risky type of inflators. NHTSA's urgent advisory covers vehicles that are up to 16 years old including 2001 and 2002 Honda Civics and Accords, the 2002 and 2003 Acura TL, the 2002 Honda Odyssey and CR-V, and the 2003 Acura CL and Honda Pilot, NHTSA said. They were recalled from 2008 to 2011,andabout70percentof them already have been re- paired, the agency said. Honda says it has suffi- cient supplies of replace- ment air bags for owners who still need them. The older the inflators are, and the more time they spend in heat and humidity, the more likely they are to malfunction. The government urged people to go to safercar.gov and enter their vehicle iden- tification number to see if their car or truck is being recalled. AUTOMOBILES US confirms 11th death due to Takata air bags The Associated Press ALTURAS A sheriff's dep- uty shot dead in rural northern California was killed by a man listed in state records as a regis- tered sex offender shortly after the deputy arrived at a home to investigate a do- mestic disturbance, author- ities said Thursday. Deputy Jack Hopkins, 31, died instantly Wednes- day morning and the sus- pect, Jack Lee Breiner, was arrested after a chase and shootout with another offi- cer that left both wounded, the Modoc County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. Hopkins was the fourth California law enforcement officer to die in the line of duty over the last two weeks. Breiner is listed in Cal- ifornia's sex offender reg- istry as having committed lewd or lascivious acts with a child ages 14 or 15 and an- noying or molesting a child under age 18. The sheriff's office did not return calls seeking additional comment about Breiner. Modoc County District Attorney Jordan Funk told the Redding Record Searchlight newspaper that Breiner was still hos- pitalized Thursday and it was too early to say what charges he would face but that the intentional killing of an on-duty police officer is punishable by the death penalty. The killing of Hopkins happened at a property about eight miles south of the town of Alturas, popula- tion 3,000, which bills itself as a place "where the west still lives" near California's border with Oregon. The sheriff's office state- ment did not describe where on the property Hopkins was shot but said the deputy had "entered the property to investigate the call when he confronted the main sus- pect" and was killed. It characterized the call Hopkins was responding to as a domestic disturbance but did not provide further details. "The entire law enforce- ment community of our re- gion and state grieves the irrevocable loss of deputy Hopkins," the sheriff's of- fice said. After Hopkins was killed, Breiner fled in a vehicle and was wounded in a shootout with Modoc County Sheriff Mike Poindexter, who was also responding to the dis- turbance call, the statement said. Poindexter suffered an unspecified minor wound. Hopkins joined the sher- iff's department last year, af- ter working for the Alturas Police department, the sher- iff's office said. "He was a good friend, good law enforcement of- ficer," Sgt. Mike Main told the Redding Record Search- light. "He meant a lot to all of us, and we're all hurting." His death comes af- ter two Palm Springs po- lice officers were shot and killed Oct. 8 responding a domestic disturbance call and after a Los Angeles County sheriff's sergeant was gunned down Oct. 6 in the high desert town of Lancaster while answering a burglary call. CALIFORNIA Registered sex offender accused of killing deputy ANDREAS FUHRMANN — THE RECORD SEARCHLIGHT Local law enforcement join the procession of Modoc County Deputy Jack Hopkins on Thursday in Bella Vista. SHIZUO KAMBAYASHI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE A 50-year-old woman who died a er a car wreck last month in California is the 11th U.S. victim of Takata Corp.'s defective air bag inflators. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2016 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A