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ByJulieZeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF Apoweroutagewas reported to Pacific Gas & Electric Co. at 6:54 p.m. Thursday affect- ing a significant portion of down- town Red Bluff. Early reports on the PG&E website about 7:30 p.m. put the numbers at 418 customers af- fected with an update by 8 p.m. of about 1,500, but final numbers were around 2,000 customers af- fected, said PG&E spokesman Paul Moreno. Reports were received of out- ages throughout the downtown Red Bluff area including busi- nesses on Main Street between Oak and Walnut streets and down Walnut as well as residences in neighboring subdivisions without power and areas as far north as Wilcox Road. Some residents re- ported power briefly coming back RED BLUFF Po we r re st or ed to 2,000 PG&E cu st om er s a er Thursday outage By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF The Red Bluff Fire Department is hosting a Fire Con- trol 3 training class Saturday and Sunday in the 300 block of South Jackson Street that will end with burning a structure down. "The house was donated to Northern Valley Catholic Social Services and they contacted us over a year ago to see if we'd be interested in utilizing the struc- ture for a training," said Division Chief Matthew Shobash. "It's a class that is hard to obtain. It will benefit a lot of fire departments in Northern California and beyond. We have people from San Fran- cisco and Sacramento to Burney and Cottonwood fire departments who are coming." The property is an old farm- house there has been trouble keeping transients out of and it was going to be torn down even- FIRE DEPARTMENT Red Bluff house to be burned in training By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter REDBLUFF Tehama County's un- employment rate decreased by 0.9 percent from a revised 7.4 in Au- gust to 6.5 percent in September, according to the data released Oct. 21 by the California Employ- ment Development Department. In September there were 25,640 people in the labor work force in the county. Of those, 23,980 peo- ple were employed and 1,660 peo- ple were unemployed. That's 460 more people in the labor work force, 660 more people employed and 200 fewer people unemployed in the month. Tehama County is ranked 37th out of the 58 counties in the state. That's down 8 points due to the decrease in people unemployed in the county. The Northern Rural Training and Employment Consortium re- gion or the North State, which in- cludes Butte, Del Norte, Lassen, Nevada, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity counties, is ranked 35th out of 45 regions in the state with 311,300 people in the labor force, 292,500 employed and 18,800 at 6 percent. In a month the unem- ployment rate for these counties decreased by 0.5 percent or 1,500 people. The data showed a 27.2 percent increase in total farm jobs while mining and logging saw a 5.9 per- cent decrease in jobs in Septem- ber. In California there were 19,437,500 people in the labor work force, 18,404,300 people em- ployed and 1,029,100 people un- employed with a total of 5.3 per- cent of people in the state un- employed for September. The unemployment rate has dropped by 0.3 percent in a month. In the United States the unem- ployment rate decreased by 0.2 percent at 4.8 percent. The counties with the highest unemployment rate in the state are Imperial at 22.7 percent, Tu- lare at 10.2 percent and Colusa County at 9.5 percent. All have decreased unemployment rates in a month. The counties with the lowest UNEMPLOYMENT Countyjoblessratedecreases By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter CORNING The Expect More Te- hama Educational Summit cele- brated its seventh year Thursday at Rolling Hills Casino, where community members and profes- sionals from all areas gathered to hold a discussion. The underlying theme was based of the Arthur Ashe quote "Start where you are, use what you have and do what you can." The event, which typically draws from neighboring counties and beyond, had about 200 peo- ple in attendance, said Leader- ship Team member Kathy Garcia. "It's all about the power of con- vening," Garcia said. "People get to meet people they normally wouldn't and foster connections while leveraging resources to make a difference in our com- munity." The idea of the summit is to connect people in new ways and shed light on issues affecting the youth, but also to celebrate the good work being done in so many areas, she said. "Seven years ago, when we started schools often felt like they were islands and isolated," Garcia said. "The emphasis this year is on high school, adult ed- ucation and the talent shortage within the community." Garcia and fellow leadership team member Kate Grissom kicked off the event talking about setting the course of things fol- lowed by Kevin O'Rorke, Shasta College assistant superintendent and vice president of student services. Bill Gaines of Transfer Flow, Inc. spoke on launching ca- reers and growing jobs. Two local interns, Maya Grunder and Phil- lip Moller, spoke about bridges to experience and exploring the workforce with Amanda Harter serving as moderator. Heidi Men- denhall and Cynthia Cook talked about families and early child- EXPECT MORE TEHAMA SUMMIT FOCUSES ON EDUCATION RESOURCES PHOTOSBYJULIEZEEB—DAILYNEWS Kate Grissom recognizes Karissa Morehouse and her husband Tim for their contributions to the Expect More Tehama Educational Summit on Thursday. Rachel Hatch, research director at Institute For The Future, speaks Thursday at the Expect More Tehama Educational Summit at the Rolling Hills Casino. Have a great day, Michael Vasey GOOD MORNING D DowJonesIndustrial 18,161.19 (-8.49) D Standard & Poor's 2126.41 (-6.63) D Nasdaq 5190.10 (-25.87) BUSINESS Adequate disaster recovery system was not in place before computer meltdown wiped out operations. PAGE A9 CALIFORNIA TechexpertssayDMV system was unprepared Questions emerge over infor- mation on a device belonging to the estranged husband of close Clinton aide. 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