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ByJulieZeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter REDDING TheNorthernCalifor- nia Child Abduction Response Team was recognized Monday at City Hall as the first team in Cal- ifornia to receive certification, making it the 22nd team nation- ally to be certified. The team is made up of about 90 members from federal, state and local agencies in Tehama, Shasta and Siskiyou counties who have formed a task force to respond to child abduction inci- dents. "We are the first in California to be certified," said Tehama County Sheriff's Lt. Dave Greer, a mem- ber of the team. "What this does is it brings together a well trained group and a three county area of resources for child abduction, which is amazing especially for LAW ENFORCEMENT Childabduction team first in state to be certified By Michael R. Blood The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Some California medical marijuana users are get- ting a tax break. State officials announced Thursday that certain purchases of medical cannabis are now ex- empt from sales taxes, under the law approved by voters this month that legalized recreational pot in California. Under the new law known as Proposition 64, a 15 percent ex- cise tax will be imposed in Jan- uary 2018 upon purchasers of all marijuana and marijuana prod- ucts, including medical cannabis. A tax on cultivators will also be imposed. Until then, the tax holiday goes to people who make purchases with a medical marijuana iden- tification card from the Califor- nia Department of Public Health. That's a relatively small group in a state of 39 million people. Ac- cording to government data, Cal- ifornia issued about 6,700 of the identification cards in the year that ended in June. However, that CALIFORNIA Legal pot brings temporary tax break for some medical users Staff report @redbluffnews on Twitter RED BLUFF A second victim has stepped forward in an alleged child molestation case involving 52-year-old Red Bluff resident Da- vid Eric Rios, who was arrested Tuesday morning in the area of State Route 99E. Thursday morning, Red Bluff Police had a man in his early 40s come in to the department and disclose that he had been sex- ually assaulted by Rios, who was 22 at the time of the incident, when the man was 11 years old, said Lt. Matt Hansen. The vic- timization took place over a three-year period. "This information sheds light on a truly disturbing reality," Han- sen said during a press conference Thursdayafternoon."Atthispoint, we know there are at least two vic- tims who have been molested by the same individual over a period spanning 30 years. When I first learned of the circumstances of this case, I was concerned there may be other individuals who have never reported being victimized. The man who came into the po- lice department this morning to report he was also molested con- firmed that suspicion." Red Bluff Police first received a report on Nov. 3 of an 11-year-old boy who said Rios, a family friend who had gained the trust of the boy and his mother, had been sex- ually assaulting him over a five- to six-year period, Hansen said. At that time, a forensic interview with a multi-disciplinary team in- cluding Red Bluff Police, Tehama County Deputy District Attorney and Child Protective Services was set up, but had to be continued to a second day due to the serious- ness of the allegations and psy- chological affect on the child. Through the interview, investi- gators learned there were allega- tions of numerous sexual crimes and incidents that reportedly in- volved torture, false imprison- ment and threats of harm to the boy's mother if he talked to law enforcement. ALLEGED MOLESTATION CASE Secondvictimcomesforward Opinion............A4 Community.....A5 Lifestyles........A6 Weather........A10 Sports..............B1 Comics............B5 Index...............## INDEX U DowJonesIndustrial 18,903.82 (+35.68) U Standard & Poor's 2187.12 (+10.18) U Nasdaq 5333.97 (+39.39) BUSINESS U.S. House Democratic leader since 2002faces a restive caucus as party's minority status continues. PAGE A3 CONGRESS Pelosifaceschallenge for leadership post President prods Donald Trump to take a tougher approach to Russian relations during his last European trip. PAGE B8 FOREIGN POLICY Obama says US must 'stand up' to Russia Check out what's going on in your neighborhood and the community. PAGE A2 LOCAL CALENDAR Rios By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF Local law enforce- ment officers, medical profes- sionals and first responders par- ticipated in the annual State- wide Medical and Health Exercise training Thursday on Casale Road, where a simulated collision between a bus, train and pickup truck took place. The goal of the training was to improve local responses to mass casualty transportation related incidents, with an emphasis on rapid, safe triage, building col- laborative relationships and treat- ment of multiple patients. The Hospital Preparedness Program and the California De- partment of Public Health and Emergency Medical Authority are among the sponsors who organize the training each year. Tehama County Sheriff Sgt. Rod Daugherty was one of those aware of the details of this year's training ahead of time. The agencies who participated in the training were unaware of many of the details, including how many victims were involved, until the first dispatch call came through the radio. This was to en- sureallagencieswouldreacttothe situation as they would normally. Daugherty said within the sher- iff's department he would like to see officers collaborate with other agencies, work together, learn from each other and become bet- ter prepared for a true incident. This is the time when officers can make mistakes and improve on their performance. At the end of the training the agencies went over what needed improvement and what went well. Daugherty said communica- tion amongst the agencies was good and everyone worked well with each other. Red Bluff Police Lt. Matt Han- sen said the training was a great opportunity to learn the roles each person has in a mass-casu- alty incident and become familiar with other agencies that the po- lice don't always work with. EXERCISE Local agencies participate in annual disaster training PHOTOS BY HEATHER HOELSCHER — DAILY NEWS The Tehama County Annual Statewide Medical and Health Exercise training was held Thursday, where multiple first-responder agencies came together to train for a multi-casualty collision scenario. Here, emergency medical technicians and local firefighters assist two acting- victims as they would normally do in this situation. Red Bluff Fire Department's Firefighter Ryland Stratton walks a girl, who was acting in a simulated multi-vehicle collision, to the treatment area on scene. CASE PAGE 9 POT PAGE 9 CART PAGE 9 TRAINING PAGE 9 » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, November 18, 2016 50CENTS AN EDITION OF THE CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD Tuleyome Tales Tiny but tough, the American Kestrel Lifestyles A6 Triple Creek Ranch Christmas event for special needs families Community A5 LiketheDailyNews on Facebook and stay in the loop on local news, sports and more. 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