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Fletcher:SallyIrene Fletcher, 76, of Red Bluff died Tuesday, Jan. 3at Red Bluff Health Care. Ar- rangements are under the direction of Allen & Dahl — Anderson. Published Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Deathnoticesmustbe provided by mortuaries to the news department, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified advertising department. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortuaries or by families of the deceased and include online publication linked to the newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. DEATHNOTICES An article in Wednes- day's edition about the late Tomasina (Ramos) Moreno-Rivera included two paintings for which the artist was not cred- ited. The paintings were both the work of local art- ist Marjorie Curl and were painted from photographs taken by local photogra- pher Patricia Haskins. The Daily News regrets the error. It is the policy of the Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you believe a factual error has been made in a news story, call 737-5042. CORRECTION Artists not properly credited for works Gunlaws Gun enthusiasts and buyers will now undergo a background check before purchasing ammunition and will be barred from buying new weapons that have a device known as a bullet button. People who own maga- zines that hold more than 10 rounds are required to give them up as of Jan. 1. Law enforcement offi- cers will be required to follow the same rules as civilians by securely stor- ing handguns in a lock box out of plain view or in the trunk if the weapons are left in an unattended ve- hicle. This law closes a le- gal loophole that had ex- empted authorities and concealed weapons per- mit holders from those rules. The move came af- ter stolen guns were used in high-profile crimes. What else is new Another new law re- quires businesses and pub- lic agencies to have medi- cine, such as an EpiPen, or epinephrine auto-injector, on hand, designed to com- bat severe emergency aller- gic reaction. Assembly Bill 1386 al- lows pharmacies to dis- pense the devices to col- leges, private businesses and other venues that have a plan in place for using them. A new prosecution law took effect Sunday regard- ing sexual assault cases. The bill was prompted af- ter former Stanford Uni- versity swimmer Brock Turner was given a six- month jail sentence for assaulting an unconscious woman. The law states that sex- ually assaulting an uncon- scious or severely intoxi- cated person will become a crime ineligible for pro- bation. According to Assembly Bill 2888, this bill would prohibit a court from granting probation or sus- pending the execution or imposition of a sentence if a person is convicted of rape, sodomy, penetra- tion with a foreign object or oral copulation if the victim was either uncon- scious or incapable of giv- ing consent due to intoxi- cation. Public schools can now expel students for bully- ing through video or sex- ting. Assembly Bill 2536 states: This bill would in- clude engaging in an act of cyber sexual bullying, as defined, as an act of bullying by means of an electronic act for which a pupil may be suspended or expelled from school. The information on sex- ual cyberbullying will be available online and the bill encourage schools to teach students about sex- ting. For more information on all the new laws visit https://leginfo.legislature. Laws FROM PAGE 1 Class that will last for 60 minutes. Organizers of the Ride On Race Series are huge cycling fans and believe many modern problems, including obesity, stress, depression and environ- mental concerns, can be overcome with regular riding. All types of bicycles are welcome to compete and the motto of organizers is "We're here to have fun, run wha'cha brung." There is a $20 entry fee and helmets are required. More info can be found on Facebook by searching for Ride On Race Series. Cyclocross FROM PAGE 1 NEVERGIVEUP UNTIL THEY BUCKLE UP. VISIT SAFERCAR.GOV/ KIDSBUCKLEUP VISIT SAFERCAR.GOV/ KIDSBUCKLEUP Police Department, Jacob Strongly, she applied to Red Bluff Police Department. Thomas' first position was as a community ser- vice officer and within a year she was sworn in as an officer in November 2012. Aside from a brief time she served as interim detective in March 2014, Thomas re- mained in the officer posi- tion, serving two-years as a School Resource Officer for the Red Bluff Union High School District. In June 2016 she became a corporal. Thomas earned the Salis- bury High School Hall of Fame Award, given to com- munity members who make a difference, in May 2016 and was named the 2015 Red Bluff Police Officer of the Year. Born in Roseville, Thomas was raised in San Jose and started her career in public safety as a vol- unteer firefighter in 1994 before moving to Shasta County. Thomas enjoys spending time with her husband Mark and chil- dren Brendan, Kristen and Ashley. Thomas is involved in Red Bluff Sunrise Rotary and the Bikes For Kids program that recently expanded into Tehama County. She is in the pro- cess of obtaining a bache- lor's degree in administra- tion of justice and main- tains a 3.72 GPA. Thomas FROM PAGE 1 In Oregon, a major win- ter storm slammed Med- ford with its snowiest day in nearly a century. More than 8 inches fell at the airport Tuesday, ac- cording to the National Weather Service. Eleven inches of snow fell on a December day in 1919. Snow was also falling in Wyoming, where a winter storm warning has been posted for much of the Interstate 80 corridor, in- cluding Cheyenne. Heavy snow was also expected in Colorado. In New Mexico, fore- casters said a blustery winter storm will pro- duce significant snowfall and strong winds across much of the northern and eastern parts of the state beginning late Wednesday and peaking early Friday. The storm in California should boost the snow- pack that provides about a third of California's water in normal years for drink- ing, farming and wildlife when it melts in warm, dry months. The first manual survey of the snowpack this year revealed Tuesday that it holds about half as much water as normal, casting a shadow on the state that's hoping for an end to the drought. Surveyors took the read- ing at 6,000 feet near Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Ne- vada, where storms were expected to dump four to five feet of snow The Sierra Avalanche Center issued an avalanche warning for the mountains around Lake Tahoe after a storm dumped nearly 2 feet of snow on area ski re- sorts. Storms FROM PAGE 1 NORTHSTAR CALIFORNIA VIA AP In this photo provided by Northstar California, skiers enjoy the view while riding on the Vista Express at the Northstar California resort in Truckee Tuesday. KENT PORTER — THE PRESS DEMOCRAT VIA AP A group of friends from Clearlake walk Elk Mountain Road as they look for a favorable sledding hill at Penny Pines above Upper Lake in the Mendocino National Forest. The Associated Press SACRAMENTO Vowing to protect California's values and constitutional guar- antees, Democratic lead- ers in the state Legislature selected former U.S. Attor- ney General Eric Holder to serve as outside counsel to advise their legal strat- egy against the incoming Trump administration. Holder will help legis- lators resist any attempts to roll back progress on is- sues like climate change, health care, civil rights and immigration, Califor- nia Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Paramount, announced Wednesday. "With the upcoming change in administra- tions, we expect that there will be extraordinary chal- lenges for California in the uncertain times ahead," their joint statement said. "We have an obligation to defend the people who elected us and the policies and diversity that make California an example of what truly makes a nation great." The arrangement, first reported by the Los Ange- les Times, will give Holder a broad portfolio including addressing potential con- flicts between the state and the federal government. He'll lead a team of attor- neys from the firm Coving- ton & Burling. "I am honored that the legislature chose Cov- ington to serve as its le- gal adviser as it considers how to respond to poten- tial changes in federal law that could impact Califor- nia's residents and policy priorities," Holder said in a statement. Holder served as the na- tion's top lawyer from 2009 through 2015, focusing on civil rights and criminal justice reform. POLITICS Ca li fo rn ia e nl is ts E ri c Ho ld er to defend against Trump IL — J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE Former Attorney General Eric Holder has been selected by the state Legislature to serve as outside counsel to advise the legal strategy against the incoming Trump administration. By Kevin Freking The Associated Press WASHINGTON When Pres- ident Barack Obama called on world leaders at the United Nations to do more for the world's refugees, his mention of a young boy named Alex could have just been a footnote, a forgotten paragraph in a daily bliz- zard of speeches and press releases. The White House had otherplans.Socialmediagu- rus at the White House built on the president's remarks by sending a video crew to Alex's home in New York. They recorded an adorable Alex reading aloud a letter he had written. Alex asked the president to bring to his house a 5-year-old blood- ied boy the world had seen sitting in an ambulance in Aleppo, Syria. He promised: "We will give him a family, and he will be our brother." When the White House posted the video on the pres- ident's Facebook page it was watched 27 million times. It also generated a wave of sto- ries in media outlets around the country — drawing at- tention to the boy's com- passion and, by association, Obama's desire to persuade the United States and the rest of the world to embrace more Syrian refugees. The Alex video demon- strated how the Obama ad- ministration has increas- ingly turned to a new menu ofoptionstoengagethepub- lic. The first American presi- dent of the social media age, Obama has for years been breakinggroundonhowpol- iticians connect with a digi- tallysavvyelectorate.Hehas usedsocialmediaasatoolto educate, to amuse, to spin, and, undoubtedly, to shape his legacy. And judging by his successor's Twitter ac- count, it's one of the few leg- acies he's leaving that Pres- ident-elect Donald Trump has embraced. The year Obama came into office, the White House joined Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Vimeo, iTunes and MySpace. In 2013, the first lady posted her first photo to Instagram. In 2015, Pres- ident Obama sent his first tweet from @POTUS, an ac- count which now has 11 mil- lion followers. This year, the White House posted its first official story on Snapchat, a promotion of the president's State of the Union address. WhiteHouseofficials said the focus on social media is simply a strategy of going to where people get their news. It's an add-on, not a replacement, they said, for press conferences and in- terviews with journalists. They said presidents, with very rare exceptions, can no longer rely on a single method for communicating their message. "The biggest lesson that we've learned is that the bully pulpit is dead," White House Communications Di- rector Jen Psaki said. "So we have a responsibility as a government and as his staff to come up with a range of ways and levers to commu- nicate information." The Pew Research Center recently found that about 4 in 10 Americans often get their news online. Digital is second only to TV news as the most prominent news platform. LEGACY Obama uses social media to engage and persuade PAULV.LYNCH July 4, 1936 ~ December 29, 2016 Paul V Lynch passed away on Thursday December 29, 2016 in Chico, CA. Paul was born July 4, 1936 in Timmins, Ontario, Canada to David A. and Mary Lillian Lynch both deceased. Paul was the beloved husband of the late Faye Lynch. He is survived by his three sons, Paul Lynch, Danny (Sue) Lynch, Mark (Carol) Lynch, daughter Patti (Tom) Jones, his niece Diane (Barry) Anderson, his sisters Mary Lynch, Patricia Lynch, and Margaret Lynch. He is predeceased by his daughter Cathy Shuman, siblings James Lynch, Veronica Lynch, Anne O'Driscoll, David Lynch, Robert Lynch, Michael Lynch, and Leo Lynch. Paul will be lovingly remembered by his many grandchildren, great grandchildren, and his great niece. Family and friends are invited to Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary Thursday January 5th from 4:00 to 8:00 pm for viewing. 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