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Chavez:PedroChavez,68, of Corning died Tuesday, Jan. 10at his home. Ar- rangements are under the direction of Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary. Pub- lished Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Joy: Teresa Joy, 64, of Rancho Tehama died Monday, Jan. 9at her home. Arrangements are under the direction of Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary. Published Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Mattoon: Eileen Mattoon, 77, of Chico died Tuesday, Jan. 10in Chico. Arrange- ments are under the direction of Brusie Funeral Home. Published Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Stotts: Gregory Stotts, 61, of Anderson died Tuesday, Jan. 10at Shasta Regional Medical Center in Red- ding. Arrangements are under the direction of Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary. Published Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Young: Doris Young, 94, of Tehama died Monday, Jan. 9at Red Bluff Health Care. Arrangements are under the direction of Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary. Published Thursday, Jan. 12, 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 He told the story of how she stopped to get a cup of coffee. That lead to her cleaning the microwave and how she felt awkward getting caught not being at her desk. "She's a part of our his- tory," Hencratt said. "She first started in the early to mid-1990s in the neigh- borhood watch, which later the STARS program evolved from. She, Lee Levine, Sheriff Rob Heard and his administration were a huge part of how the program started. She has more energy than most people in their 50s. It's comical to me that as a volunteer who is great at so many things she would be worried about me see- ing her take a break. That just shows her work ethic, which a lost concept these days." "I've enjoyed work- ing with a great group of people, especially Jean- nie," said Watson who has worked under three sher- iff's since she started. "It was a really good experi- ence for me after working with the IRS and Social Se- curity. It's a good, happy group and I just like peo- ple. It filled in a space for me. I needed a retirement job. I definitely learned a lot and met so many nice people. It's been a real joy and a whole new life for me. I never dreamed I'd be here 20 years, but it has gone by so fast." Over her time, Watson has donated more than 10,000 hours to the com- munity, but just because she is retiring from STARS does not mean she is fin- ished giving back. With her extra time, she is consider- ing volunteering with the Tehama County Animal Care Center since she loves animals. She owns one cat, but above all animals love elephants, she said. Watson is the secretary for the National Active and Retired Federal Employ- ees organization, a part of the Red Bluff Community Center Auxiliary, an active member of her church and plans to "putter around in her yard," she said. Watson's daughter, Eliz- abeth Ellis from Michi- gan, was in attendance at the retirement party along with her granddaughter, Evie Miller. STARS FROM PAGE 1 vestigator was in the area at the time and saw the man, later identified as Samuel Xavier Paul, leav- ing the residence. When the investigator tried to contact Paul, he reportedly fled on foot to a neighbor- ing apartment complex, ac- cording to a Red Bluff Po- lice press release issued Wednesday morning. Another officer and the investigator pursued Paul, who was apprehended as he tried to climb over the fence to the complex. A handgun was found in close proximity to where Paul was caught. Investigation showed that Paul had entered into the victim's residence and stole the handgun along with some ammunition. Paul was booked into Tehama County Jail on the charges of residential burglary and obstructing or delaying a peace offi- cer. Pursuit FROM PAGE 1 County. Every year the Tehama County Food Alliance looks at someone who has the most impact in the county in the promotion of local agriculture and nutrition and Bianchi was that per- son this year, Jackson said. She has a passion for local food and has stood out in the county. "Although Cook is now closed, because Erin is moving on, she sure has left a legacy in the county but promises to stay in- volved on an ongoing ba- sis through her writing and through working with Bianchi Walnuts," Jackson said. Bianchi started Cook on Main Street more than two years ago and it had been an opportunity for her to meet a lot of the lo- cal "foodies" and farmers in the area, she said. Bianchi offered cook- ing classes for children at the store during the sum- mer months and said the children and her would go to the Wednesday night farmers market and pick out items. A lot of the chil- dren chose items that they had never seen before just to experience and learn about a new product. She hopes to find another loca- tion one day to continue to hold the classes. Bianchi said she has en- joyed featuring many peo- ple from the county who are growing local food for the North State in Edible Shasta Butte magazine, including Lana Kitchel, of Kitchel Family Organics Farm, who spoke about Bi- anchi and how much she appreciates her support. "When Erin first ar- rived on our farm she was just like family," Kitchel said. Kitchel said Bianchi has promoted and supported local farms so that resi- dents know that a vari- ety of food can all be pur- chased locally. Bianchi said she plans to continue to support lo- cal agriculture and stay in- volved in the county. Champion FROM PAGE 1 PLEASERECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. Thankyou! The massive rain and snowfall that prompted a rare blizzard warning in parts of the Sierra Ne- vada mountains is help- ing much of Northern Cal- ifornia recover from a six- year drought. The series of storms has also added 39 billion gallons of water to Lake Tahoe since Jan. 1. Stormy weather extended north where Portland, Or- egon and Southwest Wash- ington were slammed with a surprising foot of snow, unusual for an area that normally sees rain. Crater Lake National Park in Or- egon closed Tuesday and into Wednesday with more than 8 feet of snow on the ground. The staggering snow to- tals in the Sierra Nevada — up to 11 feet the past week at some ski resorts around Lake Tahoe — was great for easing drought conditions but bad for area ski en- thusiasts as road closures and avalanche threats kept most resorts closed for the third day in a row Wednes- day. Dan Lavely, who moved to Lake Tahoe in 1968 and now lives in Reno, had planned to spend his days off Monday and Tuesday on the slopes of the Mount Rose ski resort southwest of Reno, where he has a sea- son pass. "In all my years, it's so rare to have too much snow," Lavely said. "Having a season pass, you pretty much live for these condi- tions. You want 2 or 3 feet of fresh powder, and you want to go play in it." In Southern California, as the latest round of rain tapered off, a 9,000-pound of concrete wall and foun- dation slid down a rain- soaked, unstable hillside in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills neighborhood. It landed on a roadway that had been closed be- cause of concerns about the undermined home. No inju- ries were reported. About 2,000 people in Wilton, a rural commu- nity near Sacramento, were asked to leave their homes Tuesday evening as emer- gency crews worked to try to bolster a levee alongside the Cosumnes River. The river reached flood level early Wednesday, leav- ing some farmland flooded and roads blocked off. "I haven't heard of any- one who actually had dam- age yet, but the water is still coming downhill," said Mary Campfield, 62, who has lived in Wilton for 31 years. "Outreach was good and people are watching out for each other." Near Sacramento, a small tornado tore tree limbs and ripped awnings late Tues- day, National Weather Ser- vice meteorologist David Rowe said. No injuries were reported from the twister, which was about 100 yards wide and registered on the low end of the tornado scale. Some 50 homes were af- fected in Hollister, about 95 miles south of San Fran- cisco, said O'Neill, the emer- gency services manager. About 60 residents evacu- ated on their own. Person- nel using boats, Jeeps and firetrucks rescued about 50 people. It wasn't just people who needed rescuing: Nearly a dozen cows sought refuge on top of a mound of dirt in their pen at a Hollister farm, which was completely flooded. Storms FROM PAGE 1 SANTIAGO MEJIA/SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE VIA AP Lorin Doeleman uses a kayak to check her flooded home on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Guerneville. She is moving her belongings to her Sacramento home. Forecasters said the brunt of a weather system had passed a er delivering the heaviest rain in a decade to parts Northern California and Nevada. JEFF CHIU — ASSOCIATED PRESS A woman walks through water from a king tide that flooded onto the Embarcadero in San Francisco, Wednesday. By Julie Pace The Associated Press NEW YORK A defiant Pres- ident-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday adamantly denied reports that Rus- sia had compromising per- sonal and financial infor- mation about him, call- ing it a "tremendous blot" on the record of the intelli- gence community if mate- rial with any such allega- tions had been released. The incoming president, in his first news confer- ence since late July, firmly chided news organizations for publishing the mate- rial late Tuesday night. Af- ter weeks of scoffing at re- ports that Russians had interfered in the election, he conceded publicly for the first time that Russia was likely responsible for the hacking of the Demo- cratic National Committee. "As far as hacking, I think it was Russia," he said and quickly added that the United States is hacked by other countries as well, in- cluding China. Trump's extraordinary defense against the unsub- stantiated intelligence re- port, just nine days before his inauguration, domi- nated a highly anticipated press conference in which he also announced a new Cabinet member, detailed his plans to disentangle himself from his sprawl- ing global business empire, gave his outlook on the fu- ture of the "Obamacare" health care law and said he would soon nominate some- one to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. "I think it's a disgrace that information would be let out. I saw the informa- tion, I read the information outside of that meeting," he said, a reference to a clas- sified briefing he received from intelligence lead- ers. "It's all fake news, it's phony stuff, it didn't hap- pen," Trump said in a news conference that saw him re- peatedly joust with report- ers. "It was gotten by oppo- nents of ours." Asked about his relation- ship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump boasted that it is an im- provement over what he called America's current "horrible relationship with Russia" and did not criticize the Russian leader for any interference in the election. "If Putin likes Donald Trump, guess what, folks, that's called an asset not a liability. I don't know if I'm going to get along with Vladimir Putin — I hope I do — but there's a good chance I won't." Trump, Vice President- elect Mike Pence and in- coming White House press secretary Sean Spicer also denounced the report about Russia's influence on Trump, and the incom- ing president said it never should have been released. He thanked some news or- ganizations for showing re- straint. A U.S. official told The As- sociated Press on Tuesday night that intelligence offi- cials had informed Trump last week about an unsub- stantiated report that Rus- sia had compromising per- sonal and financial informa- tion about him. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the offi- cial was not allowed to pub- licly discuss the matter. Trump and President Barack Obama were briefed on the intelligence commu- nity's findings last week, the official said. Media outlets reported on the document late Tuesday and Trump denounced it on Twitter before his news con- ference as "fake news," sug- gesting he was being per- secuted for defeating other GOP presidential hopefuls and Democrat Hillary Clin- ton in the election. The dossier contains un- proven information about close coordination between Trump's inner circle and Russians about hacking into Democratic accounts as well as unproven claims about unusual sexual activ- ities by Trump among other suggestions attributed to anonymous sources. The Associated Press has not authenticated any of the claims. PRESIDENT ELECT Trump denounces 'disgrace' of reports of Russian ties to him Combining Quality and Low Cost is what we do. www.affordablemortuary.net•529-3655 FD1538 LocatedinChico,CA R ed Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service FD1931 527-1732 Now open longer hours 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2017 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 5 A