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WEDNESDAY It���s Time For A Athletes of the Week Cookie Party DECEMBER 5, 2012 County Fare Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 5A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Showers likely 60/47 Weather forecast 8B TEHAMA COUNTY DAILY 50�� T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U NTY S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Shooting shuts down Gas Point in Cottonwood By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer An officer involved shooting took place Tuesday on Gas Point Road at Happy Valley Road in Cottonwood. Shasta County authorities say California Highway Patrol officers shot at least two peo- ple in a pickup truck during a confrontation in Cottonwood, according to an Associated Press report. Sheriff���s Lt. Dave Kent says two CHP officers fired shotgun blasts at a red pickup with three people inside following a vehicle chase around 10 a.m. Tuesday. One man and one woman were taken to the hospital. Kent says he didn���t know why the officers fired at the truck or how seriously the man and woman were injured. The CHP officers were not injured. According to a Red Bluff California Highway Patrol spokesman, a Red Bluff officer was trying to conduct a traffic stop in the area for a vehicle with no headlights when the suspect failed to yield. The officer was not injured in the incident, the spokesman said. A Shasta County Sheriff���s CHP toy drive underway Department press release on the incident confirms there was a shooting, but it does not identify the victims or suspects. A short distance from the site, West Valley High School was not under lockdown, howSee SHOOTING, page 7A Man threatens pair with knife By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer A 47-year-old Red Bluff man was arrested Monday in the 1400 block of Jackson Street after threatening his girlfriend and another man with a knife. According to Red Bluff Police logs, officers were sent to the residence after multiple calls starting with one at 5:59 a.m. reporting a man staying at the apartment had come home high and was causing problems. Officers were sent at 7:12 a.m. and upon arrival found Steven J. Benavidez yelling and slamming doors See KNIFE, page 7A Corning man pleads not guilty in brother���s death By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb CHP Officer Shaun Hoover picked up four pallets of toys from the Walmart D.C. Nov. 28. Pictured, from left, are employees Debbie Miller, Hoover, Stacey Applegate and Richard Hutchinson. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Red Bluff California Highway Patrol office is seeking help in bringing Christmas joy to the children of Tehama County. CHP successfully kicked off its annual CHIPS for Kids Toy Drive during Thanksgiving week with a donation of four pallets of toys, which will provide about 360 toys. But more are needed, CHP Public Information Officer Shaun Hoover said. The first big donation of the drive, from Walmart D.C., was picked up Wednesday. ���Last year we gave out well over 500 toys per office,��� Hoover said. ���Each area is responsible for collecting toys for their community and all toys collected here will stay within the community.��� Names for recipients are collected from Head Start and various other Tehama County agencies, Hoover said. New, unwrapped toys can be donated by dropping them in the box at the Red Bluff Office, 2550 N. Main St. The drive will be held right up through Christmas day. ���The more the merrier,��� Hoover said of donations. ���A lot of families need help out there this year. We encourage businesses and other community members to participate.��� For more information, call Hoover at 527-2034. ��������� Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. A Corning man pled not guilty Tuesday in Tehama County Superior Court in the death of his brother Fermin ���Mitch��� Alberro, 40, of Corning. Clifford Manuel Palmer, 46, of Corning is facing the charge of voluntary manslaughter, originally charged as murder, after the two got into a fight on Nov. 27, that resulted in Alberro���s death at a residence in the 23100 block of Flournoy Avenue. The two brothers had been arguing about firewood and collecting more of it in preparation for the upcoming storm, Tehama County Sheriff���s Lt. Dave Greer said. Deputies responded to the residence at 5:35 p.m. Nov. 27 for reports of an unconscious man who was not breathing. Upon arrival, deputies learned Alberro, whom they found laying on his back in the entryway unresponsive, had been in a fight with Palmer. A deputy gave Alberro CPR, assisted by Corning Police Officers and medical personnel, however, efforts to revive him were unsuccessful. Palmer told deputies he and his brother had been arguing, which led to a fight at which point Palmer hit Alberro on the face and Alberro fell to the floor unconscious. Palmer, who told deputies that he and his brother had been conSee DEATH, page 7A County takes RBFD swears in newest engineer step to ease junk enforcement By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer The Tehama County Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance Tuesday amending a section of county code dealing with how the county handles junk-filled eyesores and the potential health hazards that come with them. Previously the around 100 public nuisance cases the county received per year were addressed through a court process of criminal citations. The revised code allows county staff to address the problems through administrative penalties, including fines and, in the more serious cases, a non-judicial 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 abatement process. During a public hearing a half-dozen residents questioned whether the change would remove due process rights of property owners. Some said they did not believe county staff should have the right to determine what is junk and what is not. Supervisor Bob Williams asked several questions in regard to the appeal rights residents would have. He said he wanted to make sure that process was still in tact. County Counsel Arthur Wylene assured Williams before any abatement action took place it would first come to the board for approval, at which time a property owner could ask for an appeal. The first appeal process would be heard by the Planning Commission. ���No one���s going to get See JUNK, page 7A Alex Fullingim, who started with Red Bluff Fire as a cadet in its 2007 Firefighter 1 Academy, was sworn in Tuesday at City Hall as the department���s newest full-time engineer. Hired full-time by Red Bluff Fire on Nov. 24, Fullingim���s girlfriend Kimberly DeSena had the honor of pinning on his badge. Fullingim sought out a driving school to obtain his class-B license and pursued his CSFM driver/operator license classes to meet Red Bluff Fire training requirements at his own expense. He was promoted to Reserve Engineer Oct. 1, 2010, Chief Jon Bennett said. Fullingim graduated first in his class of 10 cadets from Red Bluff Fire���s academy and is Volunteer Chief for Tehama County Fire Department ��� Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Company. ���I���m very thankful and appreciative of this opportunity,��� Fullingim said. ���I hope I will be a credit to the department.��� Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Kimberly DeSena pins Red Bluff Fire Engineer Alex Fullingim���s badge at his swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday at City Hall. PHYSICIAN REFERRAL COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR Smog Inspection $ 2595 +$825 certificate (MOST CARS & PICK-UPS) 195 S. 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