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TUESDAY Avoid Packing on the Pounds DECEMBER 11, 2012 Spartans Wrestling Vitality Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 6A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Isolated Rain 62/40 Weather forecast 10B 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 Names released in Friday shooting in Red Bluff The names of two men injured in a shooting Friday afternoon on Irish Lane in Red Bluff were released Sunday afternoon by the Tehama County Sheriff's Department. David Oliveros, 29, of Red Bluff was shot in the torso and Salvador Verduzco, 41, of Corning was shot in the right thigh, according to a press release. Both men were treated at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. Officers received a report of a shooting about 2 p.m. Friday. Verduzco, interviewed at the hospital, told officer he drove Oliveros to the hospital following the shooting at 11341 Irish Lane. No other victims were found at the residence when officers arrived. Witnesses said they heard gunshots in the area and saw several vehicles leave immediately afterwards. Evidence of the crime was collected at the residence, the W eekend cru sh Man arrested for naked peeping A 21-year-old Red Bluff man was arrested early Sunday morning for peeping into a bedroom room while in the nude. Around 12:40 a.m. Sunday, Red Bluff police officers were dispatched to a residence near the Red Bluff Union High School on First Street for the report of a nude peeping Tom. Officers arrived to find Dallin Edward Foster, fully clothed. According to a department press release, Foster By ANDRE BYIK DN Sports Editor CORNING — When Lucero Olive Oil founder Dewey Lucero left his hometown of Corning to study mechanical engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, he didn't think he'd return to the Olive City. The 33-year-old, who was walking the grounds of his olive mill Saturday during the 2nd annual Winter Crush — an allday event at the mill that hosted thousands for tours, live music and tastings — said he's been working 10- to 16-hour days for the past seven years since founding the internationally acclaimed company in his parents' garage about a half-mile from the mill on Loleta Avenue. Lucero Olive Oil has won more than 150 awards for its product, Lucero said. The back of his business card, which he carried in his pocket, is printed in Kanji. The card was a leftover from a trip to Japan this year to accept an award. "I had a gut feeling," he said, "that if enough work was put in, that something special could happen." Lucero said the Winter Crush festival, which on Saturday was well over the 2,000 people it hosted last year, is meant to show people how the magic is made. If there was one thing Lucero wanted people to take away from the event, it was to have a taste of olive oil straight off the mill. Which is something, he said, only a handful of mills provide. "We want people to see how me make olive oil, and not only that, but just how we make extra virgin olive oil and what the difference is between that release said, but no suspects have been found. An investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information about this incident is urged to call the department at 5297900. See NAKED, page 9A Fire damages DUI program office in Red Bluff By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Daily News photo by Andre Byik Alaina Bahn, 7, tours the Lucero Olive Oil mill in Corning during the 2nd annual Winter Crush on Saturday with her grandmother, Bobbie Sepelak. and the not-so-good stuff on the shelf," Lucero said, adding, "We just wanted to provide a venue, an event that people could come and enjoy and have a good time at. We like to have fun as a company. We work very hard but we enjoy really seeing people smile and enjoying the same things that we do." Out of college, Lucero said he was working a job as a quality engineer and selling homemade olive oil to his coworkers on the side. It was something he picked up from his father and grandfather. "People kept asking," he said, "'Why don't you put your name on the bottle?'" The cause of an explosion and a fire Sunday in the 200 block of Hickory Street in Red Bluff is under investigation. An explosion was reported to Red Bluff Fire, which shut off the gas at the service valve and called for Pacific Gas & Electric Co., at 10:58 p.m. Sunday at the Right Roads DUI Program office. Fire personnel arrived to find gas flowing from a gas meter and a fire on the northwest outside corner of the building at Hickory and Rio streets, Chief Jon Bennett said. The fire was contained within three minutes. Damage was limited to a plastic recyclables cart with paper contents that was found next to the gas meter, the meter itself and minor paint blistering to the stucco wall of the building, Bennett said. Gas was still present in the ground after the fire had been extin- guished and PG&E was looking for the source, Bennett said. The gas line underground leading to the meter, which is called a riser, was melted by the fire, PG&E spokesman Paul Moreno said. "There is nothing from our meter that would account for source or cause of the ignition," Moreno said. "Our meter and riser pipe were damaged as a result of the fire from the trash bin. The leak was found to have come from the riser pipe and appears to have been damaged in the fire." Red Bluff Fire responded with two engines, one ladder truck and 15 personnel. CalFire assisted with one engine, three personnel and Tehama County Fire responded with one engine, one squad and three personnel. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews .com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. See CRUSH, page 9A County radio update Fiscal cliff stalemate spurs anxiety in states JEFFERSON CITY, by military bases and agreement in Washington Washington-based organiMo. (AP) — A plunge defense contractors that by January, a deal still zation that tracks the nearly complete over the federal "fiscal could get whacked. And could be struck later to effects of policy decisions A nearly $350,000 mandated project to convert all of Tehama County's public safety radio systems from wideband to narrowband channels by the start of 2013 is complete. The U.S. Department of Justice issued the mandate in May 2007, requiring agencies take advantage of more efficient technology by reducing channel width allowing for additional channels to exist in the same spectrum. Radio equipment also needs to be compatible for future digital two- 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 way wireless communication. Sheriff Dave Hencratt began addressing the mandate when he took office in January 2011, coordinating with the Red Bluff and Corning police departments, and the county's district attorney and probation departments. Grants through Homeland Security, Edward Byrne Justice and Interoperable Emergency Communications funded $275,492 in equipment. The county funded an additional $72,000. In total $347,492 was spent on 108 handheld radios, 29 vehicle radios, 108 microphones, 108 antennas and 18 batteries. cliff" may sound like a terrifying risk for many state officials anxiously watching as Washington struggles to avert automatic tax hikes and spending cuts set to start with the new year. Yet their greatest angst may stem not from the potential loss of billions of dollars, but the confusion surrounding it all. The longer the White House and Congress remain at odds, the more difficult it becomes for governors and lawmakers who are trying to piece together their own budgets. Many states depend on federal grants to help finance education, environmental and community programs that are on the chopping block. Their economies are powered their state income tax revenues could rise or fall as a direct result of federal tax hikes. All that of that is to say that states have a lot riding on the strained negotiations between national Democrats and Republicans over some way of raising revenues and reducing spending that would avoid a more drastic deficit-reduction plan, known as the "fiscal cliff" because it could send the country back into an economic recession. "From a general economic standpoint, the sooner they could do something the better," said Missouri budget director Linda Luebbering in a bit of understatement. Even if there is no lessen the effect of the automatic spending cuts and tax hikes. But some states are bracing for the most ominous of outcomes. If nothing is done, states stand to lose $7.5 billion in federal funding in 2013 for 161 grant programs subject to automatic spending cuts, according to the Federal Funds Information for States, a on states. The biggest of those cuts could come to federal aid for schools that teach large numbers of low-income students. Funding for special education, early childhood programs and food subsidies for women and children also could take sizable cuts. If nothing is done, state See CLIFF, page 9A Unemployed due to Closure or Layoff? Start the new year in training or at a new job! Visit the Job Training Center 718 Main Street • Red Bluff Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm. Financial Assistance Available.