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RED BLUFF —  Auditor-Controller Krista Peterson will give a presentation on Tuesday on Tehama County’s finances for September through December 2023 and March 2024 for Fiscal Year 2023-2024. As of March 2024, total expenditures were $165,967,693 compared to $151,207,024 in March 2023.  According to staff, there was a reduction in contributions to other agencies of $2,300,209. This is mainly due to COVID money going to the Red Bluff Chamber for small business grants in the fiscal year 2022-2023. That said, the decrease was offset by increases seen in assistance programs administered through Social Services of $1.1 million and $236,547 in Fire’s Schedule A expense. Staff say that the general fund has received 61 percent of budgeted revenues. As of March 31, 58.9 percent of the tax revenue was received. Property Tax revenue is up $783,819, while sales tax revenue is down slightly. Charge for services is 66.7 percent of the budget, and other revenue has only seen 23.3 percent of its budgeted revenue. Staff shared that the $546,803 budgeted in this category primarily comprised a donation from the Nomlaki Tribe in the amount of $350,000.

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By Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — In November 2017, days after her daughter Mallory Smith died from a drug-resistant infection at the age of 25, Diane Shader Smith typed a password into Mallory’s laptop. Her daughter gave it to her before undergoing double-lung transplant surgery, with instructions to share any writing that could help others if she didn’t survive. The transplant was successful, but Burkholderia cepacia — an antibiotic-resistant bacterial strain that first colonized her system when she was 12 — took hold. After a lifetime with cystic fibrosis, and 13 years battling an unconquerable infection, Mallory’s body could take no more. In the haze of grief and pain, Shader Smith found herself looking through 2,500 pages of a journal her daughter had kept since high school. It chronicled Mallory’s hopes and triumphs as an ebullient, athletic student at Beverly Hills High School and Stanford University, and her private despair as bacteria ravaged her systems and sapped her considerable strength. In the years since, the journal has become a source of solace for Shader Smith as she has traveled the globe speaking about the growing

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Violett Beane, 28; Tina Fey, 54; George Strait, 72; Reggie Jackson, 78. Happy Birthday: Let your creativity take over and put any drama that comes your way on the back burner. Don’t believe everything you hear or let anyone pressure you into something that doesn’t benefit you. Focus on self-worth, personal growth and positive personal changes that lead to opportunity and a better quality of life. Observe what others do and research thoroughly. Make peace and happiness your priorities. Your numbers are 3, 12, 17, 28, 32, 34, 43. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take charge and finish what you start. An outlet for your energy will spare you the grief of a heated conversation. You’ll make the most progress using your imagination when managing money. Maintain a positive attitude and you’ll discover what makes you happy. 3 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Mingle, participate and look for people heading in a similar direction. Endurance and insight will help you choose a path that leads to positive change and a more efficient and peaceful lifestyle. Love is in the stars. 5

By Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times Kori Thompson had long wrestled with the idea of having a child. The 24-year-old worried about the world a kid would face as climate change overtook the globe, fearing the environmental devastation and economic strain that could follow. He had been thinking about getting a vasectomy ever since he learned about the sterilization procedure from a television show. But “the thing that actually triggered it was the court decision,” Thompson said. After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade nearly two years ago, paving the way for states to usher in new restrictions on abortion, doctors started seeing more young adults seeking vasectomies or getting their tubes tied, emerging research has found. An analysis by University of Utah researchers, released as an abstract in the Journal of Urology, found that after Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a rising share of vasectomy patients were under the age of 30. Related Articles Health | A mother’s loss launches a global effort to fight antibiotic resistance Health | Stranded in the ER, seniors await hospital care and suffer avoidable harm Health | Partner talks in their sleep? Here’s

By Judith Graham, KFF Health News Every day, the scene plays out in hospitals across America: Older men and women lie on gurneys in emergency room corridors moaning or suffering silently as harried medical staff attend to crises. Even when physicians determine these patients need to be admitted to the hospital, they often wait for hours — sometimes more than a day — in the ER in pain and discomfort, not getting enough food or water, not moving around, not being helped to the bathroom, and not getting the kind of care doctors deem necessary. “You walk through ER hallways, and they’re lined from end to end with patients on stretchers in various states of distress calling out for help, including a number of older patients,” said Hashem Zikry, an emergency medicine physician at UCLA Health. Physicians who staff emergency rooms say this problem, known as ER boarding, is as bad as it’s ever been — even worse than during the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic, when hospitals filled with desperately ill patients. Related Articles Health | A mother’s loss launches a global effort

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — A convicted sex offender is about to be released in the Central Valley. On Thursday, a Merced Superior Court judge ruled that Ciro Camacho should no longer be classified as a sexually violent predator. The judge ordered Camacho to be released from the California State Hospital. In 1993, Camacho was convicted of multiple counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child under the age of 14. While he is currently still in custody, Action News learned late Friday afternoon that Camacho will likely be released to Madera County sometime next week. “He intended to reside with his family here in Madera County,” said Sally Moreno, the Madera County District Attorney. Once he is released, the Merced District Attorney’s Office will notify the public. The agency said it is closely monitoring Camacho’s release, which isn’t something do often. Moreno called this decision outrageous. “It’s like being punched in the gut,” said Moreno. “We watch these people. We attend parole hearings. We keep an eye on these things and I know the Merced district attorney does, too.” Merced District Attorney Nicole

Twenty-two additional local roads, totaling 5.4 miles of roadway, will soon be under construction as the Turlock City Council approved contracts for four separate bid projects.

What was supposed to be a regular day of driving community members around town on a chilly February day for Turlock Transit bus driver David Lockett quickly turned into something much more serious, as he encountered a runaway, special needs teen on-board his bus.

The month of April recorded a quadruple crown in terms of unemployment rates, as they dropped at the national, state and county levels, according to preliminary data provided by the State of California Employment Development Department (EDD).

Assemblymember Juan Alanis announced Thursday that his bill AB 3080 – Age Verification for Pornographic Websites – unanimously passed a full vote on the floor of the California State Assembly.

The 2024 PGA Championship is live this weekend from Louisville, KY. Here’s how and when to watch the golf action.

Well, it’s happened. I have punched my ticket for a one-way trip to Geezerville. Last year, I gave up trying to make cheapo reading glasses work for everything and got prescription progressives. And now, thanks to too many years of playing in rock bands, I have hearing aids. They arrived yesterday and will take some getting used to, but already, I don’t have to read Seth Meyer’s lips. I have only said “What?” to Mr. Standish once. Write if you have tips. I know to turn them off for fireworks. Speaking of fireworks, there were plenty at the Public Works Standing Committee meeting this week. Speero Tannous, Engineering Tech III, had some heartfelt words for the committee. A couple of weeks ago, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a contract with yet another outside firm, Mark Thomas & Company, for “On-Call Construction Management Services.” The contract was for a maximum of $5 million over 5 years. Yes, a million dollars a year. Lower-level employees at Public Works have been trying to get a raise for some time and have been told, “There’s no money,” which

If your group or agency has changed or canceled an event, write to rsilva@redbluffdailynews.com or leave a message at 737-5042. Events Tehama County Food Share needs shelf-stable milk (powder or boxed; bovine, soy, or nut) to supplement their food pantries this fall. Donations can be brought to Tehama County Together, 345 Hickory St., Suite 2, Monday through Friday from 11:30 AM to 3 PM, for more information, call 530-527-2223. Call For Boxcar Racers! Children ages 2 – 10 are invited to enter their original creations in the 2nd Annual Corning 500 Boxcar Races, which will be held during the June 4th Tuesday Night Market in Downtown Corning. This year, we have trophies for each age group, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place, and we will also have a trophy for Overall Most Creative. Register here; it’s free. https://corningrecreation.recdesk.com/Community/program   Saturday Red Bluff Farmers Market: 9 a.m. to noon, River Park, EBT, debit and credit cards accepted Corning Spanish-speaking AA meeting: 7 p.m., 820 Marin St. Corning Cottonwood Airplane display: 8 a.m. to noon, Lake California Airpark. The public can enter with a valid ID by calling

For the second time in two weeks, the Red Bluff varsity girls’ softball team ran into one of the section’s hottest pitchers, but this time, Pleasant Valley’s Kodi Aisthorpe’s performance In the circle, denied the Spartans a chance to play in the Northern Section’s Division II-III Championship. Aisthorpe held the Spartans to just one hit on Thursday after throwing a perfect game at them two weeks ago. She struck out eight Spartans on the day with just two walks in a 10-0 semifinal win over Red Bluff. But as Red Bluff head coach Chad Vaillette pointed out, the Viking right-hander is hard on everybody, as she is 8-1 on the year with a 1.31 ERA and 82 strikeouts. Despite the loss, Vaillette’s first season as the Spartans (17-9-1) head coach produced the program’s best year since 2019 when it went 11-8 and its most wins since a 25-10-2 mark in 2018. “It’s been a six-win program for the last three years, right?,” Vaillette said. “So we turned it around. I’m proud of these girls. You gotta look at the season as a whole. (PV’s) pretty

Today, May 18, 2024, marks Armed Forces Day.  It is a day to celebrate those Americans who serve and have served in the U.S. military branches of the: Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy. This day is the culmination of efforts led by President Harry S. Truman to establish a holiday for citizens to honor our military for their patriotic service in support of the United States of America.  In an excerpt from the Presidential Proclamation of Feb. 27, 1950, Mr. Truman stated: “Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 20, 1950, marks the first combined demonstration by America’s defense team of its progress, under the National Security Act, towards the goal of readiness for any eventuality. It is the first parade of preparedness by the unified forces of our land, sea, and air defense”.  The theme of the first Armed Forces Day was “Teamed for Defense.” It was chosen to express the unification of all the military forces under a single department of the government, the U.S. Department of Defense (https://www.defense.gov/). It was an “educational program for civilians,” one designed to expand public understanding of

“The Northern Lights created a jaw-dropping show across America on Friday night in all 50 states”,  AccuWeather stated on Facebook, and I, like many others, missed it by being asleep. Saturday night, I stayed up until 11:30 p.m., and all I saw was the glow from Redding on the skyline. My neighbor, Steve Joiner, showed me awesome photos of Friday night’s colors he had captured on his cell phone. However, thanks to social media, we have seen incredible photos of colors in the local area, and around the world. Seen on Facebook were the following notes with accompanying beautiful photos of color.  I liked Dan Massie’s comment and should have done the same because the moon was small but bright. “I missed the aurora borealis Friday night so Saturday night I waited up on Hwy 36 until 11:30 p.m. with my cameras and got nothing.  So I took a picture of the moon. That’s all I got.”” Cory Poole Photography had green, pink, and lavender lights over Mt. Shasta and wrote: “What an incredible experience. I can’t believe I watched the Northern Lights dance over

Saturday, May 18, 2024 5:29AM A new pilot program aims to charge drivers for using the roads based on how much they actually drive. LOS ANGELES — California roads are maintained through gas tax revenue, but that’s dwindling with the increase in the number of electric vehicles. A new pilot program aims to charge drivers for using the roads based on how much they actually drive – removing California’s gas tax and replace it with a mileage tax instead. Caltrans spokesperson Lauren Prehoda said maintaining roadways costs around between $8 billion to $9 billion a year with the vast majority of the funds coming from California’s gas taxes, which are collected every time a driver fills their gas tank. According to Caltrans, California now has more than 1.2 million hybrid or electric vehicles registered in the state, which means gas tax revenues are falling. “On average, Californians pay about $300 a year in state gas taxes,” Prehoda said. “EVs have a $100 (annual) registration fee… that’s a $200 million a year loss.” To bridge that gap, Caltrans is proposing what it calls the California Road

LOS ANGELES — Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in “9 to 5” and the nasty TV director in “Tootsie,” has died. He was 92. Coleman died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, his daughter, Quincy Coleman, said in a statement to The Associated Press. She said he “took his last earthly breath peacefully and exquisitely.” “The great Dabney Coleman literally created, or defined, really – in a uniquely singular way – an archetype as a character actor. He was so good at what he did it’s hard to imagine movies and television of the last 40 years without him,” Ben Stiller wrote on X. For two decades Coleman labored in movies and TV shows as a talented but largely unnoticed performer. That changed abruptly in 1976 when he was cast as the incorrigibly corrupt mayor of the hamlet of Fernwood in “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,” a satirical soap opera that was so over the top no network would touch it. Producer Norman Lear finally managed to syndicate the show, which starred Louise Lasser in

By James Sepeda Saturday, May 18, 2024 3:22AM Fresno States commencement ceremonies are happening all weekend long at the Save Mart Center. FRESNO Calif. (KFSN) — Fresno States commencement ceremonies are happening all weekend long at the Save Mart Center. University officials say there are more that 6,100 graduates this spring. The schedule for Saturday and Sunday’s portion of the celebration ceremonies can be found here. If you are unable to attend in person, there is a live stream of all the ceremonies on the Fresno State Commencement website. Copyright © 2024 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.

Chrissy Teigen, Tyra Banks, Roshumba Williams and Lily Aldridge talk about empowerment and inclusion By Gina Sirico Saturday, May 18, 2024 1:54AM Chrissy Teigen, Kate Upton, Lily Aldridge and Roshumba Williams are among the Sports Illustrated legends gracing the covers of the 60th anniversary Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. NEW YORK CITY — The pages of the Sport Illustrated Swimsuit Issue have featured many a legend. To celebrate its 60th anniversary, lots of legends gathered to grace the cover for this special occasion. “I feel like this cover especially is just a celebration of womanhood and empowerment and I feel very honored to be part of it,” Lily Aldridge told On The Red Carpet at the launch party in New York City. “It’s just so good to be able to come together on different chapters in our life (sic)and also to be celebrated. It’s really special,” said Molly Sims. The magazine is releasing solo covers as well as three collectible covers, featuring the SI legends. On The Red Carpet fashion expert Roshumba Williams has been working with Sports Illustrated since 1989. She’s appeared in the magazine