A hit and run accident in Orland Tuesday night sent one person to the hospital. Orland Police say a male driver turned in front of an oncoming car.

After the crash, the driver ran away, leaving the car behind. A 17-year old girl was taken to Enloe Medical Center for moderate injuries. Hospital officials did not have an update on her condition.

Two other men were uninjured in the crash. If you have any information about the accident, call the Orland Police Department.

A former Butte County worker will spend 12 years in jail for molesting three girls. Rodolfo Campos was sentenced Tuesday.

He pleaded guilty to three child molestation charges; he molested the three girls over a period of eight years. Once charges were filed, he took off to Mexico, where he stayed until last December.

He is considered a "sexually violent predator." That means he has to get approval from the State before he can be released from prison.

Medi-Cal patients might have fewer places to get their prescription drugs. Of course, it is about money. As of the first of this month, pharmacies will be reimbursed by the State at the lowest possible prices

That is to save money, and that makes sense. Except the formula that the State uses means small “mom and pop” operations could end up losing money. So some of them are considering dropping Medi-Cal patients altogether.

Chain pharmacies like Wal-Mart or Rite Aid can more easily afford the loss. Officials say it might even force some small operations to close.

The Redding Rancheria held its annual Tribal Council Election in October. Here are the results of that election:

• Jack Potter Jr.-Tribal Chairperson
• Jason Hart-Vice Chair
• Patty Spaulding-Secretary
• Leon Benner-Treasurer
• Barbara Murphy-Council member
• Brian McCain-Council member
• Hope Wilkes-Council member

Here are the alternate positions

• Michelle Hayward-1st Alternate
• Joanna Turmel-2nd Alternate
• Don Benner-3rd Alternate

The council is in charge of establishing goals, making and enforcing laws, and managing the financial affairs of the tribe.

H1N1 vaccines have been delayed in shipment, due to output from manufacturers being low. Shasta County Public Health announced that the vaccines should be arriving at local health care providers. The first offices that will be receiving the vaccines are pediatric offices and others who deal with children.

Shasta County Public Health will not receive any doses from the first shipments of the vaccine. They do expect to have some in later shipments.

Vaccines are currently being handed out to medical professionals who deal with patients. This is to prevent the spread of the virus from those who deal with people every day.

More shipments are scheduled to arrive in November, but it is unknown exactly when the vaccines will arrive. If you have any questions, contact your local medical provider.

For more information, go to www.shastaflushots.com.

The Redding city council passed three measures Tuesday night that will effectively regulate local marijuana collectives.

Most significantly, according to Vice Mayor Patrick Jones, the council passed a set of new permitting requirements for Redding's medical marijuana collectives.

The new process will be overseen by the police department -- and will include elements listed in the staff report attached to this week's city council agenda.

Requirements of the city's new permitting process will include:

• Criminal background checks for anyone involved in managing the distribution of marijuana within a collective
• New reporting requirements to ensure patients have a valid recommendation from a licensed physician
• Operating hours restrictions from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday
• No use or cultivation of marijuana on site
• No sale of other merchandise
• Separation from schools

The permits will be valid for one year. After that they will have to be renewed.

According to council member Missy McArthur, the council passed a 45-day moratorium on collectives that will begin immediately. She said that ban will not affect collectives already in Redding, but will temporarily prevent new ones from being formed.

Additionally, the city council passed a measure that requires the planning commission to generate zoning recommendations for Redding collectives. They will hear those recommendations during a future council session.

Of the three measures passed Tuesday, only the moratorium passed unanimously.

Vice Mayor Patrick Jones voted against the permitting process and the zoning referral.

Jones said his decision was necessary because marijuana is illegal under federal law, and he felt the two measures he voted against implicitly acknowledged use of an illegal substance.

"I think the council may have put themselves in an awkward position and quite possibly in violation of federal law," he said.

He added he could, and did, vote for the moratorium.

The personal information of dozens of patients at Enloe Medical Center in Chico is missing, after a locked bin containing the paperwork was broken into.

Enloe officials say the hospital has sent letters notifying each of the patients whose information was compromised and has filed a report with the Chico Police Department.

The stolen paperwork contained information about ambulance runs between October 7-12, including the names and addresses of some of the patients. Everyone whose information has been compromised will be entitled to free credit reports and fraud alerts.

Hospital officials say there is no evidence that any of the stolen data has been used.

There is a new warning from hospitals about the spread of both the H1N1 virus and the seasonal flu. Shasta Regional Medical Center says that you should stay home if you think you have the flu.

Officials say people who come to the emergency room with flu symptoms are only spreading the virus. They say that unless you are extremely dehydrated, or have underlying health conditions, the best thing to do is stay home, away from other people.

Glenn County employees have agreed to a 4% pay cut to help the City balance its budget. At an emergency meeting Monday night, members of the Glenn County General Unit voted to contribute 4% of their pay to their retirement fund.

That essentially gives them a 4% pay cut and saves the County about a million bucks through July 2011.

UPEC Business Manager Chris Darker said that the vote was a self-less act on part of every employee, because they were under contract and had no obligation to a decrease in pay.

It took two years to find the right man to fill the job of Executive Director at Redding's Good News Rescue Mission, and he has been there for more than 20 years.

Dan Walters has always been a volunteer at the mission, but as of this week, the 28-year retired Cal Fire Chief is now the paid Executive Director.

The Mission's Board of Directors would not let him work for free, but Dan says success would be payment enough.

Pastor Dave Honey filled administrative duties the past two years. He will return to being the Director of Ministries.

The Redding Police Department is being recognized for cracking a cold case murder. It is part of a trade show and conference going on in southern California.

RPD is picking up some accolades for finally solving a more than 10-year old murder. In August of 1998, Judith Hasselstrom's body was found in Caldwell Park. This year, a DNA hit allegedly pointed investigators to Brian Harper, who was already in prison.

Chief Peter Hansen says that homicides never go away, and they never forget them. This case proves it.

Chief Hansen says that as many as 20 investigators were involved with the case over the years. Brian Harper is charged with murder, and he could get life in prison, if he is convicted.

The Redding City Council will meet Tuesday night at 7 p.m. to discuss possibilities for regulating marijuana collectives in the city.

They estimate Redding already has at least twenty collectives, and according to City Attorney Rick Duvernay, the collectives brought this regulation on themselves.

"I think the proliferation of growing -- as well as the collectives, cooperatives, dispensaries, whatever you want to call them -- caused cities to take it up," he said.

There will be three issues on the table tonight.

The first would be a 45-day moratorium that would prohibit new collectives from establishing themselves within the city limits.

The second would require permits granted by the police department.

The third topic up for discussion is a tightening of the current zoning ordinance to limit where marijuana businesses can be located.

Vice Mayor Patrick Jones said he was leaning toward voting no, but had additional worries.

"Marijuana is in violation of federal law, and so I’m having some big concerns about that," he acknowledged. "I'm going to wait until tomorrow night, listen to public comment, and listen to our city attorney but at the end of the day I'm going to need to be convinced that I'm not putting myself personally liable in violation of federal law."

Collective owner Jess Brewer said he was in favor of tightening the regulations.

"I'm happy to see this come," Brewer said. "It came a little too late for some people. I hope that they allow medical patients to be able to get their medicine in the proper way, and be able to be self-sufficient if they'd like to."

The City of Corning's main money man will be off the job for five days, but he is not taking a vacation. He has been suspended. We were able to talk to City Manager Steve Kimbrough about what happened to lead to his suspension.

Basically, he sent a couple of outspoken e-mails that made City Council members uneasy. Kimbrough says he sent an e-mail to a citizen who had filed a complaint against a city employee, which Kimbrough thought was inappropriate.

He CC'd a couple of council members, and they told him to lay off the strong words.

Less than six weeks later, Kimbrough sent another outspoken e-mail to a different citizen. This time, it was about a proposed mural that he thought may not look good for the community.

Kimbrough admits it was a “dumb mistake”. He said, “If I had done what I do best, which is write reports and letters, or talk to people face-to-face, it would have never been an issue. But when [the] council tells you something, you need to listen.”

Kimbrough says his suspension highlights the City Council's power over the City Manager position, which he says is a good thing. He says there need to be checks and balances, and he says he will never do this again.

His five-day suspension without pay starts Monday, October 26th. The council members decided to suspend Kimbrough in a closed session last week.

Sunday night's sudden storm caused major problems in Redding. Fire crews were called to Shasta View Drive in Redding, after three cars became trapped in four feet of water. The drivers had to be rescued, but no one was hurt.

The high water also forced several people at Premier RV Resort on Boulder Creek off of Lake Boulevard to evacuate. Homeowners there said the storm took them by complete surprise, with one person comparing it to Armageddon.

While that might seem a little extreme, the scene on Monday did show quite a bit of damage to the homes. The grounds were completely flooded, and the main bridges to get in and out of the park were under water.

Several RV owners were forced to evacuate during the height of the storm. The Red Cross set up a mobile command unit at the Raley's on Lake Boulevard in Redding to help those forced from their homes.

All of the evacuees are home, but the real work is just beginning. Some of the RV owners are dealing with hundreds, maybe even thousands, of dollars in damage.

Shasta County's emergency dispatch system, SHASCOM, is on the fast-track to saving lives on its own.

SHASCOM dispatchers are not trained to handle medical emergencies themselves. In fact, when you call 9-1-1, they may have to connect you with experts in Sacramento.

As the call is transferred, people can sometimes be left waiting for minutes to get help. The reason is that SHASCOM does not have the equipment, training, or the money to pay for them.

But now, that is a different story. SHASCOM has landed the cash that will revamp the way dispatchers handle medical emergencies. Shasta Regional Medical Center's parent company, Prime Healthcare Services, has donated $117,000 to SHASCOM.

This will fully fund both the training and the equipment the dispatchers need. SHASCOM's acting director, Joy Willis, says that she has been searching the past eight years for a way to fund this program, but has not had any luck until now.

SRMC's CEO Randall Hempling said that it took Prime Healthcare's Foundation less than five minutes to agree that SHASCOM needed the money. The training is expected to be complete by March of 2010.

If you are looking for a home in Butte County, you might be able to get one for only $100. The House of Sports Project in Paradise is raffling off a house in an effort to save athletics at Paradise High School.

Sports programs are in danger of losing funding due to budget cuts. The lack of funds could force the district to charge students participation fees that could be several hundred dollars.

Some sports could be eliminated altogether. Boosters hope to sell 5,000 tickets, which could fund the athletic department at the school for as long as three years.

For more information on the House of Sports project or to purchase raffle tickets, go to www.keepoursports.com.

The recent rain has many people concerned about water flowing into the Keswick Reservoir in Shasta County. We have received several calls over the past few days from people worried that toxic water is flowing down from Iron Mountain.

We talked to EPA officials about the water, and they say there is nothing to be scared about. In fact, the water running into the reservoir may look dirty, but has less metal contaminates than normal.

Dredging work is expected to continue through the winter months to clear out contaminated soil from the Iron Mountain Mine.

Approximately 750 customers in Shasta County lost power during a thunderstorm Sunday night, according to representatives from electricity companies Redding Electric Utility and PG & E.

Around 150 PG & E customers in the Bella Vista area lost power over night. All but 25 of those customers had power again this morning by around 8 am. According to a timeline provided by the utility, all PG & E customers should now have their lights back on.

Redding Electric Utility reported around 600 outages over night, mostly along Market Street and Caldwell Park. By 11 pm last night that number was down to 30. This morning we were told by an operator at REU that power should be back for most, if not all of those customers. However, we were unable to get a specific count.

City of Redding crews are on the scene of a 60- to 70-foot tree that has fallen across the intersection of Galaxy Way and Mercury Drive.

The tree fell sometime before 6:30 a.m. and was completely blocking traffic at the intersection. City crews arrived on the scene shortly thereafter but were not able to begin work until 7 a.m.

The tree did not damage anything when it fell.

A door-to-door scam artist in Butte County is using Chico American Legion Baseball as his selling pitch. Chico Police has been getting reports of a man attempting to sell childrens' books in the name of charity. He tells unwitting homeowners that he's raising funds for a baseball tournament in Hawaii. But Legion baseball players will never solicit funds door-to-door. If this happens to you, call police at 897-4900.

Chico Police need your help to find a bank robber.
The robbery happened yesterday afternoon at Wells Fargo inside a Safeway store on East Avenue. We're told the a man slipped a note to the teller demanding cash. Once he got the money, he high tailed it out of the store.
If you know anything, please contact Chico Police at 897-4900

The people were there, but for the most part, the salmon weren't. Saturday's Return of the Salmon festival was marked by big crowds and low return numbers at the Coleman Fish Hatchery in Anderson. Hatchery manager Scott Hamelberg says they may meet their minimum goal of 15,000 salmon coming back up Battle Creek this season, down from the days of 30,000 plus salmon swimming back up our streams and rivers.

Hundreds of miles from the hospital where 5-year old Caden James is being treated for leukemia, his family received a helping hand from hundreds of "angels." The 8th annual Wings of Angels spaghetti dinner was held this year for the James family, helping them offset the costs of traveling to and from Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto. Wings of Angel founder Donna Araiza says the spaghetti feed usually brings in tens of thousands of dollars, which go towards helping local families who have to travel to treat their children.

Caden's family has given us a mailing address for those looking to send words of inspiration to Caden. Mail should be sent to:
Caden James
c/o Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Building 1 North Room 1456

Johnny's Cathouse in Redding has an easy alternative to drinking and driving, their newly unveiled bar shuttle. For $5 per person one way, you can get a ride to or from the bar. Bar owner John Hoeppner says he originally thought of the idea as a way to boost downtown business, but he also hopes that this will help cut down on the drunk drivers leaving downtown after the bars close.

For ride information call 605-1500.

A Tehama County man facing Federal child molestation charges could be released on bail. Thomas Endicott was approved by a judge to post his $1.5 million bail.

He would be supervised by 4 people, who would sign an agreement saying he will not come into contact with any juveniles, and that they would report any violations.

The Federal Government filed an appeal on the decision, which will be heard by a judge on October 29th. In the meanwhile, he is currently in custody.

Endicott faces half-dozen Federal charges of taking a child across state lines to molest them. He was previously acquitted of molestation charges in Tehama County in 2007.

A trial date will be set at a hearing in November.