Glenn County is hoping they can come up with an agreement with union representatives on budget cuts soon. A collective bargaining agreement can be completed by early next week.

The County failed to reach an agreement with the Mid-Managers Union this week, but did successfully reach a deal with the County's three other bargaining units.

The Mid-Managers Union will have a meeting with members on Monday to discuss the County's latest offer.

The Board of Supervisors will vote on ratification of agreements with the other unions at their next budget hearing on Tuesday.

There is still more work to be done before a new charter school can be established in Chico. That was the message the Chico Unified School Board had for petitioners seeking to establish the Chico Green School.

The proposed charter high school would serve about 200 students with a curriculum emphasizing social and environmental sustainability.

The Board expressed concerns about the proposed schools standards. They say that the goal it had to be able to serve all students was inconsistent with the proposed higher graduation standards, which would exceed the University of California entrance requirements.

District officials say it is critical to be sure the school’s objectives are focused before committing money to the project.

Petitioners have 60 days to bring a revised proposal back to the Board, but revisions are expected to be completed within a month.

He called it medicinal, but unfortunately authorities called it illegal. The Shasta County Sheriff's Office busted a 60-year old Redding man for having over a $500,000 of pot in his house.

Authorities pulled 18 fully grown pot plants from the backyard, way more than the number allowed under the man's recommendation. Inside the house, they found 12 ½ pounds of processed pot.

The marijuana was bagged and tagged to the point that authorities think the man was selling whatever he was not smoking.

The Shasta County Sheriff's Office is still looking for a man who got away from them near Abernathy Lane and Viking Way early Friday morning.

The search prompted Shascom to send a reverse 911 call to 700 homeowners in and around the Ravenwood subdivision around 4:30 a.m.

According to the sheriff's office, the suspect's name is Logan Ashinhurst. He is wanted on three warrants, two of which are for felonies.

According to a Shascom operator, Ashinhurst ran away from sheriff's deputies after dropping an unspecified weapon.

Marijuana collectives continue to open up shop, despite city and county protest. One of the latest is the Red Bluff Patient Collective, which just happens to be right next door to the Tehama County Sheriff's Department.

The Sheriff is taking aim, square at them. Sheriff Clay Parker says that he was simply doing a business code inspection. The Sheriff’s Department believes the collectives are not abiding by State and Federal law. The Red Bluff Patient Collective claims they are a non-profit, and they have a right to be here.

The collective and the Sheriff's Department are unlikely neighbors. They share a wire gate.

Sheriff Parker has made it no secret in the past that he is against marijuana collectives, and does not want them in Tehama County.

We spoke to the owners of the collective, and they say they are not breaking any laws. They say they are offering a service for people looking for alternative ways to medicate.

The collective received a few citations from the Sheriff’s Department, who says they are out of compliance with zoning and building regulations. The Sheriff says he will issue citations every day until the shop closes.

Medicinal marijuana will be the number one topic at the Red Bluff City Council meeting on November 3rd. The City's Planning Commissioners have recommended that pot has no place within city limits. In fact, they say they would like to extend their current 45-day moratorium to an even longer amount of time, but the Red Bluff Patient Collective says they have no intention of shutting down.

Hazmat crews are finishing the cleanup, after more than a hundred gallons of paint was found in a rural part of southern Butte County.

Neighbors reported seeing dozens of paint buckets just after 10:30 AM on Thursday. Officials say that illegal dumps like this one are not uncommon in isolated areas of the county. No major ecological damage is anticipated as a result of the incident.

Glenn County is close to reaching a new deal with all of its unions. Three of the four unions have already reached a deal.

County officials say they are optimistic that negotiations with the 4th union could be complete by Thursday night. The Board of Supervisors will meet with the unions Friday morning to wrap up the final details.

Think Pink kicked off around the North State this morning, promoting awareness of breast cancer.

At MD Imaging in Redding, volunteers were joined by breast cancer survivors and their families, like survivor Teresa Prantham who arrived with her son AJ.

People lined up in the early morning hours, even before the event began.

It kicked off at 6 a.m. and volunteers began handing out pink carnations and gift bags full of information on breast cancer.

By 7 a.m., approximately half of the bags were gone. By 10:30 a.m., only a few remained.

PG & E representatives told us this morning that all but 661 Northstate customers have power restored this morning.

That's down from 17,000 after Tuesday's storm.

A company representative said this morning that 1,830 crews worked in shifts around the clock to get power restored. She said the remaining outages are in areas where multiple problems had to be resolved before power could be restored.

"We always gear up before a storm is forecast," she said. "We made sure crews were on standby."

Representatives from Shasta County's largest union are in talks with the county involving potential salary concessions, according to a union press release.

According to members of the United Public Employees of California Local 792, the talks are part of the county's effort to counter its $5.5 million budget shortfall.

UPEC union representatives Steve Allen, Cinamon Pitts and Chris Darker met with county officials yesterday afternoon. They claim the county wants employees to fork over up to twelve percent of their salaries.

According to UPEC, items that would be on the table include eliminating a 3.5% pay increase scheduled for the end of this month, asking workers to start paying 4% toward their CalPERS retirement plan, and having workers pick up more of their medical premiums. A loss of 4.62% in salary and 1 furlough day a month were also mentioned.

UPEC representatives note the contract with the county is closed until April, 2010, but say they wanted to hear what the county had to say.

So far county officials have been unavailable for comment.

A Plumas County man has been found guilty of murdering two high school students on their prom night. Reyes Carrillo Garcia murdered 2 local teens in May of 2008.

Garcia was found guilty on all charges, including first degree murder, Wednesday for the murder of high school students Steven Furtado of Willows and Jennifer Carrigan of Chester. He faces life in prison without parole. His sentencing is November 23rd.

Red Bluff Planning Commissioners made medicinal marijuana the number one topic of the City's November 3rd Council meeting after recommending to the Council that pot has no place within city limits.

The City Council will decide whether Red Bluff will zone out all forms of medicinal marijuana cultivation-collectives, co-ops, and dispensaries. City leaders say they are ready to stop the growth of medicinal marijuana within the city.

The ordinance moves on to the City Council to discuss in November, which is expected to bring a large crowd.

PG&E has been scrambling to get the lights back on. Tuesday night, 17,000 people across the Northstate were without electricity. As of Wednesday evening, only 2,500 are without power. So how did they pull it off?

The first thought that comes to mind is that perhaps they had some special strategy to restore power to thousands overnight. Turns out, their success boils down to long hours and good old-fashioned elbow grease.

In a storm like this one, crews often work 36 hours straight during their first shift. A crew we met in Anderson had been working since 7 AM Tuesday. When we met up with them, they were on their 29th hour and had only eaten one meal.

After their shift, they will get an 8-hour break before they start their work days all over again.

On Tuesday night, it was all hands on deck; PG&E called in every crew member who works in the field. That is 200 men and women in the field and back at the yards who worked through the night to keep the Northstate lit up.

Before you feel bad for these hard-working crews, keep in mind that many of them do get overtime pay. Winter storms are when they rake in the cash.

A Redding family is regrouping after a massive tree flattened all three of their family vehicles. Ferocious winds knocked over the 40-foot oak at about 2 AM on Wednesday on Echo Road.

No one was hurt, but it was a close call. The tree fell so close to the house, its limbs were literally brushing the roof. It landed squarely on the family's SUV and two minivans, including one that they had bought not too long ago.

John Shubeck and his wife were sleeping in their bedroom, when they heard the crash just outside their window. They are shaken up, but are counting their blessings.

While the family is looking on the bright side, they are also facing a grim reality-they have no reliable way to get around.

They do not know when they will be able to replace the cars. For now, they are using a borrowed car to get to work and drop off the kids.

A clogged culvert caused flooding on Interstate 5 in Lakehead on Wednesday morning. Water was rushing across southbound I-5, forcing drivers to slow down. Crews were able to clear out the culvert, which fixed the flooding problem.

Officials say intermittent flooding could occur throughout the day, depending on how heavy rain falls. Over-saturation of the ground in the area could lead to runoff issues for Interstate 5.

Power is back for almost 14,000 homes this morning after nearly 17,000 lost power during the peak of yesterday's storm, PG&E reports.

The bulk of the outages were in Butte County -- in Chico, Oroville and Paradise.

Of those outages that have't yet been fixed, 3,300 customers are currently without power. That number is down from 3,940 earlier this morning.

In Redding, the Redding Electric Utility now reports all power has been restored to its customers. There were about a half-dozen scattered outages during the storm within the city limits, affecting just a handful of people.

PG&E expects all power will be restored in Butte County between 11 a.m and 4 p.m. today. Power should be restored in Old Station by this afternoon. They report power is already back in most of the region, and should be back everywhere by this evening.

A pine tree fell overnight onto the roof of a home on Woodland Terrace in Redding.

The crash was most likely caused by continuing winds from yesterday's storm -- but it happened after the worst of the storm had already passed.

No one in the house was injured.

Butte County firefighters did not have to travel far to deal with one emergency. A Ponderosa Pine came crashing onto the roof of Cal Fire's Cohasset Station at about 12:30 PM.

Four firefighters were inside when the wind toppled the 70-foot tree, leaving major damage. In fact, the building has been closed until repairs can be made.

That did not stop fire crews from working; they continued responding to calls through the rest of the day.

Tehama County law enforcement agencies hope constant checkups will help them get a handle on a growing gang problem. Our crews were with Corning Police Tuesday morning as officers tried to track down nearly a dozen gang members now on parole and probation.

Half of the parolees they were looking for are failing to meet their court issued requirements. That is not a good sign as authorities fight for the community's safety.

Corning Police say gang activity is starting at younger ages. They say the most visible and active gang members are in the 16-20-year old age group.

A jack-knifed big rig caused the closure of Highway 299 Tuesday afternoon. Officials say a truck driver lost control and ended up blocking both lanes of Highway 299. The truck cab then caught fire. The driver escaped with no injuries.

The crash sit was cleared out and Highway 299 is open in both directions.

Winds throughout the Northstate have a caused a few power outages, according to PG&E officials. Here is what the outages look like as of 10:00 PM:

• 4,327 in Paradise
• 466 in Tehama County
• 6,595 in Chico
• 13,114 total in the North Valley

A water main broke in Redding Tuesday afternoon. It happened at the intersection of East Street and Locust Street in front of R&R Meats.

Officials say the water pipe was about 40-50 years old. It was not caused by the stormy weather that came in on Tuesday. The water was shut down from R&R Meats to Buz's Crab Shack.

East Avenue was closed down to allow workers to get a new section of piping in.

A tree was blown over early Tuesday morning on a home in Redding. It happened at the corner of Henderson Road and Parkview Avenue.

No one was injured inside the home. The homeowner has insurance.

Electricity may be the cause of two structure fires near downtown Redding early Tuesday morning. Both fires were reported on the 15-hundred block of Olive Avenue. The first fire was contained to an outer wall of an apartment building. A second fire started inside a home across the street and was put out. Redding Electric Utility and the Redding Fire Department are investigating. We also learned a transformer exploded in the same area this morning, but it's unknown if the incidents are connected.

An Orland man is recovering from gunshot wounds after a vehicle to vehicle shooting over the weekend in Glenn County.

It happened Sunday evening on Highway 32 between Sixth Avenue and Hamilton City.
The victim, 18-year-old Raul Reyes, Junior says he didn't know the people who shot at the car he was in.

The Glenn County Sheriff's office is asking that anyone who may have been in the area at the time call them. Right now, the suspects are thought to have been driving a black truck.