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FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2017 ENTERPRISE-RECORD+MERCURY-REGISTER | NEWS A

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LIBERTY CAB NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Cab drivers to donate fares


to American Cancer Society Court: Detention of woman
Staff Reports will start 10 a.m. May 6
at Pleasant Valley High
during moon rock sting ‘degrading’
CHICO >> Some Liberty Cab School. It includes a sur-
taxi drivers will donate vivors lap, caregiver’s lap By Sudhin Thanawala
their fares collected dur- and luminaria ceremony The Associated Press
ing a 24-hour fundraiser to honor loved ones who
today through Saturday to have died of cancer. Lib- SAN FRANCISCO >> A fed-
the American Cancer Soci- erty Cab will also have a eral agent unnecessarily de-
ety for the company’s sec- team at the relay. graded an elderly woman
ond annual Ride for Life During the company’s when he interrogated her for
program. first Ride for Life in 2016, nearly two hours in 2011 af-
From 6 a.m. today to 6 Liberty Cab raised $1,374 ter seizing a moon rock she
a.m. Saturday, taxi driv- to support the American said her late husband had re-
ers will sign up for one- Cancer Society. Half of ceived from astronaut Neil
hour shifts and donate the donation was gener- Armstrong, a federal appeals
their fares earned dur- ated by 18 participating court said Thursday.
ing that hour to Relay for drivers and the remainder Joann Davis was hav-
Life. Liberty will match by Liberty Cab as a dollar- ing financial problems and
all funds raised by its for-dollar match. reached out to NASA for help
drivers at the end of the According to a company selling a paperweight con-
Ride for Life. press release, drivers were taining the rock. Her email
All taxis within the fleet so inspired by last year’s prompted an investigation
and the dispatch office will relay that this year they by Norman Conley, a special
have Relay for Life regis- requested it be held on a agent with NASA’s Office of
tration cards available. Friday, one of the busiest Inspector General, that led to
This year the annual days of the week, in order a sting operation at a Califor-
24-hour Relay for Life to maximize fundraising. nia Denny’s restaurant.
Lunar material gath-
ered on the Apollo missions
News briefs is considered government
property, and NASA has gone U.S DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, FILE
CHICO CHICO after people selling it. A very small piece of moon rock, center, was taken from Joann Davis during a sting
Silver Dollar Fair entry Community safety Conley detained Davis — operation. A federal agent unnecessarily degraded Davis when he interrogated her for
who was nearly 75 years old
deadline is Tuesday meeting set Tuesday — even though he knew she
nearly two hours in 2011after seizing the moon rock she said her late husband had
received from astronaut Neil Armstrong, a federal appeals court said Thursday.
Tuesday is the dead- had urinated in her pants
line to enter the compe- Another community during the sting, had reached asking her to surrender it to examining the ruling and formant retained by NASA
titions in the 2017 Silver safety meeting is planned out to NASA herself and was NASA, Conley “organized had not decided what to do that she knew of other peo-
Dollar Fair. by the Chico Chamber and having financial problems a sting operation involving next. He said a lower court ple who had gotten in trouble
The Exhibitor Hand- the Chico Police Depart- stemming in part from her six armed officers to forcibly judge, Consuelo Marshall in for possessing lunar rock, ac-
book is available online ment. son’s medical care, a three- seize a lucite paperweight Los Angeles, determined that cording to court documents.
at silverdollarfair.org. The meeting will be judge panel of the 9th U.S. containing a moon rock the Conley had asked Davis if she Davis sought $1.7 million for
It has class entry infor- from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday Circuit Court of Appeals said. size of a rice grain from an el- wished to use the bathroom the rock.
mation and forms. En- at the Chico Community “Conley’s detention of Da- derly grandmother,” Thomas to clean up and whether she In addition to the moon
trants should fill out en- Center, 545 Vallombrosa vis, an elderly woman, was said. wanted to speak with him at rock, Davis claimed she had
try form, print it and ei- Ave. There is no cost. unreasonably prolonged The appeals panel upheld her home, but she declined. a nickel-sized piece of the
ther mail or deliver to Business representa- and unnecessarily degrad- a lower court ruling denying Marshall also said there heat shield that protected
the fair office by 5 p.m. tives and residents are in- ing,” 9th Circuit Chief Judge Conley immunity from Davis’ was no evidence that Da- the Apollo 11 space capsule
April 18. vited to the meeting that Sidney Thomas wrote for the lawsuit alleging wrongful de- vis or her husband legally as it returned to earth from
Those without com- focuses on the Mangrove court. Instead of telling Da- tention. acquired or possessed the the first successful manned
puter access can call Avenue and Bidwell Park vis that her possession of the John Rubiner, an attor- moon rock. Marshall said mission to the moon in
895-4436 and the infor- area. paperweight was illegal and ney for Conley, said he was Davis told a confidential in- 1969.
mation will be mailed, Topics include what is
or stop by the fair office being seen in the area,
to pick up entry forms. and how people can help TRANSPORTATION

Uber may face fine over


The fair is May 25- themselves.
29 this year, and has Reservations are not re-
the theme “Race to the quired, but questions can
Fair.” be directed to the Chico
Chamber, 891-5556. drunk-driving complaints
commission to determine
Butte County’s most wanted The Associated Press
if Uber is in violation of
SAN FRANCISCO >> Uber the zero-tolerance policy,
Sadie Jenine Downs David Lavoy could be fined $1.13 mil- as investigators found.
The Butte County Sheriff’s Stubblefield lion for failing to investi- U ber spokeswoman
Office is seeking Sadie Je- The Sheriff’s Office is gate and/or suspend Cali- Tracey Breeden said
nine Downs also seeking David Lavoy fornia drivers who are re- Thursday that the com-
for a felony Stubblefield ported by a passenger to pany has no comment on
warrant for a felony be intoxicated, according the order.
charging her warrant to an order filed by the Uber’s policy is to ban a
with vehicle EMILY BERTOLINO — MERCURY REGISTER
charging state Public Utilities Com- driver when the driver re-
theft, re- him with A gust of wind catches Veronica Morris’s umbrella as she mission. ceives three unconfirmed
ceiving sto- failure to crosses the Table Mountain Bridge Wednesday in Oroville. The state requires ride- zero tolerance complaints,
len property, appear Wednesday night’s rainfall set a record in the Department hailing companies to have according to the order.
possession after being of Water Resources Northern Sierra region. a zero-tolerance policy for Unconfirmed means
Downs of drug release on driving under the influ- there is no arrest, admis-
parapherna-
Rain
Stubble- his own re- far is 45 inches, about 1.5 ence of alcohol or drugs. sion, positive blood-alco-
lia and no driver’s license. field cognizance. times the average annual The order, issued Tues- hol test or video of the in-
Downs, 19, is 5-foot-9, 130 Stubble- precipitation of 29.3 inches day, “found no evidence toxication.
pounds, with brown hair field, 51, is 6-foot-0, 240 FROM PAGE 1 in the basin. that (Uber) followed up To confirm the policy,
and brown eyes. pounds, with black hair and The snow water equiv- in any way with zero-tol- regulators analyzed se-
Anyone with information is brown eyes. inches. alent of California’s snow- erance complaints several lected complaints against
asked to contact the Sher- Anyone with information is The six-station index in pack is above average hours or even one full day drivers who received three
iff’s Office at 538-7449. asked to contact the Sher- the Tulare Basin has re- throughout the Sierra Ne- after passengers filed such or more complaints.
iff’s Office at 538-7449. corded 178 percent of the vada — 176 percent of the complaints.” In at least 25 instances,
Juan Carlos amount of precipitation April 13 average. DWR will Uber can contest the Uber failed to suspend or
Paiseshernandez Jeremy Ray Williams that normally falls by this conduct its final snow sur- proposed fine before a investigate a driver after
date. Total precipitation so vey of the season on May 1. judge. three or more complaints,
The Sheriff’s Office is also The Sheriff’s Office is also The order asks the full the order states.
seeking Juan Carlos Paise- seeking
shernandez Jeremy Ray
for a war- Williams
rant charg- for a felony
ing him with warrant
posses- charging
sion of an
assault
him with
robbery. SERVICES
weapon, Williams, ROBERT MACBETH, 79, died April 1st.
possession 23, is A Memorial Service will be held on Tuesday, April
Paisesher- of a ma- Williams 18th at 2:00 PM at Scheer Memorial Chapel.
6-foot-3,
nandez chine gun, 200pounds, with blond
failure to hair and blue eyes. DON YOUNG, 82, died April 7th.
appear and possession of a Anyone with information is A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, April
firearm with serial numbers asked to contact the Sher- 14th at 11:00 AM at the Christian Faith Center in
removed/destroyed. iff’s Office at 538-744. Palermo, CA.
Paiseshernandez, 23, is
5-foot-11, 200pounds, DOUGlAs CROUCH, 87, died April 9th.
with black hair and brown This column appears A Graveside Service will be held on Tuesday, April
eyes. each Friday. This 18th at 11:00 AM at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Anyone with information is information is also
asked to contact the Sher- available on the Internet For more information
iff’s Office at 538-7449. at www.buttecounty. 2410 Foothill Blvd. • 533-5255
net/SheriffCoroner/
MostWanted/
Archives%20B.aspx.

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