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This is North State News, final edition with Polly Bell.
Good evening everyone, thanks so much for joining us tonight.
A North State medical professional has been arrested on sexual molestation charges.
Those charges include lewd acts with a 13-year-old girl. Matt Callanan reports.
Police say for at least the last six years, Dr. Jeffrey Bryant has been sexually molesting several of his female patients during their examinations.
Callanans touching, the manner in which he conducts his adjustments, treatments, that kind of thing.
Some of the patients felt very uncomfortable during these treatments.
A patient first reported the alleged abuse to authorities about a month ago.
Red Bluff Police investigated and found five other female patients who say the doctor molested them as well.
One woman says she was 13 when she was abused.
Dr. Bryant was arrested and charged with three felonies, including lewd acts with a child.
Other chiropractors would do the same kind of things. They also felt it was inappropriate.
Subsequently, all information was compiled and submitted to the District Attorney's Office.
And the panelists continued on to say that at least three of those violations were illegal and one was issued.
Police say they expect media coverage of the case will bring forward even more victims.
If convicted of all three felonies, Dr. Bryant could face up to 18 years in prison.
Matt Callanan, North State News, Red Bluff.
In Shasta Lake City, a man may be charged with embezzling thousands of dollars from a volunteer firefighter's fund.
Sheriff's investigators say Shasta Lake District Battalion Chief Earl Barr admitted to cashing checks totaling $11,400 between April and December of last year.
What did he tell you?
That he's been going through a lot of emotional and stress problems, didn't realize what he was doing,
was now seeking help through Redding Specialty Hospital and plans to repay the money as soon as possible.
Detective Ashman says Barr spent part of the money on a car for his fiance. The rest is unaccounted for.
The money is not from any district funds, but the Volunteer Firefighters Association and Barr was its treasurer.
Volunteer firefighter Fred Wyckoff says the crew is surprised and upset.
We weren't disappointed in anything. We were really kind of shocked that this would happen.
Wyckoff was the second signer on the account and says Barr would often give him several blank checks at a time to sign.
Now we've changed our policy and whatnot and the checks will be filled out before I co-sign for them.
So you would just sign a blank check?
Basically, that's it.
Barr has affordedly worked for the fire department since 1971. He's now on leave from his paid position.
The district attorney will ultimately decide whether to file criminal charges against Barr.
Also in Shasta Lake, a new twist surfaced today in that science class fire last week at Central Valley Intermediate School.
Four students were burned in that accident while others had their hair singed.
Friday it was unclear just how the fire started, but today two students told North State News
teacher Dave Thompson was acting irresponsibly.
He was doing this experiment in a can, this little pan about this big around, and he had propane in there and he had a little fire going.
He puts this little rock in there to make the flame turn different colors and the flame started dying out.
So he was going to pour some alcohol into this beaker and he was starting to pour it in and somebody bumped the table
and it bumped him and he spilled the alcohol into the flame and it shot out and burned a couple kids.
He's usually a pretty responsible science teacher.
We usually, when he's mixing chemicals, we usually sit down with heavy protective gear,
but that day we didn't have any gear on and there was lots of people crowded around him.
Hopkin says Mr. Thompson did not have any fire extinguishers within reach,
and apparently the fire didn't even happen during an actual science class,
but during an elective period when students usually build models.
Both students say Mr. Thompson appeared sad and shaken after the accident.
Because today is a school holiday, Mr. Thompson was unavailable for comment.
Another accident that could have turned deadly this weekend.
Three Reading residents narrowly escaped from their vehicle before it was hit by a moving train.
The Southern Pacific freight train was heading south from Dunsmear to Roseville.
A little after three o'clock, it plowed into the Toyota pickup just north of the Shasta Dam Boulevard railroad trestle.
According to the sheriff's report, 19-year-old Jeremy Reinhart was crossing the tracks on his way to a friend's house when his truck got stuck.
He and two passengers saw the train approaching and ditched the vehicle.
It is unknown how fast the train was traveling, but when it hit the vehicle it carried it down the tracks about half a mile.
The train engineer declined our request for an interview, but since the truck was on private property,
Southern Pacific could hold Reinhart responsible for damages.
Mother Nature is causing damage throughout the North State as severe hail storms create havoc on the roadways.
The California Highway Patrol reports that there have been several car accidents.
Earlier today on Highway 44 near Millville, a CHP car went off the road when the rain suddenly turned to hail.
Two other cars lost control and also slid off the highway.
Everybody was coming pretty fast because they just hit it right up there.
Then the girl that's in the car down past me said she was afraid we were going to hit her car.
The bad weather is expected to continue so people are being warned to drive carefully and be on alert for icy conditions.
And to find out just what kind of conditions we're going to have, we'll have Jeffy getting in here in just a moment. Stay with us.
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Okay, time for a look at that weather now with meteorologist Jeff Heaton.
Jeff, I've pulled out the winter coat again. Now, what's going on?
Well, yeah, what we're going to be doing now is the usual spring thing.
Back and forth with the winter coat, hang it up, bring it back out for a little while.
The cool is here for a while. The chill is here for a while.
We've got some snow showers still packing a punch in the Sierra Nevada range.
But advisory's pretty much been dropped everywhere else.
You can see on the satellite loop, it looks like it's just barely hanging on to California by its toenails there as it moves off east further into Nevada.
But don't let that fool you.
There's still some showers circulating around back here. They're just light and easy in general.
Certainly as compared to what we've had from the past 24 hours, this is the easier stuff to contend with.
But I must point out, snow levels are low. As low as they can go in some isolated pockets.
We've got a cold air pool running across. Those are notorious for giving snow levels that range from 2,000 to 3,000 feet.
So what we'll talk about is near sea level and just let it go at that. Amounts are light.
But keep in mind, icy roads where you might least expect them. So be aware of that tomorrow.
This low will be moving off further to the east. In fact, as we head to the forecast map, you'll see what I mean.
I did linger some snow showers in for the afternoon hours, but I'll admit these little flurries and brief snow showers could linger in the higher mountain region just about all day.
Now, here we have a warm front coming. See, there's a warm front right there. As it moves across, it's going to spread some cloudiness.
I think perhaps thin stuff for Wednesday morning. So be aware that even though we'll have some cloudiness, we'll see daytime high temperatures warming up about midweek.
If you're traveling, if you saw the path of that low and I didn't step in front too much, you saw some pretty good snow.
This thing's going to wind up into a nice little storm from the Colorado Rockies, hooking into the Oklahoma region and back up to the northeast.
After it's done with the Pacific moisture, the Gulf moisture rushes into place.
It's going to have plenty of everything to provide for some pretty decent snow for the northern plains.
This was very cold weather. Don't ever let anybody convince you it's too cold to snow, at least on this latitude.
You do get snow even at below zero. In fact, it has about a 20 to 1 ratio. In other words, a little bit of light rain brings a lot of snow.
So you can brush it with a broom, but it's out there anyway. So keep that in mind.
If you're traveling to the northern plains, cold and a fair amount of snow, showers, perhaps some thunder in the east side of that.
But for us, as you can see, we're just basically drying it out.
The valley forecast for some isolated showers tonight, then becoming partly to mostly sunny tomorrow.
But overnight lows getting down near 32, close enough. Daytime highs low to mid-50s.
Along the coast, some showers tonight ending real soon, in fact becoming widely scattered already with decreasing cloudiness.
Overnight lows near enough to 32, daytime highs in the mid to upper 40s.
In the northern mountains, snow showers ending, becoming partly sunny.
Still some widely scattered snow showers or flurries.
But as you can see with afternoon temperatures, not a major problem. Upper 30s to mid 40s, cool start to it all.
In the northeast, some snow showers tonight still could accumulate, although it seems to be now pretty much picking on the Sierra Nevada range.
Tomorrow, widely scattered snow showers. Overnight lows in the teens, daytime highs in the 30s.
And the five-day outlook then, again, don't want to emphasize flurries, so I don't picture them.
But they'll be out there Tuesday, don't be shocked.
As you head in toward the latter part of the week, you'll notice daytime highs warm up and then cool off slightly.
Well, that's getting up near normal just about in the next time for our next best chance of precipitation.
That should be rolling in about Friday.
Okay. Thanks, Jeff.
You're back.
Next on North State News, Wednesday's efforts to fight racism.
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Here's what's going on around the nation tonight.
A sightseeing plane carrying 10 people crashed near the Grand Canyon.
The plane had just taken off from Grand Canyon Airport when it developed mechanical trouble.
Two women on board survived the crash and were taken from the site by helicopter for treatment,
both suffering multiple injuries, one also suffering from burns.
Meanwhile, House Speaker Newt Gingrich will stay out of the 1996 presidential race.
Gingrich says he seriously considered a bid after Dan Quayle announced his departure from the GOP field.
But today, Gingrich said his number one priority is passing the measures in the Republicans' contract with America.
And it appears one of Governor Wilson's priorities right now is appealing a federal judge's dismissal of California's immigration suit.
A federal judge in San Diego rejected California's request for billions in reimbursement from the federal government to cover the costs of illegal immigration.
Here in the North State, the first street sign against racism went up in Reading today.
Will the message get lost or will it serve as a reminder that racism cannot be tolerated?
Here's Margaret Wolff.
Last November 12th, the white woman allegedly mowed down with her pickup truck three Asian men.
It happened at the Eureka Way 7-Eleven store in Reading.
Police believe it was racially motivated.
However, the suspect denies that.
One organization in Reading is hoping there no room for racism signs will stop racial incidents.
Today, supporters dedicated their first sign.
It's posted at the Western city limits on Placer Street.
Reading now takes its place as the second city in California, leading that zero tolerance for racism.
I feel this puts Reading in a leadership position on this issue in the eyes not only of our community, but even the state and the world.
And I think that's real exciting.
Other signs just like this one will be posted throughout the city of Reading, but they may also be making their way into the classroom.
Shasta County Superintendent of Schools is pushing that idea.
It's more than a sign. It's a statement. It's a statement to the young people in our community that all of us are equal and that we will not tolerate racism.
And I think that's an important statement to make.
But will these signs really stop the problem?
It could turn around. Things change and these are the little things that help change things.
It helps with the community and keeping people informed about racism issues.
A Reading woman who's been honored for her dedication to ending racism may have summed up today's message best.
It gets people's hearts and minds to thinking about the evil of racism and about the kind of good that could come when people unite and get to know each other.
You know, know each other's cultures and know people as people.
The signs cost $80 apiece and they're all paid for by donations.
Seems a small price to pay for what some might say is a giant step toward ending racism.
In Reading, Margaret Wolfe, North State News.
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