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Hockey All Your health: FORUM Stars picked Ask Dr. Gott What happened to the flat tax? .............Page 6 ..............Page 3 ......................................Page 4 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Tomorrow: Mostly sunny 7 58551 69301 0 TUESDAY Jan. 23, 2007 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 16 pages, Volume 148 Number 289 email: [email protected] Judge rejects request on Mendoza premeditation By BEN BROWN Happiness Is bar parking lot on the evidence of premeditation. Thompson said the Newman pro- ing up and Mr. Garcia running into The Daily Journal morning of April 13, 2006, with the “He armed himself with a knife to vided no evidence to prove that the knife,” Thompson said. Mendocino County Superior intent to kill Garcia. take with him to Happiness Is,” Mendoza armed himself before he Thompson is expected to present Court Judge Ronald Brown ruled “I believe the evidence is wholly Newman said. left for the Happiness Is. She said the her final witnesses for the defense of insufficient to prove premeditation John Mendoza on Tuesday. against a motion to drop the first Newman also said Mendoza only person who can testify to the or deliberation,” Thompson said. Mendoza is charged with first and degree murder charge against John destroyed evidence after the crime knife was Richard Hill who testified “There is no motive, there is no was committed, getting rid of the he saw the knife fall to the ground second degree murder as well as Mendoza in the stabbing death of jealousy,” she said. knife and dousing his shoes with while Mendoza and Garcia were assault with a deadly weapon with David “Joe” Garcia. Deputy District Attorney Brian special allegations that he used a Mendoza’s attorney, Deputy Newman argued that the knife bleach to wash off Garcia’s blood. fighting but didn’t know who was “Mr. Mendoza’s actions belie any knife and that he caused great bodily Public Defender Linda Thompson, Mendoza armed himself with before carrying it. injury. argued that the prosecution failed to he left his home on Portlock Lane to inference that this might have been “There’s nothing to indicate any- Ben Brown can be reached at show that Mendoza went to the go to the fight at Happiness Is was an accident,” Newman said. thing more than Mr. Mendoza stand- [email protected] SPRING TERM BEGINS Judge OKs another delay for DeNoyer Mendocino County DA objects to Superior Court Judge Ronald more time in Brown ruled in favor of the motion brought by one of horse abuse case DeNoyer’s attorneys, Nathan By BEN BROWN Raff, and rescheduled the trial The Daily Journal for April 2. The animal abuse trial of In his ruling, Brown indi- Fort Bragg resident James cated that this would be the DeNoyer was continued last time the defense would be Monday, over the objections allowed to continue this case. of the Mendocino County District Attorney’s Office. See HORSES, Page 16 Isaac Eckel/The Daily Journal First year Mendocino College student Mariah Ruiz and second year student Leonel Jimenez search for books at the bookstore on campus during the first day of classes on Monday. Students are back on campus By KATIE MINTZ ing myself,” James Karlonas, 18, of file photo The Daily Journal Rumsey, said as he stood outside the This is among the photos taken of the dozens of While spring doesn’t officially bookstore with roommate Cole horses seized from James DeNoyer on the coast in begin for another couple of months, Baker, 19, of Guinda. late 2005. Many of the horses were later auctioned off mild weather characteristic of the Karlonas had just finished his to new owners. season marked the first day of first class -- English -- and said he spring classes at Mendocino College liked attending Mendocino College Monday. so far, though he hadn’t yet decided Between classes at the Ukiah what he would study. CHP led on chase campus, students gathered outside “I don’t even know where I’m in the quad between the bookstore going in the way of my future, in and Eagle’s Nest Cafe, waited in the way of my job,” Karlonas said. after accident line to register and perused book- “I’m just getting the college part out The Daily Journal While they were getting out, store shelves. of the way, starting somewhere.” A pursuit, an accident and a an unknown suspect fled the “We’re always excited when Marco Buenrostro, 19, of Ukiah, second pursuit resulted in two scene westbound on Laurel classes start because the students was also starting classes for the first arrests in Fort Bragg Sunday Street. just bring so much energy and new time. night. As officers attempted to ideas and excitement to campus,” See COLLEGE, Page 16 According to reports from detain him, Jeremy Ross Beck, director of public infor- the California Highway Korhummel, age unknown, of mation and marketing, said of the The first day of spring semes- Patrol, Tiffany Deveraux, 26, Fort Bragg, jumped back into atmosphere Monday. ter classes at Mendocino of Eureka, was eastbound on Toyota initiating a second While many of the students were College was marked with Redwood Avenue in Fort pursuit. returning after a month-long winter sunny skies and mild tempera- Bragg in a 1991 Toyota pick- tures as students walk to The Toyota was stopped on break, others were new to campus. up truck at 10:15 p.m. Sunday. 10-Mile Haul Road and “This is my first day. I’m enjoy- class. Police say Deveraux speed- Korhummel was taken into ed up at the corner of custody. Deveraux had Redwood Avenue and already surrendered to CHP Franklin Street and a CHP officers and officers from the officer followed Deveraux Fort Bragg Police MTA offers alternative bus service in Willits and paced her truck. Department. By MIKE A'DAIR sidering three options. Evergreen Shopping Center, the senior Deveraux was exceeding A search of Deveraux the speed limit, according to The Willits News Option One is to do nothing, and to center, Brown’s Corner, and Safeway revealed a controlled sub- CHP reports, and the CHP WILLITS - Nearly 40 people attended keep Dial A Ride in Brooktrails and before returning to the park. stance believed to be metham- what was billed as “a fun community Willits. The consultants estimate that a bus officer activated his lights and attempted to pull her over. phetamine in her purse. workshop to look at ways to design and Option Two is to replace Dial A Ride could travel this route in about one hour Deveraux was arrested on improve local transit service in Willits” with a fixed route bus service. This and that the fare would be only one dol- Deveraux turned right on McPherson Street and lost suspicion of failure to yield to last week at the Integrated Services option would use a 16-passenger, wheel- lar. This is in comparison with the current a police vehicle, driving under Center in Willits. chair accessible mini-bus traveling Dial-A-Ride fares, which are $3.50 for a control of her vehicle, collid- ing with a sign post. Deveraux the influence, resisting arrest, Two consulting firms, Odyssey and around town in a fixed, scheduled route. ride within Willits’ central zone, and possession of methampheta- IBI Group, ran the meeting, during which This option consists of two alternative $10.50 to travel from downtown Willits then drove north on McPherson and made a left mine and hit-and-run. they revealed that MTA is considering routes. The route of the first alternative to the central area of Brooktrails. Korhummel was arrested would start at the city park and travel up A second fixed route alternative route, turn onto Laurel Street where closing down its Dial A Ride service in on suspicion of failure to yield Willits and Brooktrails and replacing it and down various major streets hitting Alternative 2, is similar to Alternative she pulled over in front of the with local bus service in Willits only. stops such as Brookside Schools, One, detailed above, except that it omits Fort Bragg Recreation Center. to a police vehicle, driving The consultants said that MTA is con- Highway 20, Howard Hospital, the Little CHP officers ordered under the influence and resist- Lake Health Center, the casino, the See MTA, Page 16 everyone out of the vehicle. ing arrest. 2 – TUESDAY, JAN. 23, 2007 DAILY DIGEST Editor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] The world briefly FUNERAL NOTICES [\ forward with your life”. 2007. A native of grandchildren Bryan He is survived by his Saskatchewan, Canada, Baker, Brad Baker, Bra- Up to 100 people Iran bars 38 IAEA daughter Angel, sisters Stephanie was a dy Baker all of Ukiah, Marian Gray, Michele, resident of Ukiah for 45 Robert Frye of San die in bombings, nuclear inspectors Heidi and Sherrie, pa- years. She worked as Francisco, Lauren rents Wilton and Mary a registered nurse for many attacks in Iraq TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Gray, aunt Pat Pat- Thompson and husband Iran has barred 38 nuclear ricka, 8 nieces and 6 years in the Bay Neal of Grantsville, UT, BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — inspectors on a United nephews. He was pre- Area. She was a private Daniel Frye of San Twin bombings Monday tore Nations list from entering the ceded in death by his duty nurse when she Diego, great-grandchild through stalls of vendors sell- country, the foreign minister grandparents Lizy and retired to raise her family. Addison and one ing second-hand clothes and said Monday in what appeared Coleman McDaniel, aunts She had been a member of Great-grandchild on the DVDs in a busy Baghdad to be retaliation for the U.N.