Community Rubber Ducky SPOTLIGHT ON REAL ESTATE sports digest Derby supporter Special section ...................................Inside ..........Page A-6 ............Page A-3 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper .......Page A-2 Tomorrow: Breezy; fog followed by sun 7 58551 69301 0 FRIDAY May 11, 2007 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 50 pages, Volume 149 Number 32 email: [email protected] Palace owners meeting with developers City reports progress ers in hopes of moving forward with Area owners, Eladia Laines and her years. Now, those conversations are of qualified developers to potentially renovation and development of the husband, Mike Leddy, indicated a moving forward form a partnership and have indicat- By KATIE MINTZ dilapidated historic property, accord- willingness to work with developers “City staff is actively assisting the ed that meetings with developers will The Daily Journal ing to an announcement from the city and the city to see something done to owners with identifying developers continue to occur over the next The owners of the Palace Hotel of Ukiah. the building at 272 N. State St. that and possible financing. The owners are meeting with potential develop- In February, the city said the Bay has stood empty for close to 20 are currently meeting with a short list See PALACE, Page A-12 Lake Local women A day for Mom: reflect on their releases special day reduced Effort intended to keep water in lake for salmon that will return this fall The Daily Journal The Sonoma County Water Agency began taking the steps necessary to reduce river flow rates in the Russian River Thursday, following the State Water Resources Control Board’s approval to do so Wednesday. Flow reductions, in an effort to keep more water in Lake Mendocino for the annual chinook migration later this fall, will be phased in over a peri- od of about three weeks starting immediately, according to the water agency. The request to reduce flow rates was made to the State Board on April 26 based on projections indicating critically low water levels in Lake Mendocino this fall. Sonoma County Water Agency engineers projected that water levels in Lake Mendocino would drop to levels lower than 10,000 acre-feet, which would be the lowest levels recorded since the lake was first opened in 1959. State Board approval allows the minimum instream flow required upstream from Healdsburg to be cut from 185 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 75 cfs. Required flow downstream of Healdsburg was reduced from 125 cfs By LAURA MCCUTCHEON MacLeod Pappidas/The Daily Journal to 85 cfs. Water Agency actions will The Daily Journal A professional florist at Rain Forest Fantasy, adjust water releases from Lake other’s Day is reportedly the busiest above, assembles the Mendocino as appropriate to maintain weekend of the year for florists, but the quintessential Mother’s flow rates in the upper Russian River most brilliant bouquet pales in Day gift. At left, mother upstream from the City of Healdsburg comparison to happy, healthy children, of six Joan Nelson gets at rates above 125 cfs through May according to some moms. a manicure at Today’s and 75 cfs after June 1. The flow rates MGross florist sales are expected to be about 1,000 Nail Salon in downtown in the lower river near the town of percent higher this weekend than other weekends at Ukiah. She says a gift Guerneville will be managed to Rain Forest Fantasy, owner Jake Jacobsen said. certificate makes a great achieve flows above 85 cfs. The Valentine’s Day is the busiest day of the year for Mother’s Day gift. reduced flow rates are comparable to florists, but Mother’s Day is the busiest weekend, he minimum flows normally implement- said. “We have been doing this about 35 years ... It ed under dry year conditions in the takes quite a bit of planning ... We will have about 30 ‘I would like all my children to Russian River watershed. people in the store for the holiday, and we normally The reduced flow rates allow the have six or seven. We will be running three or four find their way and be happy and Sonoma County Water Agency to trucks on delivery, and we normally run one.” retain additional water in storage in The annual Discover Card Mother’s Day Shopping successful with their lives.’ Lake Mendocino and improve the Survey found that “moms value hand-made presents likelihood that adequate water supply JOAN NELSON will be available in the fall to provide See MOM, Page A-12 for up to 4,500 chinook salmon expected to return to the river to spawn. Coast man injured in Hwy. 20 crash 14-YEAR-OLD MURDER DEFENDANT DUI suspected in vehicle vs. tree way. The Daily Journal Kalcich’s vehicle traveled down a steep A Fort Bragg man suffered major injuries embankment and collided with a tree. He was Homicide plea delayed again and was arrested on suspicion of driving under not wearing a seat belt at the time of the acci- By BEN BROWN Escareno, said she is still waiting for test the influence Wednesday after the 1984 dent and suffered major trauma, according to The Daily Journal results from the Department of Justice lab on Volkswagen Rabbit he was driving went off the CHP reports. For the sixth time since he was arrested, a “major piece of physical evidence.” road on State Route 20 west of James Creek at Kalcich was taken by CALSTAR Air the homicide case of 14-year-old Marcos Deputy District Attorney Matthew 2 p.m. and collided with a tree. Ambulance to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Escareno was again delayed for entry of plea Finnegan said the prosecution is still waiting Steve G. Kalcich, 46, of Fort Bragg, was for treatment. Thursday because of evidence issues. for the results of chemical tests and a report westbound on SR 20 at an unknown speed. According to CHP reports, Kalcich had “We’ll continue the arraignment a final on blood samples from a Department of According to reports from the California allegedly been drinking at the time of the col- time,” said Mendocino County Superior Justice lab in Sacramento. Highway Patrol, Kalcich entered a right-hand lision. He was arrested on suspicion of driving Court Judge Clayton Brennan. “We really Escareno is charged with murder in the curve west of James Creek at an unknown under the influence and then released to the need to get this case going.” speed and drove off the south edge of the road- hospital for treatment. Katharine Elliot, who is defending See DELAY, Page A-12 >cigdYjX^c\8dbXVhiidBZcYdX^cd8djcin Ndjg8VWaZIKVcY>ciZgcZi8dbeVcn^hX]Vc\^c\&"-%%"8DB86HI A-2 – FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2007 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] FUNERAL NOTICES [\ The world briefly Briseno (Jeff Osterhout) of neral Mass will be celebrat- trol man, First Ukiah, sons Jose ed on Monday, Class. While in the Coast L. Briseno (Cherrie) of May 14, 2007 at 11 am at Guard he broke his Ukiah, Rafael Briseno St. Mary of the An- leg and was a patient at House rejects 9-month withdrawal, and (Maria Luisa) of gels Catholic Church. U.S. Marine Hospital, Redwood Valley. Re- Burial will follow at the where he met Marie. They moves to give funds only through July spected and adored grand- Ukiah Cemetery. Father were married on WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House father of Esther Ismael Mora officiat- August 27th, 1949 at Elma, defeated legislation Thursday to require the withdrawal of U.S. Garcia, Rafael Garcia ing. Arrangements and care Washington. combat troops from Iraq within nine months, then pivoted to a (Nicole Tuttle), Jose Ef- under the direc- After leaving the service fresh challenge of President Bush’s handling of the unpopular ren Garcia and Monica tion of the Eversole he went into Law En- war. Garcia all of Ukiah, Al- Mortuary. forcement in 1952. He first The vote on the nine-month withdrawal measure was 255- fredo Garcia of Mexico, [\ started with the 171. Joey Briseno (Angela Atherton Police for 4 On a day of complex maneuvering, Democrats said they Torres), Jason Briseno, years, then to Menlo would approve legislation funding the war on an installment Jaime Briseno (Lisa Park Police for 14 years as plan and Bush said he would veto it. But the president, under Idica), Robert Briseno, a Motor Cycle Of- pressure from lawmakers in both parties, coupled his threat Michael Briseno (Syl- ficer and an Inspector. with an offer to compromise on a spending bill that sets stan- JOSE ISAAC BRISENO via Novoa) all of Ukiah, Then finally, three dards for the Iraqi government. Jose Isaac Briseno died Leticia Briseno Mata years as a Deputy Sheriff “Time’s running out, because the longer we wait the more at Stanford Hospital (Jaime) of Redwood Valley, in Mendocino strain we’re going to put on the military,” said Bush, who pre- in Palo Alto on Tuesday, Ricky Nunez (An- County. viously had insisted on what he termed a “clean” war funding May 8, 2007. A na- gelina Guiterrez) of CARL KYLE He then changed profes- bill. tive of Houston, Texas, age Redwood Valley and Carl was born on June sions, and worked for Despite Bush’s ability to sustain his vetoes in the House — 78, Jose was a Naomi (Senen) Nunez 26, 1927, in Porter- 14 years as an Equipment as demonstrated last week — critics of the war insisted on chal- resident of the Ukiah area Macandog of Ukiah.