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yiovna LQZUIQ- I 1VNId 3383VS -Q- The Sacramento Bee METRO LATEST ON TRAFFIC For an easy-to-use interactive map with up-to-the-minute reports, go to www.sacbee.comtraffic SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2007 Coming in out of the cold V1N39VIAI 1 1 TV pIM iB85bsB I bIh iP'j3 WW; ONA1 The state's 3,500 citrus growers are battling the cold to save their $1 .6 billion crop. IN BUSINESS Firewood, thermal tops and duct tape are among the hot sellers as area Sacramento Police Officer Myron Loui stops to get Veroy Cochran, 45, a flier listing warm places to sleep Friday evening. Cochran, who has been homeless for about eight months, has been sleeping in the doorway of the public library on I Street. Sacramento Bee Anne Chadwick Williams Law enforcement officers encourage homeless to stay in shelters as temperatures drop, but some refuse. By Ed Fletcher BEE STAFF WRITER Not that cold, eh? Try a 20-degree night huddled on the concrete entry of a downtown building.

With the temperatures dropping by the minute Friday evening, Veroy Cochran told the Sacramento Police Department bicycle officers checking on him that he knows where the emergency shelters are, should he need one. But as the sun set, he gave little reason to believe he would heed the officers' advice. "I might or I might not (go in)," Cochran said. "I was pretty comfortable in front of the library." He said he has a sleeping bag, two blankets, gloves and a warm hat. The only thing he's missing: late-night coffee service.

Based on the number of people showing up at the county's shelters and the city's emergency shelter, should Cochran try to tough it out, he'll be in the minority. Cesar Chavez Park, 10th and streets, is usually dotted with homeless men and women in early evenings. Friday evening, however, Don Avery, 40, sat alone on the event stage in the park. WEATHER, Page B3 residents scramble to keep warm. PageDl Right now, my favorite part is that construction has been completed.

It's been a long time in coming. It's nice to actually see it come to life." Roxanne Yonn director, development and marketing, the Aerospace Museum of California Man held in slaying again Suspect in stabbing death of neighbor served prison time in two earlier fatalities. By Ryan Lillis BEE STAFF WRITER It's a winter day in 1991 and a 66-year-old man is found stabbed to death in his Street apartment in midtown Sacramento. It takes just two days for police to arrest the victim's neighbor, a man named Jesse Moe Young with a history of violent behavior. Fast-forward to Thursday.

This time, a 61 -year-old man is found dead in the doorway of his Street apartment in downtown Sacramento, another victim of another stabbing, police said. This time it takes just a few minutes before police arrest the victim's neighbor, the same Jesse Moe Young, who by now has an even longer history of violence. Young, 74, now sits in a Jesse Young Sacramento BeeAutumn Cruz Barry Bauer, left, curator for the new Aerospace Museum of California at McClellan Park, gives a tour of the $7 million facility to son-in-law Orian O'Hanen, 1 9. An aerospace museum takes flight 12 mile Elkhorn Blvd. Showcase for more than 30 aircraft offers a walk through aviation history cell at the Sacramento County jail.

And for the third time since 1981, he faces charges in connection with the violent death of another man. "From a law enforcement perspective, it's upsetting and unsettling to us that this person was allowed to harm someone else in our community," said Sacramento Police HOMICIDES, Page B4 Street land swap hits snag By Mary Lynne Vellinga BEE STAFF WRITER Last-minute financial issues raised by property owner Moe Mohanna are delaying a land swap required for a major retail project to move forward in the 700 block of the struggling Street Mall. Furniture retailer Joe Zeiden, owner of the Gallerie chain, had expected to have all of the properties in the 700 block under his control by the end of 2006, said Wendy Hoyt, his local consultant. But Zeiden is still waiting for Mohanna, who owns many properties on Street and the surrounding blocks, to sign documents putting his 700 block parcels into escrow. "We signed everything we need to sign some time ago," Hoyt said.

"We have several tenants lined up to open by the end of '07, and everything is hinging on this land assembly swap happening within the time frame it was committed to," DOWNTOWN, Page B4 North Highlands Freedom Park Dr. MUSEUM GUIDE Admission to the museum, at 3200 Freedom Park Drive, is $9 for adults, $7 for teenagers 1 3 to 1 7 and seniors 60 and older, and $5 for children 6 to 1 2. Members and active duty military get in free. The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday, and 1 0 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. It is closed Mondays. One way to get there from downtown Sacramento is to take the Capital City Freeway (Business 80) to the Watt Avenue North exit.

Continue on Watt Avenue and turn left onto Freedom Park Drive. For additional details, visit www. aerospacemuseumofcalifornia. org. Aerospace Museum of California By Edgar Sanchez BEE STAFF WRITER For Navy veteran Ken Harlan, a visit to the new Aerospace Museum of California was like a walk down memory lane.

"I saw three airplanes that I flew in when I was in the Navy," the 69-year-old Fair Oaks resident said after touring McClellan Park's latest attraction. "It took me back to old times. With more than 30 aircraft representing the evolution of flight, the museum showcases everything from prop-powered planes to helicopters and supersonic jets. Most of the aircraft are retired from the military, but civilian planes are also spotlighted. The $7 million, state-of-the-art facility is the successor to the McClellan Aviation Museum, which hosted more than 500,000 visitors during its 20-year run.

The new museum opened Jan. 5, with an official ribbon-cutting set for Feb. 2. "Right now, my favorite part is that construction has been completed," said Roxanne Yonn, the nonprofit museum's director of development and marketing. "It's been a long time in coming," she said.

"It's nice to actually see it come to life." MUSEUM, Page B4 McClellan Park Madison Ave. 80 Sacramento Bee Police say children in van during drive-by shooting in Del Paso Heights By Kim Minugh BEE STAFF WRITER A Sacramento boy celebrated his sixth birthday Thursday night on the floor of a Chevrolet Astro van as at least two adult occupants sprayed bullets on a Del Paso Heights home, police said. Officers who stopped the vehicle shortly after the 7:30 p.m. drive-by ordered its occupants out of the car with their hands up. The birthday boy emerged holding a balloon.

His mother, 26-year-old Donita Marie Brooks, remained in the Sacramento County jail Friday, facing eight felony charges including child endangerment, according to jail records. Police have identified her as a gang member, along with the driver, Lamont Rashad West, 28 alias "Baby-No-No." He faces nine police found eight occupants: four adults and four children, 18 months to 6 years. All belong to Brooks. The toddler was in a car seat. The others were sitting on the floor, Lazark said.

Several pistols were recovered, she said. The children were taken into protective custody. The Bee's Kim Minugh can be reached at (916) 321-1038 or kminughsacbee.com. felony charges including discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling, discharging a firearm from a vehicle and child endangerment, records show. A third adult occupant of the van -there were four was arrested and faces the same charges.

Police also believe Maury ce Liggins, 21, is a gang member, said police spokeswoman Officer Michelle Lazark. West and Liggins are the suspected shooters, Lazark said, but police are still investigating Brooks' involvement. Officers patrolling the area of Los Rob-les and Alvarado boulevards reported hearing about nine gunshots at 7:30 p.m. and saw a Chevrolet Astro van leaving the area with "suspicious-acting occupants," Lazark said. Police believe the target was a home on the 1100 block of Los Robles.

No one was injured. After stopping the van, INDEX Regional Digest B2 Obituaries B4-5 Editorials B6 Weather B8 DRUG BUST Feds see tie to earlier raids Officials think indoor pot growing operations busted in Lathrop and Tracy are linked to raids in Elk Grove, Sacramento and Stockton. I B3 OBITUARY He followed St. Francis John W. Schroeder a devout disciple of St.

Francis of Assisi who opened his heart, home and family to the poor, has died at age 73. 1 B5 BANK ROBBERY Two men caught after chase Two men suspected in a shotgun robbery of a North Sacramento bank were caught after a high-speed chase though two counties. I B2 OUTPUT: 011207 23:00 USER: MNEWGREN BEEBR0AD MASTER 06-26-02.