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The Sacramento Bee Final Saturday October 101992 B3 Newsline gala will be The Edsels a rock group the Davis Musical Theater Company the Davis High School Jazz Choir a woodwind trio from the University of California Davis and dancers from the Davis Art Center and the Bonnie McNeely and Pamela Trokanski companies World Mental Health Day Mayor Anne Rudin has signed a proclamation adding Sacramento to the cities observing World Mental Health Day today Mental health groups including the Sacramento Mental Health Association observe the day by urging expanded prevention and treatment programs and respect for the rights of those diagnosed as mentally ill Nevada County candidate quits NEVADA CITY Ilse Barnhart has dropped out of the Nov 3 runoff election for the 1st District seat on the Nevada County Board of Supervisors leaving two men to fight it out The 71-year-old Nevada City planning commissioner announced her decision Thursday She declined to endorse either of the remaining candidates Paul Matson and Dave Tobiassen both members of the Nevada City Council Barnhard trailed second-place Tobiassen by only four votes in the June primary She asked for a recount which revealed that she and Tobiassen had dueled to a statistically improbable tie with each holding 1017 votes That resulted in the unusual three-way runoff Fire consumed 22 units of the Longview Drive Self Storage complex near Interstate 80 and Watt Avenue in North Highlands on Friday morning destroying most of the contents and injuring two firefighters Investigators have not determined the cause of the 10:30 am blaze at the complex on 4203 Industry Drive A damage estimate was not available because investigators have to call the renters to determine the value of the objects destroyed The injured firefighters sustained burns and were treated at a hospital and released but was otherwise uninjured in the accident Thursday said Stanford University Medical Center spokesman Don Gibbons The $60000 gadget was shipped back to Transitions Research Corp the Danbury Conn company where it was made for an examination Gibbons said The 4-foot battery-operated rubber-wheeled robot was supposed to be programmed to steer clear of stairways It was unclear why it took a plunge as it wheeled back to the meal service area after taking food to a patient Naked UC student arrested BERKELEY A University of California student who has attended classes nude for several weeks has been arrested twice for indecent exposure police said University police Lt Bill Foley said Andrew Martinez was ar- rested after residents com- plained when they spotted him naked on the street Martinez was first arrested Saturday night when a woman saw him jogging on College Avenue wearing only shoes Foley said He was arrested again ear-i ly Tuesday after a woman said she was offended when she saw1 Martinez walking along Tele- graph Avenue with just a backpack and slippers Martinez who sponsored a nudity rally two weeks ago said clothes are a form of repressing a sexuality None of his teachers or other students have complained of his lack of clothing Martinez said! New AIDS therapy tested SAN FRANCISCO Monthly infusions of treated blood plasma appear to help AIDS sufferers survive longer and keep their immune systems healthy according to data released at the 5th National AIDS Update Conference The Passive Hyperimmune Therapy has been tested for a year by drug maker HemaCare Corp of Los Angeles the company said Thursday But the results have not been reviewed by scientists or published in a medi- cal journal Bee staff wire reports side of the road for unknown reasons around 10:30 am the California Highway Patrol said She died after her car flipped over stopped to make an left turn onto Babbington Road the CHP said She was pronounced dead on arrival at Rideout Emergency Center in Marysville according to the CHP Two passengers in her car were treated at the center and released Did comets aid life on Earth? SAN DIEGO Ancient comets that hit the surface may have aided the development of life a group of scientists from the University of California San Diego reported in a study released Friday Scientists had regarded comets as frozen collections of material that had undergone no chemical change after they formed early in the solar system However the UC San Diego study published in the journal Science analyzed dust collected from comet in 1986 and found that some flecks of inorganic minerals reacted with the melting ice to form organic compounds which may have contributed to evolution Man admits starting blaze SONORA A 20-year-old man has admitted that he accidentally caused a brush fire that charred 3500 acres near the town of Twain Harte Ricky Van Zant faces two misdemeanor counts in connection with the fire but face arson charges He reportedly told investigators that he started the fire Sept 7 by carelessly flipping a cigarette from his mobile-home window Van Zant said he and a friend tried to put out the blaze but it raced out of control Metro digest No-pay TV scheme alleged Henry Duggins of Willows was indicted Friday by a federal grand jury in Sacramento on charges of manufacturing illegal television receiving components The indictment charged that from November 1987 through July 1992 Duggins manufactured about 200 devices that allowed the users to receive satellite television signals without paying fees to the senders of the programs Duggins faces up to five years in prison a $250000 fine or both He was issued a notice to appear on his own recognizance bail revoked CARSON CITY Nev Bail for a San Diego man accused of killing his mother here in 1983 was revoked Friday a day after a judge had set the bail at $30000 Justice of the Peace Robey Willis reversed the bail decision and put Timothy Michael McClure 41 back on no-bail status Another hearing is scheduled for Wednesday A sheriffs department spokesman said a deputy transporting McClure to court Thursday heard him say something that caused concern for officers No further details were provided Gala reopening for Davis theater After two years and more than $1 million Davis will open a refurbished downtown movie house today as a community theater Red carpets black ties carbon arc searchlights and performances by 15 local groups will highlight the gala opening at 7 pm at First and streets Out front street crowds will be entertained from 5 pm to 7 pm with rock jazz and blues Among the performers at the Linda crash kills driver LINDA Loretta Thomas 48 of Linda died Wednesday when the car she was driving rammed into the back of a pickup halted at a Linda intersection the California Highway Patrol reported Thomas was traveling southbound on Simpson Lane when she struck the back of a pickup driven by Vicente Gonzalez 54 of Yuba City who had New robot trips up on the job STANFORD A newly purchased robot used to deliver meals to patients at the Stanford hospital veered off course and tumbled halfway down a flight of stairs a spokesman said which is still being tested suffered a dented bumper Plumas woman dies in crash Lorriane Johnson 67 of Greenville in Plumas County was killed Friday morning when her car crashed off a road 16 miles west of Susanville Johnson 67 driving south on County Road 821 near Highway 44 when she ran off the right (pCM3UtS(ga) (or? 66 THE MOST TROUBLE FMEE NEW CAR! 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