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6A THURSDAY DECEMBER 3 2015State SANLUISOBISPO.COM THE INNOVATORS OF IMPACT SOMEONE WORLD Make a $50 donation and save up to $400 on select seating. SAVE up to on select Sofas FRESNO Public water agencies that serve millions of residents in drought- weary California might only receive 10 percent of expected supplies in 2016 half the amount that flowed to them this year through the mas- sive system of reservoirs and canals, state officials say. However, the early estimate could change, depending on the rain and snow that falls this winter, the Department of Water Resources said Tuesday. Forecasters have said a strong El weather system could drench Cali- fornia in the coming months. But one good winter might not be enough to rehydrate the parched state that has endured four bruising years of drought.

historic drought has lasted for years and going to quickly be washed said Mark Cowin, director of the Department of Water Resources. The State Water Project supplies 29 public water agencies from the San Francisco Bay Area to Southern California that serve nearly two- thirds of California resi- dents and irrigate nearly a million acres of farmland. The drought has left California reservoirs at or near record low levels. CALIFORNIA DROUGHT 2016 water supplies not looking good RICH PEDRONCELLI Associated Press A shoe sits on the dry Folsom Lake bed on Oct. 27.

BY SCOTT SMITH Associated Press In a hotly contested move, Los Angeles law- makers voted Wednesday to back an exemption that will allow some retired and reserve police officers to continue to possess firearm magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition, arguing that this would help pro- tect the public from threats. The Los Angeles City Council voted 11-4 in favor of the exemptions to a citywide ban on such ammunition clips passed earlier this year. The debate pitted the Los Angeles Police Department and the po- lice union, a politically muscular group that has been an important player in local elections, against some of the gun-control activists who had cham- pioned the ban as a way to curb the carnage of mass shootings. It also stirred concerns for City Attorney Mike Feuer, who privately warned lawmakers earlier this year that exempting retired officers could create a legal risk for the city. Los Angeles already is being sued over the law by gun rights groups and other critics.

The law already exempted police and military on active duty, licensed firearms dealers and several other cate- gories of gun owners. L.A. leaders support exemption to ammo law for retired, reserve police BY EMILY ALPERT REYES Los Angeles Times Nurses union endorses Newsom SACRAMENTO The politically powerful California Nurses Associ- ation is endorsing Lt. Gov. Gavin bid for governor, nearly three years before the election.

The union that repre- sents 90,000 California nurses announced its en- dorsement on Wednesday at a rally in Los Angeles. CNA executive director RoseAnn DeMoro said in an interview that the form- er San Francisco mayor shares the values, such as expanding health care, equal rights and protecting the environ- ment. Other Democrats thought to be considering a run in 2018 include former L.A. Mayor Anto- nio Villaraigosa, climate activist Tom Steyer, cur- rent L.A. Mayor Eric Gar- cetti, state Treasurer John Chiang and former state Controller Steve Westly.

S.B. public health records accessed The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department says 260 patient records were improperly accessed. The department said in a statement Wednesday that an investigation found that a Health Care Center staff member accessed information electronically for an unauthorized aca- demic data research pro- ject. The department direc- tor, Dr. Takashi Wada, says so far no rea- son to believe any identify- ing information was shared outside the depart- ment, and the staff mem- ber has been denied access to any further patient information.

Patients are being notified by letter and, depending on the case, credit monitoring has been offered. Board denies S.F. killer parole SAN FRANCISCO One of two so-called San Francisco witch killers has been denied parole. A parole board on Wednesday said 73-year- old Suzan Carson was unfit for early release. Carson and her husband were convicted of killing three in Northern California in the 1980s during a drug- fueled religious quest to rid the world of witches.

They were each sentenced to 75 years to life. Carson and 64-year-old Michael Carson qualified for parole consid- eration after a federal court concerned with pri- son overcrowding ordered hearings for about 1,400 inmates older than 60 who have served more than 25 years of their sen- tences. Michael Carson canceled his parole hear- ing in June, saying he refuses to renounce his violent religious beliefs. Police search for stolen violin SUNNYVALE A Sunnyvale family is offering a reward for a 220-year-old violin that was stolen out of a car in a supermarket parking lot. The San Jose Mercury News reported Wednesday that 20-year-old Erica Buonanno says that the violin, which is appraised at $15,000, was stolen after her father lent out the instrument to a high school-aged family friend.

Buonanno said the violin and its expensive case were stolen Nov. 20 when someone burglarized the vehicle in the parking lot of a Safeway in San Francisco. Buonanno found out about the theft when she returned home from Dart- mouth College to Sunny- vale last week. ASSOCIATED PRESS STATE ROUNDUP MODESTO A Modesto lucky hunch paid off when he won a $1,000 lottery prize and immediately bought more tickets winning $10 million with one of them. California lottery offi- cials say Rodney Mead- ows was out running er- rands Nov.

23 when he decided to pick up some $30 California Lottery 30th anniversary scratch- er tickets at a Modesto store. He won $1,000 on the first ticket he bought. KCRA-TV reports that Meadows decided to buy three more tickets a min- ute later and when he scratched the ticket that made him a million- aire. Meadows says he had to ask the store clerk to check his ticket at the machine because he believe he had won $10 million. He says he yet know how spend his winnings.

Man wins $1,000 and then $10 million Associated Press.