CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SACRAMENTO : Logging Rules May Cut Down Town

The Northern California town of Weed is one of the 10 communities in the United States facing extinction because of restrictions on the use of federal lands, the National Assn. of Counties said. Weed, population about 3,000, is located northeast of Mt. Shasta and has been hard hit by restrictions on logging. Larry Naake, executive director of the County Supervisors Assn. of California, told a capital news conference, “There needs to be more balance between state and federal policies . . . between environmental and human concerns.”