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July 30th, 2010
It's no secret that a bad housing market really wallops the timber industry. Two-by-fours for framing houses are a major driver of the need for lumber. Still, Shasta County's annual ag report for 2009, which is available in a .pdf...
Asked an acquaintance who took part in this week's open house at Stillwater Business Park to paint me a word picture of what he saw. He helpfully e-mailed: "Roads, a bridge and signs showing the parcels. Not a lot of...
Firefighters are responding to a three-car wreck reported on eastbound Highway 44 at the Park Marina Drive exit.
Upside-down tomato plants? What's up with that. Some gardeners say there are pluses to growing plants off the ground and upside down.
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Richard Morey is angry.
The 58-year-old Shasta Lake resident said he got a 27-year-old bill in June claiming he owes the Shasta County Department of Social Services $785.
A 39-year-old Lassen County man was sentenced today to 12 years in prison after he was convicted last month of felony driving under the influence of marijuana and causing great bodily injury in connection with a 2008 traffic accident that seriously injured three Palo Cedro teenagers and also injured a Redding girl.
An investigation into one of Shasta County’s most mysterious unsolved murders appears to be taking on new life.
I'm not, generally speaking, a huge fan of Fox News. That said, when a political group wages a campaign declaring a media outlet it doesn't like and whose line it doesn't share to be "not a legitimate news organization," as...
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'olshastaone' was the first to guess and he was correct! It is the foundation of Father Rainaldi's proposed church at the corner of High Street and Red Bluff Road. Congratulations olshastaone! He/she has won a $10 gift certificate from River...
When: Wed Sep 1, 2010 12pm to 1:30pm
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Where: Simpson University, 2211 College View Drive, Redding, CA 96003
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Event Description: Simpson University's 9th Annual Business Luncheon "Becoming an Emotionally and Relationally Intelligent Leader" with Gues
Real estate experts offer advice on what papers to bring when first meeting with a lender.
Seeds cause problems for pets and they stick around for months.
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So says Humboldt County Sheriff's detective Troy Garey, retiring at 64 from a 40-year career in law enforcement. The Eureka Times-Standard has the wonderful read about an old-school lawman. A taste: That's not to say Garey treats all criminals with...
Shasta County sheriff’s investigators are recommending that child endangerment charges be filed against the Shasta Lake father of an 11-year-old Redding girl who drowned July 18 in Clear Creek.
Yeah, I know: I shouldn't publicize them because that's just giving them more porn to play with themselves by. That's the thing with blogs - you never really know who is reading them. Could be Ted Turner, could be Lassie, could be the ax murderer down the street. However, a new factor came to light:Someone in th
Not the weightiest issue facing the city, but it looks like our vice mayor will get her wish - to move the annual "State of the City" luncheon from January 2011 (the first month of her term as mayor) to...
Remember my tomatoes? Well, they’ve totally bit the dust. When I first brought them home they were flourishing in their pot on my patio. I thought my “black thumb” had greened and was
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I’m drawn to metal like, well, like a magnet.
I tend to collect a lot of mismatched items like metal hooks because they look
cool and who says hardware has to match?
Being a notorious key misplacer, I’ve lined
up hooks in the entryway of my home where I grab my keys on t
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Excerpt of an op-ed at FlashPoint: As (Oakland) mayor, Brown oversaw a bloated Oakland bureaucracy in which more than 1,100 employees, were paid more than $100,000 a year. Even more startling: the number of people on the Oakland payroll earning...
Three members of the City Council up in Shasta Lake -- that's a majority, for those keeping score at home -- say the city's hillside ordinance is too strict, makes building a home too difficult and needs revisions. As the...
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What is this and where is it located? Welcome to the weekly History Mystery Photo Contest! If you are the first person to correctly guess what this is and where it's located, you'll win a $10 gift certificate from River...
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Should you consider ear tubes for your child to prevent ear infections? Probably not, according to a study from researchers at New York’s Mount Sinai School of Medicine. (Learn more about
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An enraged 14-year-old group home resident this morning reportedly stabbed an employee in the eye with a sharp stick after getting into an argument with her, according to a Police Department press statement.
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This was once a lovely example of unique country living on 5 acres west of Redding, but now seems to have fallen on hard times. Prior listings fairly gush regarding the features of this intriguing west Redding home, but today we find it in need of some repairs
A dead house finch found two weeks ago in Redding has tested positive for West Nile Virus, according to a Shasta Mosquito and Vector Control press statement.
Here's a first: Realtor Don. J. Wilkins posts a five-minute video on YouTube and manages to show neither a house nor a parcel of land for sale. Good vibe though....
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From the Ashland paper: A series of snafus around a five-day music, art and New Age festival near Redding, Calif., apparently torpedoed its ticket sales, left vendors unpaid and sent organizer Mystic Garden Party of Ashland scrambling to cover about...
We have a lot of high school seniors come through that are planning on entering the military. We always like to do something special for them that shows off their passion. Here is a recent senior that we photographed who is planning on entering the army. What are you passionate about?
Emergency crews are rushing to Churn Creek Road and Victor Avenue, where a white passenger car reportedly flipped several times and landed in a ditch.
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The lightning-sparked McDonald Fire near the Lassen County town of Termo has grown to an estimated 9,000 acres, according to the Susanville Interagency Fire Center.
(slurring words, shouting erratically…) “Is this a gay bar?!”
(Annie, with patience….) “No Kirsten, its just a dive.”
We followed the Christmas Star to get here as wise m
Up at 5:30 a.m. Open up the doors to let the days cool air in. Granny’s cat likes to take a look at the world through the screen door. I’m reading things online when I hear a loud rattling sort of screeching. Too loud to be any kind of bird we’ve seen here. Too insistent. [...]
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Seasonably warm -- but not too warm -- weather will continue in the northern Sacramento Valley into early next week.
Redding will see a high temperature today around 96 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. That's a bit below the average high in Redding on this date of 99 degrees.
Winds out
What: The Tony Armsdon Jazz Trio “We 3″ Performing at Turtle Bay Cafe
When: Jul 30-31, 7 to 10 p.m.
Where: Turtle Bay Cafe
The Tony Armsdon Jazz Trio “We 3″ will be performing the Jazz Standards canon for your enjoyment.
MXC stands for Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, a spoof that ran on Spike TV from 2003 to 2007.MXC's creators took footage from a Japanese game show, Takashi's Castle, and looped a new, English soundtrack over the action.The show appeals to that lowest common denominator - sexual innuendo, fart jokes and peop
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We’ve got some attaboys to hand out. Attagirls? Maybe I should stick with “good job.” Anyway …
Congratulations to Shasta College agriculture instructor Trena Kimier-Richards, who recently received a “Teacher of Excellence” award from the California Agriculture Teachers Association. Kimier-Rich
Greetings again from Iceland!
The project (click here for previous installments of Brian’s Project Iceland photography book endeavor) has reache
The Fishing Report: July 30, 2010
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While California is facing a multibillion-dollar deficit, and double-digit unemployment, now seems like a great time to invest in the state and get its residents back to work, right? Well, not according to some in Sacramento. There are efforts under way to eliminate key provisions of California’s Enterprise Zone Pr
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WASHINGTON — President Ahmadinejad has a penchant for the somewhat loony, as when last weekend he denounced Paul the Octopus, omniscient predictor of eight consecutive World Cup matches, as a symbol of decadence and purveyor of “Western propaganda and superstition.” But for all his clownishness, Ahmadin
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Redding’s an opinionated town. Someone among its vocal residents must not share the apparently universal respect for Police Chief Peter Hansen.
With the 33rd annual Lions All-Star Football game only a day away, the north state is being given a slight taste of football season a little bit early and I am thrilled about it.
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Travelin’ in Time is a weekly look at historic places or people in the north state.
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Cottonwood’s Todd Thompson finished second in the Moto X Adaptive Moto event at the 2010 X Games 16 on Thursday in Los Angeles.
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Rank-and-file Redding police Thursday rejected a City Council counteroffer on concessions, all but assuring the department will lose four officers to layoffs at year’s end.
An Anderson police officer Thursday was ordered to stand trial on charges he allegedly raped a woman he was taking to Shasta County jail after her arrest in late May.
Sheriff’s investigators have finished questioning witnesses to the July 18 drowning of an 11-year-old Redding girl and may announce today whether they will seek criminal charges against her father.
North state in brief: July 30, 2010
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North State Marketplace: July 30, 2010
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Kilarc Forebay anglers and others potentially affected by the proposed dismantling of Pacific Gas and Electric’s Kilarc-Cow Creek hydroelectric project will have a second chance to speak their minds to federal regulators.
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Today in History: July 30, 2010
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After public outrage following a Southern California city paying its top three administrators more than $1.6 million a year, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger challenged cities on Thursday to post officials’ salaries on the Web.
About 100 Tea Party Patriots stand at Dana and Hilltop drives in Redding on Thursday in support of the state of Arizona and its new immigration law. “We have to understand that we need to have our borders protected,” Terry Rapoza said at the demonstration. “The federal government isn’t doing their job. Arizona as a
Saying federal agencies aren’t doing enough to stop Mexican drug cartels from growing marijuana illegally on public lands, U.S. Rep. Wally Herger has drafted a resolution urging Congress to create a long-term solution to permanently dismantle the traffickers’ operations.
The East Redding Little League all-stars were honored before the largest crowd of the season as the Redding Colt .45s beat the semipro Redding Tigers 10-6, in the first game of the non-league doubleheader at Tiger Field on Thursday.
Rank-and-file Redding police Thursday rejected a City Council counteroffer on concessions, all but assuring the department will lose four officers to layoffs at year’s end.
For those of you who exist only to attempt to post really stupid shit - and I just got some illiterate online vitriol from a new LJ account designed to be offensive, too cowardly to give their name, and who is apparently using the anonymity of the internet to strike out randomly, inbetween masturbatory sessions - I give you
I took a Darvocet a couple of hours ago since it seems to take awhile to kick in. I am not feeling it yet and you'd think I would, especially on an empty stomach. Years ago I took them - possibly for dental work, I don't remember now - and within 30 minutes I'd be amusing myself by just staring at the wall for hours on end.
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Firefighters are en route tonight to two vegetation fires in Anderson.
July 29th, 2010
It's a little bit early, but you can get started on your birthday road trippin' tomorrrow...
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A resolution to do just that is on the agenda next week. Read why here....
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Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics had the sense to post the judge's ruling I mentioned earlier. This line -- from a section on indirect effects of fire retardant -- is too much: Plaintiff argues that the use of aerial...
If I lived in Lewiston, where the photo above was shot last summer during the Coffin Fire, I'd not have been complaining that firefighters were pulling out all the stops to protect my and my neighbors' homes. But an...
Rank and file Redding police have rejected a City Council counter-offer on concessions, all but assuring the department will lose four officers to layoffs at year’s end.
A 39-year-old Oak Run man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after he spent more than a month on the run before he was arrested in Texas following a shootout with two Shasta County bounty hunters in January.
A Nov. 30 trial date was set today in Shasta County Superior Court for a Cottonwood woman and her brother in connection with the alleged beating of a 7-year-old boy in December.
A wreck involving two motorists has blocked westbound Eureka Way at Court Street.
Marc B. caught Carl and Linda Bott asking -- and Paul Hauser not directly answering -- the question of how much Redding Electric's rates are likely to rise in the coming year. Hauser wouldn't come out answer directly, and in...
Redding police have identified the man on a bicycle who was hurt Sunday night when he reportedly swerved in front of a car.
An Anderson police officer was ordered today to stand trial on charges that he allegedly raped a woman he was taking to Shasta County jail following her arrest.
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Wow, we listed this and sold it for $245K back in ’05. That’s a queasy feeling for us. The photos above are the ones we took back then. We see from the
RED BLUFF - A 46-year-old Red Bluff woman was arrested today on a felony warrant alleging she embezzled about $18,000 from the city while working as a city account technician, the Tehama County District Attorney's Office announced.
After the wrangling and nonsense yesterday, I did get home with Darvocet. I took one about 9:45 PM. After an hour, nothing. Two hours, nothing. Huh? Maybe I'm immune to them?Gary said he thought it would kick in when I went to bed. He was right. When I lay down, suddenly I had that woozy sensation you get when y
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Following up on my slow-news-day-blogpost-series leader from the other day, “A Picture of a Bug,” today I present a picture of some deer. Well, I like them. It was hot waiting in the sun for them to pose. For some reason, they were camera shy.
HI AllI’ve just been contacted by a producer at a major media outlet who is looking to do a story on moms who have lost custody to an abuser who was rich and/
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The river was named for the deep and deadly hidden pits dug along its banks to trap enemies and animals by Achomawi Indian women. Great pains were taken by the women to conceal the pits - the dirt was carried...
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On the radio this morning Redding Electric Utility Director Paul Hauser repeatedly dodged questions from Carl and Linda Bott on how much electric rates will go up in the next year or two. He said he didn't want to put...
We are living in interesting times. Our consumerist paradigm is slowly shifting. We are doing things differently than we once did. Our expectations of what we should have and what we should want were molded in an earlier world. One that is passing away. The internet has changed almost everything. Some changes are obvious
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Seems bed bugs have infested New York City and rats have overrun a city park. Reminds me of one of the most played tunes on the juke box at the Spring Lounge in Little Italy in the summer of '78....
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Could be. From the SF Chronicle: "You gotta remember, I'm an old man, and everything's shot to hell," said the so-called world's angriest man as he speaks from his cabin in Manton (Tehama County). How he got there, living an...
From the LA Times: The scandal over high salaries paid to Bell officials has city leaders throughout the state scrambling to limit the political damage. City halls have seen an uptick in residents calling to find out what their local...
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A lightning-sparked Lassen County wildfire grew to 7,000 acres Wednesday.
"CPPA" was fortunate to welcome yet another new member at it's meeting last night.In this parent's case we learned that the familiar combination of Richard M. Bay and Reid Mckellar under "Teflon Jack" Halpin were the responsible parties for t
This week I received the CoStar Report and one paragraph caught my attention…as buyers and sellers have asked me recently what will be the effect on commercial real estate transactions….this kind of sums it up: To address risky lending practices, banks will be required to set aside additional capital to cover po
The northern Sacramento Valley will keep enjoying relatively temperate late July weather at least through Saturday.
Afternoon temperatures in Redding today will peak around 96 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
The average high temperature in Redding on this date is 99 degrees. The record
The words over at Three Word Wednesday are abuse, cramp and hatred. Something quick and dirty.Luncheonette for the Possessed“There is goodness in you, even though you can’t see it,” she says.
The fork is halfway to his mouth, which is open for
Approaching age 40 has made me increasingly nostalgic, so it was normal to have a few early-eighties flashbacks when I passed through the golden bears into the California State Fair last weekend in Sacramento.
Some of my
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The Fisher-Price iXL—think of it as an iPod Touch for the younger demographic—is an electronic gizmo for kids ages 3-6 years, according to the manufacturer. It’s a story reader, game player, MP3 player, digital photo album, and
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One driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence at a DUI checkpoint in Redding on Wednesday evening.
Police have arrested a Redding man suspected of stabbing another man Tuesday afternoon in a fight over medicinal cannabis growing at an Enterprise home.
A design glitch has held up completion of long-awaited public art in the Market Street Promenade in downtown Redding.
Cooler weather this week has helped firefighters make progress on some 194 lightning-sparked fires that have burned 900 acres in far northeastern California.
Twenty-seven years ago Shingletown was in a panic.
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The Stillwater Business Park Road Show makes its first stop in Redding today.
The Redding Vipers baseball team won the No Glove, No Love tournament by beating the Reno Muckdogs 9-3 on Saturday in Reno.
The principal goal of the Westside Performing Arts Co.’s Summer Theater Academy is to get a big group of performers of all ages and ability levels, run them through six weeks of training and rehearsals, and then put on a big show.
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Sometimes when life imitates art, it can hurt. Just ask Wynonna, whose life has often resembled a country-western song. The latest installment: nine days before she’s due to play the Cascade Theatre, she was involved in a head-on car collision and hospitalized.
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The Post Office Saloon & Grill, a downtown Redding landmark since the mid-Seventies, continues to deliver. At lunchtime the place is known for its burgers and salads. Come evening diners are drawn to the nightly specials, notably the $5.25 spaghetti dinner on Wednesdays – “the bargain of the century,” in the words
Judi Forney’s painting has always had to take a back seat to her business career. The artistic result was that many of her paintings from those years tend to be dark and only shine under a studio light. The paintings reflect more of the drama that tends to occur in our lives in our 20s and 30s and is a visual diary from t
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1. MarketFest 2010
5 to 9 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 26, Library Park, downtown Redding. Today: Mumblefinger. Future shows include: Blues Rollers, Aug. 5; Hard Luck 3, Aug. 12; Karen Lovely, Aug. 19; Los Pinguos, Aug. 26. Go to www.vivadowntownredding.org
Houses don’t last forever, but they come close enough that when we build them it’s worth taking the long view — especially of their sites. Bad colors can be repainted. Windows and siding are easy enough to replace. A badly carved-up hilltop might never look the same again in our lifetimes.
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The Redding Colt .45s are giving thanks to their fans as they wrap up their last three home games of the summer with a doubleheader against the semipro Redding Tigers at 5 p.m. today and one game against the Humboldt Steelheads on Friday at Tiger Field.
BURNEY — For a family of four that almost instantly grew to six after the earthquake struck Haiti, life is settling into a rhythm.
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection firefighters, along with Palo Cedro fire and rescue personnel, work to remove the driver of a pickup that crashed Wednesday afternoon off Deschutes Road north of Anderson. The pickup went off the road in an area north of Dersch Road, near Beatie Road, and flipped, landi
The field of potential Redding City Council candidates remains as crowded as ever even after one challenger withdrew for lack of funds.
photo by Bryce GoldsteinThis Bohemian Art Loft will ring with the sounds of original folk rock music this weekend, when
