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February 8th, 2010
For Rent $1,100 a month.
Shasta Hills Estates, a gated community with all of the amenities. This 55 plus community has walking trails, pool, club house and much more. Home is very well maintained with an open floor plan.
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Redding native and former Time magazine foreign correspondent Joel Stratte-McClure is Twittering, at http://twitter.com/joelsm. Believe he's accompanying his wonderful 90-year-old mum to one of Palin's performances today....
Believe it or not, there actually was a tennis court on Iron Mountain in the late 1890s! However, it's long gone. It was a standard sized tennis court and it was built for approximately $300 on the Iron Mountain Mine...
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Kudos to New Orleans Saints Quarterback Drew Brees for his team’s Super Bowl win, his MVP award, and his decision (no doubt abetted by his wife) to put noise-reducing headphones on his one-year-old son, Baylen. When the ecstatic fat
Trader Joe’s in Redding has applied for a hard liquor license and could be selling spirits by the end of the month.
When we have sugar cravings it's usually any combination of these five deficiencies. The first is that you may need more protein. Add more grass-fed meat, pastured chicken, pastured eggs, raw cheese, beans, nuts, cottage cheese or fish. After a...
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Conditions at Mt. Shasta Ski Park
That's a mini-thread in the comments on today's story on her Redding appearance. Suggestions so far included Maritime, Nello's, the new Brick's Smokehouse, Racha Noodle and McDonald's. I'd probably take her to Jack's Grill....
It’s a sad thing to note that we need to have a Women’s Refuge in Shasta County. But it’s good to know that since we do need it, our community supports it wholeheartedly. One of their big fundraisers is their Annual Crabfeed, held at the Anderson Fairgrounds. It’s run by volunteers, and among them is
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Looking for a condo in Shasta Lake City? Well, despite that, we are featuring this one as our FDotD from the recent REO harvest. It’s priced attractively, although we are not provided with an idea about the HOA dues in the listing. A prior listing from just before fore
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If you're wondering what all the commotion is today down at the Redding Convention Center, Sarah Palin is in town.
What an exciting Super Bowl! The New Orleans Saints finished their stellar season by upsetting the Indianapolis Colts, 31-17, in a come-from behind win.
Drew Brees tied the Super Bowl record for completed passes (32), but the biggest play came on…
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Three teenagers accused of beating a homeless man to death in April may stand trial separately instead of together.
A 44-year-old Redding chiropractor accused of molesting a 10-year-old-girl last year may learn today when he’s going to trial.
Expect some rain later today in the valley and snow in the high country.
The big news in this era of economic austerity is that the government Housing Assistance Program has $1.2 million to give away locally to low income home buyers to purchase foreclosed homes in certain neighborhoods. Of course there are a few…
A 19-year-old Kansas City, Mo. man died this morning after he ran in front of a big rig on Interstate 5 in Redding.
Wrapped in the silent dark,layers of gray, slivers of streetlights,the restless dream of greatness.StillnessIn shadows lay desires,mindful of the consequence,change is a difficult beast.Hands hug the torso rough,a squeeze confirms consciousness,a sigh affirms
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By now, everyone has heard that it’s in one’s best interest to eat as organically as possible and to avoid toxic cleaning products in the home to reduce the risk of illness and disease. But what about the personal care…
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The WOD Squad kicked off the new year at Don and Elaine’s. They were joined by landscaping maven and fellow anewscafe.com contributor Karen McGrath and her husband Bob.
The wines were selected by Don wandering around town checking out wine sales…
A recent question for my radio spot was: “According to one estimate, nearly 40 percent of the 700,000 troops involved in the first Gulf War now qualify for disability. Do you feel enough is being done to accommodate the much…
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Greetings Men: .YOU ARE INVITED!I wanted to shoot a quick note in preparation for the Monday Night Men's group (7pm - 8:30 pm) at OLM so you can begin to ponder and reflect on the even
The Shasta College softball team opened with two losses in San Mateo on Sunday.The Knights fell to Gavilan 3-2 in the first game, then lost 3-1 to College of San Mateo.
SHASTA LAKE - A fire Sunday destroyed a 2005 Ford Mustang and also caused an estimated $4,000 in damage to a Pensacola Street care home, a spokesman for the Shasta Lake Fire Protection District said.
1910: Members of the Board of Supervisors walked four or five miles to cover the route of a proposed new road. The route would connect with the Oregon Road at Antler and become a part of a thoroughfare extending entirely on the west side of the Sacramento River from the point of entrance at Cottonwood on the south to the po
Two neighboring retail properties in Redding have been in default within the last six months.
"I think we have just seen the tip of the iceberg for commercial foreclosures," said Jim Ramsay of Coldwell Banker C and C Commercial. "The values are probably 25 to 50 percent down."
Abraham Lincoln looks out at us in those old photographs, lean and hungry and as rough-hewn as the country he sprang from. In the backwoods of his youth, he had the freedom to read, to study, to begin to develop as fine an intellect as we've ever seen in a political leader.
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City needs a brand
I am writing in response to the Friday editorial, "City has bold ideas but can't bear to share." I believe the City Council and Kurt Starman are making the right decision in exploring all ideas and opportunities. One of the challenges Redding faces is its lack of brand identity. If you want people to come
If all's well that ends well, it is hard to argue with the results of Thursday night's meeting of the Millville Fire Protection District's board.
Krisy Johnson and Mike Quintana, both of Redding, cheer as the New Orleans Saints score in the third quarter, going up 13-10 against the Indianapolis Colts during the Super Bowl on Sunday at Bleachers Sports Bar and Grill in Redding.
February 7th, 2010
courtesy of rssweather.com
The next group ride of the RSS will be Sunday February 21 2010Meet at the Kmart parking lot (2685 Hilltop Dr) at 1:30 pm Ride leaves at 2 pmAll scooters welcomerain cancels
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Hey, it’s Superbowl Sunday. Not much home selling biz going on. So I went to finally see Avatar 3D with my movie-going companion of 34 years, the lovely Karry. Wow. It was all that and more. Don’t miss it.
Via iPhone.
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Come join your neighbors at a meeting where you can provide your input regarding the design of new recreation facilities being planned for Caldwell Park. The Community Services Department is applying for a grant to build new facilities at Caldwell…
No, he wasn't. However, our John Bidwell was a distant cousin of Chico's John Bidwell. Shasta County's John Horace Bidwell was a goldminer, blacksmith, wagonmaker, and storekeeper. He was also an important early pioneer of Shasta County. Our John Bidwell...
The prompt over at Sunday Scribblings is "Message."The Message“You’ll be fine.”She’d left the statement on his answering machine, time-stamped at 11:42 p.m.It was an old machine, tape instead of digital and it was serviceable so
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North state residents should enjoy partly sunny skies today, but more rain is on its way.
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Frank and I had the pleasure of going to Prime 11 Cinema in Anderson yesterday. I love that place, it looks great and has the most comfortable seats. It is always filled with the aroma of popcorn but better yet, and with me it’s hard to be better than popcorn, the vibe of sincere cinema [...]
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The line above is the last sentence of this editorial, headlined "Leave the parking to the locals," in the Daily Breeze, serving coastal Los Angeles. "...If this bill becomes law and cities give in to such pressures as the loss...
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My kids just returned from another "Youth 2000" weekend.They look forward to these weekends hosted by the
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By now you've seen many references to Apple's new niche product, the iPad.
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In 2007, Congress passed a law mandating the phaseout of traditional incandescent light bulbs by 2014. Used for the past 150 years, Edison's invention will soon be no more.
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Q: There has been a high number of embezzlement cases in the north state recently. What can business owners and managers do to reduce this risk?
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The record number of home foreclosures and bankruptcies in the past year mostly follows a familiar formula: The payments to service debt that seemed reasonable in a fat year far outstrip a lean year's reduced income.
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There's rarely any poetry in commercial real estate, but Goodwill Industries' impending arrival in Redding might be as close as you can get in the way it encapsulates the past few years' boom and bust.
Mercy Medical Center, Redding
Births
Jan. 1: Todd and Christine Coy of Cottonwood, a girl.Jan. 1: Donald and Laura Lauf of Redding, a boy.
COTTONWOOD
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Receipts: 659; Jan. 29: 1,932.Compared with previous sale: Slaughter cows steady. Stockers $1-$2 lower on smaller pen lots. Demand strong, however. Yearlings steady to $1 higher with little supply. Off lots and singles $7-$10 lower than top offerings.
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Anderson Planning Commission: 7 p.m., City Hall, 1887 Howard St. (third floor), Anderson, 378-6646.
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Southern Aluminum Finishing (SAF) is a family-owned company started in 1946. In 2007, SAF expanded operations and opened a West Coast operation in Redding with ultimate plans to build a new 100,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility that would potentially employ up to 100 people.
A March 20 wedding at Spokane Clube in Spokane, Wash. is planned by Ali Webb and Matt Nichols, both of Spokane.
Robyn Edwards of Cottonwood and Hank Snow of Redding were wed at 3 p.m. Nov. 7 at the home of Butch and Terri Jones in Redding.
Adrienne Thomas and Tom Campbell, both of Anderson, were wed at 6 p.m. Dec. 31 at Arch of Reno Wedding Chapel in Reno, Nev.
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William and Norma Vetsch of Redding celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Feb. 4 in celebrations with family and friends.
An Aug. 21 wedding in the Redding area is planned by Janessa Gans of Redding and Forrest Wilder of Anchorage, Alaska.
A June 12 wedding at the home of the bride's parents in Redding is planned by Jessica Cordano of Redding and Matthew Deacon of Huntingtown, Md.
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Before Friday, Avante Summage, 19, hadn't been able to bring herself back to Highway 299 in more than a year since the death of her grandmother in a car crash on Oct. 5, 2008.
Word is architect Les Melburg is a principal investor purchasing the vacant Civic Plaza - the same building Redding City Council members voted not to buy in December - across from the Civic Center on Cypress Avenue.
When compared to other California cities of a similar size, Redding has an unusually high rate of traffic injuries and deaths.
