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ReddingBlog.com is a running stream of Redding CA news from local blogs and news sites. Updated every 30 minutes!May 11th, 2008
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Warning: may cause whatever you're drinking to come out your nose.
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Posted on Marc Beauchamp's blog at 11:39 am
From the Bee: "I am seeing kids drinking them on the elementary school campus," said Patty Mancuso, a past president of the California School Nurses Organization and a school nurse in Redding who recently warned parents about the drinks. "What...
Posted on Marc Beauchamp's blog at 11:28 am
The new Grand Theft Auto game has raked in $500 million in its first week. From Reuters: ...the game casts players as an Eastern European immigrant who runs drugs, shoots cops and beats up prostitutes after falling in with a...
Posted on Record Searchlight News at 10:33 am
An 18-year-old Shasta Lake man was killed late Saturday night when he was struck by a car on Interstate 5 as he wandered in and out of traffic on Interstate 5 south of Lakehead.
Posted on Record Searchlight News at 03:00 am
Almost 18 years have passed since Lezlie Winberry began telling her story.
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When starting school, kindergartners need to know their numbers, letters and how to use the bathroom. They need to be inoculated, provide a birth certificate and should be able to play well with others.
Posted on Record Searchlight News at 03:00 am
The candidates for this June's ballot, collectively, need nothing so much as a good eye doctor.
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Rather than the expected offensive shootout, Game 1 between the Knights and Renegades turned into a pitcher's duel.
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By Thom Gabrukiewicz
Birds of a feather, oh, but do they flock together.
The Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge will host its annual Migratory Bird Festival, centered at the visitor center on Hill Road near Tulelake, on Saturday. This
Posted on Record Searchlight News at 03:00 am
In honor of Mother's Day, a poem:
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A Superior Court judge has ordered a Redding church to open its financial books for inspection after a lawsuit was filed in March that alleges church leaders defrauded parishioners and pocketed tens of thousands of dollars.
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Foothill looks to grab a second -- and consecutive -- Northern Section Division II title as softball's one-week run to the championship starts Tuesday.
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By Record Searchlight staff
The Department of Fish and Game will offer a big game hunting clinic for all skill levels from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and next Sunday at the Wilderness Unlimited RV Park near Williams.
The clinic wi
Posted on Record Searchlight News at 03:00 am
Mother's Day is every day. How could it be otherwise? After all, a mother's work is never done; a mother's love never expires; a mother's presence is forever. Once a mother, always a mother and for that we're so very grateful.
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GRAFTON, W.Va. - On this 100th anniversary of Mother's Day, the woman credited with creating one of the world's most celebrated holidays probably wouldn't be pleased with all the flowers, candy or gifts.
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Shasta's Simon Hundeshagen and Enterprise's Chris McGalliard advanced Saturday in Chico to the Northern Section individual tennis quarterfinals.
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By Dr. Rob Hamilton
Spring has sprung, and with the greening of the hills and valleys, Toxicodendron is emerging from its winter slumber. Toxicodendron is the genus name of the plants we know (and generally despise) as poison ivy, oak, and sumac. Poison oak is widespread throughout the lower elevations of No
Posted on Record Searchlight News at 03:00 am
The Redding Rodeo is again a stop on the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association's go-round, which means the world's top cowboys and cowgirls will vie for more than $150,000 in prize money -- all but guaranteeing a rip-roaring show for the 60th Redding Rodeo Thursday through Saturday.
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Is it me, or did Barry Zito's "banishment" to the bullpen remind you of getting grounded as a kid?
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By Bruce Deuel
As I was contemplating both my assignment to write a column this week and the fact that Mother's Day has arrived, the latter event steered my thinking into a topic for the former.
Most birds follow a basic pattern toward motherhood. The females choose a mate, build a nest, lay eggs,
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SHASCOM, the Redding-based safety communications agency, is urging people to do their homework before signing up for telephone service using VoIP -- short for Voice over Internet Protocol -- technology.
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Dear Babe: I have Joe DiMaggio’s original 1940 professional baseball contract. Kevin Mallon, New York.
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By Stephen Regenold, Columnist
Abrupt force, collision and impact are unfortunate byproducts in the world of action sports like downhill mountain biking and freestyle skiing.
But a U.K.-based chemical engineering company, d3o la
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Even though it's been relatively dry for the last 2½ months, water flows down the Trinity River are running as strong as they would in a normal year.
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RED BLUFF -- A Cottonwood man remains in critical condition after being run over by a train just north of Breckenridge Street early Saturday, police said.
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• Fallen peace officers honored in ceremony
• Cancer team will hold relay benefit
• Downtown Red Bluff sponsors shopping event
• Brain injury group to meet at library
• Arts Council will host seminar at Old City Hall
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Mrs. Robert Reading holds her 3-month-old daughter, Elanor Lee Reading, in February 1907. Elanor was a grandchild of Major Pierson B. Reading, the first citizen of Shasta County, and was distantly related to George Washington on her grandmother's side.
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In a state Legislature where term limits make every member a short-timer, a representative with decades of experience in Sacramento -- and the ability to get things done for the district -- is a rarity.
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Testosterone and estrogen. Estrogen and testosterone. And oh, the tangled webs they weave. To the organic chemist, really pretty similar molecules. Almost the same three-dimensional shape. Estrogen has one more carbon atom and four fewer hydrogen atoms. To most other observers, of both form and function, they co
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Tax-paying residents and property owners of Shasta County probably assume that if they are living in an area zoned for one residence per 2 or 5 acres, they are protected from waking up next week and finding that the adjacent lot is the site of a new housing project, a 7-11, or a gas station.
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In a Sunday article, Redding Mayor Mary Stegall is quoted as saying, "I haven't seen the public's concerns. I've seen the Record Searchlight's concerns." If it weren't for the Record Searchlight, the public would have no knowledge of the scandalous situation, which occurred at City Hall. I personally commend the
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Today is Sunday, May 11, the 132nd day of 2008. There are 234 days left in the year.
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May 10th, 2008
Posted on Marc Beauchamp's blog at 10:30 pm
Dunsmuir, home of several good restaurants, will soon have another, I'm reliably informed. Liza Wood, original chef at the Cornerstone Bakery & Cafe and, more recently, Francis Ford Coppola's Cafe Niebaum-Coppola in Palo Alto, plans to open a new restaurant...
Posted on Record Searchlight News at 03:38 pm
RED BLUFF — A Cottonwood man remains in critical condition after being run over by a train just north of Breckenridge Street early this morning, police said.
Posted on Today's memoirs at 03:25 pm
I'm telling you, at several points in this video I involuntarily yelped "NO!", and found myself leaning toward the walls. This is El Caminito Del Rey, Originally built in 1901, this walkway now serves as an approach to makinodromo, the famous climbing sector of El Chorro, near Malaga, Spain.
Posted on Marc Beauchamp's blog at 01:48 pm
As is often the case with new Redding restaurants, Rivers is off to a strong start. A friend reports she and her beau pulled up Friday night for dinner around six and, sans reservations, faced a 2 1/2-hour wait. At...
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Rich Steele, Haven Humane Society’s director of operations for about three months, resigned May 2. (Not to be confused with Norm Ryan, Haven’s CEO, who resigned last month after 1 year on the job.)
Steele had no comment when I telephoned him at his home yesterday.
However, Yvonne Preston, H
Posted on Record Searchlight News at 03:00 am
Lisa and Gary Manies, who own Strictly Fishin’ Guide & Tackle in Redding, say the salmon season is their holiday season.
So the state’s decision Friday to practically eliminate salmon fishing on the Sacramento River will take a chunk out of their bottom line.
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Tomorrow is Mother's Day. So I figure this is a good time to share the story of the paper dress.
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Baseball is a simple game.
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MONTEREY — Central Valley recreational salmon anglers — along with the guides and ancillary businesses that rely on them — will get a crack at hooking one late-fall king salmon a day on one stretch of the Sacramento River during a truncated season from Nov. 1 through Dec. 31.
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A cup of tea is one of life's simple indulgences. It's even more special -- and not much more difficult -- if you grow the herbs.
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PALO CEDRO — It’s a little early to call Foothill High School’s recent baseball playoff hex over. After all, the most dominant Northern Section Division I program of the past eight years bounced in the second round last year against Paradise.
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A federal judge has dismissed a Redding doctor's First Amendment lawsuit in which he accused law enforcement officials of targeting him because he was an outspoken cannabis advocate who recommended marijuana to patients.
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Anise hyssop brightens many home gardens with its long-lasting purple spikes.
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The 10 finalists for the 26th annual Record Searchlight/Exchange Club Scholar Athlete were chosen Friday.
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SHASTA LAKE -- Going down 0-2 in the count to a pitcher your own head coach calls the best in the league is never a desirable position.
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It didn't take long for Internet scammers to try to nab a piece of the money the federal government is sending to 130 million households in an effort to stimulate the country's flagging economy.
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The food pantry at the Good News Rescue Mission is "dangerously low," and local food banks say they also are faced with more hungry people and less food to feed them.
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It will be a Peter Pan day for north state youngsters.
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The trio running for Trinity County District 2 Supervisor -- Kelly Frost, David Hammer and Judy Morris -- all claim longtime Weaverville residency and community involvement as their top qualifications for the seat.
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Q. Tomorrow is Mother’s Day, a day set aside to honor women. What is a woman’s place in your faith tradition?
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SACRAMENTO -- As state leaders hunt for politically palatable solutions to California's swelling budget deficit, some Democrats are proposing unorthodox ways to generate cash.
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• Jail term ordered for former teacher's aide
• Judge Jahr lauded for outstanding work
• Damage estimated at $300K for house fire
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Their fellow sea-run fish are long gone from Coleman National Fish Hatchery, but 1.4 million young salmon have to wait and grow before they can catch a truck ride to the ocean.
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Many local elections are mushy affairs, pancake-flipping contests where candidates have few real differences on the issues.
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By the time Hillary Clinton figured out how to beat Barack Obama, it was too late. When she began the race in 2007 thinking she was in for a coronation, she claimed the center in order to position herself for the real fight, the general election. She simply assumed the party activists and loony left would fall i
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I must voice intense disagreement with Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (letter, Sunday) regarding nuclear power.
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West Valley High School stormed to the Northern Athletic League title in both boys and girls team standings at the NAL Championships at Yreka on Friday.
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