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May 18th, 2012
This summer’s improvement to SR 299W on the crooked Buckhorn may have benefits beyond accident reduction, time savings and motion sickness relief. Perhaps flagman-caused delay might give motorists pause to seek alternative routes to the Redwood Empire. State Route 36 is an almost secret treasure, as scenic as it is an eng
Caden Arlandson has been inseparable from a pogo stick his friend gave him a year ago.
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Unions that have done too effective a job for their members over the years in influencing politicians and arguing for higher pay and, especially, richer benefits are part — though by no means all — of the reason local governments in California are forever struggling to balance their budgets.
There are two ways to defend gay marriage. Argument A is empathy: One is influenced by gay friends in committed relationships yearning for the fulfillment and acceptance that marriage conveys upon heterosexuals. That's essentially the case President Obama made when he first announced his change of views.
We continue to hear the same old tired myths about same-sex marriage:
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The Associated Press and locally generated articles regarding OR-7, our wannabe local wolf from parts north of here, mainly ignore — intentionally? — the real ramifications of wolves, and for that matter grizzly bears, being re-established in California.
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Thank you for Dev Clough's letter. Finally, somebody to debunk Reagan's philosophy of trickle-down economics.
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Local homeowners upset over a state plan to charge them up to $150 a year for fire prevention won't have to go to Sacramento to air their complaints. The California State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection is holding a meeting in Redding on Wednesday to hear public input on the controversial plan.
Aanestad files complaint with FEC
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Sunglasses with cardboard frames and solid-black lenses are hardly stylish, but they're hot in Redding. The glasses, offered for free or sold for $1 to $3, are being snatched up because they provide a safe way to view Sunday's ring-of-fire solar eclipse.
ABC Grocery Store shuttered its doors decades ago in the Martin Luther King Jr. neighborhood — its history almost overlooked and forgotten — but the two women who ran the small establishment in the postwar era, at last, are getting recognition.
Fans of classic cars, parades, motorcycles and more can get their fix at Saturday's Whitmore Mountain Fair, which benefits the town's volunteer fire department.
COTTONWOOD — One day after naming the husband of a slain Cottonwood woman as a "person of interest," sheriff's personnel, an inmate fire crew and others cleared overgrown vegetation Thursday from a drainage ditch near the couple's upscale home looking for additional evidence in the slaying.
In 1912: Farmers and miners at Whiskeytown were reaping their harvests. The mines were particularly active now that the rains were over. The fruit was safe, there was good feed for the stock, new mines were being developed, and prospecting was going ahead.
Point your lasers elsewhere or face hefty penalties.
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Assembly passes flood damage bill
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Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is alerting customers to a scam that has affected utility customers across the country.
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Hawkins Ks 16 batters to propel Cubs to D-IV final
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Spini shuts out Modoc for 94th win
Amid Stetson hats, clouds of dust and steers, Redding was transported back to a simpler time.
An environmental group on Thursday filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming the dam that created Lake Shastina in Siskiyou County is illegally killing federally protected coho salmon.
A Foothill High School teacher was trapped and suffered major injuries after a roll over accident on Whitmore Road today.
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CHICO — For large portions of the match, Pleasant Valley High looked like the better side.
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May 15th, 2012
Johnny Mccoy, Anderson
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Clarity Entertainment — what a misnomer that turned out to be. From the outset there was nothing clear about Chris Foxworthy's backers or financing, or how he was going to build a family-friendly, Christian-oriented movie studio on prime lots at Stillwater Business Park.
June Bradshaw (Brown), Modesto
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Shasta Historical Society
I've written previous stories on the Thatcher family lumber mills. This story is about Ezekial, also known as Zeke, the father of two sons who made their fortunes in the lumber industry of Shasta County.
Simpson University’s Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program made history this year when its first seven graduates were commissioned as U.S. Army officers. Redding residents Kenneth Crowe and Luke Fannin are two of the officers.
Deadline is June 27. Photographer ages 18 and older may submit photographs. Reception Aug. 24. Exhibit Aug. 24 toOct. 26 at the Big Picture gallery, 857 Washington St., Red Bluff. Juror is Tony Sweet, renown photographer, educator, author and lecturer. Hosted by the Tehama County Photo Club. Go to http://www.imagesfromagl
Thank you to all of our fans who supported us by attending our “Competition Send Off” Concert, you gave us Good Luck. We won First Place in our Division.
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Read how love of cars, and desire to help people and communities has turned into a 20 YEAR TRADITION in Burney, Ca.
AGC Shasta District weighs in on Measures A and B
It’s a spring Monday morning at Sequoia Middle school in Redding. Not a typical Monday because the Math First NASCAR Race Team is on the grounds with a real completion stock car. As a part of a math awareness program, Math First uses stock car racing to attract student’s attention to use math in everyday life and lea
A lifesaving program inspired by the tragic drowning of a first-grader at Shasta Lake in 2000 has been saved from cancellation this year by a $5,000 grant from the Record Searchlight / Scripps Howard Foundation.
couple celebrates 50th anniversary
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Pan Brian Paine, octogenarian, brings his modern art to Siskiyou Arts Council Gallery & Cultural Center, Mt. Shasta. Meet him at his Opening Reception, Friday, May 25, 5-8pm, during the Fourth Friday Mt. Shasta Art Walk. Refreshments served.
Unless the House decides to consider another makes-no-sense-and-has-no-effect bill such as the “reconciliation” bill it passed last week, the fiscal 2013 budget process essentially is over and done with until after Americans go to the polls in November.
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Was it early last year I wrote an editorial about libertarian-minded Sen. Rand Paul's budget? Yes, it was. I thought then that his proposal for cutting $500 billion in annual federal spending was ... clarifying. Lots of politicians talk about...
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Crews with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection quickly contained a fire that burned a travel trailer today off Rock Creek Road northwest of Redding.
Alright it’s official. There’s an overzealous “Note Nazi” on the loose at Taco Bell of Redding, Ca. There is truly only one phrase to describe this mass note and sign writing madness. This situation is what some would call, “cray cray”. Looks like the “MGMT” is at it again and
So says a Southern Oregon county district attorney after the voters rejected a local tax measure this week. The heart of the problem seems to be a loss of federal money -- or, depending on how you see it, the...
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So says a Southern Oregon county district attorney after the voters rejected a local tax measure this week. The heart of the problem seems to be a loss of federal money -- or, depending on how you see it, the...
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Joe Matthews going to keep writing that California has fundamental governance problems -- more than any particular budget or political problem -- until the Internet runs out of bandwidth. He's pretty persuasive if anyone would stop and listen: There are...
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Joe Matthews going to keep writing that California has fundamental governance problems -- more than any particular budget or political problem -- until the Internet runs out of bandwidth. He's pretty persuasive if anyone would stop and listen: There are...
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How many Mill Creeks, Salt Creeks, and Rock Creeks do we have in Shasta County? Note: More than one creek in the same county can be a nightmare to a history researcher like myself....
Sheriff’s detectives today are searching the Robinson Glen area of Cottonwood for clues in the May 5 slaying of Karen Kay Duenas, 51.
"Our Collaborative is a strong voice advocating for a holistic, compassionate continuum of services, treatment and care for our service members, veterans, families, care givers and care providers.
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The courts are facing overwhelming cuts , contact your legislators and urge them to vote for AB1208.Building a new courthouse here in Shasta County is frivolous and wasteful, those moneys need to be spent in services for citizens.
Ken White, the very able community outreach guy at the Good News Rescue Mission, has moved on. At an event last evening he handed me his new business card: Regional Outreach Manager, California Board of Equalization. Could that mean an...
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Realtor Jessica Downer of the The Address Realty is representing the seller of this lovely Anderson home. It’s a 2006 built 1586 sqft 3/2 overlooking a big pond with a walking trail just outside the backdoor. It’s just $189,900.
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Not quite sure why this girl thought sitting on a shade was a good idea. Must have been the alcohol.
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Complete with a flash mob. Can't watch this video and be in a bad mood....
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Here’s a bank owned Ranch Style home on an acre just east of Redding School of the Arts.
A few sprinkles and some wind gusts are headed for Redding today.
Rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch are in the forecast between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
The temperature high is 79 degrees and the low is 55 degrees.
Expect a mostly cloudy day and north northwest winds in
From overheardnyc:Man: So did you like your lobster?Woman: Yeah. It was like eating a really big shrimp.Man: Mmm-hmm.Woman: I mean, they're basically the same animal, a lobs
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Readers, welcome to our discussion of "Nowhere Near Normal - A Memoir of OCD," by Traci Foust. This conversation will take place in the comments section, below. For the next book, we will enjoy a hybrid between the online interaction here on anewscafe.com and a face-to-face meeting, complete with refreshments, at YAKS on
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More than any series of tax increases or spending cuts, what California really needs to resolve its perennial budget deficits is a growing economy. And one way to get business moving again is to lift the dead weight of regulations for which California has become notorious.
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On Cinco de Mayo this year, wanting something more traditional I headed downtown to Taqueria Los Gordos for an order of tacos al pastor, a tasty treat you’d find in Mazatlan, Merida or Mexico City.
Diana Vader has always been passionate about photography. Recent local work includes the Simpson University Aspire Program Campaign bus shelter posters. Diana has been awarded Certified Professional Photographer by the Professional Photographic Certification Commission, a distinction achieved by less than 3 percent of profe
Free-range, organic, local – these buzzwords have found their way into mainstream media in the recent past, and Moonstone Bistro applies them to its seasonally evolving food menu, but with the addition of a new bar and a full liquor license, the bistro readily applies the same concepts, care and attention to detail to its
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The set for Riverfront Playhouse’s latest comedy, “Nana’s Naughty Knickers,” is much more than three walls and some furniture.
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Jim Wilson (letter, Wednesday) says, "I have prayed for and witnessed limbs grow out ... and raising from the dead."
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If Barack Obama has four more years, contemporary historians may rate him just below Thomas Jefferson.
The Redding area is unique — a gem in the rough. It's easy to forget what we have here, or to become complacent. But one need only drive to Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno, Bakersfield or even Boise, Idaho, to see what we can become if we fail to learn from the mistakes of others.
We hear our politicians spout what a high priority our police protection is. The majority or our City Council has shown us what their real priorities are.
When our editorial board interviewed District 3 supervisor candidate Pam Giacomini awhile back, she was a straight talker about almost every issue with one exception -- Measure A, which she called a really complex issue on which she was neutral....
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CHICO — A man killed early Tuesday morning while working on the Highway 99 widening project in Chico has been identified as Brad Capps, 37, of Cottonwood, an employee with the contractor, Viking Construction.
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Championship Saturday can't come soon enough. The Cubs, Eagles and Bears have to get past today first, though.
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Caitlyn Phillips reclines back over the sink at a salon off Locust Road as a stylist shampoos her blonde locks before another stylist cuts off 10 inches.
In 1912: C.L. Parsons of Pacheco (Churn Creek Bottom) and his wife met 53 members of the Parsons clan unknown to him at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. There the Shasta County rancher saw for the first time the large gathering of men and women to whom he bore a relationship, yet had not known existed.
Charter Communications will add 51 new high-definition channels next month to its lineup, which means the cable company is moving more channels off the analog band.
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The Cougars have one more chance to win the Wellington Cup. Next year, it will be gone.
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When it comes to determining what an all-around athlete is, there are many definitions.
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RED BLUFF — A divided City Council has decided to open the town's swimming pool next month, despite staff warnings it's dangerous.
SHASTA LAKE — Directors with the Shasta Lake Fire Protection District won't let Chief Adrian Rogers, or anyone else, take a pay cut to ease the struggling department's financial woes.
Two psychologists are describing the Mountain Gate man accused of hacking two people to death with a wood-splitting maul during a grisly rampage as schizophrenic and psychotic.
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The West Valley and Anderson baseball and softball teams all have plenty of representation in this year's all-Northern Athletic League teams.
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Foreclosures fall for sixth straight month
LaMalfa is accused of campaign fraud
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Quick-draw contest, cook-off hotly contested
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Amid reports of heightened enforcement, the U.S. Department of Labor has opened a Wage and Hour Division field office in Redding.
Investigators:Duenas 'personof interest'
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Police are searching for a man who, they say, assaulted another man around 2:45 p.m. today with a flashlight.
Shasta Blood Center is in need of B- and O- blood. BloodSource is in need of A- and O- blood. Platelet and plasma donors are also needed.
For contestants at this week's event, one of the Justin Sports Medicine Team's three nationwide touring 40-foot trailers will be parked behind the chutes, offering free care to Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association contestants.
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Discharge planning can be a mysterious event. Not many people know exactly what it means when they find themselves in a hospital, rehabilitation center or a skilled nursing facility. The steps to discharge involve numerous players on a team who focus how to get the patient well and back to normal.
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It's one thing to watch your child's games; it's yet another to watch your child's games when you have younger children tagging along.
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Coconut water offers nutrients, calories
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Redding police said they arrested a 31-year-old man today who wanted for several recent burglaries in the area, who’s been in and out of jail since January.
So boasts the congressional candidate: PENN VALLEY, CA - Republican U.S. congressional candidate Sam Aanestad today received support from FreedomWorks, one of the largest Republican organizing groups in the country. FreedomWorks PAC, led by Dick Armey, announced this morning that...
Two psychologists are describing the Mountain Gate man accused of hacking two people to death with a wood-splitting maul during a grisly rampage as schizophrenic and psychotic. But a Shasta County prosecutor is running down an inside tip that Thomas John Allen McDonald may simply be faking it.
Hawaii becomes the first state in the nation to ban plastic bags at the checkout counter. Read about it here. Here's Murray's beef with plastic bags....
CHICO — A man killed early Tuesday morning while working on the Highway 99 widening project in Chico has been identified as Brad Capps, 37, of Cottonwood, an employee with the contractor, Viking Construction.
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Firefighters are headed to a structure that is burning in the 2100 block of St. Helena Street in Johnson Park, near Burney.
1. Roseanne Barr 2. Richard Gere 3. Oprah Winfrey 4. Neil Young 5. Kim Basinger
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The husband of a Cottonwood woman found stabbed to death in her home earlier this month has been named a "person of interest" in her murder, the Shasta County Sheriff's Office announced today.
RED BLUFF - A 51-year-old Red Bluff man remains today in Tehama County jail after he was arrested earlier this month for allegedly having his wolf-hybrid dog attack another man outside an Antelope Boulevard liquor store, police said today.
The website may have been shut down, but the political controversy it has sparked in the 1st Congressional District race is far from over.
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In addition to 100ft of creek frontage, this has 2 detached shops, 1500 sqft and 24 X 30.
Crystal Creek empties into Clear Creek right behind the Camden House in the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. According to the Place Names of Shasta County book printed in 1966, it was named for the beautiful quartz crystals found in the...
Kokovtsov was brought blind folded into bachelor party and he was told that he is going to jump from 50 feet height. This so horrible and mean and I have every intention of doing this to the next friend of mine that plans to get married. I’ve seen the old throw a broke bungee cord as the person [...]
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A Red Bluff reported someone stole a five-gallon gas can and gas and a car battery charger.
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Now we finally know why Darth Vader is single and lonely. Besides blowing up planets and all that he isn’t that bad.
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Other than sex and tribalism, Washington feeds off gullibility. So writes journalist Marc Ambinder, as he leaves Washington after a decade....
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Firefighters are releasing engines from a structure fire on Dersch Road and Hyrax Road east of Anderson.
Alright I have to admit I would probably freak out if I saw this happen while I was sitting in the plane. I know planes are designed so they can take a hit from lightning but this is still very eerie.
California Highway Patrol officers arrested a man this morning on Twin View Boulevard in north Redding after he ran from a vehicle rollover accident on Interstate 5.
The driver of Hyundai Sonata, either crashed or lost control of the vehicle and passed onto the opposite side of the freeway, where he collided, first with a Kia Sportage crossover and then into a minivan at high speed. The collision was so severe, that the Hyundai broke in two, the front passenger [...]
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Park supporters in the Hacienda Heights subdivision are asking for a one-year extension so residents can plan and build a tot lot.
Heard about Shasta Farms' burgeoning operation from James Rickert of Prather Ranch. Couldn't find much online save for this year-old job posting for a poultry manager. Excerpt: Gazelle, CA Shasta Farms is a 10,000-acre organic farm that is building a...
I can understand pulling stunts in a car or some other land based vehichle but showing off in an airplane has always seemed a bit suicidal to me. I guess this crazy pilot had a need. A need for speed!
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Emergency crews have been dispatched this morning to the northbound lanes of I-5 at S. Bonnyview Road, where a semi-trailer and vehicle collided.
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Another sunny day is on tap for Redding.
The National Weather Service’s forecast calls for a high of 87 degrees during the day and a low of 60 degrees in the evening.
There may be a few sprinkles Thursday. The chance of a thunderstorm is 20 percent after 11 a.m., the weather service says. Otherwise, it will be partly sunn
In preparation for the anticipated annular solar eclipse, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area will offer a special “early-bird” presentation that will provide participants with a better understanding of this once in a lifetime event. This special presentation by NPS Sky Ranger Robert Gutierrez will begin at 2 pm in t
While easily considered successful on a number of levels, in the very least Shasta County Economic Development Corporation’s recent “Game Changers” event solidified the notion that entrepreneurship is alive and well in the North State, and is increasingly supported by the business community. As stated in the mission
It's been almost a year since I paid for a 6-month subscription to Match.com. At the time I also signed up for eHarmony, but my computer didn't like the site's graphics, so I ditched it within 24 hours and was left with just Match.com. Within the next 11 months I eventually signed up for two [...]
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As detectives continue to investigate the murder of a 51-year-old Cottonwood woman, Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko said Tuesday there may be some new developments in the case.
By the standards of political flame wars, nothing on the anti-Sam Aanestad website www.sam4congress.com was all that scorching.
When two white newspaper reporters for the Virginian-Pilot were driving through Norfolk, and were set upon and beaten by a mob of young blacks — beaten so badly that they had to take a week off from work — that might seem to have been news that should have been reported, at least by their own newspaper. But it w
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The prosecution has rested in a case that should never have been brought: the ghastly soap opera better known as the criminal trial of John Edwards. The testimony has been salacious, mesmerizing and revolting. Edwards has been proved to be what everyone already knew beyond a reasonable doubt: an egocentric cad. How big a ca
I am appalled someone would refuse to vote for 65 cents as Bill Hufford stated in his "50-Word Dash." Not vote! It is one thing that hasn't been taken away or reduced of our privileges given us as citizens of the United States.
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Thank you for Dev Clough's letter (Thursday). Finally, somebody to debunk Reagan's philosophy of trickle-down economics. So many bought into that philosophy and pointed to the improved economy as proof, but the improved economy actually was due to a huge increase in federal spending, especially for defense.
I am amazed. I don't think President Obama knows who he thumbed his nose at when he announced that homosexuals should be allowed to marry.
I was horrified to read the Record Searchlight's front page on April 26. There displayed above the fold was the headline beginning, "Schism" and referring to a conference supposedly countering the unbiblical teachings of a prominent Redding church.
California Crab Dip
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Thai Shrimp Curry Potpourri
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Fresh Veggie Dill Dip
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Nona's Pork Stew
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Asian Peanut Noodles With Chicken
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Sage, Mushroom, & Olive Chicken
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Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Mushrooms
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PALO CEDRO — All season long, Brook Gaddy has been clutch for the Foothill High girls soccer team.
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The Paradise softball team earned the chance to defend its Northern Section Division III championship — barely.
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ANDERSON — Cheridan Hawkins makes the Cubs tough enough to beat as is. On Tuesday, her lineup came alive behind her, too.
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PALO CEDRO — Every catch, every sprint, every batting practice and every single game have led to this. Foothill has one game left this season, with everything its worked for riding on it.
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The Red Bluff boys tennis team completed its Northern Section sweep on Tuesday with Igor Minarik taking the singles championship and Minarik and Thunder Shaffer winning the doubles finals at Sun Oaks Tennis & Fitness.
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Former Shasta Lake City Councilwoman Dolores Lucero was ordered by a judge Tuesday to have no contact with five Shasta Lake residents she allegedly hoodwinked into signing recall election-related declarations that are at the center of her criminal case.
Authorities are responding to reports of an assault involving pepper spray on the 2500 block of Sabre Court.
