Eric Proscher, the West Valley High School boys' basketball coach who kicked four kids off his team for drinking on campus just before the playoffs, has spoken out about the incident in a commentary he wrote for this week's Anderson...

Our very own Dylan Darling gives a clue. It wasn't pushing a cart or stocking up on clearance Easter candy. It was at Wal-Mart's distribution center in Red Bluff, where trucks are loaded with wares for the retailer's stores around...

Your intrepid blogger recently attended a seminar given by nationally renowned mystery writer, Steve Brewer on “How To Write Your Mystery Novel.” That means you, poor reader, will be subjected to the inner workings of this little novella as they transpire (or expire, since there will probably be a murder.) Set i

A transient man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder this week in connection with a Dec. 7 shooting into a car leaving a church parking lot, Redding police Sgt. John Ostrowski said today.

One of the many troubles besetting the newspaper business is that advertisers are increasingly turning to the Internet instead of paper -- partly following readers, but also based on the sales pitch that targeted ad technology (Google's billion-dollar bread and...

The Shasta Union High School District has delayed its expansion of drug testing until the beginning of the next school year, but otherwise seems committed to the idea. Interestingly enough, though, the American Academy of Pediatrics -- you know, doctors...

The Chronicle editorializes this morning about the prospect of new tolls to pay for the rebuilding of Doyle Drive, a notoriously dangerous patch of road between the Golden Gate Bridge and the city. The gist: More tolls are down the...

A Redding man received a 10-year prison sentence this morning for passing about $7,000 worth of counterfeit checks he made on his home computer.

To celebrate my beautiful wife's birthday, we caught the Tchaikovsky Ballet & Orchestra's performance of "Romeo and Juliet" last night at the Cascade. I'd never been to the ballet before, but I was impressed. Funny thing, though. Shakespeare's most famous,...

Rest of today 65 degrees Mostly sunny with high clouds Winds north-northwest to 14 mph with higher gusts Friday 56/41 Mostly cloudy Periods of light rain Snow level around 3,500 feet Winds southeast to 22 mph with higher gusts developing,...

On behalf of the Military Family Support Group of Tehama County, we would like to express our deep appreciation to everyone who purchased dinner and raffle tickets for our second annual spaghetti dinner and raffle.

Everyone's looking for real estate deals these days and they'll find them! Being in the business affords us the ability to find our clients such us first time home buyers and investors some really good deals here in Shasta County!

Everyone's looking for real estate deals these days and they'll find them! Being in the business affords us the ability to find our clients such us first time home buyers and investors some really good deals here in Shasta County!

From a NYT story on candidates using online social networks to reach and inspire young people: “There are lots of times where I’ll read an interesting story online and send the U.R.L. to 10 friends,” said Lauren Wolfe, 25, the...

A few days ago, our most-senior godan (fifth-degree black belt), Daniel Chemla, passed away. Let us not deceive ourselves, we are all mortal; however, it seems Daniel was taken from us too early. Four years ago, Daniel suffered a debilitating stroke, leaving his once-fantastic physical abilities only the stuff of

• Sierra Club hike explores new trail • Soroptimist’s Spring Run set for April 14 in Red Bluff • Mountain bikers plan to challenge The Couch • Fundamentals of reining set at equestrian center • Registration is open for Sun Oaks’ TriathaLITE • Advanced registration deadline

I had to laugh, heartily, when I read this ridiculously stupid blog post by Tim Hearden yesterday. He's commenting

Perhaps some of you have been following this Jimmy Kimmel video series on Youtube, and the

The College of the Siskiyous softball team swept rival Shasta in a doubleheader in Weed on Wednesday.

I bumped into these new "Spitzer-Gate" T-Shirts... I understand Spitzer also went on the

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Administrators at Shasta Regional Medical Center say they've seen a $2 million drop in revenue because state prison inmates in Susanville, who once were bused to the Redding hospital for care, are now being shipped to Reno. "The bigger question is why they're spending California dollars outside the state when th

Fantasy Fountain's beloved water-belching volcano will rumble back to life in late May after slumbering through last year's long, hot summer, awaiting resurfacing. It was the volcano's first silent summer since the fountain opened at the Kids Kingdom playground in Enterprise Community Park in 2000. And Redding o

You've probably heard stories about the elusive elk herds in eastern Shasta County, but chances are you've never seen them.

Want to know how to pop a wheelie or crochet a scarf? Ever yearned to share your knowledge of how to do the Hokey Pokey or how to disarm an attacker using nothing but packing tape? If so, the people at WatchDoit.com want to hear from you.

Mike Luo of Shenzhen, China, discusses his home country with Bill Williams of Cottonwood on Tuesday while on a spring break trip to the Holiday Ranch in Cottonwood. Luo and other scholars from the International House at the University of California at Berkeley toured the north state this week on a visit sponsore

A "For Sale" sign sprouted this week at a never-occupied Kenworth truck dealership building recently completed in Anderson. The 37,776-square-foot, metal-and-concrete commercial building and the 6.63 acres it sits on at 3700 Auto Mall Drive carry a price tag of $6.7 million.

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Shasta Union High School District trustees Wednesday night postponed an expansion of a student drug-testing program until the fall. The policy, which used to apply only to student athletes, was enlarged earlier this year to include students who participate in choir, band, drama and other extracurricular school

Trinity County students stay busy after the school bell rings weekday afternoons. The county’s Office of Education’s After School Education & Safety Program (ASES) serves school kids in Junction City, Weaverville, Douglas City, Hayfork, Lewiston and Burnt Ranch.

B. Kamins Chemist’s bottle of foaming cleanser promises to rid the user of “environmental skin impurities

A spotted owl was spied in an unlikely location Tuesday morning -- Wal-Mart. It wasn't pushing a cart or stocking up on clearance Easter candy. It was at Wal-Mart's distribution center in Red Bluff, where trucks are loaded with wares for the retailer's stores around the West Coast, perched on an outside rail.

A north state tax business and the Internal Revenue Service in Redding are among those offering free help Saturday to people filing 2007 returns to get their one-time economic stimulus payment.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Plan Toys Inc. announced a voluntary recall on Tuesday for a wooden penguin toy.

In the confidential confines of a Pentagon conference room known as "the Tank," President Bush moved one step closer to temporarily halting U.S. troop cuts in Iraq. No decisions were announced at the closed-door session Wednesday, but officials said later that the heads of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Co

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Authorities identified the remains of two more U.S. contractors kidnapped in Iraq and are awaiting forensic testing on remains of a third body, the FBI said Thursday.

Do they or don’t they? Only they know for sure. The “they” in this case are Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. What they apparently don’t do is sign golf balls.

If you're looking forward to hiking the miles of trail in the works along Clear Creek, if your house is saved this summer by a firebreak, if you catch fish that need clean, cool water to spawn, send a thank-you note to the Western Shasta Resource Conservation District.

A lot could change between now and June, but the results of a survey by the Public Policy Institute of California aren't good news for proponents of Proposition 98, one of two measures dealing with emininent domain on the upcoming...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.  ~Anaïs Nin

“Chase down your passion like it’s the last bus of the night.”  ~ Glade Byron Addams

With wedding season approaching, I’d like to talk about a couple of subjects that always seem to come up this time of year: alterations for the wedding party and preservation of the bride’s gown. Sarah M. of Lancaster, PA, asked a common question: When should I get my gown altered?  The answer is to m

When I need to shake the dust from my head and sweep any cobwebs from my rattled brain, I walk a few blocks up rue de Bagnolet, turn left onto a short street, and up  a few lopsided concrete stairs to Cimetiére du Père Lachaise. Here lie the mortal remains of Chopin, Balzac, Collette, Victor Hugo, Gertrude Ste