If you happen to pick up Sunday’s Record Searchlight you will find the account of the “Cartoonist’s Summit” between Benita Epstein and Yours Truly in the Currents section. I swear, the Currents editor is on vacation so I smuggled this piece into the paper! I’m a tricky little guy. Be sure to c

Last March was the driest in and around Redding in decades. But with Friday's front a fizzler (who really expected a deluge?) and no precip on the horizon the next few days, this March will wind up even drier. Here...

Gotta hand it to Mike Warren & Co. at Turtle Bay for thinking big (a hotel, restaurant, IMAX theater) in this lousy economy – which, apparently, has claimed the nearby Sundial Grill, a favorite of mine for brunch. Place looks...

A fire caused an estimated $40,000 in damage to a Redding apartment this morning after a plastic coffee maker was left on a hot burner.

..because I am known far and wide as being a world-class curmudgeon and crank.I recently received a wedding invitation from two friends. I was expecting it; I've known them both a while and knew they had set the date and so on and so forth. They're in their late 30's/early 40's, both have been married bef

This is David Athey (I have not met him, but he sent me an e-mail with information on his new book. I have not read the book as of yet, But I did order it, and will read it soon)

I worked my second job until noon today and then I grabbed the kids (Sean and Mackenzie) and quickly drive up the mountain to spend a few hours Skiing / Boarding. It was a nice day and

Alan’s photo shows the large pond just outside ”downtown” Igo.  He said that one of his favorite anticipations when driving to Igo/Ono is to wonder what the pond will look like that day.   We wish you all a great weekend, full of pleasant anticipations. See you Monday.

A Walk with the Horticulture Manager:9:30 a.m., McConnell Arboretum & Gardens, tour begins at Arboretum & Gardens Nursery, 1155 Arboretum Drive, Redding, adults $6, children and seniors $4, free for members, 243-8850.

ANDERSON -- A small crowd of enthusiastic supporters met in the parking lot of the Gateway Shopping Center on Friday evening to remember the good works of the late Cesar Chavez. They marched to the Anderson Community Center with signs bearing the likeness of the civil rights leader and chanting "Si,

Slime molds are not minerals, animals, plants or fungi. It's difficult to get a grip on just what these slippery blobs are.

By the end, the outcomes would rest on what kind of pitching arms all the teams had left.

Turtle Bay Exploration Park is moving ahead with plans for a hotel and possible restaurant near the entrance to its north-central Redding campus.

Testament to the timber harvest days, old logging roads crisscross national forests such as the north state’s Shasta-Trinity.

Today’s slime mold photos are from Shasta Lake photographer Ken DeCamp. DeCamp dabbles in more than slime. Wildflowers are his specialty. He’s also got a knack for capturing fungi and lichen in their glory.

A Fall River Mills man has agreed to settle a lawsuit he filed against a tax preparation firm, in which he accused the company of not paying him $10,000 he won in a contest.

Redding's giant flag will be lowered to half-staff on the funeral day of slain Anderson private security contractor Joshua Munns, Enterprise Lions Club president Mike Ferrier said Friday.

As in any good mystery, there is now a twist in the case of the spotted owl found Tuesday at the Red Bluff Wal-Mart distribution center.

revent Blindness Northern California, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing vision impairment, will hold a free vision screening clinic for children next Saturday at Lake College.

In light of Sen. Barack Obama’s attempt to distance himself from some of his pastor’s statements, do you believe a politician should be held responsible for the remarks and actions of his or her faith leader?

WASHINGTON -- Deadly mortars fall in the fortified Green Zone. The U.S. fires a Hellfire missile into a Shiite stronghold in Baghdad. Fighting escalates in Basra, where the mettle of Iraqi security forces are being sorely tested.

• Permits available for burn season • Pouch found on police car held syringe, substances • Discussion to be delayed on proposed impact fees

HAVANA -- First microwaves, now cell phones. Is this the new Cuba?

It's a common gripe among teachers, parents and taxpayers that when the budget ax falls on schools, the classrooms bleed while the head office barely gets a shave.

Asked at a New Hampshire campaign stop about possibly staying in Iraq 50 years, John McCain interrupted -- "Make it a hundred" -- then offered a precise analogy to what he envisioned: "We've been in Japan for 60 years. We've been in South Korea for 50 years or so." Lest anyone think he was talking about prolonge

• Klamath agreement is wrong deal • Crisis on Crisis Intervention Team • Can conservatives justify this?

The 13th annual Lions all-star basketball games are Sunday, April 6, at Shasta College. The girls game is set for 4 p.m., while the boys tip off at 6 p.m. There is a donation of $5 to attend though children ages 8 and under get in free when accompanied by an adult.

The Redding Tigers semi-pro baseball team is playing a Gulf War Monument benefit game today.

• Orthodox to host Divine Liturgy • Church fundraiser benefits mission • Women's ministry group plans brunch

Today is Saturday, March 29, the 89th day of 2008. There are 277 days left in the year.

Thank God for St. John's Wort!I gave up a drug recently. One I had been "on" for fifteen years, give or take. Zoloft. Yep, anti-depressant. It's been an interesting ride, coming off th