We went to Wyntour Nursery in Anderson, which is always a treat for me. It is my favorite local nursery. When we were done shopping, I took my camera across the street to take photos of one of my most favorite wildflowers, Lobb’s poppies, a diminutive relative of the California poppy. Although the municipal airport

I had to go get fingerprinted today, which was a cool next step in the process, but it was a complete pain in the butt. Here's the story of my day...I had an appointment to get fingerprinted at 3:45, so I hoped on my bike about three and went downtown to Krista Foster Care's Office. I had to drop off a check a

Wooden shoes? Cheese? Tulips? Windmills? The Dutch as the world power in spice trading in medieval Europe?Nah. Nobody cares. You know what everyone wants to know about when I say I've been to Amsteram. Drugs. Sex and drugs.."Hard" drugs -

Here’s another editorial cartoon rejected by my editors. Maybe they’re smarter than they look.

Currently, hops are very difficult and expensive to procure. However, via generosity of the "Boston Beer Company" (aka, Samuel Adams), the North Star Craft Brewery has been awarded 284 pounds of the British Kent Goldings hops at last years market price.Hats off/on, salute, whatever to the Boston Beer Company.

I grew up with 5 brothers, yes, there were six of us. We grew up in a home with one father and one mother. We had a sister, actually she was the first born. She must of been something very special, God took her to hea

Apparently even Barnes & Noble can't afford the sky-high rents in New York anymore. Doubt Meg Ryan's too upset about the news, however....

The Chico Enterprise-Record has a story today about the Nielsen residence kerfuffle. Jim Nielsen's rival Charlie Schaupp says he'll ask the Tehama County Grand Jury to investigate. But this bit seems like a stretch: For the good of the Republican...

This Third Place Wisenheimer Cartoon of the Week originally appeared in the Record Searchlight. OK, so there were only three entries, don’t rain on my parade.

A 21-year-old Anderson man is facing up to nine years in prison after he pleaded guilty this morning in Shasta County Superior Court to abusing his 5-week-old daughter.

ANDERSON -- Anderson’s City Council, acting as the Anderson Redevelopment Agency, unanimously approved the $1 sale of two downtown parcels to the owners of two Burrito Bandito restaurants, City Manager Scott Morgan said today.

...to hear hotel owner Bert Meyer weigh in on the city council's decision last night to give Turtle Bay the initial go-ahead for a city-subsidized hotel/restaurant near the convention center and the Sundial Bridge....

...to hear hotel owner Bert Meyer weigh in on the city council's decision last night to give Turtle Bay the initial go-ahead for a city-subsidized hotel/restaurant near the convention center and the Sundial Bridge. A post script. Just arrived in...

Kayla McConnell scattered four hits, struck out seven and the Spartans manufactured a pair of runs in the win.

Dan Walters is a smart guy, but his column today about a new report on school spending leaves me scratching my head: The Census Bureau report strongly refutes the oft-cited "fact" that California is near the bottom in per-pupil school...

I just received an e-mail from my friend, Rene, from Guatemala, along with this picture. He is such a special person and is one of the reasons why we return to Guatemala each year. Please read the below letter

This is a great story of struggle, fortitude, evil, and victory.Set in early 1930s Australia, this heartfelt and compelling drama tells the true-to-life story of three young half-Aborigine girls w

A 15-year-old boy was arrested by Redding police Tuesday after he allegedly stole a woman’s wallet while she was in the parking lot at the Kmart store on Hilltop Drive.

Home sales in 2008 have gotten off to an even a slower start than 2007, a year in which transactions plummeted to a 10-year low. DataQuick Information Systems reported that 108 new and existing homes sold in Shasta County in February, a 40 percent drop from a year ago when there were 180 closed escro

First reaction to Simpson University taking the point to move the 2,800-seat Travis Credit Union Park in Vacaville to Redding has been favorable.

Beneath a thatch of wilted dandelion greens, the Christmas lima beans spill out, earthy and enticing, their pretty speckled markings still faintly visible after a few hours in a pot. This is the brilliant architecture of a taco so tasty that it might just replace carne asada in your dreams.

• Turtle Bay to hold hybrid SUV drawing • Ameriprise Financial moves to new location • Learn how to hire talented employees

The San Francisco Giants, the Sacramento Kings and sports talk radio in Redding are going bye bye, baby.

The Shasta High School baseball team is hot.

A recipe for a great cook starts with a dash of enthusiasm, then add a pinch of inspiration and mix together with creativity and motivation.

LEWISTON -- The REACH rescue helicopter landed behind the Lewiston Community Center, and flight nurse Gary Amundson attended to several people -- even though there were no casualties.

State game wardens using a ground stakeout and a Department of Fish and Game aircraft arrested one hunter — and said they plan to pursue charges against four others — for allegedly shooting wild turkey over bait Saturday at the Red Bank Ale & Quail Outfitters club west of Red Bluff.

Turtle Bay Exploration Park has a go-ahead to plan for a Marriot Courtyard hotel and restaurant near its campus entrance.

The Shasta area chapter of the American Red Cross announced Tuesday that the Rev. Jim Dahl is its new executive director.

Skeptics of development impact fees proposed for Shasta County and Redding say the public needs to know how the collected money would change hands first.

• Outage blamed on errant goose • Man pleads guilty to carjacking, robbery • Vegetation fire burns 8 acres in Ono area • Collision with big rig causes tie-up on Hwy. 273 • Overturned hay truck temporarily blocks traffic

WASHINGTON -- Don't blame us, oil industry chiefs told a skeptical Congress.

How intense is the competition in education these days? Schools are literally playing for life-or-death stakes.

So Barack Obama says if one of his daughters "makes a mistake," that he wouldn't want her "punished" with a baby.

There was a real irony in the recent intervention by the Federal Reserve System to provide the money that enabled the firm of JPMorgan Chase to buy Bear Stearns before it went bankrupt. The point was to try to prevent a domino effect of panic in the financial markets that could lead to a downturn in the economy.

After nearly five years of hard work and jumping hurdles, we finally dedicated the Gulf War Era Monument on March 19, a nationally and locally significant date, and it didn't even make the front page.

PREP BASEBALL -- Hoopa Valley at Hayfork 1 p.m.

Welcome to Food for Thought’s Generation 4 version. In some ways it’s quite similar to the Food for Thought versions 3, 2 and 1. It remains an uplifting, interactive “We” site; a reader-centered media hybrid. It’s part newspaper, part magazine, part newsletter, part blog, part discus

"I just want to go on the record: I'm here to speak for Turtle Bay, and we're not asking for money." --- Jerry Peters, chairman of Turtle Bay Exploration Park's board of trustees, to the Redding City Council....

Remember 2nd Annual Cottage Tour Sunday. Admission is $20. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. For tickets  and information contact: Antique Cottage & Gardens 3270 Cascade Blvd. 275-4451 ___________________ Also, in conjunction with the tour, Maggie Anderson’s Art Farm

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