Two men were found dead in their Cottonwood home late this afternoon and Shasta County sheriff’s deputies are at the scene investigating.

It’s fairly obvious that anyone with enough will and purpose can have a drastic impact on the world. No doubt countless men and women today are preparing to rock the world. My generation of young men and women is certainly poised to shake things up.But what happens to the one with no will, no purpose? What

——————- There are few things cuter and more endearing than baby chicks! Perhaps this is why we came home with six little fluff balls, instead of fencing material, when we went to the Tractor Store, yesterday. Of course it just didn’t stop at the chicks, then came the 25 lb. sack

Arnold's Pond, California, is proud to announce that the applications of five new residents has been approved.The as-yet unnamed applicants have joined Dr. Arnold Fishinheimer, Esq., and his pondmates King Tut, Patch, The Pistol, and The Gold & Black One in their spacious living quarters in this upscale neig

We have had a lot of fun with senior twins this year! Here is out latest set from this week! Thanks girls, we had a blast!

This session is the indoor portion of an indoor / outdoor session. We will be doing her outdoor soon so keep checking!  She had a ton of shoes (mainly converses :)) so we got some fun shots with them. Also had some fun with our natural window light. I love this new addition to our [...]

They’re overwhelmed by the shear number of foreclosures, so lenders are starting to give homeowners some slack and postponing the inevitable. That’s according to this story from Bloomberg today. A couple

They’re overwhelmed by the shear number of foreclosures, so lenders are starting to give homeowners some slack and postponing the inevitable. That’s according to this story from Bloomberg today. A couple

A 24-year-old Redding man was sentenced this morning to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in February to attempted murder in connection with the Dec. 14 baseball bat beating of a homeless man in Redding.

Mercy took an early lead winning all six singles matches against the Lions.

Two good-looking but diverse examples of urban renewal, Redding-style. The coffee place across from Hinkle’s on Market, and the future home of Blendz on Yuba, the latter built to fit nicely into the neighborhood. The former replaced a one-time gas...

In retail, nobody beats Wal-Mart, right? Wrong -- and the company that's doing it doesn't have a single store. SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple Inc. has surpassed Wal-Mart to become America's No. 1 music store, the first time that a seller...

"Flexibility is nothing more than code for cut." -- Steve Maviglio, spokesman for Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez That's the kind of deep thinking we have down in Sacramento. Maviglio was responding to a Republican bill that would give schools more...

I'm not a happy camper... I have never seen Ani DeFranco in concert, and I was so looking forward to her concert next week at the Cascade Theatre s

I don't normally read Mark Morford in the SF Chronicle. He's too cynical even for me, which is saying something, and his attacks on Christianity, many of which are not undeserved, are tedious. He's rewitten the anti-Christian column about 4,723 times now. Yeah, I get it: there are a lot of nutjobs out there pushing t

More from a talk I gave last week to Sunrise Rotary: So what’s up with the local newspaper? Not so long ago newspapers were good businesses -- predictable, quasi-monopolies, relatively high barriers to entry. Newspaper stocks were for the portfolios...

Redding’s famous duo of bald eagles could now be a trio, or even a quartet. With the way Patriot and Liberty have been acting lately, officials said there’s likely an eaglet or two in the nest the birds almost lost late last year.

The Chico High School softball team blistered host Shasta for each mistake Thursday.

YREKA — Along the far northern edge of California, far from the bright lights of Hollywood and the foggy charms of San Francisco, exists a place many have never heard of — the State of Jefferson.

Eaglevision, if it happens, will be free.

The Foothill High School girls soccer team topped Paradise 3-2 Thursday in Palo Cedro thanks in part to Tarn Johnson.

Former Redding resident Jess Smith, 55, of Willows was awarded the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region’s Don Studebaker Fire Instructor of the Year award on Feb. 28.

It took me the better part of six or seven months to finally learn the pronunciation of my favorite neighborhood bistro, Le Sot l’y Laisse (luh sew-lee-less). Sot in French means “silly” or “foolish,” laisse is from the verb to leave, as in “leave it alone” or “leave i

Saying he didn't have the time or money to take his eight-year-old skin care business to the next level, dermatologist Craig Kraffert has sold DermStore in downtown Redding.

BILLINGS, Mont. -- The U.S. Forest Service has purchased a pair of flying drones to track down marijuana growers operating in remote California woodlands.

Four laid-off Shasta County employees -- and any more issued pink slips this year or next -- will get first consideration for placement in other county jobs, the Board of Supervisors agreed this week.

Educators across the county have watched the slump in student enrollment travel through schools.

The Redding driver who died Wednesday night when his sport utility vehicle slammed into an oak tree was identified Thursday as 42-year-old Preston Richard Banzhaf.

A Mount Shasta woman who worked as a part-time physical education teacher at a Siskiyou County elementary school is facing criminal charges that claim she falsified documents and forged Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature on at least one of them to obtain her teaching job.

The fundamentals of tea are simple and ancient: boil water, pour it over tea leaves, offer it to others, drink it yourself. Tea can satisfy both spiritual and physical thirst.

WASHINGTON — Stumbling over its multibillion-dollar plans for a high-tech census, the government says it will go back to counting the nation’s 300 million people the old-fashioned way — with paper and pencil.

• Jim Pope Day set for April 12 • Judge backs landlord in dispute over park's rent • Red Bluff man arrested after alleged assault

No shirt, no shoes, no books.

Hear, hear to the ban on smoking less than 60 feet from the library entrance. Can it now be considered that a distance of at least 20 feet be enforced outside all retail outlets and restaurants?

It seems that the presidential primary season has outlived its welcome, rather like winter in northern New England, where the snowdrifts have delayed our annual appointment with crocuses. But there are times when even frozen ground can be surprisingly fertile.

• Stay or go, it's 'defining' • We have a duty to evaluate • Nationalize the oil companies

Jillian Asbe, 6, of Redding drew this picture of a colorful butterfly in a field. Jillian attends Bethel Christian School in Redding. She loves animals and art. Jillian said that when she grows up, she wants to have her own flower shop. She is the daughter of Alexis and Kelly Asbe of Redding.

If a man wants to be always in God's company, he must pray regularly and read regularly. When we pray, we talk to God; when we read, God talks to us. – St. Isidore of Seville

Bruce and I lean toward the weird when it comes to finding materials for our home and property.  I confess, I do like to push creativity to the outer limits, especially when dreaming up ways to build “green” or use conventional things in unconventional ways. Just ask our architect frien

Two out of 15 Redding-area businesses sold alcohol to a minor decoy in a compliance check Thursday.

———————————– Early this morning Jason and I took a walk down to the creek with our two dogs, Jewel and Ginger. As an experiment, I tried the ’sports’ function of my new camera. I focused my lens on Jason as he tried to jump across our East