I often think about balance in my life and in the lives of my wife and kids. We can fill our lives with so much, and life can fill us with so much, how can we keep it in check?It is easy to say

The fish all seem very, very happy in their new home. Yesterday I saw an email ad pop up from the local Yahoo Freecycle Group for free Koi. I called Gary to see if he was interested and he said yes, so I emailed in response to the ad. The lady called Gary and yesterday afternoon we went to her house.

A fire that sent up a black column of smoke this afternoon burned 6 acres of grass and brush in south Redding.

I guess the real question in my mind right now is what is the basis for a real society? What should our culture be founded on?Obviously our society was founded on principles that seemed right at the time- freedom, justice, equality. Might I be so bold as to suggest that it might not have been founded on the be

I just cannot understand how a person can kill an Innocent baby!!!!!!!

I kid you not. This morning he walked a mile in heels in Lake Redding Park as part of a fundraiser for The Women's Refuge. So did Supervisor Les Baugh, who seemed quite comfortable in heels, squealing at his prowess....

How did you spend your Saturday?Well, for us, we spent a good portion of the day adding more electrical wire to our fence. We live on a acre and our dogs (Titan and J.J.) have become masters of getting off our prope

Taken from the 75yearsofbeer.org website:Celebrate tonight!This year we are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the modification of the Volstead Act on April 7, 1933, which allowed beer to legally flow once again in the United States of America. Not to be confused with the repeal of prohibition on De

There's lots to do today this lovely Saturday in Redding... We're headed to one of the Wildways Parties for the Shasta Land Trust - it's a

Just in case you missed it yesterday, there really is a YouTube video you need to watch. It's a video made by an amazing couple, who do a great rendition of "Little

All is not well within the Bonnyview Baptist Church.

Who says nursery design has to be color-by-numbers?

PALO CEDRO -- Foothill High School baseball coach Corey Rossman created a new workout routine.

Daniel Whitley, a biologist with the state Department of Transportation, looked at the nest of a pair of locally famous bald eagles in downtown Redding through a spotting scope Friday and said he saw the heads of "two fuzzy little eaglets." The heads were poking out of a nest that, although first buil

There are similarities between painting a room and painting a garden: the powers of some colors to excite and of others to soothe, and the risk of making a real hash of it.

The Enterprise High School baseball team gave up five runs in the first inning Friday.

COTTONWOOD -- Shasta County sheriff's deputies were investigating the deaths of two men whose bodies were found late Friday afternoon in the Cottonwood home they shared.

Goodbye, La Gondola -- hello, Caruso's.

COTTONWOOD — America’s dreary economy is claiming a passel of four-legged, shaggy-tailed victims.

With rabies and distemper ruled out earlier this week, the identity of the culprit in the deaths of close to 60 skunks in Redding now hinges on autopsies.

Q. How well do you feel your church is prepared to assist its members and others in the event of a disaster. Do you currently have a disaster preparedness plan in place for your church community?

A 24-year-old Redding man was sentenced Friday 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.

• Unitarians plan memorial • Sikh Centre festival set • Catholic workshops continue at church

ATLANTA — Birth control choices are wider these days for women 40 and older — a group that once viewed its options as pretty much limited to tube-tying surgery and condoms.

• Ani DiFranco show in Redding canceled • Redding man convicted on gun-related charges • Nine people arrested in warrant sweep

Blaze, left, and Bo share a meal Friday at the Safe

A pair of 5-pound pilotless drones could be buzzing the north state this summer in search of illicit marijuana gardens, a forest law enforcement official said Friday.

Assemblyman Rick Keene, a Chico Republican, has proposed a bill to amend disability-access laws to encourage repairs and discourage frivolous lawsuits. Judging from history, it will go nowhere in the Democratic Legislature.

Hillary Clinton met her Waterloo at Tuzla. She'd been regaling audiences with tales of a dangerous landing under sniper fire in Tuzla 12 years ago and then running for cover. None of this occurred. When CBS provided the tape, she was forced to admit to "a misstatement."

• Gardening classes set at Turtle Bay • Classes on plants, ponds planned at Wyntour • Garden shop opens at McConnell Arboretum

Today is Saturday, April 5, the 96th day of 2008. There are 270 days left in the year.

The Giants' radio affiliate will sorely missed by the large number of fans in this area. Redding Radio has enough outlets to at least carry Major League Baseball.

March 19, 2008 Mr. Moon, Thank you for your show tonight, As I say goodbye to winter. Your exit for this evening was Spent in wondrous splendor. Your evening show was awesome; Your glow was brilliant and true. But now it is time to move Into the springtime hu

I find this rather amusing that one of my other blogs, No Phat Chicks, actually made it to the "

Republicans believe you can cut taxes and bring in more money. Democrats believe you can turn mortgages that people can't afford to pay into ones that they can and it won't cost anyone a cent. Alas, Michael Kinsley did....

This is another blatant steal from Marc Beauchamp's blog today: "Is the Record Searchlight part of a dying br

Joe Strummer's haunting cover of Bob Marley's classic "Redemption Song" seems apt on this sad anniversary (April 4, 1968)....