Mark Penn is out. Months overdue....

(Candace #13) — Kudos to Redding friend Wil Curtis, who pursues a passion for clothing design when he’s not at his day job. Wil hosted a fashion show Friday night at the Vintage in downtown Redding, showcasing a number of beautiful pieces he’s worked on for months. All thumbs when it comes to sewing, IR

When you travel, you find out what good food tastes like, and you suddenly realize that what you had believed to be be good is, in fact, disgusting. Then you spend a lot of time trying to find food at home that comes up to your suddenly-enlightened standards, and you wind up disappointed.Last night we ord

A stagecoach like this at the state park in Shasta used to take eight hours between Redding and Weaverville. The trip to Yreka from Shasta took a full 24 hours. And it’s a good bet the passengers arrived tired, sore...

California poppies blooming amongst the ruins in Shasta. One of my favorite sights....

This is a "must see" movie for all ages."The Color of Paradise" is a fable of a child's innocence and a complex look at faith and humanity.

Fuel prices may be scraping the stratosphere. Yet police cruisers still patrol the streets, buses still collect passengers and rumbling packers still pick up the trash.

Welcome to Redding, baby eagles. You're going to fit right in.

Central Valley's Eric Cary, Shasta's Jason Wacker and Paradise's Lindsay Witteman took athlete of the meet Saturday at Enterprise.

• Zillow launches mortgage feature • Only earned income counts toward IRA • These cities know how to procrastinate

In a post-Hurricane Katrina, post-9/11 world, the nation's security may depend on a network of old men who listen.

By Jessica Skropanic SHINGLETOWN -- It's pure horsepower at it's most joyous. The Wild Horse Sanctuary near Shingletown will open up its nearly 5,000-acre ranch to ride among wild mustangs on two- and three-day trail excursions starting

Riverside County's threat to withdraw from the Medi-Cal mental health program if more state funding isn't provided adds some heft to the same complaint Shasta County officials made almost a year ago.

Liberty Christian High School will play football this fall for the first time since 1979.

I write seeking an extension on the filing deadline on my family's personal income taxes. I had every intention of getting our tax return done on time, but Life interfered, and I'm afraid meeting the deadline is now impossible.

By Thom Gabrukiewicz The Shasta College Center for Science, Industry, and Natural Resources will offer a short wildlife identification, ecology and management class for the spring semester, which will be taught by Len Lindstrand III of North State

With his white pumps bedazzled with purple beads and paint, Ricky Sedillos was ready to walk a mile in women's shoes Saturday morning at Lake Redding Park.

Like the sadistic dentist in "Little Shop of Horrors," the news that Redding Radio plans to drop ESPN Radio from 1670 AM on April 18 hit a raw nerve.

H. W. Glover, left, shown in 1909 with his pinto horse, dedicated much of his life to serving Redding residents. A trained blacksmith and two-term mayor, he opened Glover's Garage in 1912 at the corner of Market and Placer streets in Redding. The garage was a local icon by the time Glover retired in 1941. To vie

By Thom Gabrukiewicz There's seductive danger and there's stupidity. Listening to some three-cord sweetness of a classic punk tune -- say, Dead Kennedys "California Uber Alles" -- while negotiating a downhill bit of singletrack on my bike is

ANDERSON - Hundreds of dog lovers primped their canine pals and headed for the Love Your Pet Expo Play Day at the Shasta District Fair grounds Saturday.

The Shasta College baseball team split a doubleheader Saturday with Lassen.

Ten days ago it was our turn in the barrel once again. We were returning to the Bay Area yet another time. It's a journey we have come to face every few months, so we pump up and persevere with all the patience we can muster.

By Thom Gabrukiewicz, Columnist This year marks 10 years of conservation efforts for the Shasta Land Trust. Let's party! And it just so happens I know where the shindig is; or more precisely, where the shindigs are -- 14 d

By Marc Soares, Columnist • Length: 4.8 miles roundtrip for Boulder Creek Falls; 6.2 miles roundtrip adding Mill Creek with arranged car shuttle. • Total elevation gain: 1,000 feet (high point is 2,250 feet).

Shasta County sheriff's investigators are continuing their homicide investigation into the deaths of two men who were found in their Cottonwood home Friday.

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

Dear Babe: I have a poster size sheet of uncut Babe Ruth baseball cards. They are all in black and white and the dates on the cards range from 1911 to the 1940s. It measures approximately 26x40 inches with 110 cards on it. Tracie Hinton, Burney

• Opening planned for stretch of Lassen road • Counseling class planned at National University • Volunteer ombudsmen sought for the elderly • Class held for faith leaders • Tickets on sale for fashion show • Kiwanis gives to hospitality house

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Airman Zachary Osborne joined the military so he could serve his country and learn a career. In addition to Iraq, he has toured at Osan Air Base in South Korea. Here are some vital statistics:

SHASTA LAKE -- Some of this city's best and brightest were honored Saturday during the annual Shasta Damboree Community Awards Banquet.

LOS ANGELES - Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur" and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the '50s and '60s, has died. He was 84.

Today is Sunday, April 6, the 97th day of 2008. There are 269 days left in the year.

Fiddle jam -- 1 p.m., workshop; 2 p.m., jam, Shasta Union Elementary School, 10446 Red Bluff Road, Redding, California State Old Time Fiddlers Association, District 6, free, 241-6265.

As if gassing up the truck for a drive to the mountains didn't already cost enough, the Shasta-Trinity National Forest is looking to raise existing fees and possibly impose new ones for campers, picnickers and other forest users.

Cities with sanctuary policies ignore federal immigration laws and provide a safe haven for illegal aliens, allowing them to take advantage of local services and report crimes without fear of deportation. These sanctuary policies prohibit the police from reporting an illegal alien to Immigration and Customs Enfo

I have found many of the comments circulated about the benefits surrounding the closing of Bishop Quinn High School to be completely unfounded; detrimental to the morale of our school's faculty, students and parents; and extremely hurtful from a personal standpoint.

Having fished the Sacramento River since I was 12 years old (45 years ago), I have noticed numerous reasons for the salmon decline.

———— Quercus lobata. One of the largest species of deciduous trees in California. Known as Valley Oak, California White Oak, or even Swamp Oak, this tree can get 70′ tall.  —————- One of ours is very old, rumored to be in an oak registry somewhere. We call her â