This peculiar, and somewhat macabre image is where someone dumped the carcass of a cow last year. When we first saw it, it was still intact and still very identifiable. We marveled at the grisly sight then forgot about it until I went for a lengthy hike with my new camera, yesterday. It made me think about [...]

I was waiting in Jiffy Lube today - it took far longer than usual; I was beginning to get concerned that perhaps they had taken my pickup apart and were now trying to reassemble it - and I read an article in the April issue of Outside. The article was called "Meltdown" by the improbably-named Wells Tower,

I just discovered that I've been featured on one of the blog incarnations of Redding's version of Rosie O'Donnell. The rather flattering post starts like this: I had to laugh, heartily, when I read this ridiculously stupid blog post by...

I just discovered that I've been featured on one of the blog incarnations of Redding's version of Rosie O'Donnell. The rather flattering post starts like this: I had to laugh, heartily, when I read this ridiculously stupid blog post by...

Does anyone recognize the meadow and mountain that Sen. Sam Aanestad uses on the top of his official Web site? Wherever it is, it must not be in the 4th Senate District. How else to explain the extinct animal gracing...

RED BLUFF – Gerald Sanders, a local substitute high school teacher, has been appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to serve on the Tehama District Fair’s board of directors.

PALO CEDRO —At least six people — including four teenage girls — were injured this afternoon in a two-vehicle wreck that stalled traffic on Highway 44 for more than a half-hour and flooded the emergency room at Mercy Medical Center in Redding with trauma patients.

Little Barbara came into the kitchen where her mother was making dinner. Her birthday was coming up and she thought this was a good time to tell her mother what she wanted. "Mom, I want a bike for my birthday." N

The BareStage Theatre in Red Bluff liked the atmosphere at Etta's Place so much during its recent production of "When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?" that it's putting on another show there this weekend. The 13th Mystery Comedy Dinner will...

Four Bitchin’ Babes  Cascade Theatre April 25 7:30 p.m. Call: (530) 243-8877 for information and ticket availability Start with four richly gifted singer-songwriters, add 3/4 cup married life, four kids, one French boyfriend, four part harmony vocals, one piano, four guitars, one Rockin

If you read Kiss and Tell last week, you'll get a chuckle out of this YouTube video of "

Hawaiian carrier Aloha Airlines called it quits last Monday after 61 years in business. Four days later, Midwest carrier ATA Airlines grounded its business after seeking U.S. Bankruptcy Court protection. The dubious week for airlines was capped when Skybus announced it would cease operations April 15. The

Hawaiian carrier Aloha Airlines called it quits last Monday after 61 years in business. Four days later, Midwest carrier ATA Airlines grounded its business after seeking U.S. Bankruptcy Court protection. The dubious week for airlines was capped when Skybus announced it would cease operations April 15. The

The Spartans trailed early but fought back to edge the Vikings.

A big-rig truck that was stuck on the railroad tracks this morning near Breslauer Way and Highway 273 in south Redding has been removed, authorities reported this morning.

When I read Kelly Brewer's blog this morning about "Flour Power," I felt like it was the "good 'ol days" of the Record Searchlight editorial

If lah-dee-dah, mega-square-foot, marble-floored, professionally decorated McMansion home tours are the only kinds that turn your head - then Sunday’s 2nd Annual Cottage Tour is not for you. However, if you’re drawn to more modestly-sized abodes, ones furnished, built and decorated with cre

If deer roam through your garden, keep in mind this garden proverb: You can fool all of the deer some of the time, but you can’t fool some of the deer all the time. OK, I just made that up, but it fits. Deer can be such dears to endear outside your window until they defoliate your favorite young plants.

The suicide rate in Shasta County remained alarmingly high in 2007, despite a slight dip in the number of people who killed themselves compared to the previous year.Forty-two Shasta County residents killed themselves in 2007 — a drop from 49 in 2006, according to annual preliminary cause of-death s

It turns out keeping kids healthy at home gets a lot easier when you take the television out of the bedroom.

The Justice Department last week released the full text of the infamous 2003 "torture memo" that dismissively brushed aside the legal restraints on military interrogators. The torture part of the memo -- and cruel, degrading and humiliating treatment whether dressed up as "enhanced" or "aggressive" interrogation

These are pressure-filled times for retailers — high gas prices, high unemployment, slumping housing market. It all adds up to less cash in people’s wallets. Christine Sullivan, who bought California Espresso Cafe in October, should be concerned. But she really isn’t.

Redding's first step in a plan to discourage motorists from shortcutting through the Parkview neighborhood seems to be working, officials say.

Cass Ditzler, who has been principal of Turtle Bay Elementary School for the past five years, will take over at Sequoia Middle School beginning in the fall. The following is an excerpt from a recent conversation.

Anyone calling for the nationalization of oil companies (letter, Friday) is just plain ignorant.

It's been nearly three months since Taco Del Mar suddenly closed.

Plans to engineer slower traffic on a busy street in Redding's Parkview neighborhood have hit a proverbial speed bump.

[CC] Double feature set at planetarium

A “veteran” is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a check payable to “The United States of America” for an amount of “up to, and including his life.”

[CC] Best employers will be lauded

WASHINGTON -- Veterans Affairs employees last year racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in government credit-card bills at casino and luxury hotels, movie theaters and high-end retailers such as Sharper Image and Franklin Covey -- and government auditors are investigating, citing past spending abuses.

With Dora the Explorer as a backing soundtrack, 6-year-old Maria Mendoza turns cartwheels across gray living room carpet while her mother apologizes: “She said this morning that she was sick, and that’s why I kept her home today; she just misses a lot of school.

In my many years of adventures in the kitchen, I've discovered there are four kinds of messes: small, medium, large, and godawful. Today I had a godawful one which I will now, for your viewing and reading pleasure, document in painstaking detail.You see, some months ago I dated a woman who kind of got me hooked