I'm waiting with baited breath to learn the results of the special election in the Bay Area and to find out if Jackie Speier, one of my many heroines, is going to be e

Perhaps weather geek Scott Mobley can fact check this Wikipedia entry: Redding holds the record for the warmest average daily temperatures North of 40oN latitude anywhere in the world. Death Valley, California holds the record for the warmest average daily...

The Shasta County Coroner’s Office released the names and causes of death of the two men found dead Friday inside their Cottonwood home.

Here's the BizJournal.com story an anonymous commenter mentioned to me today. Interesting, very, very interesting... They ca

A Redding father was arrested today on suspicion of cruelty to his 4-week-old daughter who is recovering from bleeding in the brain, the Redding Police Department reported.

``The bright new financial system, with all its talented participants, with all its rich rewards, has failed the test of the marketplace.'' --- former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker, who has plainly joined the liberal media in trying to help the...

It was certainly a great cause to "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes", but for at least one participant, it proved dangerous. I'm told that Bruce Waggoner, a State Fund lawyer and head of the local Sierra Club chapter who's...

A flying lesson went awry today when a single-engine Cessna crash landed at Redding Municipal Airport after its landing gear failed to come down.

You know, if there is one thing I thought Tim Hearden may have learned from

WHISKEYTOWN NATIONAL RECREATION AREA — Search and rescue crews are looking for a missing Sebastopol woman whose vehicle was found seemingly abandoned Monday night at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area.

It was heartening to see America’s poet lauerate (in my eyes, anyway) receive a special Pulitzer. He has also been a finalist for the Nobel prize in Literature (which he nearly won last time around.) It’s great to see a national treasure receive his due. On the other hand, does this mean I’m getting so [.

... what makes you think you have a right to know how much your employees earn? The Police Officers Research Association and its supporters in the Legislature think you should just avert your eyes, and they're trying to make...

We had a short item in the paper today about local preservationists' going to court to block the swap of Area 51, but if you're interested in their full argument, check out the complaint (warning: long .pdf file) that was...

Heard rumors about all these new trails around Keswick Reservoir? Wondering where they are? Check out the handy map....

For those of you clicking via MyRedBluff.com, editorial page editor Bruce Ross has some observations about the Tehama County General Plan. A cut to the chase: But the plan, in all, seems to chart a reasonable course, especially by pushing...

Parents are easy to spot, and not just because they usually look frazzled and sleep-deprived. Their speech patterns give them away. Even when their children aren’t around, parents talk like parents. They say things that childless adults never utter. Parentspeak is largely a product of fatigue and dist

The Semicolon died this week at the age of 417 from complications of irrelevancy and misuse. Semicolon was born in England in 1591 to Ben Jonson, the first notable writer to use them "systematically." The mark of punctuation dedicated its...

Soroptimist International of Red Bluff will present its eighth annual Spring Run on April 14 with proceeds benefitting scholarships for Tehama County students.

Yup, Monday's are usually a pathetic day for the Record Searchlight. Completely anticlimactic and boring. Why do they even bother? Maybe they should just take Monday's off? It's so obvious that all their energy

My daily mail included a bonus yesterday, a postcard notifying me that I'm entitled to a $70 voucher at LensCrafters or $30 in cash under a class-action settlement. Apparently, sometime back in the late '90s, I had my eyes checked...

If you've always wanted to go to Schreder Planetarium in Redding, but have never quite found the perfect time to go; now is your moment to strike.

Yup, 'tis almost Pint Night again. Tomorrow night, Wednesday, April 9th, Carnegie's, downtown Redding, o'dark thirty. Come one, come a

Several historic buildings in historic Gas Point in western Shasta County were burned in a fire late Monday night.

PALO CEDRO -- Six people -- including four teenage girls -- were injured, several of them critically, Monday in a head-on wreck on Highway 44 near Deschutes Road. The crash stalled traffic on Highway 44 for more than a half-hour and flooded the emergency room at Mercy Medical Center in Redding with tr

Brian Westlake, of Sun Oaks Aquatics of Redding, won the 500-yard freestyle in a national reportable time of 4 minutes, 41.16 seconds this weekend in Pleasanton.

When his dog turned 1, Andy Frietze wanted to do more than throw Ecko a bone. He threw him a birthday party.

• Eating disorders will be discussed • Learn how to install countertops • Talent contest has nine winners

After less than a year on the job, Norm Ryan is out as head of Haven Humane Society and may run for city office in Redding.

PREP BASEBALL -- Etna at Lost River 2 p.m.

State water quality officials have issued a record $3 million fine to the owners of the former Shasta Paper Company mill site in Anderson.

A Tehama County man filed a court complaint Monday questioning the residency of 2nd District Assembly candidate Jim Nielsen, whose opponents also suspect their fellow Republican doesn't live within the district.

Shasta County's application for jail expansion funding from the state is among 10 from small counties vying for up to $30 million each -- but sheriff's officials say Shasta County's is still competitive.

A bright porch light glowed with a sad signal Monday afternoon at a tan Cottonwood home whose two residents will never come home again.

State-managed credit cards could land in the wallets of county department heads and elected officials who travel, eat out and stay overnight on county business.

PARIS -- Paris' Olympic torch relay descended into chaos Monday, with protesters scaling the Eiffel Tower, grabbing for the flame and forcing security officials to repeatedly snuff out the torch and transport it by bus past demonstrators yelling "Free Tibet!"

• Lawsuit aimed at Area 51 deal • Tehama fair board member appointed • Berkeley Alumni Club plans yearly spring dinner • Trinity County wines featured at Hayfork gala

Last year, Shasta County Mental Health's finances grew so tight that the county floated the idea of dropping its Medi-Cal program for the mentally ill.

Shock and indignation greeted a late-March decision by the California Air Resources Board to scale back drastically its longstanding zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) demand on the world's leading auto manufacturers.

School closure is indeed a gloomy occurrence and many mourn Bishop Quinn's loss. Some won't miss it at all. U-Prep will undoubtedly benefit by increased enrollment and that's a good thing. U-Prep has been a tremendous asset for our community.

The propaganda drums are being beaten again as a precursor to the Olympics.

An old rule speaks to the wisdom of offering unsolicited advice: Never try to teach a pig to fly. It's a waste of time, and it annoys the pig.

Meetings -- Chapter of NARFE 1324 -- 11:30 a.m., Moose Lodge, 320 Lake Blvd., Redding, 223-4811.

I was driving somewhere with my two sons when the younger one asked, “Dad, how does the blinker know which way you want to go?” I chuckled. My older son smirked. The little one just stared at us. His question was sincere and he wanted an answer. So I explained how the turn signal lever worked — u

Today we unveil our new bloggers page that features a collection of my favorite bloggers. Some, like Pink Hollyhock, by Kelly Brewer, are identified with real names and photographs. Others, like Peaches and Plums, display wonderful writing and insights, but the author wishes to remain anonymous. So it

Pretty much every road in eastern Tehama County is scenic, but browsing through the new Tehama general plan (ably summarized by Tim H. here), I was a bit surprised to learn that the county has designated a scenic highway that...