HAPPY VALLEY -- A downed power pole in a Happy Valley canyon caused knocked out power to almost 400 customers this evening.

.I know bees are in trouble in the environment, but they seem to be alive and well at my house, maybe because I don't have a cell phone.....Just as the sun dropped behind Petty Butte...The front Yard, Edith Ann on the bench...Ab

Behind the cut. .Arlo on Saturday, when the temps hovered around 90. This cushion is actually for a lawn chair but he seemed to get a lot of use out of it just on the concrete. The tiredest cat in the world...Edith Ann, helping with the computer..

After receiving letters to the editor from Spokane, Wash., and from somewhere in the 717 area code (which in Pennsylvania), I figured this editorial must have gotten some Web attention. And indeed, it's been linked by a variety of blogs,...

After receiving letters to the editor from Spokane, Wash., and from somewhere in the 717 area code (which is in Pennsylvania), I figured this editorial must have gotten some Web attention. And indeed, it's been linked by a variety of...

After receiving letters to the editor from Spokane, Wash., and from somewhere in the 717 area code (which is in Pennsylvania), I figured this editorial must have gotten some Web attention. And indeed, it's been linked by a variety of...

The Turkish Daily News reports: A Turkish barber accused of swearing at God is sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, with his family back in Turkey calling on authorities to intervene. Sabri Boğday from the southern Hatay province went to...

The Turkish Daily News reports: A Turkish barber accused of swearing at God is sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, with his family back in Turkey calling on authorities to intervene. Sabri Boğday from the southern Hatay province went to...

E-mail from the Builders' Exchange chief: Memo to: All Shasta Builders Exchange members From: Kent Dagg, CEO Re: Shasta Voices newsletter The attached link to Shasta Voices provides a very informative newsletter of varies proposed impact fees and proposed local...

We received a call that a friend had a seizure out of the blue. He had no history of a seizure disorder, so he was rushed off the the hospital. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He will be flown to San Francisco for surgery and treatment.Prior to a few days ago, this was a typical family, A Mom, A Dad,

Our own Rep. Wally Herger is a YouTube star, thanks to the Heritage Foundation's Robert Bluey: Here's Herger on his campaign for chairman -- yes, chairman, because he'll be campaigning for a GOP House majority -- of the Ways and...

A 56-year-old Dunsmuir man was arrested Friday on suspicion of being an accessory to arson.

McCLOUD — Deputies say they nabbed a man hiding under a porch who fled from them after he stole a woman’s wallet out of her purse and pushed her to the ground.

Wanted: Babysitters for aging Baby Boomers. From the Wall Street Journal: The U.S. health-care work force is "too small and woefully unprepared" for the 78 million baby boomers heading toward old age, an "impending crisis" created in part by misaligned...

Asleep at the Wheel Cascade Theatre April 14 7:30 p.m.  Call for ticket availablitiy: 243-8877 Can a wheel reinvent itself while it’s still rolling? Sounds like an impossible task — but you never want to say “impossible” to Asleep at the Wheel, the famed wes

A Cottonwood man is facing a drug investigation after Tehama County sheriff’s deputies said they found a marijuana grow at his house Saturday when they responded to a report of an accidental gunshot wound.

Breaking news from the local political front. The Parkview Point reports: Growth Advocacy Groups Merge Representatives from the advocacy groups Shasta Voices and Citizen’s for Smart Growth have agreed to join forces under the moniker “Shasta Citizens for Smart Voices.”...

Been chewing on architect Les Melburg's comments last week on the Subway shop in the old Thompsons' building downtown... "...keeping the Subway open on weekends would not have made economic sense, considering downtown Redding can be a lonely place on...

Amid all the negativity you hear from some of the fringe elements in Redding, it's nice for all of us to get a note like this from a reader: Just a note to let you know I have really noticed...

Amid all the negativity you hear from some of the fringe elements in Redding, it's nice for all of us to get a note like this from a reader: Just a note to let you know I have really noticed...

It's well-known that Ronald Reagan was a Democrat before, as he put it, the party left him, and he became a Republican. Still, it's striking to hear this 1948 speech on behalf of Democratic candidates. Reagan in '48 sounds a...

WHISKEYTOWN NATIONAL RECREATION AREA — Shasta County sheriff’s deputies and Whiskeytown rangers are searching this morning for a trio of teen boys who Sunday night walked away from the Crystal Creek Regional Boys’ Camp.

Tim Holt, my favorite writer in Dunsmuir, had a piece in the Sunday Chronicle forthrightly appealing for higher taxes -- and the spirit that went with them. In 1936, in the depths of the Depression, a new school went up...

The California Highway Patrol responded to two fatal traffic accidents this morning — one near Corning and one near Susanville.

COTTONWOOD -- Registration is now open for kids entering kindergarten in the fall for both East Cottonwood and Evergreen Elementary schools in Cottonwood.

According to Planet Redding, a few tickets are still available for the Asleep at the Wheel show tonight at the Cascade Theatre. He

Did you fall Asleep at the Wheel? If so, it's not too late to grab your ticket to tonight's show at the

I missed it, damnit. I missed the Max Factor's 50th birthday party on Saturday night. In fact, I missed all 50 hours of it. We were stuck at the Symphony fund raiser at Riverview Country Cl

It's not going to be mistaken for Napa Valley or California's Central Coast, but the north state is carving out its own identity as a winemaking region. A generation ago, you could count the number of wineries here on one hand.

There's a short stretch of lower Hilltop Drive that in a month or so will be an ideal place to sip a glass of wine, enjoy a burger while watching your favorite team on TV, or drink a beer with friends.

A boy tumbles from the crook of an oak tree and breaks his wrist; Dr. Aaron Osborne can fix it.

The University Preparatory School softball team overcame some big-hitting efforts by Mercy to win 8-5 on Friday in Redding.

A kitchen fire scorched the interior of an apartment on Victor Avenue near Burksgarden Lane in Redding on Sunday afternoon.

What started as a spinoff from his private investigating practice has grown into a global firm that does about 10,000 background checks a day for employers.

Tami Mensh has so many interests that she had a hard time settling on a college major. "I couldn't ever decide what I wanted to do because I liked too many different things," she says. But with ShopUnitee.com, her new line of "inspirational activewear," Mensh has found a way to unify her enthusiasm for clothing,

Lassen at Sparks 3:30 p.m.

Tyson Randall, 19, of Redding takes advantage of the warm spring weather to snowboard shirtless during closing day Sunday at the Mt. Shasta Ski Park.

• Gluten-free food will be presented • Kool April Nites mixer set at Crown Motors • Living Well series continues this week • Reverse Mortgage seminar set at library • People in business

In the next few weeks, students across the north state will begin taking state standardized tests, which means long, exhausting days in the classroom hunched over testing booklets and bubble sheets.

Shasta County is now ankle-deep in Week of the Young Child activities. Regina White, director of Shasta College's Early Childhood Education Center, serves on the Week of the Young Child executive council. The following is an excerpt from a recent conversation.

• Group celebrates assets development • Advanced and alternative fuels, transport on display • Elementary school plans Earth Day event • Kindergarten registration opens at area schools

Click twice on the center arrow below the photo to see the slide show. (Be sure speakers are on.) 

Redding police made no arrests during a sobriety and driver's license checkpoint conducted Saturday evening, Sgt. Walt Bullington said.

A Redding man was cited during an undercover police operation in Caldwell Park on Saturday afternoon. The operation was conducted in Caldwell Park and the river trail parking lot at the east end of Quartz Hill Road, said Cpl. Bill Schueller of Redding Police.

SACRAMENTO -- California shoppers could end up paying recycling fees if they decide to haul their groceries home in plastic bags.

JONES -- Born March 3 to Robert and Heather Jones of Cottonwood, a girl.

Anderson Kiwanis Club -- Noon, El Mariachi's, 2690 Gateway Drive, 365-4836.

Today is Monday, April 14, the 105th day of 2008. There are 261 days left in the year.

Encouraging new investments in older city neighborhoods is tough in the best of times. When the real estate market sags, already marginal neighborhoods can collapse.

The exhibit named "Bodies Revealed" opens at Turtle Bay Exploration Park on May 24. A number of similar exhibits have toured major cities in the United States since 2004 and have now been seen by more then 25 million people in Asia, the Americas and Europe. Redding appears to be the smallest city to secure "Bodi

Friday's editorial states that a Baptist church group pickets veterans' funerals (protesting the war) and they must be atheists. The jails are chock-full of so-called "good Christians," not atheists. This writer is on the staff of our only newspaper with this twisted sense of reasoning. That is mind-boggling.

Redding Mayor Mary Stegall was elected as an alternate delegate, pledged to Sen. Hillary Clinton, to the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August. Stegall was selected at a caucus in Chico this afternoon. Don't necessarily agree with her choice,...

Here it is, the start of the third week since I was let go by the newspaper. It has been an wonderful time of drifting from one project to the next. I am amazed at how the things in need of my attention have just swallowed up the hours that used to be set aside for [...]