Painting your house is similar to having a new baby. Years pass, and you forget just how tough it was at the time. You forget the mess and the smell and the discomfort and remember only the happy glow of the new and fresh. This is why couples have more than one child, and it’s why I volunteered last summer to pa

I'll be stuck in town tomorrow evening, but if I had the time, I'd hie up the road to Dunsmuir for this show at the Rostel Gallery. Over three days photographers from all parts of California attended a Landscape as...

I'll be stuck in town tomorrow evening, but if I had the time, I'd hie up the road to Dunsmuir for this show at the Rostel Gallery. Over three days photographers from all parts of California attended a Landscape as...

City officials voted unanimously today to take the roof of The Mall in downtown Redding.

Yaz has been digging at his ears, mostly at night when I'm trying to sleep, and today he went to see his doctor about it. He screeched all the way to the office.Dr. Comas is a sweet person and very gentle with animals. Yaz went into his "don't hit me I'm only a little cat" mode, and cowered in my armpit. The doc

.Most of the fish, including the ones we got from Freecycle. The world-famous Dr. Arnold Fishinheimer, Esq., is at top right..The new large gold one - whom I think of as "Tank" - was busy taking a call while I was shooting photos, so he does not appear. Here you see Fishinheimer con

That's what John Hoeppner is calling his downtown sports bar that could open inside Cascade Square, just south of the corner of California and Placer streets, within 12 weeks. Hoeppner, a general contractor who was born in Redding, took time out from construction this afternoon to talk up his new business.

That's what John Hoeppner is calling his downtown sports bar that could open inside Cascade Square, just south of the corner of California and Placer streets, within 12 weeks. Hoeppner, a general contractor who was born in Redding, took time out from construction this afternoon to talk up his new business.

At least three people were pulled from the Sacramento River in Anderson today after the boat they were in overturned, according to preliminary dispatch reports.

There used to be a sports writer at the local newspaper, Dave Haerle, who had a little something to offend everyone. He was, I think you'd say, difficult. You might even say he was offensive. But maybe you wouldn't. Depends on your perspective, I guess.Kelly Brewer, the former editor of the paper - who either wa

With Shasta County considering whether to raise development impact fees, I was wondering when the city made its substantial increase. Turns out it was in 2000, when there was a lively debate about the subject. From a January 2000 story:...

With Shasta County considering whether to raise development impact fees, I was wondering when the city made its substantial increase. Turns out it was in 2000, when there was a lively debate about the subject. From a January 2000 story:...

ANDERSON — Anderson Heights Elementary School, which was placed in lockdown at about 12:50 p.m. today, was reopened by officials at about 1:10 p.m.

RED BLUFF — Authorities on Sunday arrested a 43-year-old Red Bluff man on suspicion that he sexually abused two 14-year-olds at his South Olive Street home, the Red Bluff Police Department reported.

A Washington Post writer explores the mixed feelings about immigration in Arizona, which has passed some of the strictest laws in the nation but now is feeling a labor shortage. But when it gets down to details, well ... call...

A Washington Post writer explores the mixed feelings about immigration in Arizona, which has passed some of the strictest laws in the nation but now is feeling a labor shortage. But when it gets down to details, well ... call...

A 52-year-old Albion man was stabbed — possibly with a barbecue meat fork — early this morning in the wake of a family argument at the Cascade Sun Mobile Home Park, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Department reported in a press statement.

Four dollar a gallon gasoline -- on Airport Road yesterday....

Four dollar a gallon gasoline -- on Airport Road yesterday....

KIXE Art & Wine Auction to be broadcast live on Friday and Saturday night,  April 25-26 Hand-blown glass pieces from the renowned Orient & Flume in Chico, works in a variety of media from regional artists and select vintages from north state wineries will be among the items up for bid during the KIXE Inv

The Tehama County Sheriff’s Department has released the ages — but not yet the names — of the six Red Bluff Round-Up spectators on Sunday when a bull jumped an eight-foot wall and ran into the bleachers.

From the looks of it, gas and water could be problems for Shasta Lake's marinas this summer - or marketing opportunities. It's only April and the lake's unsightly bathtub ring looks like it usually does in July. If gas at...

From the looks of it, gas and water could be problems for Shasta Lake's marinas this summer - or marketing opportunities. It's only April and the lake's unsightly bathtub ring looks like it usually does in July. If gas at...

 I am blessed to live across the road from one of the few working ranches left in the area. Many a day and night I have enjoyed the lush green pastures, the emerald sea setting the stage for the mountain views to the north, listening to the staccato sounds of the impact sprinklers stretched out [...]

I have never met Dave Haerle, but apparently he is a complete nut jub and most definitely wears a toupe. Check out this comment he left on

Has anyone else out there had a "fun" experience with a "Belkin Easy Transfer Cable"?So fun that you are, like me, wondering what it takes to get a class action lawsuit going?I'm serio

RED BLUFF -- Six people, including three children, were injured Sunday when a one-ton-plus bull jumped over a fence and into box seats at the 87th annual Red Bluff Round-Up. "We had a bull get over a fence that got into one of the boxes in the stands," said Joe Froome, one of the rodeo directors and

Commercial real estate agents like to say that retail follows the rooftops.

Redding resident Don Barber had never tried yoga when his wife approached him.

RED BLUFF -- A wild day ended with an unfamiliar name getting perhaps the biggest day of his career.

RED BLUFF -- Deborah Studebaker of Rocklin looked up just as a bull rumbled through the first row of the grandstand next to hers, barreling through everything in its wake.

New Directions to Hope, with offices in Shasta and Tehama counties, is working on getting its secret out.

Three north state wrestlers placed in the Freestyle Open Championship in Lemoore on Sunday.

ALBANY, N.Y. - The body of the last of a group of security contractors kidnapped in Iraq that included Anderson High School graduate Joshua Munns may have been found.The family of Jonathon Cote said on Sunday on the Web site Free Cote that an unidentified sixth body has been recovered near Basra, in southern Ira

• Chico MBA program will be discussed • Plumas Bank increases its cash dividend • Healthy relationships focus of course • People in business

Pleasant Valley at Foothill 4 p.m.

City officials are poised to peel the rest of the roof off the Mall in downtown Redding by year's end. The City Council today will consider making the blight findings needed to use some $3.3 million in redevelopment money to raze the Nixon-era structure housing Market Street between Butte and Placer streets in

While some say development fees are needed to pay for Shasta County's future public-services buildings, others want to defer the extra costs until the area's depressed housing market perks up. On Tuesday, the county's Board of Supervisors could approve the development impact fees proposed for county land outside

Kool April Nites 2008 winners:

Two property owners were cited after fire crews had to respond to escaped controlled burns Sunday afternoon.

All you have to do is look at Brussels sprouts to understand. No one could find them appetizing.

Murray Salisbury, a member of Redding East Rotary, sits on the newly formed Foundation for Students of the Shasta Union High School District, which will raise funds for student activities and projects. The following is an excerpt from a recent conversation.

• Ceremony planned for Tehama Campus • Two area schools receive accreditation • Shasta College hosts award-winning author • Earth Day section available in Searchlight

Today is Monday, April 21, the 112th day of 2008. There are 254 days left in the year.

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

Airman Shanon N. Smith, son of Kim Keeler of Round Mountain, recently arrived for duty at Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras to serve as a member of Joint Task Force-Bravo. Smith is a petroleum oils and lubrication apprentice with five years of military service.

RED BLUFF — Deborah Studebaker of Rocklin looked up just as a bull rumbled through the first row of the grandstand next to hers, barreling through everything in its wake.

RED BLUFF — Six people, including three children, were injured Sunday when a one-ton-plus bull jumped over a fence and into box seats at the 87th annual Red Bluff Round-Up. “We had a bull get over a fence that got into one of the boxes in the stands,” said Joe Froome, one of the rodeo director

Tues., April 22, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors will consider a recommendation to implement impact fees on new development. They have contracted with and will be discussing a 78-page report prepared by the Oakland consulting firm MuniFinancial. If enacted, the proposed fees will fund nine essential functions of c

The fun part about about making beer is the ability to brew any style you want. There are 23 different styles of beer and numerous subcategories.  In brewing your own beer, you can experiment with different styles and recipes. You can also modify recipes to what you think would taste good.  It’s just like coo

I think it does in me, to some small degree. (Not that there is a lot of exhibitionist in me to begin with to...uh... expose.)Why else would I want to post a picture of my old passport inside cover?