...no, not THOSE seven deadly sins, but seven deadly sins of a relationship. I saw myself on here; maybe you will see yourself. This is worth repeating.Once again, thanks to Kelly Brewer, who has [.zenhabits.net] as a link from her blog, and of course thanks to the original wr

Anderson police officers are investigating a reported sexual assault at Anderson High School.

Here are just a few of the many things that are going on in Red Bluff this weekend: Civil War Days  What: The Battle of Dog Island When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Where: Samuel Ayer/Dog...

Rivers, formerly the Hatch Cover restaurant, is aiming to open May 6. Rod Rodriguez and Shasta Enterprises Co. bought the Hatch Cover in late 2005. About four months later, the iconic steak and seafood restaurant with the killer view burned to the ground in an arson fire. Rodriguez vowed to rebuild and he

RED BLUFF – Dan Curry, a Red Bluff High School graduate and current principal of Los Molinos High School, was chosen as the next superintendent of the Red Bluff Joint Union High School District, it was announced today.

A Cottonwood man was jailed Monday for allegedly storing child pornography on his computer, the Tehama County Sheriff’s Department reported.

A motorist who collided with a fire truck rushing to a blaze late Wednesday morning was briefly hospitalized, the Red Bluff Fire Department reported

Police are investigating an assault that seriously injured a Cottonwood man sometime Wednesday night between the parking lot at Wal-Mart and Park West Apartments, which sits just behind the Redding store.

One of the best emerging spots for a hike, dog walk or all-day mountain-bike ride is the BLM's Swasey Recreation Area, where a network of trails has been spreading over the past few years. The mother of them all is...

Saw on the tube this morning that KTVU in the Bay Area has picked up Mount Shasta Brewing Co.'s ill-fated "Try Legal Weed" campaign story. Ill-fated? As I see it, Mount Shasta Brewing Co. owner Vaune Dillmann should be giving

Shasta County’s per-capita personal income in 2006 was $30,762, a 6 percent increase from 2005, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported today.

Believe it or not, there are some who'll miss the downtown Mall. Namely, those who came of retail age during its brief heyday in the Seventies. Some friends were reminiscing around the dinner table of the Carmel corn shop, the...

A female sheriff with a mortgage on her jail, a sarcastic hotel owner, a pompous judge and the traditional low-down villain and helpless heroine

Delta Air Lines won’t be coming to Redding this year.

Cassidy Olson was nails as her teammates gave her 11 hits and 12 runs of support.

Paul Heckman, a former Shasta County sheriff's sergeant, has a tough race in his quest to be elected supervisor. He told the crowd at a candidate forum in Parkview last night: "Public safety is pretty much No. 1 -- you...

It has been a dry spring here in Redding, California. I have had to start irrigating the pastures, already. I leave each of three stations on for eight hours or so, once a week. Last night came time for the east side of the pasture, the side that has the oak trees. After another frigid 29° night, [...]

Credit today’s Food for Thought forums for bringing us this Chico News & Review story about Area 51  by Christy Lochrie. Dig a little deeper and you’ll notice she also wrote a

Forget swimming -- 1.4 million young salmon will travel from Coleman National Fish Hatchery near Anderson to San Pablo Bay via truck. In hauling the fall-run Chinook salmon smolts 300 miles to the bay, scientists are conducting an experiment to see how they fare in the ocean and how many make it back

It was five days of floating dust, flailing cowboys, cracking femurs, grunting horses and leaping bulls.

• KIXE lines up wines, artwork for auction • McCloud Hotel gets AAA's Four Diamond rating • Laing Construction changes locations • Wine Time to host beer-making class • SMART opens offices in Weaverville, Hayfork

This week is when the spring athletic season turns to the homestretch.

The Whiskeytown National Recreation Area will host its second National Junior Ranger Day festivities from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday to provide the opportunity for children ages 7 to 12 and their families to explore and learn about the park.

A jail expansion, mental health and tax sharing were some of the issues in which voters wanted answers from three candidates vying for the District 2 Shasta County supervisor seat.

The Shasta High School boys track and field team won a closely contested three-way meet with Pleasant Valley and Foothill at Thompson Field on Wednesday.

• Prize trap shoot set in Lewiston • Native plant recognition, use the topic during preserve walk • Advanced registration is open for the Whiskeytown Duathlon • We Ski II plans ride on new Hart Trail to dam • Join Chuck Hornbeck for historical drive and hike • Bird identificat

North state officials are warning residents to carve brush-free zones around their homes to help fend off a fire season that may start early this year, thanks to modest winter rainfall and an exceptionally dry spring.

Dear Babe: I have several Mecca Cigarettes Series 2 Champion Athlete and Prize Fighters cards. Some of the athletes are Tommy O’Keefe, Honey Melody, Patsy Brannigan, Jack Johnson, Eddie Walsh, Al Kaufman and Willie Lewis. June Kelleher, Boston

A lawsuit filed against Shasta County Family YMCA Inc. that claimed a worker there assaulted a mentally disabled boy at its Springer Drive day care facility in 2003 recently was dismissed after the Y agreed to pay $32,000 to the teenager's family.

One of Shasta County's more colorful lawyers, who served briefly as district attorney, was remembered Wednesday as a generous man who loved his profession.

They're going to party like it's 1899.

A Red Bluff woman died Tuesday night in a head-on crash involving two vehicles on Interstate 5 south of Corning.

Motorists should expect continuing traffic controls on the southern end of Churn Creek Road today and Friday because of construction.

Redding police on Monday arrested a 20-year-old man for reportedly spray-painting the image of a dog on the side of a commercial building near the Union Pacific Railroad tracks in the south-central part of town.

Shasta County Mental Health officials invite community organizations to participate in the "Minds Matters" resource fair from 3 to 6 p.m. May 22 at 2460 Breslauer Way in Redding.

Eric Hill, center, a California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection firefighter, monitors the vital signs of mock patients Chris Williams, 18, left, and Bethany Breese, 18, Wednesday during an annual airport

WASHINGTON -- Army Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq and the public face of the war effort there, Wednesday became President Bush's nominee to supervise U.S. military operations in the Middle East and Central Asia as head of Central Command, putting him in position to oversee American strategy

Spc. Jeff Clements-Scroggins said he loves being in the military. Here are some vital statistics:

The state needs to cut billions of dollars in spending to balance its budget. Here's one place to start: the salaries of the people who got us into this mess.

War is a form of mass psychosis, during which horrifying acts are transformed into heroic deeds, through the magical moral disinfectant of state sanction.

Doesn't the Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade have anything more important to do? When pot is legalized, will Vaune Dill- nn get his bottle caps back?

I, like so many Shasta County residents, really enjoy Kool April Nites. I especially enjoy the cruise Friday night, but I have a few wishes for the cruise (and so do others, according to comments from other bystanders).

Today is Thursday, April 24, the 115th day of 2008. There are 251 days left in the year.

Northern Gateway NASW -- Noon, BloodSource North State, 1880 Park Marina Drive, Redding, National Association of Social Workers, 243-0820.

The native coffeeberry shrub is like a starting offensive lineman: not fancy or a showman, but an important team player who gets the job done without fanfare. It seems the only time you hear a lineman’s name mentioned is when he’s caught for a holding penalty, and you rarely hear the mention of coffeeberry o