OK, last week it was just rumor and hearsay. Now I can confirm, with the evidence of my own eyes and quads, that the new trail from Swasey Drive up to the Mule Mountain pass is a vast improvement. Even...

... we'd have to invent it. Our friends on the coast are trying to figure out how to rehabilitate the old Georgia-Pacific mill in Fort Bragg. The site includes drop-dead gorgeous coastline right next to the city, but it suffers...

That's how Shasta County DA Jerry Benito explained the county's leading the state in parolee numbers in Ryan Sabalow's excellent story Sunday. In a nutshell, we have more parolees because we send more people to prison -- and 99 percent...

I'd like to welcome the newest addition to MomCat's brood..This little girl showed up Thursday evening. I had just finished some mowing and was sitting down outside on the bench when I heard a sweet little meow. She cautiously crept out to see if I was friendly, and wound up e

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was reportedly miffed after reading Saturday's story about the criticisms leveled at him in Red Bluff, mainly by Sen. Sam Aanestad. Today, the governor's office released this letter: The Honorable Sam Aanestad California State Senate State Capitol...

This just in: The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in San Francisco has hit $4 -- $4.006, to be exact. AAA of Northern California reports the statewide average today is $3.91, 52 cents higher than a year ago. In Redding, the average for a gallon of regular unleaded is $3.92, which

Two thumbs up to Prime 11 Cinemas CEO Ken Hill, who is the new owner of the Riverside Plaza Cinemas in Red Bluff. The Red Bluff theater will be closed today through Thursday for renovations, Hill confirmed Monday. The Anderson (CA) Prime 11 Cinemas opened in 2006 in a (pardon the pun) prime locale: the much-visited Prime [.

Did anyone notice anything a little odd or unusual about the front page of the Sports section in this past Saturday's Record Searchlight?Here. Let me give you a little help.

When it comes to this year's north state Assembly race, the candidates are as diverse as the issues they're debating. Balancing the state budget, protecting the north state's water resources and maintaining the area's roads and bridges are among the top issues for the four Republican hopefuls in the 2nd Assembl

Kidney dialysis is a $10 billion business, and the world’s largest player in the industry has found Shasta County. Fresenius Medical Care opened its northwest distribution center in the Shasta Gateway Industrial Park in Shasta Lake last fall.

West Valley High School junior Michelle Johnson took fourth in the 3,200 meters at Saturday's Meet of Champions in Sacramento.

Cheryl Cruse is a librarian at the Redding Library and works in the children's section. She spoke about what gets kids reading and what parents can do to help. The following is an excerpt from a recent conversation.

It's been nearly a year since an east Redding home was auctioned off for $375,000, then taken back by the seller after the deal was voided, the result of a legal dispute.

Dust mites, which under a microscope resemble eight-legged sci-fi monsters, can bring on asthma attacks in some people

Tax return income up in Shasta County

"Restore and renew." "Significantly reduces the loss of cells in the epidermis." "Regenerate cells and repair tissue."

WASHINGTON -- As boating season approaches, the Bush administration wants to enlist the country's 80 million recreational boaters to help reduce the chances that a small boat could deliver a nuclear or radiological bomb somewhere along the country's 95,000 miles of coastline and inland waterways.

U-Prep earns certification

The recent energy bill passed by Congress addresses only half of the equation, the vehicles we drive. In a feeble attempt to address the gasoline problem, Congress proposes adding more ethanol to our gas. It's the wrong way to go.

An escaped burn scorched two acres of brush and vegetation Sunday afternoon in the 17000 block of Clear Creek Road in Redding.

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Many women know the story: Work out, diet, follow all the advice in magazines and still, a pocket of fat on the thighs or tummy refuses to disappear.

BOULDER, Colo. -- Standing before a full-length mirror in her swimsuit on the Fourth of July, Deandra Trevino could no longer overlook it: There was something terribly wrong.

WASHINTON -- A stack of old television sets towered above Tim Webster as he put his own dust-covered, 20-year-old set onto the heap. He had replaced it with a new flat-screen TV and decided it was time to part with his old living-room companion.

It's the age of the charter school in California.

Irene Puhala bowls regularly but she does not need special shoes or a heavy ball that weighs between 11 to 16 pounds.

SIERRA MADRE -- Firefighters gained ground Sunday against an early season wildfire that slowly chewed its way through dense brush near Los Angeles, forcing more than 1,000 people from homes in the foothills.

I am pleased to present Becky Gilmer, a new Food for Thought contributing author, as she shares her astute observations about events and places in and around Ashland, Ore., Please join me in welcoming Becky. Doni Sunday dawned clear and bright; a perfect day to stroll through Lithia Park or grab a s

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