A magnitude-5.2 earthquake briefly shook Northern California tonight.

Hear a proposal to give $10,000 of UPEC money to Supervisor hopeful Paul Heckman was soundly defeated at a raucous union meeting Monday evening after questions were raised about the connection between union labor rep David Ritchie's wife and Heckman's...

The cost of gasoline, food and most other commodities have risen dramatically in the past year or two, but the price of every raw material of civilization hasn't gone up. "What's gone down?" you ask. Why, the one product that...

I was just looking through the photos from our trip and realized there were some nice ones I didn't post. Warning to dial-up users: very picture-heavy..We were enjoying pancakes one afternoon and I saw these two old men. I could tell by the way they ate in silence, carefully eating

This really is one of my all-time favorite songs. Cute video too. Never been there but would like to go.

And in this economy, too. The Darkside tattoo emporium has moved across Pine Street into the former home of The Underground....

Okay so I have to say, this guy wins for the most clothes brought to a session award. He has a thing for t-shirts and brought over 50 to be shot with! We had a great time doing some guitar, car shots, and loads more.

A 30-year-old Redding man was arrested today on suspicion of stealing at least $12,000 in copper wire from a construction area.

Graduation is right around the corner!!! We’re still busy shooting 2008 seniors and starting to schedule 09 seniors already. If you are an 08 senior it’s not too late!!! We’re rushing orders right now and can get them back in a flash!!

This adorable 8th grader came in for some fun lifestyle shots to show off all her activites in 8th Grade. She had a ton of energy and photographed beautifully! Here’s some of my favs from her session…

This might be interesting: Redding Residents George Kutras and Hardev Bal will discuss how their properties had been targeted for potential eminent domain acquisition and the need for real eminent domain reform. WHAT: Eminent Domain Reform - Proposition 98 WHEN:...

What we have here is the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well rounded. Bold the ones you've read, underline the ones you read for school, italicize the ones you started but didn't finish. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norre

April 29, 2008Lost: Roger Waters' Pig By REUTERSLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Organizers of a major California music festival are offering a $10,000 reward and four festival tickets for life in exchange for ex-Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters' two-story inflatable pig, which was lost on Sunday

According to the Drudge Report, Hillary Clinton will make her first-ever appearance on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" Wednesday night. Fun....

I just don't get the STAR tests that are such a big deal for the schools each year. For the schools -- teachers, administrators, etc. -- the results can be a very big deal, shaping the future of the institution...

If you enjoy Beth Maxey's stories on the Tehama page in the Friday Record Searchlight, you'll like reading her blog here. It's titled, "Old Musings," and she describes it as "Ramblings, revelations, rants and raves from a seeker of wisdom...

A minor decoy was able to buy alcohol at two Shasta County businesses Monday, in a sting that resulted in four arrests.

Sorry, I'm on a long-term blog hiatus....

It's in the students' hands now. Schools from across the north state have begun taking the state Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) test. Thousands of students from second grade on up will spend two or three days at their desks this week or next answering questions and filling in bubble sheets.

Daniel Bartow struck out 17, raised his record to 9-0 and lifted the Redding Christian Lions into a first-place tie in the Mid-Valley League North standings Monday with a 5-2 win over U-Prep.

• North Point Cleaners closing • Baskin Robbins will help out firefighters • NVCSS honors volunteers, workers

Home prices in Shasta County in March reached a near four-year low.

Graduation is just weeks away and students in Shasta College's fire technology class learned from the pros yesterday.

Former sheriff’s Sgt. Paul Heckman said he would solve county problems by being the voice of the people if he’s elected to serve as District 2 Shasta County supervisor.

Three Shasta County deputy public defenders were arrested early Saturday morning on suspicion of starting a drunken ruckus with police officers at a Redding bar.

NEW YORK -- Tax rebates have begun dropping into bank accounts, but in this economy, gas and groceries may trump a high-end TV, a fancy dress or a new sofa -- making the checks less of an economic jump-start than the government hoped for.

• Discount tickets on sale for fair • Father and son sentenced for robbery • Road work blocks Churn Creek lane

PREP BASEBALL -- Trinity at Hayfork 1 p.m.

President Bush's signature No Child Left Behind Act came up for reauthorization last year, but Congress deadlocked then and it looks like the law may remain untouched this year, too.

Ever since Al Gore won an Oscar and a Nobel Prize for his fight against expanding climate change, there have been claims that nuclear power plants are the easy solution. They give phenomenal amounts of energy, after all, without much carbon production.

In regard to the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints polygamist cult in the Texas compound, I have some serious concerns and questions.

Outrun a train. Outsmart a cow. Make a plan, any plan, to get by. Games I played as a child were all about survival.

Young chinook salmon set to avoid a 200-mile swim and hitch a truck ride from the Coleman National Fish Hatchery to San Pablo Bay will have to wait.

Today is Tuesday, April 29, the 120th day of 2008. There are 246 days left in the year.

The following thefts and vandalism were reported to:

Meetings-- Metro Redding Kiwanis Club -- 6:30 a.m., Country Waffles, 2300 Athens Ave., Redding, 221-5421.

It's in the students' hands now.

The Clark family of Cottonwood feeds animals at their ranch off Gas Point Road in 1952. Two-year-old David, front, and his mother, Ida, feed lambs milk from bottles as Kathy, right, and Richard watch. To view other historical documents, go to www.shastahistorical.org.

Did you hear about The Capital Times, an afternoon daily paper in Madison, Wis.? The 90-year-old newspaper dumped its print edition and became an online-only newspaper. How much longer before all newspapers permanently stop the presses and s

Every few years the north state endures an abundance of caterpillars, especially around oak trees. Today I finally looked up their name: Malacosoma californicum, commonly known as the tent caterpillar.  Here in the country, I don’t mind snakes. And I’m intrigued by mountain lions, coyotes an

Among TV commercials, one rings the most true: Two slacker dudes are in a store with limited money, trying to decide between beer and toilet paper. They choose the beer, then respond in unison to the question, “Paper or plastic?” We laugh not just at the follies of youth or because we’ve