The Redding planning commissioners, after OKing a modest (too modest, a few said) city plan to promote historic preservation, heard a brief pitch this afternoon about Shasta Forward, a yearlong planning party that is surveying county residents about what they...

Blogger Michelle Malkin, in the midst of ripping congressional Republicans for their new "Change You Deserve" slogan, makes this observation: The crack research staff at GOP HQ somehow missed that "Change You Deserve" is the marketing slogan for Effexor, an...

Shasta Rose Society will host its 16th Annual Rose Garden Tour on Sat. May 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (rain or shine). Visit five beautiful private rose gardens in the Redding area for a $10 donation. Proceeds from the event are used to sponsor annual scholarships at Shasta College. One of the gardens will featur

May 13, 2008toMay 17, 2008The Lone Stranger and his sidekick have done it again!  Year after year during rodeo week they seem to escape the authorities and rob a bank…this year it was the US Bank downtown on Pine Street.  They have taken the money and hid it some

For the fellow hired by the city to sell Stillwater Business Park. Do something about the lame web site. Criminy, if you're gonna spend $70 million to $100 million on a business park, in a global marketplace, you need a...

That's what Townhall.com columnist David R. Stokes thinks of Barbara Walters' new tell-all book and subsequent interviews. Stokes closes with a good point: I guess it's fair that most of Barbara's interviewers are tossing her the kind of slow-pitch softball...

CHESTER -- A Northern California mother is mourning the loss of her son and daughter in separate weekend tragedies, after her son died in the hospital Tuesday morning.

Marie Carr-Fitzgerald avidly supports a city proposal to promote the preservation of historic buildings in Redding. (She'd better -- she's president of the historical society, for goodness' sake.) But she acknowledged yesterday that Redding isn't rich with vintage architecture, even...

Now do me a favor and zoom in from that wide angle shot of the universe onto our own Milky Way galaxy. I’m glad someone smarter than me named it that. It’s a good, simple name. It almost sounds like a street name, but a good one. Milky Way—think very big, very vast, lots and lots of clusters of stars, each with lo

I'm confused. Thought Jim Zauher was Redding's economic development czar. Sounds like Oakland-based Realtor John Troughton, retained by the city, will be plowing the same ground: "A lot of people like to come up here and go fishing. ... I...

Today is not my brother's birthday. I know that for a fact, the same way I know the smell of his neck, the way he grins when I tease him, and the sound his cane makes when he's happy or mad. His birthday is not today; it's tomorrow.

Reading between the lines of Kimberly Ross' story it seems Nestle's interest in McCloud is drying up. Nestle looks caught between a rock (NIMBYism) and a hard place (energy prices and the economy). Pity. That town could sure use a...

The Redding Fire Department will hold a memorial service and dedication ceremony Wednesday to honor Captain Ed Andrews, who collapsed during physical training and died on May 14, 2007.

A crooked cop and the criminal he was supposed to guard held up a Redding bank this morning, fleeing as a horde of gun-toting men in yellow and green shirts followed behind on horseback firing pistols into the air.

Colusa High School's board bucked the community's overwhelming sentiment last month and voted 3-2 to change its Redskins mascot. Now residents and alumni are on the warpath -- although at least one letter-writer seems to think the decision was brave....

RED BLUFF — Tehama County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating two separate burglaries that occurred sometime before Monday in the Red Bluff and Corning areas.

There is about to be more bad news for China, since their recent 7.9 earthquake…the recovery and reconstruction. If China depends upon its own hand and power tools, building products, construction, electronic and safety equipment, medicines, pet foods and veterinary supplies, its going to be a very long summe

Ruth went to her mail box and there was only one letter.She picked it up and looked at it before opening, but then she looked at the envelope again.There was no stamp, no postmark, only her name and address.She read the letter:Dear Ruth:I`m going to be in your

This past weekend, Liz, the kids, a few of the kid's friends, and I ventured off to Great America for a weekend full of fun, riding rides and attending a Christian Rock Concert. Mackenzie (my daughter) and Elyse sing

A little girl asked her father, "How did the human race appear?"The father answered, "God made Adam and Eve and they had children and so was all mankind made."Two days later the girl asked her mother t

One of the drawbacks of working at home is you can’t call in sick. First of all, there’s no one to call. You’re it. Unless you want to inform your family that you’re ill and, believe me, they already know. (Especially if you’re a guy and tend to whine a lot.) Secondly, t

Yesterday you met poker expert Jeff Gore and read his introductory piece about poker hand analysis. Join me in welcoming Jeff’s first column where he delves deeply into one poker hand from start to finish. - Don

RED BLUFF -- A Tehama County Superior Court Judge threw out a lawsuit Monday against state Assembly candidate Jim Nielsen, in which the former state senator was accused of being ineligible to run for office because he didn't live in the district. Judge John J. Garaventa agreed with Nielsen's attorneys to st

Sonny Stupek was able to joke Monday that the stress of his Shasta College softball team's come-from-behind series win Sunday over Ohlone is what sent him to the hospital with a heart attack.

Although rodeo attire may look romantic, it is, for the most part, practical -- part of a tradition that can be traced back to Mexican vaqueros and American Indians.

Nestle's plans to build what would have been the country's largest water bottling plant in McCloud have been scaled back by 60 percent, both in physical size and water used.

Trader Joe's expects to open in Redding before Oct. 1, company spokeswoman Alison Mochizuki said Monday.

A commercial real estate agent who specializes in working with private equity firms has been tapped by the city of Redding to sell lots in Stillwater Business Park.

DUJIANGYAN, China (AP) -- The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades.

It's Rodeo Week in Redding, so it must follow that there will be a "bank robbery" somewhere in town today. The infamous Lone Stranger hits a Redding bank every year at this time.

Interstate 5 north of Wonderland Boulevard was closed in both directions early Monday after a power pole was struck by a

Chuck Lema, far left, takes Mason Martina, 2, Andrea Goodban, 6, and Emma Pollet, 7, all of Redding, on a wagon ride at the Redding Rodeo Grounds during Special Kids Day. Members of the Asphalt Cowboys and Redding Rodeo Association offered horseback and wagon rides to children with disabilities Monday. This week

RED BLUFF -- Gates at the Red Bluff Diversion Dam are set to drop Thursday, forming the seasonal lake that is home to a huge jet boat drag race at the end of the month.

It was structured much like a book report.

A Happy Valley man and the remaining members of his once top-secret U.S. Navy squadron have been awarded the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a military unit for their heroic and dangerous work in the Vietnam War -- more than 30 years after the war ended.

A proposal that aims to preserve historic and architecturally significant buildings in Redding will be the focus of a public hearing today.

The Shasta County Sheriff's Office Monday identified the teenager killed Saturday night on Interstate 5 north of Gilman Road.

• Siskiyou proposes bed tax increase • New senior fitness classes focus on fun • Arts seminar for electronic photos set

The Cottonwood man struck by a train in Red Bluff early Saturday was upgraded from critical to serious condition Monday at Mercy Medical Center in Redding, a Red Bluff police department spokesman said.

Redding isn't Rome, and the Pine Street School isn't the Pantheon, but the River City still has its history.

If ever there was a time for public school districts around the state to face up to the need for differential diplomas, this is it.

Long-term care planning is a must, especially when it comes to blended families. No one wants to think that there may come a time when they may need to pay for professional help regarding their care. Without the proper planning, your life's accomplishments could be lost.

Shasta's Simon Hundeshagen made it to the semifinals Monday in the Northern Section boys individual tennis championships before falling 6-1, 6-3 to top-seeded Max Littlejohn on Pleasant Valley.

• Verizon Wireless coverage expands • Sports LTD holds birthday bash • Web site design topic of workshop

Speaking of Sacramento, I stopped by the Sunday farmer's market underneath Highway 50, south of downtown. (It doesn't sound like much, but, hey, it's shady.) Among the great cherries from Stockton was a wonderful dairy selling great cheeses, butter, and...

Everyone in the world outside of Redding must have already noticed this, but visiting friends in Sacramento this weekend, I was struck by the number of 20-something hipsters wearing funky T-shirts advertising their enthusiasm for -- the latest alt-country phenom?...

Everyone in the world outside of Redding must have already noticed this, but visiting friends in Sacramento this weekend, I was struck by the number of 20-something hipsters wearing funky T-shirts advertising their enthusiasm for -- the latest alt-country phenom?...

Shasta County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two men this evening following a pursuit that involved the sheriff’s All-Terrain Motorcycle Unit.