Recently watched, very belatedly, Ken Burns' "Thomas Jefferson." It brought to mind this: When President John F. Kennedy welcomed forty-nine Nobel Prize winners to the White House in 1962 he said, "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of...

An.ar.chy- noun1. a state of society without government or law2. political or social disorder due to the absence of government control…3. a theory that regards the absence of all direct of coercive government as a political ideal and that proposes the cooperative and voluntary association of individuals

My esteemed co-bloggers Marc Beauchamp and Dylan Darling note with pleasure that the governor's budget would spare a couple of state parks that an earlier proposal had threatened to close. I like parks. I live in Redding because it's so...

Gay marriage is by any measurement a fundamental change in one of our core social structures -- a redefinition of the word "marriage," really. Given that a majority of the people of California said just eight years ago that they...

I had a long day at work, rushed over to the church for "Sports Night," met my kids and played soccer for 2 hours, and then rushed off to the RCIA (Catholic Training Classes for those desiring to become catholic), m

"I started off as a far right-wing Goldwater supporter and I may leave this world a socialist. It is the god damnedest thing I've ever seen. This is hard, ... we don't want regulations, but perhaps we need them." From...

During lunch I heard state Sen. Sam Aanestad interviewed on Sacramento radio station KTKZ about today's California Supreme Court marriage ruling, in which four judges overruled 4,618,673 voters. Aanestad said it's easy to get upset about the ruling, but he...

Unless you're an artist with passion and a gift. Jim Dyar has both. Here's to my former RS colleague and longtime D.A.T.E. editor for, as Joseph Campbell said, following his bliss. A snap of Jim and bandmate singer Torri Pratt...

See that one of my favorite places, Ide Adobe State Park in Red Bluff, has been spared in the governor's proposed budget. Still, wonder why the park couldn't be taken over by city of Red Bluff, Tehama County, or the...

The Lone Stranger and his sidekick have been unmasked. Cathy Giacomelli of Redding correctly identified the desperados this morning and will pocket $300 this afternoon for solving the annual Redding Rodeo Week puzzler, said Asphalt Cowboys spokesman Duane Tomei, who was the Lone Stranger. Barb

What three dishes could you live on for the rest of your life? View other answers PastaOystersAnything Mexican

Michael Jason Schweitzer, 35, of Talent, Ore., was driving a Harley Davidson Sportster on Wednesday night when he left the road and crashed into an embankment, a Siskiyou County sheriff’s spokeswoman said.

DAVIS — Veterinary scientists at the University of California at Davis have named canine distemper, a virus, as the cause of the numerous skunk, raccoon and fox deaths near Redding earlier this year.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court has overturned a ban on gay marriage, paving the way for California to become the second state where gay and lesbian residents can marry.

The loot has been found. The Asphalt Cowboys’ annual Rodeo Week treasure hunt ended this morning when Cindy Barnett found the loot hidden at the Redding Dog Park at Airpark Drive and Placer Street, said Cowboys spokesman Duane Tomei. She will receive her check tonight at the cowboys’ clubhouse.

Classes at Oasis Community Day School in Redding have been canceled today after the second bomb threat in two days.

Wired's Brandon Keim is stumped: Why are less-educated Republicans more likely to agree with the global scientific community than their more-educated political counterparts, and vice versa among Democrats? Oddly enough, the majority of Republicans might not believe in global warming,...

RED BLUFF — A woman died this morning after being struck by a car near the McCoy Road and Matlock Loop Road intersection.

SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday released a $144.3 billion state budget that eliminates a massive deficit by selling lottery bonds and cutting billions in state programs.

Often I wonder about a variety of things in life.Are we surrounded with signs and we just don't see them? An image of the core of the Whirlpool galaxy M51 (NGC 5149) taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.It shows an immense ring of dust and gas that is thought to surround an

Redding has settled a long-simmering legal dispute with Dale Stickney Construction at the likely cost of delays for a park planned along Lake Boulevard. The city will pay Dale $793,000 to head off a multimillion-dollar lawsuit stemming from disagreements over Big League Dreams sports park constructio

• Classes to help companies win bids • Need 2 Speed changes adult track layout • Spiritual fair needs vendors for event • People in business

Travelin' in Time is a weekly look at historic places in the north state.

The Enterprise and Anderson Lions Club and the Anderson Parks and Recreation host the Anderson River Park Century Bike Ride on Saturday. There's still time to register.

Today's clues to help the Asphalt Cowboys solve Tuesday's "bank robbery" and find the missing loot:

Amy Van Kirk, Shasta Lake: In light of the current bad economic news, I would like to recognize a Redding business that isn't cutting corners to save money at the cost of customer service.

JJ Abraham and Craig Howard, teammates on the Shasta High School golf team, will be competitors -- albeit, friendly ones -- come June 2.

Each year, the Redding Rodeo directors try to figure another way to improve.

SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday released a $144.3 billion state budget that eliminates a massive deficit by selling lottery bonds and cutting billions in state programs.

Foothill High School will play a section title doubleheader Saturday, but the scheduled times have changes.

Absentee voters in Shasta County will want to double-check their ballots' return envelopes, because 37 have been found to mistakenly bear the Yuba County Clerk's return address.

This weekend has the potential to be a great one for north state softball.

STOCKTON -- San Joaquin County sheriff's deputies are searching parts of the Sacramento River Delta for a 26-year-old Anderson man who fell overboard Saturday while fishing.

The name Shasta identifies a mountain, a lake, a town, a dam -- and now a spider.

With the value of the dollar down, those who promote the north state's sights and attractions say the region, more than ever, makes economic sense as a destination for European tourists.

SACRAMENTO -- A Redding family has reached an approximately $1 million out-of-court settlement with a toy company it sued in federal court after their 4-year-old boy swallowed strong magnets contained in a set of building blocks.

Dear Babe: I saw your response on a ticket stub, and it got me wondering about an old stub I have from a Jack Dempsey vs. Cowboy Luttrell fight. It was on a Monday evening, July 1, 1940, in Ponce De Leon Park in Atlanta. The fight cost was $1 plus10 cents tax for a grand total of $1.10. James Norris, McDonough,

A federal agency is investigating claims from an Anderson parent that the Cascade Union

A 15-year-old Redding boy faces a possible seven-year juvenile and adult prison sentence next week for assaulting another teenager outside a Redding movie theater last summer.

• Flag lowered as memorial to fallen peace officers • Mom accused of being drunk in public • Candidate Morris plans meet-and-greet on Sunday

The veteran firefighter, known to friends as "Special Ed," died May 14, 2007, at age 53 during a training exercise. A ceremony took place at a trail near Canyon Creek Road, just east of Blazingwood Drive, where the Hennings usually walk and where a memorial bench was placed the day before in honor of Andrews.

Firefighters get pulled up a hillside Wednesday with patient Margaret E. Ogness, 56, of North Highlands, who lost control of her car on a curve on Highway 299 and dropped 100 feet down an embankment, the California Highway Patrol reported. The car landed upside down in Willow Creek about two miles west of the Fr

A Shasta County dance group has been selected as the first-ever United States entry in a Hip Hop World Championship competition next month in Bremen, Germany.

Today is Thursday, May 15, the 136th day of 2008. There are 230 days left in the year.

Brain Injury Guidance Group: 5:30 to 7 p.m., Redding Library Reading Room, 1100 Parkview Ave., 351-5977.

In negotiations, it's smart to play your cards close to the vest, but hiring a real-estate agent on a no-bid contract to haggle over unnamed property for the county? Even when it's well intended, that sort of deal leaves the taxpayers wondering if someone has a card up his sleeve.

If the McCain campaign is still trying out songs, it should consider one by a couple of Brits, W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. We have to change the words "an Englishman" to "American" to get it to work, but, that done, the song expresses succinctly and entirely the case for John McCain and, by implication, ag

In my 80 years of life in this wonderful country of ours, I have seen an outstanding number of improvements in our quality of life. Here is a partial list of these improvements.

By now, hopefully you’ve read my first column about selecting good garden site, incorporated lots of good compost and weeding it bare! But, even if you are still in the process of soil preparation, lets talk about what t

The most amazing snake stories slithered into our living room the other evening between six friends. Fun, fun, fun. For more than an hour these incredible tales crawled between me, Bruce and two couples. Basically, we had ourselves a snake-telling extravaganza. I cannot choose my favorite snake story, beca