For close to a year, since the Redding City Council first discussed changing the way city clerk's are chosen, Gary Cadd -- once and future City Council candidate himself -- has been agitating against changing the status quo. Tonight's vote...

I do not buy Charles Bowden's apocalyptic attitude in this High Country News article, though of course I might feel differently if I still lived closer to Mexico. That said, he has a heck of a way with words. A...

Redding voters will go on electing their city clerk, much as they have for more than a century.

Castle Rock Elementary School celebrates "Read Across America Day" in style. Visits from local authors, books swap, face painting, and even green eggs and ham highlight today's events. It is also the starting point for one local author with a heart for education. She is traveling from coast to coast to connect America and e

This weekend I got the chance to watch Battleground. A nominee for best picture, among other awards, in 1950, Battleground lacks the blood, guts and explosions of modern war films, but it is big on heart. It is one of those war films that ce

For all those rock hounds out there, the Shasta Gem and Mineral Society’s monthly  “Roc Toc” newsletter for March is now available! Click Here to view the March Ro

Shasta County education and teachers union officials plan a “Fight for Education” rally Wednesday near the Redding Civic Center.

Curious what they might have to say about the fuss raised over potential monuments, I rang up the Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center in Ashland, who are the primary folks promoting the idea of a Siskiyou Crest National Monument. The campaign manager,...

Police are searching today for two suspects accused of assaulting a 27-year-old Redding woman.

So says Joe Matthews about the two Republican candidates for governor, who are both spending millions trying to persuade the voters of their conservative bona-fides. Right now, Meg Whitman is spending millions to convince Republican primary voters that she's the...

RED BLUFF — Eight felony counts of money laundering were added today in the case against Red Bluff entrepreneur Joseph Froome, delaying his preliminary hearing on marijuana charges, Tehama County Deputy District Attorney Matt Rogers said.

A Tehama County woman suspected of embezzling about $7,000 to $10,000 from her employer has been sentenced to more than one year in prison, prosecutors with the Tehama County District Attorney’s Office announced today.

The Sara Evans concert scheduled for Wednesday night at the Redding Convention center has been canceled.

ANDERSON — A 10-year-old boy told Anderson police on Monday that a driver with two Pomeranian-type dogs on his lap tried to get him into his car while he was walking home from school.

A journalistic colleague e-mails: Went to Jack's with friends on Saturday night to celebrate my husband's birthday, and we were delighted to hear that there was a 1.5-hour wait... the past few times we've visited, we've been seated before we...

Ronald Reagan "signed" the diploma I got from the University of California in December 1974. A few months later Jerry Brown began his eight-year turn as California's chief executive. How long ago was that? Let's see...gasoline averaged 44 cents a...

Emergency crews were responding this afternoon to a reported traffic accident on Market Street near Eureka Way.

Say this for Jerry Brown. He's been through a brutal cash crunch in Sacramento. Here's a link to then Gov. Brown's speech following passage of the tectonic shift known as Proposition 13, more than 30 years ago now....

For all those rock hounds out there, the Shasta Gem and Mineral Society’s monthly  “Roc Toc” newsletter for March is now available! Click Here to view the March Ro

Who knew? Shasta County's own Mauro Oliveira was outside the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting the other week down in San Diego, ScienceNow reports. Why? SAN DIEGO--I wasn't the only one underwhelmed by the...

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Both Taylor and Keswick were major smelter communities at the same time for the Iron Mountain Mine. Taylor was located on the south side of Keswick. Taylor began to grow in 1895 shortly after the ground was broken for the...

Conditions at Mt. Shasta Ski Park

I was told once that the purpose of art is to remind us that we are human. (I know too many who have forgotten that fact.) Art comes in many forms: writing, music, dance, painting, fashi

A Redding man said he was thankful for "airbags and seat belts" this morning, saying they allowed him to walk away from a freeway wreck.

Do we forget that we are to be stewards of our own bodies as well. God gave us this body to be an instrument, an instrument used for His greater glory. If we trash our bodies, what is that saying about our respect for God's gift.If we neglect our bodies, what is that saying about our thoughts

I was a college student in the desert city of Albuquerque, N.M., when I first read a news article about a homeowner who'd yanked out the lawn to save water (did I mention this was the desert?) and, for her...

The Shasta County supervisors voted this morning to spend $458,000 in Homeland Security grants on drills and equipment for county agencies.

I just wanted to post a photo of the plaque I received for Special Recognition by the Shasta Association of REALTORS for "outstanding performance, participation, and professional support," in 2009. I was presented the award at a banquet I unfortunately couldn't attend(!) but the plaque is very nice. Last year I was Commu

Last weekend was 1/2 price entry for Redding residents. I took a few shots of the Arboretum. There were a lot of folks out enjoying the sunny day. Still early Spring, so not much in bloom there. Coming soon though, so don’t miss it. It’s Really Redding.

Not that Shasta College's former prez needs the work. From the City Times: San Jose City College hired former Ohlone College president Doug Treadway as the interim president Feb. 16. He will fill in, while the school seeks replacement for...

Today’s FDotD seemed farther out of town when it listed and sold in 2001 for $127K. The town grew larger over the decade, but the price of this home, not so much. Was it a lost decade, or is this simply the buy of a decade? You decide. According to records this home was b

A series of winter storms should roll over the north state this week, with the first hitting today.

It’s Tuesday, time for a NaiSaiKu Challenge. It’s poetry, wit ha fun twist.horizon glows orange,another sunrise beckons us,fresh ideas, new thoughts bustle,IT’S DAWN ON A NEW DAYfresh ideas, new thoughts bustle,another sunrise beckon

Igo Store owner Tom Schlenker has been at the center of the Igo community for many years. His one-stop shop IS the middle of town, and he personally is right there for every fundraiser and good cause. N

As many of you already know, I often speak of us Christians needing to take the harder road, picking up our crosses, and enduring trial after trial until we receive our heavenly reward..This is true

Last fall, “Backstage Pass” with behind-the-scenes video by Tom Ramont gave readers an inside look at The Dance Project’s “Cascade Christmas,” from auditions to performance. &

What is your favorite band? Favorite song by that band?

To be honest, as I like to be whenever I can, I've never cared much about my birthday. Growing up, birthdays were the days other kids had parties and got presents. I felt lucky to get a cake from my mother (chocolate with custard filling), $5 from my daddy and a lick in the face from my dog.

SWITCH SHOWS SENSE: Hats off to Redding City Councilman Rick Bosetti. If you only have money to get your kid breakfast, you don't buy an ice cream cone. A $25,000 special election is not needed as much as a police officer or firefighter.

Here's the deal with freight trains: Even a slow-moving one will really ruin your Friday night if you're stuck in its path. And jumping in front of one to save someone else is putting your own skin at serious risk. When a driver stuck on the tracks needs to be not just invited or coaxed but physically pulled from her vehicl

Every poll shows there are few things California's burgeoning Latino community wants more from government this year than immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship for persons now in this country illegally, also known as amnesty.

Leave us some dirt Bill Carlson's letter to the editor Thursday hit several nails on the head. We could walk on city streets if we wished to walk on pavement.

Vehicle strikes and kills mountain lion FALL RIVER MILLS - A mountain lion was killed by a car Monday night on Glenburn Road north of Highway 299, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.

Showcase a home to benefit refuge HomeHop - formerly the Cottage Tour - is looking for homes that sport that do-it-yourself flair.

A state grant-giving agency aimed at improving the environment and economics of the Sierra Nevada is set to hold a board meeting this week in Anderson.

1910: A young man hired a rig from a local liveryman to go for a drive. Later, the horse came running back into town, but the driver was missing. The driver later appeared in a demented condition. It could not be ascertained whether the man had met with an accident or had suddenly become insane while on the road.

Lillian Hendrix, a member of one of the north state's pioneer families, ended life where she began - in Oak Run. But during her 96 years, she lived in Alaska, decorated a cake for a president and raised race horses.

Carli Lewis chose the right day to visit the Shasta County Department of Social Services. The 25-year-old unemployed Redding resident was turning in some paperwork with her 1-year-old son on Monday when she was told about a possible job opportunity through the county's Family Assistance through Contracted Employment Service

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. The Boondocker Ball - a 1940s-style USO dinner and dance to raise funds for a proposed Northern California Veterans Museum and Heritage Center - will have plenty of that doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah.

After months of repeated repairs, the Rancho Road sewer line is functional and tied to the city system, according to Redding officials.

SACRAMENTO - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger threatened last week to veto a bill that would reduce a corporate tax break, calling it a tax increase. He says requiring Amazon.com to collect tax dollars already owed is a new tax burden.

Wes Matthews and Andy Freeman fondly recall leaving campus to grab a lunchtime burrito at Senor Rosas. So when the Shasta High School graduates learned the longtime Mexican eatery near the Wolves' campus had closed, they felt compelled to buy the business and revive it.

Enterprise's Brian Tofflemire and Shasta's Samantha Schmidbauer head into next week's California Nevada Interscholastic Ski and Snowboard Federation as top seeds in the boys and girls skiing slalom and GS disciplines.

The Foothill High School baseball team opened up with a 10-2 win Monday over Foothill.The Cougars' Andrew Millner, Brandon Erickson and Eric Vidal combined for a no-hit, 15 strikeout performance. Erickson gave up two unearned runs in the fifth.

Walk into a certain downtown Redding warehouse on a Wednesday evening and you'll see a 30-by-40-foot layout - a model city with four to six trains running throughout it - and six or eight sets of legs sticking out from underneath.

Jim Parks, the former Shasta College men's basketball coach who led the Knights to the 1981-1982 Division II state title, is slated to be inducted into the California Community College Basketball Coaches' Association Hall of Fame.

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Xylitol: A sugar that’s good for your teeth! No, that title’s not a typo. Researchers have found a sweetener (Xylitol) that is actually good for your teeth. This is by far the best news to come out of the profession of…