Redding police officers closed down the block surrounding their California Street headquarters for less than an hour tonight so a bomb technician could check a suspicious suitcase that had been left in front of the building.

Today is Daylight-savings time. Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead one hour (spring forward). Click here if you’d like to read more about why

Anderson police are at the scene of a head-on collision this afternoon on Gaines Lane at Balls Ferry Road where a woman has suffered minor injuries, the California Highway Patrol's Web site says.

Liam Twight, a 13-year-old Pacheco Elementary School seventh-grader, today won the 12th Annual Record Searchlight Spelling Bee at Sequoia Middle School in Redding.

When telling stories about her life, those who knew former Shasta County supervisor Molly Wilson spoke of a woman devoted to her family, her friends and her faith.

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Homily4th Sunday of Lent (Year C) Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32The Prodigal “Sons” There is a great desire in all of us to find happiness and to feel fulfilled in our lives. For many of us, our daily focu

Everything I know about the "houses of ill-repute" in yesterday's mystery photo was told to me by Maxine Bidwell Summers who was born, raised, and lived almost her entire life in the Fall River Valley. Maxine, however, doesn't call it...

Not certain, but we recall this as the home of a newsworthy local heart surgeon who fell under a cloud of suspicion about his practice. We see now it is for sale again, although not listed in the MLS, and with

Redding firefighters responded this morning to an electrical fire in the attic of a Kerryjen Court four-plex this morning.

Pretty easy to do the math on this one. Looks like just under $100 per sq ft. It’s listed as a 1971 3/2 on a good sized 85′ X 135′ sized lot in the Enterprise area. It’s been listed for sale by foreclosure listing broker Diane Abair of Bears Den Realty. She

The OneWord prompt is nuclear.You know, the clock starts and, well…She clutches tufts of chest hair in her delicate hands, but he’s more worried about the frenetic rise and fall of her hips against his. He’s thinking about every else than her wa

Returning a Redbox freebie DVD at the Raley’s near my home I was treated to the sight of a magnificent double rainbow. I did not have my camera, boo. When we got home I jammed inside the house to get it. The rainbow was visible in the center of a stand of trees at the end [...]

Let’s face it - I am all about habitat and environmentally friendly and responsible gardening. I am. I love birds, bees, butterflies and the like. But, let’s also face the fact that we live in deer country. And Oh Deer!…

Featuring not him but Jane Heinan....

That's Whole Wheat Radio.It's a hardy, flavorful treat after a bland diet of mainstream radio's fluffy Wonder Bread.From the WWR website:"Whole Wheat Radio is a homegrown grassroots online radio station originating from Talkeetna, Alaska.""We feature the music of 2,794 tru

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A late-winter storm Friday bullied the north state with wind-driven bursts of valley rain and mountain snow.

On a chilly night last week, our heater stopped working. This little incident was the latest in a series of events with a pricey, malfunctioning theme. And it fits right in with my conspiracy theory that our house is out to get us.

Q: Copper pipes vs. steel pipes - should sellers consider updating plumbing?

Saturated or scorched. That's weather in the north state.

Where's Congress going? I am sitting here wondering what country I am now living in.

Is the state's political gene pool that shallow?

In accord with the mnemonic "Spring Forward, Fall Back," this Sunday we set our clocks forward one hour.

Q: To what extent is the concept of sin, karma, etc., significant in controlling modern social behavior?

Learn how to start your own business The Microenterprise Development Program of Superior California Economic Development is sponsoring a workshop to explore self-employment on March 23.

Shabbat Cinema: Noon lunch and 1 p.m. film today at Temple Beth Israel, 8529 Placer Road in Redding. Featured film is Woody Allen's "Everyone Says I Love You." Call 243-5726 or go to www.tbiredding.org.

Today is Saturday, March 13, the 72nd day of 2010. There are 293 days left in the year.

Ever since I took so much heat from Mr. Johannsen on telling everyone only things you can't lawfully do, I have been working on something that you can legally do - and it doesn't cost you a nickel.

Q: Chris R. of San Francisco wants to know why the U.S. Census Bureau bothered sending him a letter telling him to expect a census form in the mail in a week or so.

Deputy marshals had to physically restrain a convicted killer who threatened a judge and cursed a prosecutor during a resentencing hearing Friday morning in Shasta County Superior Court.

For the second year in a row, Bella Vista Elementary School students have earned awards for being physically active.

Few people know just how good it feels to come home as well as Logan Thompson.On Thursday, the 8-year-old Anderson boy got to sleep in his own bed for the first time in 141 nights.

The Shasta Interagency Narcotics Task Force served three drug-related search warrants this week, resulting in seven arrests and placement of a 3-year-old in the care of Child and Family Services.

Two reported dead in Hwy. 299 crash SALYER - Search-and-rescue teams and a Trinity County coroner were called to the site of a Friday crash along Highway 299 in which two people were killed.

Shasta County District Attorney Jerry Benito's decision not to prosecute the alleged attacker of a man who died last year after a punch on a Redding dance floor is taking a political turn.