Firefighters are responding to a three-car wreck reported on eastbound Highway 44 at the Park Marina Drive exit.

Upside-down tomato plants? What's up with that. Some gardeners say there are pluses to growing plants off the ground and upside down.

Richard Morey is angry. The 58-year-old Shasta Lake resident said he got a 27-year-old bill in June claiming he owes the Shasta County Department of Social Services $785.

A 39-year-old Lassen County man was sentenced today to 12 years in prison after he was convicted last month of felony driving under the influence of marijuana and causing great bodily injury in connection with a 2008 traffic accident that seriously injured three Palo Cedro teenagers and also injured a Redding girl.

An investigation into one of Shasta County’s most mysterious unsolved murders appears to be taking on new life.

Real estate experts offer advice on what papers to bring when first meeting with a lender.

Seeds cause problems for pets and they stick around for months.

Shasta County sheriff’s investigators are recommending that child endangerment charges be filed against the Shasta Lake father of an 11-year-old Redding girl who drowned July 18 in Clear Creek.

An enraged 14-year-old group home resident this morning reportedly stabbed an employee in the eye with a sharp stick after getting into an argument with her, according to a Police Department press statement.

A dead house finch found two weeks ago in Redding has tested positive for West Nile Virus, according to a Shasta Mosquito and Vector Control press statement.

Emergency crews are rushing to Churn Creek Road and Victor Avenue, where a white passenger car reportedly flipped several times and landed in a ditch.

The lightning-sparked McDonald Fire near the Lassen County town of Termo has grown to an estimated 9,000 acres, according to the Susanville Interagency Fire Center.

Seasonably warm -- but not too warm -- weather will continue in the northern Sacramento Valley into early next week. Redding will see a high temperature today around 96 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. That's a bit below the average high in Redding on this date of 99 degrees. Winds out

The Fishing Report: July 30, 2010

While California is facing a multibillion-dollar deficit, and double-digit unemployment, now seems like a great time to invest in the state and get its residents back to work, right? Well, not according to some in Sacramento. There are efforts under way to eliminate key provisions of California’s Enterprise Zone Pr

WASHINGTON — President Ahmadinejad has a penchant for the somewhat loony, as when last weekend he denounced Paul the Octopus, omniscient predictor of eight consecutive World Cup matches, as a symbol of decadence and purveyor of “Western propaganda and superstition.” But for all his clownishness, Ahmadin

Redding’s an opinionated town. Someone among its vocal residents must not share the apparently universal respect for Police Chief Peter Hansen.

With the 33rd annual Lions All-Star Football game only a day away, the north state is being given a slight taste of football season a little bit early and I am thrilled about it.

Travelin’ in Time is a weekly look at historic places or people in the north state.

Cottonwood’s Todd Thompson finished second in the Moto X Adaptive Moto event at the 2010 X Games 16 on Thursday in Los Angeles.

Rank-and-file Redding police Thursday rejected a City Council counteroffer on concessions, all but assuring the department will lose four officers to layoffs at year’s end.

An Anderson police officer Thursday was ordered to stand trial on charges he allegedly raped a woman he was taking to Shasta County jail after her arrest in late May.

Sheriff’s investigators have finished questioning witnesses to the July 18 drowning of an 11-year-old Redding girl and may announce today whether they will seek criminal charges against her father.

North state in brief: July 30, 2010

North State Marketplace: July 30, 2010

Kilarc Forebay anglers and others potentially affected by the proposed dismantling of Pacific Gas and Electric’s Kilarc-Cow Creek hydroelectric project will have a second chance to speak their minds to federal regulators.

Today in History: July 30, 2010

After public outrage following a Southern California city paying its top three administrators more than $1.6 million a year, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger challenged cities on Thursday to post officials’ salaries on the Web.

About 100 Tea Party Patriots stand at Dana and Hilltop drives in Redding on Thursday in support of the state of Arizona and its new immigration law. “We have to understand that we need to have our borders protected,” Terry Rapoza said at the demonstration. “The federal government isn’t doing their job. Arizona as a

Saying federal agencies aren’t doing enough to stop Mexican drug cartels from growing marijuana illegally on public lands, U.S. Rep. Wally Herger has drafted a resolution urging Congress to create a long-term solution to permanently dismantle the traffickers’ operations.

The East Redding Little League all-stars were honored before the largest crowd of the season as the Redding Colt .45s beat the semipro Redding Tigers 10-6, in the first game of the non-league doubleheader at Tiger Field on Thursday.

Rank-and-file Redding police Thursday rejected a City Council counteroffer on concessions, all but assuring the department will lose four officers to layoffs at year’s end.

Firefighters are en route tonight to two vegetation fires in Anderson.

Rank and file Redding police have rejected a City Council counter-offer on concessions, all but assuring the department will lose four officers to layoffs at year’s end.

A 39-year-old Oak Run man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after he spent more than a month on the run before he was arrested in Texas following a shootout with two Shasta County bounty hunters in January.

A Nov. 30 trial date was set today in Shasta County Superior Court for a Cottonwood woman and her brother in connection with the alleged beating of a 7-year-old boy in December.

A wreck involving two motorists has blocked westbound Eureka Way at Court Street.

Redding police have identified the man on a bicycle who was hurt Sunday night when he reportedly swerved in front of a car.

An Anderson police officer was ordered today to stand trial on charges that he allegedly raped a woman he was taking to Shasta County jail following her arrest.

RED BLUFF - A 46-year-old Red Bluff woman was arrested today on a felony warrant alleging she embezzled about $18,000 from the city while working as a city account technician, the Tehama County District Attorney's Office announced.

A lightning-sparked Lassen County wildfire grew to 7,000 acres Wednesday.

The northern Sacramento Valley will keep enjoying relatively temperate late July weather at least through Saturday. Afternoon temperatures in Redding today will peak around 96 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. The average high temperature in Redding on this date is 99 degrees. The record

One driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence at a DUI checkpoint in Redding on Wednesday evening.

Police have arrested a Redding man suspected of stabbing another man Tuesday afternoon in a fight over medicinal cannabis growing at an Enterprise home.