Concerning the water sale to a Glenn County Water District, I was wondering why something called a "transfer reduction factor" would precipitate a water transfer scheme that would include the City of Redding, bringing it a tidy net sum of...

From the Stockton Record... "The Rim fire is bringing a lot of private timber onto the market," Liu said. And there is demand for logs from Asian lumber mills. "There just hasn't been an alternative," he said Monday. "The domestic...

The recent visit by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, didn't end with the public meeting he held in Weaverville. There were private meetings with local "stakeholders" that night and the next morning. From those meetings, with individuals yet to...

A couple of weeks ago, a commenter on Redding.com asserted that a paywall was coming our way. It seems to be true, according to Corporate Headquarters... Senior Vice President Tim Stautberg said Scripps hasn't finalized its pricing strategy but sees...

The Trinity County Sheriff's Department has a new K-9 named Kash, as reported in the RS I thought it was fitting based on this statement by Sheriff Haney... "Haney said he believes he can make the rest of his budget...

Kris Vallotton, a senior leader at Bethel Church in Redding, Calif., had this to say in Charisma Magazine last February. I need to be honest; I have personally never raised anyone from the dead although I have tried twice. But...

I think it's a fair question given the mandate Bethel ministries proclaims. Here's Bill Johnson... "We're to actually bring nations into a place of discipleship before God. God has a heart for nations to be completely transformed and saved, and...

Erin Ryan, the head honcho for the Redding Tea Party Patriots thinks so, or at least she thinks my username "Treebones" is.... Treebones, you need to stop commenting on the tea party in general and Redding Tea Party in particular...

Rabbi Shifren will be speaking at tonight's Redding Tea Party Patriots meeting. My guess is that he is forming some real bonds with the locals. Anyway, he was informed of my earlier post discussing his comments made over the air...

Marc Beauchamp submits his entry for Redding's version of the "birther movement", being the City of Redding's lawsuit baiting Library/Free Speech ordinance. I have an alternative. When is a religion not a religion? Just ask the Redding Tea Party Patriots,...

Or so says Tea Party activist Rabbi Nachum Shifren. He is advertised on Bruce Ross' cryptic blog as the "Surfing Rabbi" and was interviewed Sunday, April 17th by our local Redding Tea Party radio personalities, Elizabeth and Mark. This was...

Marc Beaucamp asks the question "And why would supposedly free-market types like Jones/Bosetti and McArthur agree to a non-compete deed restriction on the Costco property..." I think this 50 year old dissertation on political philosophy titled "Why I'm not a...

From the clip... "The place you should study isn't the bust, it's the boom that should make you leary, that's the thrust of my theory" I look forward to reading Road to Serfdom....

The Record Searchlight recently expressed concern over the cozy relationship between Unions and those elected officials that ok their benefit package. I think that this is a good argument for reforming campaign laws, not dismantling Unions. Another good argument is...

Does doublespeak get any more apparent than what's depicted in this video? Secretary of State Clinton is speaking glowingly about the protesters in Egypt, while ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern is standing in silent protest with his back to Clinton while...

Julian Assange, take a back seat. War profiteering, political attacks in the media, a French playwright, whistle blowers, one a founding father and another a French transvestite The Silas Deane Affair had it all. Silas Deane was the first American...

Tea Party Alliance legal team, take note... Redding.com commenter Tipsy provides, in not so dense terms, easy to understand guidelines for use of the grounds outside the Library. The rest of the guidelines just deal with the formality of getting...

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I'm confused about the Tea Party mentality that would deny or ignore the rightful citizenship of babies who were born in the United States of illegal immigrants . The concept of jus solis is derived from natural law and English...

Here's a great site that puts the front page of various newspapers on a worldwide map for your browsing pleasure. If you double click the city of choice on the map it will provide the front page on a seperate...

You know a politician has been in office too long when they make statements such as the one Mary Stegall made in her claim that the city clerk's position is too technical to leave up to voters to choose. "However,...

"Kerwin said the economy is so weak that family members outside the U.S. have been sending money to relatives here, instead of the other way around." Talk about getting kicked in the shins. We've been hearing a lot of talk...

I've been told that the infamous Torry Hansen lived in Hayfork with her family years ago and then moved to Redding. I believe her mother Nancy still lives in Redding. Maybe something for an intrepid reporter?...

The news of the opening of the North Valley Co-op is just the continuation of a movement that has been slowly gaining stature. Some participants of this movement gather in large numbers at City Hall on a weekly basis. Outside,...

The Tea Party is to fanatic fringe conspiracy theorists as Prop 215 is to stoners. They both hide behind a semblence of credibility. The only difference is that the stoners have a chance of becoming legitimate next election....

On April 4th, 1967, Martin Luther King gave his "Beyond Vietnam" speech /blockquote> As I have walked among the desperate, rejected, and angry young men, I have told them that Molotov cocktails and rifles would not solve their problems. I...

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There seems to be a great deal of interest in producing electricity from water without building dams. Sounds good to me. PG&E has hopes of capturing wave power off the Humboldt coast. This is from Eureka's Times-Standard... PG&E expects to...

I've described my feelings about the avoidable death of firefighter Andrew Palmer in an earlier post. Here's a report put out by Andrew's older brother Robert, who has been involved with fighting fires for 10 years. I started reading it...

I'm not one to bring up local dirty laundry just for the sake of it, but bear with me please. A long time Hyampom resident, Gifford George (Nick) Nichols has been charged with two counts of sexual intercourse or sodomy...

I don't think this 2 week old story was reported in the Record Searchlight. Hmm. It was the headline in the Trinity Journal. From the article... "With the November initiative expected to be on the ballot, there could be a...

From the Fresno Bee, titled "Report Backs Valley Water Cutbacks"... "Controversial cuts in water for San Joaquin Valley farms appear to be scientifically justified but still need further study, scientists have concluded in a highly anticipated report to be issued...

An interesting article by Glenn Greenwald on Rahm Emanuel's confidence that progressives would eventually drop their righteous stance with the President. Emanuel's assumption that there was absolutely no reason to accommodate progressive objections to the health care bill because progressives...