The good folks of Palo Cedro have been busy raising funds for their community park, which is under construction. Saturday, they had a wine tasting and auction event at the lovely Gaia Hotel. Everyone enjoyed the dazzling wine-food pairings, set to music by the one of the northstate’s true gems, The Pat Karch Trio.

Erika Carlton and Les Puckett, both of Redding, are engaged to be married Feb. 23, 2013, at Lake Redding Park. The bride-elect is the daughter of Catherine Shuttleworth, of Anderson. She works as a registrar at Shasta Regional Medical Center. Her fiance is the son of Rhonda Bedford, of Sacramento, and Les Puckett, of Corn

AAA Northern California has announced its 2012 five-diamond hotels and restaurants. The hotels: _ The Ritz- Carlton in Half Moon Bay _ The Ritz- Carlton in San Francisco _ The Ritz-Carlton in Truckee, Lake Tahoe And the top restaurants: _ Cyrus in Healdsburg _ Erna's Elderb

There is a business in Redding that had its windows broken during a recent crime spree. It is called the Fuji Restaurant on Placer Street in Redding.

Recently the Shasta County district attorney, Steve Carlton, allowed the Anderson police officer accused of raping a woman while taking her to jail to plead to what in essence is a slap on the wrist. When residents of Shasta County expressed their outrage at such a miscarriage of justice and such a dereliction of duty, Carl

The audience at Tuesday night's community forum at the Martin Luther King Jr. Multicultural Center didn't go easy on Shasta County District Attorney Steve Carlton.

Alana Burke could not have picked a less appropriate person to comment on the justification, or lack there of, of DA Carlton's decision to plea bargain with former Anderson Police officer and rape suspect "Bryan Robert Benson."While I agree that Carlton's decision  does not seem to make any sense, Former DA

Former Shasta County District Attorney Jerry Benito, who lost his bid for re-election in a contentious race last year, lashed out at his successor Friday, saying Steve Carlton "did not have the guts" to prosecute an Anderson police officer on rape charges.

Saying there wasn't enough evidence, Shasta County District Attorney Stephen Carlton on Monday dropped his case against a former Shasta High School teacher accused of fondling one of his students.

A 52-year-old Round Mountain man, who was shot in the chest by a Sheriff’s Deputy after he reportedly fired an arrow at Shasta County Sheriff’s Deputies in May, will be charged with Domestic Violence and Attempted Murder of a Peace Officer. Deputies and C-H-P Officers were responding to a location on Highway

Kudos to District Attorney Stephen Carlton for finally bringing justice for Adam Martinez. What ever is the outcome, at least Adam had his story told in court. Now let's see how far Mr. Carlton is really willing to go.

The other morning on the radio I heard Steve Carlton express a faith in Shasta County jurors that our former district attorney, Jerry Benito, apparently lacked. Recalling Benito's press conference where he explained his reasons for not bringing charges against Lennart Christian Schauman, Carlton said his vanquished oppo

Our DA was on KCNR1460 this morning and "John," a reliably astute caller, raised the specter of a change of venue for the Club Ice manslaughter trial, given all the publicity and opinions about the case in Shasta County. Carlton...

Excellent work "DA" Carlson, prosecuting cases on their merits as opposed to who or what people know

Although his predecessor declined to prosecute the case, Shasta County District Attorney Steve Carlton announced Monday morning that he's charging a man whose punch on a Redding dance floor in 2009 left another man dead and later became a heated campaign issue.

Although his predecessor declined to prosecute the case, Shasta County District Attorney Steve Carlton announced Monday morning that he's charging a man whose punch on a Redding dance floor in 2009 left another man dead and later became a heated campaign issue.

Though his predecessor declined to prosecute the case, Shasta County District Attorney Steve Carlton announced this morning that he’s charging a man whose punch on a Redding dance floor in 2009 left another man dead.

RED BLUFF —Joe Carlton merely wanted to get his approach shot close to the pin on the first playoff hole. Instead, his second shot from 68 yards bounced right into the cup for an eagle to give the 28-year-old from Windsor the victory and $5,000 at the Red Bluff Pro-Am on Monday.

The Redding defense attorney representing Jacob Daniel Berlinghoff wants to sit down with District Attorney Stephen Carlton in an attempt to have the felony case against his client reconsidered.

Criminal charges won't be filed against a homeless man who stabbed to death another homeless man last summer, Shasta County District Attorney Stephen Carlton said Monday.

Criminal charges won’t be filed against a homeless man who stabbed to death another homeless man last summer, Shasta County District Attorney Stephen Carlton announced today.

The membership of the Shasta Association of Realtors were pleased to have guest speaker Bob Angulo on March 2, 2011. Bob is the real estate fraud investigator for the DA. He was here to discuss the various investigations underwa

Mayor Missy McArthur and DA Steve Carlton might want to keep their day jobs. Was that really Russell Hunt in a cameo, interviewing Sarah Palin? All good fun in this "Billy and Patrick" video tribute. Were there really some...

Two new jobs in the Shasta County District Attorney’s Office will save the county money. The Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to consolidate three positions into two new jobs. The new Chief Deputy District Attorney positions will replace the Chief Fiscal Officer and Assistant District Attorney, as well as one Dep

As a commenter noted here, a long-time Redding.com commenter passed away last week. His obituary in the paper today noted that he loved "stirring up political pots" and was known online by the call letters "latlarge." So he was. Carlton...

Shasta County Superior Court Judge Molly Bigelow won’t be presiding over any criminal cases filed by the Shasta County district attorney’s office when her uncle Stephen Carlton takes over that office.

The new year will see some familiar faces returning to the Shasta County district attorney’s office.

Dozens of letters from fellow physicians, church members and community leaders — including his ex-wife, Redding Vice Mayor Missy McArthur, and Shasta County District Attorney-elect Steve Carlton — may have helped keep a former Redding doctor and businessman out of prison after he was charged with bilking the federal go

Dozens of letters from fellow physicians, church members, community leaders — including his ex-wife, Redding vice Mayor Missy McArthur, and Shasta County District Attorney-elect Steve Carlton — might have helped keep a former Redding doctor and businessman out of prison after he was charged with bilking the federal gov

Shasta County District Attorney Jerry Benito has stopped sending prosecutors to misdemeanor arraignments, forcing those accused of misdemeanor crimes to wait weeks before they can enter a plea or settle their case. Benito's decision, which came three days after he lost his re-election bid, was roundly blasted by leaders o

Shasta County District Attorney Jerry Benito isn't yet talking about what he plans to do now that he’s lost his re-election bid to Steve Carlton.

If Steve Carlton and his supporters think seven months is a long time to wait for a transition, they might talk to Shasta County Supervisor Glenn Hawes. In 1996, Hawes ran against and beat incumbent Supervisor Francie Sullivan in the...

Though they sided with his opponent, Steve Carlton said he has nothing against the prosecutors who’ll be his employees in January when he takes over as Shasta County district attorney.

In a contentious Shasta County District Attorney’s race that featured plenty of verbal haymakers thrown by the candidates and their supporters, area voters have spoken for change as Steve Carlton defeated incumbent Jerry Benito. Carlton collected 58.33 percent of the votes…

Supporters came out Tuesday, Election Night, to support both candidates for Shasta County District Attorney. Those in Steve Carlton’s camp gathered at the Holiday Inn on Hilltop Drive. Jerry Benito̵

113 of 113 precincts reporting. Registered voters: 95,279; Ballots cast 36,483; Voter turnout 38.28 percent. Results are as follows: Shasta County District Atto

Shasta County District Attorney candidate Steve Carlton has kept his lead over incumbent Jerry Benito with nearly half of precincts reporting.

LETS BEGIN THE REMOVAL OF " YOU SCRATCH MY BACK AND I'LL SCRATCH YOUR'S" POLITICS BY VOTING STEVE CARLTON IN, AND JERRY BENITO OOOOUUUUUTTT!!!

Never trust a cartoonist. Read what candidates in the 2010 primary election* have to say for themselves: Click these links for statements from Shasta County District Attorney candidates Steve Carlton and Jerry Benito, and Shasta County Clerk candidates Russell Hunt and Cathy Darling. You'll find those and more statements fr

... Steve Carlton's campaign for DA has been spending a lot of them trying to sway the voters -- running a long and expensive local television campaign featuring various attorneys, former Sheriff Jim Pope and now, as Marc mentioned...

Steve Carlton's latest video -- a sort of fake news interview -- covers his usual points, but check out the dadaist closed captions that YouTube provides. My first thought was that YouTube had outsourced its subtitles to Bangladesh, but the...

More than a week after absentee ballots went out, Steve Carlton, in his own voice, hits the airwaves with a harsh, bare-knuckle ad attacking incumbent DA Jerry Benito. It goes, in part: "I have been asked to return as Shasta...

Thanks to all who came to The presentation of "Family Court Crisis: Our Children at Risk," We know it took courage to show up there, and we can not blame those who did not, hopefully they will find their comfort zone and be able to join this worthy cause and fight soon, unfortunately and justifyably so, many are afraid

The most powerful person in our criminal justice system is the District Attorney. Due to the great power and responsibility entrusted to the District Attorney, it is imperative for the District Attorney to possess integrity and judgment. If the District Attorney does not possess these qualities, serious problems will exist

Wow, a blog posted on the Record Searchlight, actually tried to disqualify Steve Carlton on the basis of his age and/or how old he looks.This is comical and sureel,  kind of like a Quinton Tarintino movie.

Telling picture posted on the Steve Carlton for District Attorney Facebook page, snapped at Thursday's memorial for fallen law-enforcement officers in Redding: I have every intention of growing old someday, so I have nothing against old-timers, especially when they've still...

Our former sheriff prefers him over our current DA. Heard a version of this ad on the radio this morning. From YouTube:...

First of all, Benito is the one that started shouting his conviction rate from the mountain tops, any mention from Carlton of those rates are merely in rebuttal.Secondly, it is not just one incident that makes Benito look indecisive and wavering on who to, and who not to prosecute.There is of course the Adam Mar