Photos courtesy of the Redding Rancheria There were no losers at Win River on Saturday. There were, however, several ghosts, goblins and even a chainsaw-toting Santa Claus. It wasn’t Halloween or Christmas, but it was the annual themed banquet honoring a handful of…

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.

......Drosselmeyer, the plastic owl.During December, our owl perches at the top of our Christmas tree:The rest of the year he bides his time in the front hall. But last week he was conscripted to duty just outside the front door. His mission: Keep those blasted, messy chick

Word On Fire Catholic Minstries is currently working on The Catholicism Project and is in the final stages of being completed. It is a groundbreaking documentary series presenting the true story of Christianity and the Catholic faith, which comes in an especially timely moment in human history.The following is a shor

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. &

Always report suspected abuse The Cottonwood Christmas boy was destined to die but for the anonymous concerned citizen and the sheriff's deputy who did his job in exemplary fashion.

The Chinese who lived here during the Gold Rush years were very generous during Christmas and other holidays and often gave gifts to the whites which included silk handkerchiefs, embroidered scarves, candies, firecrackers, and a bowl containing a Sacred Lily...

I don’t remember how many years it’s been since I first tucked a resin black Santa figurine in my kids’ Christmas stockings. I bought them at Morrison’s Discount Wareho

House Minority Leader John Boehner (I don’t care what he says, his name should be pronounced “Boner” today accused President Obama of having a pre-911 mentality based on his administration’s handling of the Christmas

The following heartwarming message was just sent to me by Angela Fitzgerald, the Victim Witness Program Coordinator in the Shasta County District Attorney's office. Life is presently very good for our Christmas Boy, and that makes me very relieved and...

A 2-part special will be aired tonight and tomorrow night starting at 5:00 on Channel 24 about the story of Juan our Christmas Boy. Here are the scheduled show times: 5:00 - Channel 24 6:30 - Channel 12 10:00 -...

This is in part a response to Eva Rodriguez’s post “Don't buy the administration's spin on the Christmas day bomber” in today’s Washington Post. That Ms. Rodriguez, who can be fairly reasonable

The real scandal surrounding the failed Christmas Day airline bombing was not the fact that a terrorist got on a plane - that can happen to any administration, as it surely did to the Bush administration - but what happened afterward, when Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was captured and came under the full control of the U.S. go

Dear Lynne: Every Christmas our family celebrates with the English classic — roast beef and Yorkshire Pudding. But my mom (who’s in her 80s) has lost her touch with the pudding. She used to make the fluffiest you’ve ever tasted, but the past couple of years it’s like lead. We’ve tried different recipes and diff

Dear Lynne: Every Christmas our family celebrates with the English classic — roast beef and Yorkshire Pudding. But my mom (who’s in her 80s) has lost her touch with the pudding. She used to make the fluffiest you’ve ever tasted, but the past couple of years it’s like lead. We’ve tried different recipes and diff

It took a Christmas Day meltdown for Liz Masloff to discover the barbecue her family bought nearly two years ago was defective.

Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, and other commentators on the left have had a screaming good time pointing to errors Republican politicians have made in criticizing President Obama’s response to the failed Christmas Day terrorist attack on Northwest flight 253 into Detroit. True, Senator Jim Demint

Much of the criticism of the Obama administration's decision to bring criminal charges against the failed Christmas Day bomber is ill-informed, ill-intentioned or both.

America has gone from the land of personal responsibility to the land of pathetic excuse-making, from top down, bottom up; and worse, to accepting of excuses – and the entire thing should be a cause for visceral disgust. The ‘culture of excuse acceptability’ has led us to this point, and if we don’t reverse it, it w

The network news media cheered when Obama called for restrictions on CEO pay or bonuses that, according to reporters, exemplify the Wall Street “greed” that toppled the American economy. But when $42 million in cash compensation packages were announced on Christmas Eve for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac executives, th

I just received the following email from District Attorney Jerry Benito. It says it all and it makes everything we did for Junior the Christmas Boy worthwhile. Life is good. Thank you everyone for your kindness, money, prayers, and gifts....

Becca Howsmon, 34, owner of Becca's Cafe in Anderson, center, along with her husband Marvin, drop off Christmas gifts and cards for Juan Lopez Monday to Shasta County District Attorney Jerry Benito and Sheriff Tom Bosenko.

We love the odd ones here. This Santa is on Oasis Road. It’s Really Redding.

"Santa" has finally received Junior the Christmas Boy's cards, letters, and presents. They were delivered this morning to the Victims Assistance Unit at the Shasta County District Attorney's office by Becca and I. Sheriff Bosenko said they will be delivered...

Am I the only one that notices rude behavior involving cell phones at public functions ? You know, phones ringing when someone is speaking at a podium, madly texting while others are eating or talking loudly on the phone while others are trying to listen to a presentation. Are matters so urgent they can’t wait a f

This appeared, in somewhat lengthier form, in Garrison Keillor's column The Old Scout. It brought tears to my eyes... Maybe to you too.My own Christmas vision appeared three days before Christmas, in a deli on 10th Avenue in New York, where a rather elegant young woman was managing a herd of eight teen

Considering there was a failed terrorist attack on a U.S.-bound airliner on Christmas Day, the fact that I made all my connections on flights from Oakland to Grand Junction, Colo., the day after Christmas seems like a miracle. ... Picture me in the Salt Lake City airport on the way out -- I'm running on a moving pathway wit

Great news! We received the go-ahead from the Shasta County Crime Victims Assistance Center to bring his cards, letters, and gifts to their office. We've also received his Christmas list and Becca and I are going Christmas shopping for him...

Today’s FDotD is on 27 acres in French Gulch. Built in 2002, it’s approximately 1696 sq ft. A prior listing from 2005 is the source of the $490K asking price, and it was listed several times unsuccessfully since then. Prior listings describe a 1/1 r

A 7-year-old Cottonwood boy who nearly died from injuries allegedly suffered in a beating by his father's girlfriend, has been released from UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento and placed into foster care, a Shasta County Sheriff's Office sergeant said Tuesday.

Next week will be the time to toss the Christmas tree in Redding. From Jan. 4 to Jan. 8, city residents who put their trees on their curbs will have them whisked away in a post-holiday gift brought to them by a yard debris truck.

Still catching your breath after the rush of Christmas and houseguests and way too much food? Too bad for you because New Year’s Eve is right around the corner. Suck it up and get ready to party. Restaurants and bars all…

Great, great news! Our Christmas Boy has been released from the hospital and he is in a safe and secure location, according to District Attorney Jerry Benito. He also said he continues to improve each day. Oh, what great news...

I don’t know about you, but I get into a real cleaning mode during January. Something about the new year, a fresh start, etc. Or maybe it starts with putting away all the Christmas decorations, cleaning up after company leaves,…

Haven't heard anything new about his condition. I expect to tomorrow though because everyone will be back at work. I'm keeping my fingers crossed there will be really exciting good news... I have a new tally on the cards and...

After the presents, with Christmas dinner done and lamented, why not consider things you can do as a family to be more green?

Many happy returns - and lots of post-Christmas bargains - were the order of the day Saturday at the Mt. Shasta Mall and other retail businesses in Redding.

A 17-year-old Redding boy apparently didn't get the bicycle he wanted for Christmas.But he did get one early Saturday morning.

You know how it works: Post a photo from each month to sum up the year. January:No, not a photo per se. But still.February:When Violet came to live here.March:Mt. Shasta. I had forgotten we went to Oregon when

Hope you had a great Christmas holiday! We did. Santa Claus brought all us taxpayers a HUD home at good price for somebody. Located on the corner of Cypress and Bunker, with Cypress being perhaps the most commercially valuable street in R

Christmas was very mellow. Small family gathering, the organic style. Just being in the same house is good. It wasn’t about “stuff.” Our world is filled with stuff. It’s out there everywhere. You don’t even need to go looking for it. It finds you. Follows you home like a stray dog. Love and aff

A 17-year-old Redding boy apparently didn’t get the bicycle he wanted for Christmas.

We did.

It wasn't a Christmas card that Debra Pauley got in the mail last week. It was a registered letter from Solano State Prison in Vacaville telling her that the man who murdered her mother in 1985 will soon be up for parole again.

Many of the trappings of Christmas become the trash of post-Christmas. Wrapping paper, ribbons, batteries, boxes, plastic-foam packaging, paper plates, champagne bottles, food containers and old electronics that have been replaced by cool, new stuff.

There was no shortage of Christmas spirit Friday at St. Joseph School in Redding and the Frontier Senior Center in Anderson.

Q: Christmas encourages people to practice peace on earth and good will to all. What do you think is the major stumbling block to peace?

Congratulations Baseball, you're the winner! It is the Masonic Lodge building in Shasta. You win a $25 gift certificate from River City Java. Thank you River City Java for your generous prize (and Christmas present). See you all back here...

There was no shortage of Christmas spirit today at St. Joseph School in Redding and the Frontier Senior Center in Anderson.

This appeared in [anewscafe.com] on December 17. It's really delicious.I used pork ribs with brisket attached because they were MUCH cheaper than baby back ribs. I don't think Pappy's Seasoning is absolutely vital; you could use any commercial seasoning you like (Such as Tony