(slurring words, shouting erratically…) “Is this a gay bar?!” (Annie, with patience….) “No Kirsten, its just a dive.” We followed the Christmas Star to get here as wise m

Međugorje or Medjugorje (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈmɛdʑuɡɔːrjɛ]) is a town located in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Herzegovina 

Consider it Christmas in July. The Shasta Food Group’s 10th annual summer food drive is scheduled for this Thursday, July 15, throughout Shasta County. The Christmas holidays are the biggest season for donations to virtually all charitable organizations, but, as Shasta Food Group’s Deborah Arias noted

Saturday I was at home, cooking, cleaning, getting ready for the dinner. The phone rang occasionally and I always expected it to be someone saying, "Sorry, I have a touch of scurvy and can't make it."I took a nap in the afternoon and was awakened by the phone. When I answered it - groggy - the voice asked if thi

Shasta (Shingletown – Shingletown, California, US) Details Magnificent log home just minutes from Lake McCumber and short drive to Mt. Lassen! Custom built

National Trails Day — which is today — isn’t in the league of Christmas or the Fourth of July. Redding-area residents, though, have ample reason to celebrate it this year.

  A Party to Remember: When warmer weather breaks, so does the desire to entertain out of doors.  If you are fortunate enough to have your birthday in the spring, you can take great advantage of the outdoors.  Mine is in the dead of winter, sadly this is never an option for

Pope Benedict XVI is guiding the church back to Traditional roots,  thanks be to God!

Had Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Christmas bomber, succeeded in destroying Northwest Flight 253 he would have taken American lives and created a wave of fear across the land. He would not have damaged our nation but would have united it further in countering such attacks. Some members of the Senate do damage our nation in

Clark and Louise Tuthill and Richard and Mary Burns had a grand recent visit to Christmas Island. The island is a geographical giant, the planet’s largest coral atoll — 250 square miles of white sand, iridescent lagoons and coconut palms.

Californians apparently weren't feeling the Christmas spirit during Merry Susan Hyatt's five-month carol initiative signature collection effort. The measure failed Friday when the final signature count turned out to be only half a percent of the required 433,971, according to the secretary of state's office. In all, 2,176 s

Consider this a preview of sorts. You may submit an offer, but right now there are folks still living in this home, and you may not contact or disturb them. Look, their Christmas lights are still up. We are informed the eviction process is under way. Been there, done that. Typicall

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas -- in the mountains.

Citizens of Shasta County: Have you ever gone to Shingletown for a summer picnic, or fishing at one of the many lakes there? Have you ever driven up Hwy 44 through Shingletown on your way to cut a Christmas tree, or to…

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?