Jim Koenigsaecker, nonprofit housing developer, says he won't be running for City Council after all. He e-mails: The field of candidates for City Council has gotten a little crowded. But more importantly it has gotten more diverse. So I am...

A brief political seizure perked up this week’s Redding’s City Council meeting. It concerned a mayoral nominee to the Community Services Advisory Commission Community

In a continuing sign that business as usual has changed on the Redding City Council, Vice Mayor Rick Bosetti and council member Patrick Jones voted against another one of Mayor Mary Stegall's committee appointments.

A brief political seizure perked up this week’s Redding’s City Council meeting. It concerned a mayoral nominee to the Community Services Advisory Commission. These things are usually routine: A vacancy occurs, the mayor nominates a worthy person to fill in, councilors praise the worthy person, a

Yesterday I noted that women were absent from this year's local political races. I may have written too soon. Missy McArthur, long-time library booster and community activist, has become a potential Redding City Council candidate after taking out nomination papers...

Community advocate and businesswoman Victoria “Missy” McArthur today took out paperwork indicating interest in running for the Redding City Council race in November. “I have a lifelong involvement in the community, and I’d like to be able to contribute to its continued growth and prosperity

Frequent redding.com commenter Patrecia Barrett, in a letter to the editor, asked the above question based on the potential conflicts of interest from Koenigsaecker's day job as CEO of Habitat for Humanity. His response, her answer and other comments follow:...

The list of official Redding City Council candidates has grown to four.

Funny thing about this year's Redding City Council race: According to Scott Mobley's latest update, nine candidates have expressed enough intereste to take out candidate papers (which is not the same thing as actually running), and all nine are men....

Incumbent Dick Dickerson is the only official Redding City Council candidate for the November race as of mid-morning today. Dickerson filed his nomination papers yesterday, the City Clerk's office confirmed.

Anderson City Council:7 p.m., Anderson City Hall, 1887 Howard St., 378-6646.

The City Council this afternoon will consider a natural gas contract that could give Redding Electric Utility a discount ranging from $1.5 million to $2.4 million each year through 2038.

A church pastor has joined the growing field of potential Redding City Council candidates.

That’s Gary Cadd, 67, who’s running for one of the two contested seats on the Redding City Council.

A church pastor has joined the growing field of potential Redding City Council candidates.

Her Honor seems to be betting on Ken Murray's re-election since she's recommending him to be the City Council's point person for Stillwater Business Park....

The lineup isn't fixed yet, but this fall's Redding City Council race is turning into a juicy election that puts a real mix of visions before the voters -- you know, real choices.

RED BLUFF -- A pair of local residents will approach the City Council on Tuesday night for permission to operate taco trucks in locations where trucks were seized in a drug raid last month.

The more the merrier. At this point, it looks like seven folks are competing for the two contested Redding city council seats. Old campaign hands tell me that favors the incumbents since the challengers will split the anti-incumbent vote, unless...

The list of potential Redding City Council candidates competing for a pair of open seats in November has grown to seven.

The list of potential Redding City Council candidates competing for a pair of open seats in November has grown to seven, the City Clerk's office confirmed this afternoon.

No, not this McCain-Obama to-do that you've heard about, but the Redding City Council elections. Incumbents Ken Murray and Dick Dickerson are both seeking re-election, and at least two challengers are trying to give them the boot. On his show...

Almost time for the city council race to get underway. Look for the local chamber to endorse one of the two business-friendly challengers — Gary Cadd or Jim (“Downtown Santa”) McDilda. The group’s board was to interview the candidates last week and will make up its mind in August.

Redding City Council member Ken Murray has signaled he'll defend his seat this November, but has yet to define his campaign.

Los Angeles Lawmakers Want to Escalate The War on Obesity (And Fast Food) By SARAH MCBRIDE July 22, 2008 Despite its health-crazy reputation, parts of Los Angeles are plagued by obesity rates that rival any city in America. Now, the city may join a growing roster of local governments aiming to put

What do you think of this idea, Mayor Stegall? CHICO -- City Councilors are taking steps toward what they hope will improve the "transparency" in city's process of negotiating salaries and benefits with its employees, reports the Enterprise-Record today. The...

"Highlights" from Dubya's visit, as covered by the local newspaper:11:30 a.m.I just got here... We're waiting to get credentials. Several RPD cruisers and bikes are here directing traffic. Sgt. Mike Thomas just told me they will escort the president the 700 yards from the south end of the airport to

• R.B. hires consultant to write housing element • Haven Humane lowers fee for adopting dogs, puppies

The race for a pair of open Redding City Council seats started Monday, and so far, two challengers and an incumbent are seeking signatures.

Anderson City Council -- 7 p.m., Anderson City Hall, 1887 Howard St., 378-6646.

The race for a pair of open Redding City Council seats started Monday, and so far, two challengers and an incumbent are seeking signatures.

Those who want to run for election to the Redding and Anderson city councils, Redding treasurer, and widespread north state education and hospital districts can begin filing for candidacy Monday.

Let Les Melburg & Co. design the new police station Rumor is architect Les Melburg is considering helping run Ken Murray's city council re-election campaign. Makes a certain amount of sense. Melburg badly wants to architect the new police station...

Maybe he'll be a factor in the city council race after all. From Kelly Brewer's blog, an update: Don't count Kent Dagg out. The Shasta Builders Exchange boss who was critically injured in an ATV accident in Reno six weeks...

Rumor is architect Les Melburg may help manage Ken Murray’s city council re-election campaign. Makes a certain amount of sense. Melburg badly wants to architect the new police station and Murray badly wants to see his name on the accompanying bronze plaque someday.

Doug Craig has long talked the talk on the global warming threat -- organizing lectures, teaching courses, writing letters to the editor, lobbying the City Council.

Amid the kerfuffle over currently non-existent regional traffic impact fees, City Councilman Ken Murray asked a pretty good question of Caltrans rep Michelle Millette. Has any city, he wondered, agreed to new taxes or fees for freeway improvements before the...

Thinking specifically of Redding's Patrick Jones. Bruce Ross makes a compelling (for me) case for it here....

Overheard after last night's City Council meeting: Patrick Henry Jones joking that he hadn't managed to vote no on every issue before the council, but was working on it. I didn't keep a count and the results aren't posted online...

The Redding City Council might or might not put a temporary quarter-cent sales-tax increase to the voters to help pay for a new police station, as Scott Mobley reported today, but even if they did, our local sales taxes wouldn't...

A committee's recommendation to finance a new police station with help from a temporary sales tax increase will likely get mixed reviews tonight on the Redding City Council dais.

Ground-breakings have never done much for me. Grip. Grin. Hooold it. Take a picture. Boooorrring. But the downtown Mall roof-breaking Thursday morning? I wouldn’t have missed

Get a good look at the roof on The Mall in Downtown Redding. It’s about to undergo a major make-over that will begin with some long overdue demolition to begin its beautification. As you might recall, the Red

The Redding City Council actually increased protections for private property owners, albeit by a 3-2 vote. What, is there an election around the corner?...

As Scott Mobley reported in today's paper, the Redding City Council punted last night on whether or not to impose impact fees on behalf of Shasta County. The councilors all wanted to see what the two smaller cities had to...

School officials are dealing with rising truancy rates. The local police department wants to help. But all of the good intentions behind the Daytime Curfew Ordinance (passed by Redding City Council, 4-1) do not justify violating the civil liberties of our young people.Chief Moty assured Council Members that his

My former boss, now an independent local political handicapper and optimist, passes along word that Staci Bertagna, the chief fundraiser for the Shasta Family YMCA and former head of PlusOne Mentors, has dropped her plans to run for City Council...

On Tuesday, June 17, the Redding City Council will vote on whether to impose new development-impact fees on new construction in Redding. This will be a repeat “performance” of what happened with the Shasta County Board of Supervisors some four weeks ago. To say it was a “done deal” prior to