In light of the long losing streak its Redding ballpark is on (see story today). Click here to read testimonials written back in the boom times by city councilman Pat Kight (the brains behind Stillwater Business Park) and city manager...

New contract awaits approval of City Council

DUNSMUIR — The City Council will hold a special meeting Tuesday to discuss how to replace City Manager Jim Lindley, who is set to take the city of Dixon's top administrative post.

The Shasta Lake City Council will touch on medical marijuana, open-meetings policies and utility rate hikes at its next meeting Tuesday night.

I publicly apologize to Shirlyn Pappas for erroneously naming her in my presentation to the Shasta Lake City Council on Tuesday as accompanying City Councilwoman Dolores Lucero to my office on Jan. 5.

Redding on Monday will continue the state-ordered dissolution of its redevelopment agency as the City Council likely will assume the agency's housing duties and assets, securing that land and money for the possibility of future affordable housing projects.

Anderson City Council members voted 4-1 to join a regional public safety dispatch center, a move that will close down the city's small, understaffed center that fielded 911 calls and directed police to emergencies.

The Anderson City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday night to join a regional public-safety dispatch center, a move that will close down the city’s small, understaffed center that fielded 911 calls and directed police to emergencies.

SHASTA LAKE — Accusations of hounding, impropriety and lying flew at the Shasta Lake City Council meeting Tuesday, with a recall campaigner accusing Councilwoman Dolores Lucero of accosting her twice.

The Redding City Council tonight approved a deal to bring a startup movie studio to Stillwater Business Park, though the city gained no additional insight on the prospective buyer’s substantial investment backing.

Sean Longoria reports from the Redding City Council meeting

The most jarring change at Redding City Hall in a generation took place Thursday afternoon — at a City Council meeting that was over in barely 20 minutes, where you could count the audience members who weren't city officials on one hand.

Very soon, the Redding City Council has the opportunity to reach an agreement with Clarity Productions, a Christian-based movie production company. What a welcome opportunity to have such a business move into our north state.

A Siskiyou County supervisor says he's mulling jumping into the Assembly race against Redding City Councilman Rick Bosetti, the only Republican candidate to have officially declared in the newly drawn 1st Assembly District.

Redding's City Council will likely approve a deal Tuesday to bring a movie studio to Stillwater Business Park despite only a verbal guarantee of the prospective buyer's substantial investment backing.

On Oct. 4, the Anderson City Council approved an outdoor secondhand smoke ordinance in line with the city's family-friendly values and priority to protect the health of children and residents. The law went into effect on Nov. 4.

Amid accusations of breaking the law, applause and heckling from the audience, and threats of a lawsuit against the city, the Shasta Lake City Council set the date for the recall election of Dolores Lucero Tuesday night.

Instead of promoting Vice Mayor Melissa Hunt, the Anderson City Council broke with tradition and — on a 3-2 split vote — elected James Yarbrough as its next Mayor on Tuesday.

The Shasta Lake City Council has set the recall election for April 10, despite warnings of a lawsuit against the recall petition.

Dunsmuir City Council members will have to answer allegations from a lawsuit brought forth early last year by the city's ex-mayor, a Siskiyou County judge has ruled.

Shasta Lake's City Council is expected to set a date for the recall election of Councilwoman Dolores Lucero at its meeting Tuesday — putting the actual question before voters between early April and the middle of May.

For much of the past year, a hot debate over chickens has been the biggest draw at Yreka City Council meetings, and now the town's voters will have to decide for themselves whether they can legally own backyard hens.

It's really strange that the five worthies on the Yreka City Council couldn't settle on their own the burning question of whether to allow residents to keep a handful of backyard hens, but the people's voice will not be denied....

A city department head has apologized for providing one of the Redding City Council's advisory boards with key planning documents that contained significant errors.

Recall notices handed to three Redding City Council members Tuesday night were found insufficient, City Clerk Pamela Mize said today.

That's political consultant Scott Lay's take on the allegations that Democrats somehow unfairly manipulated the Citizens' Redistricting Commission. This is the most well-crystallized view of pros' political cynicism I've seen in a while: Whether it's city council meetings, legislative hearings...

This isn't a huge surprise, but Cathy Darling Allen, the Shasta County Clerk, has made it official that the proponents of recalling Shasta Lake City Councilwoman Dolores Lucero have gathered enough signatures. Here's the notice, released today. Here's the key...

SHASTA LAKE — The City Council voted Tuesday night to let the city's two medical-marijuana collectives remain in business and to revise the city zoning code to comply with a recent California Court of Appeal ruling that has put collectives' local permits in legal jeopardy statewide.

So the Redding City Council has the red-light cameras as a deterrent to the public.

An outspoken Redding medical marijuana patient and advocate presented three City Council members with recall notices Tuesday night.

SHASTA LAKE -- The City Council voted tonight to let this city’s two medical-marijuana collectives remain in business and to revise the city zoning code to comply with a recent California Court of Appeal ruling that has put collectives’ local permits in legal jeopardy statewide.

An outspoken Redding medical marijuana patient and advocate presented three City Council members with recall notices tonight.

The Redding City Council tonight will look into adjusting the city's dog license terms to make the process more convenient for dog owners.

The Shasta Lake City Council on Tuesday will consider a request by Councilwoman Dolores Lucero to possibly ban medical marijuana dispensaries.

Last weekend we published an editorial suggesting that if the signatures were validated on the recall petitions against Shasta Lake City Councilwoman Dolores Lucero --- petitions that far exceed the number of votes she got in the first place in...

After hearing from two former city councilmen and police union representatives who spoke out against rejoining a Redding-based dispatch center, the Anderson City Council put off making a decision on the plan at its meeting Tuesday night.

The Anderson City Council on Tuesday tabled a decision on whether to transfer police dispatch duties to the Shasta Area Safety Communications Agency (SHASCOM) in Redding until a permanent city manager is hired.

A Nov. 27 article about Weed quoted Bob Hall several times, and the remarks were very damaging not only to the city of Weed, but to the people who work at City Hall. That night, at a special meeting of the City Council, which I attended, I asked Bob Hall about his remarks, and his denial of making those remarks was quite as

The Shasta Lake City Council on Tuesday voted down two proposed changes on how it handles its check registry and will keep the present system of the mayor and vice mayor signing off on the checks.

Redding will seek a court order to shut down medical marijuana dispensaries in the city, the City Council decided Tuesday.

A familiar face returned to the center of the Redding City Council dais as Dick Dickerson was named the city’s new mayor.

The Redding city councilman announces an announcement: "There is no excuse for failure" (Redding, Calif.) - Redding native Rick Bosetti, a successful businessman, family man, and community leader, will announce his candidacy for the California State Assembly on Tuesday, December...

The Redding City Council will enter closed session Tuesday to discuss how to handle the medical marijuana dispensaries that aren't complying with the city's recently enacted ban.

Haven't heard much from Redding City Councilman Rick Bosetti since his announcement that he's seeking the new District 1 Assembly seat in next year's election, but his rival, current District 3 Assemblyman Dan Logue, is already lining up and announcing...

Anderson's City Council on Tuesday will consider transferring its police dispatch services to the Redding-based center the city abandoned 15 years ago.

It was a shocking sight: As a middle-aged man took the podium at the Redding City Council chambers last week to speak against the proposed new medical-marijuana ordinance, two police officers climbed the stairs and stood close behind him, plainly on alert. As his allotted three minutes expired, the officers quickly grabbed

The Record Searchlight recently published a letter that criticized the Redding Police Department for escorting an individual out of a contentious City Council meeting last week. That letter failed to note, however, that the individual had metal screws in his hand that he had inserted between his fingers, similar to "bra

I attended the Redding City Council meetings regarding cannabis collectives, and I was appalled by the actions of the town's public officials.

Tuesday evening something important happened in Redding. Maybe the largest crowd ever gathered at our Redding City Council Chambers for an exercise in democracy. The issue: medical marijuana and the collectives that provide it to local patients. There had been a large rally in front of the building in support of the collect

As a Shasta Lake property owner, I want to call attention to voters to give serious thought to the message they will send to future civic-minded residents if they recall City Councilwoman Dolores Lucero: Questioning will not be tolerated.