The new Grand Theft Auto game has raked in $500 million in its first week. From Reuters: ...the game casts players as an Eastern European immigrant who runs drugs, shoots cops and beats up prostitutes after falling in with a...

Allergy sufferers and those who love them know that allergy season is here and it’s been brutal. For those who are interested in natural remedies to manage their misery, I’ll share what I have found to be the most helpful and effective: For itchy eyes, you can try some herbal eye drops for allergies b

A drug sweep Wednesday uncovered some 9,000 marijuana plants in the Old Cow Creek drainage of eastern Shasta County, the Sheriff's Office reported.

A drug sweep Wednesday uncovered some 9,000 marijuana plants in the Old Cow Creek drainage of eastern Shasta County, the Sheriff's Department reported.

MOUNT SHASTA -- An 18-year-old Dunsmuir woman was arrested Monday on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance, transportation and sales of a controlled substance, as well as being under the influence of a controlled substance.

Humboldt and Mendocino counties have gone so far with their tolerance of medical marijuana that they've all but legalized the drug -- whatever state and federal laws migth say about the matter. But now there's a backlash. Mendocino County will...

My alma mater's in the news. From the AP: An undercover drug probe focused on San Diego State University and some of its fraternities has led to arrests of 96 people, including 75 students, authorities said Tuesday. [ ... ]...

MOUNT SHASTA — An 18-year-old Dunsmuir woman was arrested Monday on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance, transportation and sales of a controlled substance, as well as being under the influence of a controlled substance.

By Marge Beck   Q: I am currently covered under COBRA from my prior employer. My new employer is going to implement a new health plan effective June 1. My COBRA premium is due May 15. What happens if I don’t pay it? I would advise you to do the following: First,

Just a bit of personal information, after a message from someone who disliked that I asked if they had ever considered anti-depressants:I took Zoloft and Prozac for several years in conjunction with visiting a therapist. They kept me functioning until I could learn the tools necessary to keep myself from drownin

Parolee Kenneth Urbon Jr. fidgeted in a plastic lawn chair under the eaves of his mother’s home Tuesday as a Redding police officer stood nearby watching him squirm. Just months before his parole term expired, Urbon, 43, who has a history of drug-related convictions, was nervous.

The LA Times has interesting "Dust-Up" about drug laws this week between Reason magazine editor Jacob Sullum and Charles Simpson of the Heritage Foundation. Sullum's for legalization. Simpson's sticking up for the status quo. I think legalizers tend to minimize...

Back in 1993, when Lonnie Johnson founded Living Hope Compassion Ministry, a church serving recovering drug addicts and alcoholics seemed like a step up for the surrounding Parkview neighborhood.

I am one-half of the reunion committee for my high school class. It's odd that I am in this position; usually it's the former cheerleaders who wind up on this committee. In high school I was the anti-cheerleader. I was the weird quiet girl who wore strange clothes, intentionally frizzed her hair, usually had paint somewhere

North state law enforcement officials are worried that massive cuts to one of the country's largest federal law enforcement grant programs might kill undercover drug operations like one that caught three suspected drug dealers in Redding on Monday. Shasta Interagency Narcotics Task Force Commander Rob

One of the “primary prescription-drug dealers” in the Redding area and her two alleged accomplices were arrested following a monthlong undercover operation in Redding, the commander of local narcotics task force said today.

A Cottonwood man could face drug charges after Tehama County Sheriff's deputies said they found a marijuana grow operation at his house when they responded Saturday to the report of an accidental gunshot wound.

We received a call that a friend had a seizure out of the blue. He had no history of a seizure disorder, so he was rushed off the the hospital. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He will be flown to San Francisco for surgery and treatment.Prior to a few days ago, this was a typical family, A Mom, A Dad,

A Cottonwood man is facing a drug investigation after Tehama County sheriff’s deputies said they found a marijuana grow at his house Saturday when they responded to a report of an accidental gunshot wound.

By Thom Gabrukiewicz ANDERSON - It's not all about the fish. But it can be. The eighth-annual Family Fun Fest and Kid's Free Fishing Day is set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Anderson River Park. "Eight years, can you believe it

By Record Searchlight staff Soroptimist run benefits students RED BLUFF -- Soroptimist International of Red Bluff will present its eighth annual Spring Run on Saturday and proceeds will benefit scholarships for Tehama County students.

"What do you think?" (Sunday) asked about expanded drug testing for high school students in choir, band, athletics, etc. Well, here is what I think.

I guess the real question in my mind right now is what is the basis for a real society? What should our culture be founded on?Obviously our society was founded on principles that seemed right at the time- freedom, justice, equality. Might I be so bold as to suggest that it might not have been founded on the be

Wooden shoes? Cheese? Tulips? Windmills? The Dutch as the world power in spice trading in medieval Europe?Nah. Nobody cares. You know what everyone wants to know about when I say I've been to Amsteram. Drugs. Sex and drugs.."Hard" drugs -

Faced with complaints from a handful of parents and with even the American Civil Liberties Union snooping around, the Shasta Union High School District has delayed the expansion of student drug testing until the start of the next school year. The time will give everyone opportunity to adjust to the new regime an

CHICAGO - Leading doctors urged a return to older, tried-and-true treatments for high cholesterol after hearing full results Sunday of a failed trial of Vytorin.

Thank God for St. John's Wort!I gave up a drug recently. One I had been "on" for fifteen years, give or take. Zoloft. Yep, anti-depressant. It's been an interesting ride, coming off th

The Shasta Union High School District has delayed its expansion of drug testing until the beginning of the next school year, but otherwise seems committed to the idea. Interestingly enough, though, the American Academy of Pediatrics -- you know, doctors...

Shasta Union High School District trustees Wednesday night postponed an expansion of a student drug-testing program until the fall. The policy, which used to apply only to student athletes, was enlarged earlier this year to include students who participate in choir, band, drama and other extracurricular school

His curbside garbage can is the last place diabetic Walter Tinagero wants to leave the 300 or more syringes he goes through each month, he said. He'd rather be certain neither the garbage collector nor illegal drug users get stuck by the needles he uses to inject insulin.

These fines are good for us, says a spokeswoman for a north state hospital. Well, it's one way of looking at it. From the Chico paper: Enloe Medical Center is one of 11 California hospitals hit with $25,000 fines last...

For a sec, after reading this headline, I thought our visiting Democratic senator was dissing Stillwater Business Park as wasteful corporate welfare and the unending war on drugs as an abject failure. Wrong on both counts, it turns out....

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The Saturday editorial states that Shasta County wants "to smooth ex-cons' transition" back into our community with housing, counseling and drug training to keep them from committing new crimes at the cost of a million dollars a year.

Pot case figure sentenced to jail Panel recommends switch to Sundial Bridge Drive Redding man arrested after drugs found in car

LAKE MEAD, Nev. -- On this brisk, glittering morning, a flat-bottomed boat glides across the massive reservoir that provides Las Vegas its drinking water. An ominous rumble growls beneath the craft as its two long, electrified claws extend into the depths. Moments later, dozens of stunned fish float to the surfa

During Thursday's monthly Parole and Community Team (PACT) meeting, about 100 newly released parolees listened to introductions from some 30 resource agencies about available services, including receiving free hepatitis B vaccines, securing temporary shelter, finding employment, staying off drugs and reconnectin

We got here safely. No matter how you slice it, a long-assed trip is still a long-assed trip, even when divided into smaller, more palatable sections. Last night was the first real sleep we'd gotten since Sunday night.The room is small. How small, you ask? The mice are hunchbacked (rim-shot). However, it is chea

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ANDERSON -- The owner of an Anderson retail center is suing the parent corporation of Rite Aid, saying the drug store is violating the terms of its lease by attempting to relocate to another location just a few blocks away.

Eight people were arrested Friday during a Tehama County gang-enforcement and probation-compliance sweep, according to the Tehama Inter-Agency Drug Enforcement team.

(Note from Doni: I met Lori Whitmore more than three years ago when her little “Cheddar” - her son Chad Whitmore - was sick, and I wrote a column about a fundraiser to help with the family’s medical expenses. Later, Lori took a photograph of a grinning little Chad who held a sign bigger than h

Eight people in Tehama County were arrested Friday during a gang-enforcement and probation-compliance sweep, a narcotics taskforce said today.

In most of the United States, if a marijuana garden sprouted across the street from a high school, its owner would be in jail faster than you can say Drug Abuse Resistance Education.

Calling Shasta County "ground zero" for illicit marijuana cultivation on federal lands, the state's senior senator announced Thursday that more federal, state and local law enforcement resources will be coming the county's way.

WASHINGTON -- The FBI took up the Roger Clemens case Thursday, told by the Justice Department to investigate whether the star pitcher lied when he testified to Congress he never took performance-enhancing drugs.

You might not realize it, as we still seem to be in the depths of winter, but now is the time to start preparing for allergy season.  If you find yourself sneezing your head off in March, April and May, a couple of simple things you do now can ease the severity of your symptoms later. Quercetin, for example, is

It wasn't long ago the pharmaceutical industry viewed HIV drugs as more of a public service than possible best-sellers.

Travel back in time to this month last year, and you'd see a very different Sherri Montalvo. Instead of a smiling 28-year-old mother who now lives at the Good News Rescue Mission's House of Hope drug recovery program, you'd see a woman deep in the clutches of methamphetamine addiction -- one that took her two childre