Any of the current Republican Candidates for the 2012 presidential election represent a distinctly better choice to lead this country than President Obama. Conservatives and those with a Kool-Aid hangover know that a second term for Obama would result in the further decline of America. Thus they will rally behind whomever t

Jay Webster and Victor Hnyp are ready to tap into the home brewing market.

It was Harrison Gulch, located way out in western Shasta County, named for W. R. Harrison, elected in 1850. During the winter after his election, he walked to Hamilton, the county seat of Butte County, took the oath of office...

The multimillion-dollar hit to schools under Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed budget depends largely on the results of the November election, a pair of consultants and a legislative advocate told a crowd of about 100 north state school administrators.

In truth, I was unsettled to wake up on the day after the 2008 election and realize that our new president was nine years my junior. But my former boss makes the case, below, that age means nothing and even...

It's jarring, today's push to turn out Shasta County's homeless veterans as if they were a political party's base voters on Election Day.

PHOENIX — Presidential travel, especially in an election year, offers an insight into the favored electoral road map. So it is no surprise that President Obama's post-State of the Union schedule includes traditional battleground states:

Sam Aanestad, a 65-year-old former state senator and assemblyman from Penn Valley, said Tuesday he's pondering jumping into the race for the congressional seat to be left vacant by retiring U.S. Rep. Wally Herger.

In 1912: Because somebody told him Redding would vote to go dry in the coming election, Mike Maloney, miner by occupation but a rounder of barrooms when enjoying the gentlemanly leisure, went on a "last farewell" toot that attracted so much attention that Maloney woke up in the presence of Magistrate Herzinger. "

In 1912: The petition for a wet or dry election from District No. 2, which was western Shasta County, was filed in the county seat with 162 signers. The matter would come before the supervisors at the March meeting.

SHASTA LAKE — The special election for the recall of Councilwoman Dolores Lucero will cost the city about $40,000, according to an estimate from the Shasta County Elections Office.

Thank you to those who responded to our year-end column on Christmas memories. Here's a selection.

It must be the most widely trafficked and persistent rumor in north state politics, especially at the beginning of the election cycle: Rep. Wally Herger is retiring. Well, here's Placer County GOP activist Aaron Park saying it is true: The...

With the dawn of every New Year comes a slew of new laws that go into effect, the state legislature having passed them the year prior. 2012 is no different as multiple laws in California will change personal liberties and the way we do business. For better or for worse, nonsensical or justified, every Californian

It's Shasta Lake City Attorney John Kenny's job -- not mine -- to defend the city against any potential lawsuit spurred by its setting a date for a recall election last night, but Southern California attorney Andrew L. Jared's request...

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.

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

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 all the roller-coaster tumultuousness of the primary season, the general election promises another strange jolt: the likely presence on the ballot in all 50 states of a third-party nominee — identity, and ideology, to be determined.

St. Elizabeth Community Hospital is proud to announce Donna Holscher, MD as the 2011 recipient of the Values in Action Physician of the Year Award, the highest honor in the Catholic Healthcare West system.  This award brings special distinction as the selection is based on nominations from employees, board members, fellow

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....

With Shasta County Supervisor Linda Hartman planning to take a job with the state veterans home and saying she won't run for re-election to the board next year, candidates are wasting no time getting in line for the race to...

SACRAMENTO — Shasta County Supervisor Linda Hartman has been hired as assistant administrator of the nearly completed Redding Veterans Home, it was announced Tuesday.

When democracy activists boycott some Third World dictator's sham elections, to avoid lending credence to a rigged vote, it makes a kind of rough sense.

In 1911: The International Order of Red Men called out its members for a banquet and election of chiefs.

One startling statistic from last fall's municipal elections around California has not been lost on the state's policymakers and would-be reformers: Fully 40 out of the 53 local tax or bond measures up for a vote in November passed, usually with supermajorities of 55 percent or more.

SHASTA LAKE — Councilwoman Dolores Lucero and her supporters remained uncharacteristically silent this week as a petition for her recall went to the Shasta County Elections Office.

SHASTA LAKE — A petition to recall Councilwoman Dolores Lucero went to the Shasta County Elections Office on Thursday with more than 1,600 signatures.

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...

SHASTA LAKE — A petition to recall Councilwoman Dolores Lucero went to the Shasta County Elections Office today with more than 1,600 signatures.

When considering a place to spend the evening, too much variety can be a deterrent. After all, you can get a cold brew almost anywhere you decide to go. Problem is, for connoisseurs of the brew, variety and selection is often in lack. That’s why the Ale House has found success in its niche.

The Foothill High School football team followed its second straight share of the Eastern Athletic League North title by leading the way with nine selections on the all-league rosters that were released this week.

Many people are lamenting the failure of the congressional supercommittee to come up with an agreement on ways to reduce the runaway federal deficits. But you cannot judge success or failure without knowing what the goal was.

Cathy Darling Allen, the Shasta County clerk and elections chief, emails to bring my attention to a letter she sent to the U.S. Postal Service pointing to one serious potential drawback of the inevitable slower service if Redding loses its...

The Supreme Court, or so we are told, follows the election returns. Perhaps, but it shouldn't anticipate them — or, for that matter, rule with the campaign calendar in mind.

1911: Eastern Shasta County voted itself as dry as a bone at the special election by an estimated majority of 80 dry votes over the wets. The drys and wets are inclined to blame a certain saloon license in Fall River Mills for the dry victory. The business is conducted in a manner unsatisfactory to the residents of the east

The 2011 off-year elections are a warning to Republicans. The 2010 party is over. 2012 will be a struggle.

Not there was much doubt about the matter, but Dan Logue, who currently represents the 3rd Assembly District, has officially declared he's running for re-election in the new 1st District, which includes Shasta and Siskiyou counties. His focus is all...

I believe that my son-in-law has a great idea. The president should have one six-year term. This would eliminate his campaigning for re-election instead of tending to business.

No, diligent voter, you have not been dropped from the mail-ballot list. You didn't accidentally recycle the voters guide with last week's newspapers. The county clerk doesn't think you're dead.

This Sunday, 4,000 or more people will be surrounding the White House in an action to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline from being built. I was one of the 1,253 citizens arrested in the Tar Sands Action that took place earlier in Washington, D.C. Now I'm returning Sunday, one year to the day before the election next year, t

Forget hope and change. President Obama's re-election campaign is going to be based on fear and loathing: fear of what a Republican takeover would mean, and loathing of whomever the Republican nominee turns out to be.

Jury selection is due to Wednesday in the manslaughter trial of a Redding man accused of throwing a punch that caused the death of another Redding man two years ago

That's what a caller to the newsroom asked this morning, noting that this was the first November in his long memory when Shasta County did not hold an election. He's right. I'm not sure precisely where the movement started --...

Shasta County supervisors this morning unanimously voted to move forward with a June special election to determine what happens to a proposed shopping center in Churn Creek Bottom.

Shasta County supervisors today will decide whether to overturn their approval of a controversial shopping center in Churn Creek Bottom or move forward with a special election to let voters choose what happens there.

If we hold elections on Halloween, voters can dress up as elephants, donkeys, Uncle or Auntie Sams.

John P. Schafer, ReddingTRICK OR TREAT: If we hold elections on Halloween, voters can dress up as elephants, donkeys, Uncle or Auntie Sams; and election results can be trick or treat.

Boo! Yeah, this one looks scary. Lately, Halloween seems to stretch out into a month long party, or at least a month long retail sale. In that light, it isn’t at all too soon

Announcing his candidacy for state Senate, Shasta County Supervisor Les Baugh struck a pose of telling an unpopular truth when he said, "How about we stop fighting as Republicans and Democrats and just vote as Americans who just want to clean up this mess?"