For those of us that have been around Redding for a while we’ve seen many tenants occupy the building on Churn Creek in the TCBY parking lot.  The most recent tenants were Taco Del Mar and Gringo’s, both Mexican restaurants with fairly short-lived histories in Redding.  Unfortunately, Gringo’s only o

Being environmentally conscious means different things to different people. For some it's recycling; to others it's driving a hybrid.

By Dennis Taylor, Contributing writer Here is the schedule of events for the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge's Centennial Celebration on Friday: • 8:30 and 9:45 a.m.: Starting times for the one-hour guided bus tour of the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge. • 11 to

I would be willing to bet my last dollar the environmentalists (Sierra Club, Earth First and others) will soon object to any forest plan that will help harvest the thousands of burned trees as a result of our forest fires here in California. We'll see.

Q: Record Searchlight readers have followed the story of a bald eagle wounded by an unidentified shooter in May that died July 12 due to complications from its injuries. How does your faith define the role of humans regarding care for the environment?

CHICAGO -- Sam Glenn followed some wise counsel when he found himself in a bad job situation -- his mother told him, first, don't quit. And second, to have a frank chat with his boss at the small computer communications firm where he worked.

By Jessica Skropanic • Environmental Protection Agency AirNow: www.airnow.gov. The Web site includes interactive maps, a description of the EPA’s air-quality index and health tips. • University of Maryland, Baltimore County�

Ya gotta love Al Gore. No, I mean it. Ya gotta love him to not want to kick the living crap out of him. Case in point. Al shows up at his latest speech on “global warming” and ways to stop it, not in an electric car, bicycle or horse drawn cart, but in a parade of gas swilling luxury vehicles. In two Li

RED BLUFF -- Employees, residents and environmental groups have aligned against Tehama County's plan to move all of its road maintenance equipment and workers into one yard in the tiny community of Gerber.

The eco-friendly Gaia Hotel & Spa on the river in Anderson finally opened at the end of April. Check the cover of the AT&T “Real Yellow Pages.” Trouble is, the challenging economic environment.

These are not my pictures, I copied them off another blog site and cannot find the site to give credit. If you recognize them, let me know so I can give credit where credit is due.

Shasta County has released the Final Environmental Impact Report for Hatchet Ridge Wind, just in case you need a little light beach reading. The Planning Commission has scheduled a hearing on the project in Burney on July 24, at 7...

The problems as I see them:$5 dollar gas is not now the exception, but the rule. Absent immediate intervention, it will be $10, then $15, and the end of life as we know it.The U.S. dollar is in freefall with no end in sight.Due to the domino effect, businesses are now failing at an unpre

Note from Doni: The following column, Wally Herger rides to rescue Ridge, was first published in the Paradise Post on June 28, written by that paper’s editorial board. I thought you might find it interesting. Wally Herger rides to rescue Ridge WAL

  Don Burton is Redding Radio’s operations manager. Q. How have you prepared for our first practice? I asked my partner, Julie C

By Geoff Colvin, senior editor at large June 25, 2008 The way we get out of today’s slump will be different. Here’s one plausible scenario. Home prices, down 17% from their peak, stop falling in most of the country by year-end. The financial system c

Whiskeytown Environmental School's Outdoor Adventure Camp this week has been a little more adventurous than anyone planned.

A Chico-based environmental group is considering its next move after a federal judge denied a request to halt Stillwater Business Park construction.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Critics fear the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will adopt a rule in the waning days of the Bush administration that will make it easier to build coal-fired power plants near national parks.

SACRAMENTO — Overhauling how California uses, moves and stores water while protecting its environment will come at a steep cost, according to a report released Friday.

Everybody loves a map, right? Well here's one from the Fish and Wildlife Service outlining the critical vernal pool habitat in the Redding area. Sure enough, the area around the airport is vernal-pool central. Whenever the Butte Environmental Council sounded...

Last night I mentioned that Barbara Vlamis of the Butte Environmental Council had sent along a copy of a 2005 letter raising concerns about the Stillwater Business Park's vernal pools. Now City Manager Kurt Starman says that letter was in...

Get an out-of-town environmental group to sue to stop it on behalf of the fairy shrimp and slender Orcutt grass. This story is just a classic finale to the Stillwaiting Business Park. I asked the Butte Environmental Council about the...

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A Butte County environmental group is suing two federal agencies, claiming they did not do enough to protect wetland species present in portions of the proposed Stillwater Business Park in Redding.

That's psychologist Doug Craig, who's worried about global warming and owns a three-wheeled Xebra sedan. The thing lists for $11,700 and is available online here. Made by Santa Rose-based ZAP, it has a top speed of 40 mph and a...

This technology might go over easier than Hatchet Ridge Wind: Modular Architectural Wind Microturbines Aerovironment is designing these wind microturbines specifically for the urban environment: No need for a tower, the blades rotate more slowly and silently, and they are...

One of the Turtle Bay eaglets has been testing its wings, say the scientists monitoring the pair of young birds, which have grown up in what was a controversial nest. "At this point, everything seems normal," said Tom Balkow, senior environmental planner in the state Department of Transportation's Red

As the school year comes to a close, it may be a good time to look back and reflect a bit. We have recently and sadly experienced the closure of Bishop Quinn High School. Was it competition or was it something else? Certainly, Bishop Quinn was in the mix in regard to our competitive environment in Shasta County.

Yes, I'm in the market for transportation. I can't believe how difficult this is. I think I'll have to take out another student loan to pay for it and for a laptop. Riding the bus down to the library is getting old.I'm in the market for a two wheeled contraption and I've found some pretty interesting things,

So the latest clean air assault by the nature Nazis is once again the auto industry, more specifically the diesel truck industry. In a recent frenetic frenzy, oil refiners, diesel engine manufacturers, fresh air fanatics and a cadre of carbon credit hugging politicians banded together to make the air quality here in Califo

By Thom Gabrukiewicz Earlier this year, the summer of 2008 stretched out like an unexplored trail to a string of jewel-colored lakes. The turbulence of the last few years -- the "fasten your seatbelt and return your tray tables and seatbacks to their upright and locked positions" kind of turbulence -

For the first time, Whiskeytown Environmental School this summer is expanding its camp program from its usual offerings of outdoor adventure and survival skills to include theater arts.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's drought declaration was accompanied by a pitch for more dams, which brought a reply this afternoon from the Environmental Defense Fund. Whatever your politics, this is a zinger: Buying an overpriced water project during a drought is...

By KELLY SPORS, in the Wall Street Journal small business section Q: How can I find an energy auditor for my business, and what’s the cost? A: First, check if your business qualifies for a free audit. Many utility companies provide business customers with free or low-co

Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) PostsThe latest craze in real estate as most know is to complete DIY projects, saving time and money for the homeowner.  This

Someone outside the newspaper forwarded me the following e-mail, supposedly from Record Searchlight editor Silas Lyons to RS staff on Friday about Thom Gabrukiewicz, the paper’s Outdoors section creator and editor: “Thom G let us know this morning that he has accepted a job in Sioux Falls,

By Brian Barton I like to read, usually in the evening before I go to sleep. I mostly read meaningless fiction to turn my brain off for the night. Recently, I read a more substantial book by Richard Louv titled "Last Child in the Woods." This is a must-read book for all parents -- and any lover of

By Bruce Deuel As I was contemplating both my assignment to write a column this week and the fact that Mother's Day has arrived, the latter event steered my thinking into a topic for the former. Most birds follow a basic pattern toward motherhood. The females choose a mate, build a nest, lay eggs,

I just loved this story from the L.A. Times (which we republished in the print version of the R-S Friday morning) about the biodiesel banditos. Do you suppose it will plant the thought in any environmentalists' minds that, just perhaps,...

People never fail to amuse me. Politicians are at the top of the list.Did you see today's (5/4/08) Record Searchlight article about the report recently filed by a couple of ethics experts on the sex scandal

By Stephen Regenold, Columnist Leave it to a small company in Beaconsfield, Quebec, to make products for the outdoors that no one else would touch. Headquartered far from Seattle, Boulder, Colo., or other outdoors-industry hotsp

Wow. Sometimes it just takes a graph to spell something out in its unequivocal wrongness.Take a look at this. Click on it.Reproduced here without any permission whatsoever from Adbuste

What moron ever thought that giving a tax credit to purchase health insurance was a good idea? That’s like attaching antlers to every female deer just before hunting season. Atta boy John, your Liberal qualities are finally beginning to show.Before malpractice attorneys declare open season on the new “targ

I Hear You all screaming about getting out of the War in Iraq, but I don’t hear any of you acknowledging what would happen if we got out tomorrow…or the day after. Seems that you forgot about 900 million militant Muslims, who have vowed to see our destruction and need oil to finance it.I Hear You all crying

Recall the last time you had horrible service at a restaurant.  You probably found yourself wondering how the waitstaff could sustain themselves by treating their customers so poorly.  Didn’t they want future business?  Didn’t they want a big tip?  Didn’t they have a soul? I have formed a few opinions a

The to-and-fro over Gail Rich's nomination to the Redding Planning Commission is another reminder that in Shasta County, even the environmentalists and "liberals" are Republicans. But recent figures about voter registration drive home the point. The secretary of state's office...

That's what John Hoeppner is calling his downtown sports bar that could open inside Cascade Square, just south of the corner of California and Placer streets, within 12 weeks. Hoeppner, a general contractor who was born in Redding, took time out from construction this afternoon to talk up his new business.

That's what John Hoeppner is calling his downtown sports bar that could open inside Cascade Square, just south of the corner of California and Placer streets, within 12 weeks. Hoeppner, a general contractor who was born in Redding, took time out from construction this afternoon to talk up his new business.

I Hear You all screaming about getting out of the War in Iraq, but I don’t hear any of you acknowledging what would happen if we got out tomorrow…or the day after. Seems that you forgot about 900 million militant Muslims, who have vowed to see our destruction and need oil to finance it.I Hear You all crying