What flies and cruises and blushes all over? A collection of fire-engine red and hot pink travel accessories for your flamboyant Valentine.

This Valentine's Day, I resolved to use my tech resources to think outside the box. Here are some places you can go for ideas to put a little fire into your relationship.

A truck rolled over about 7:30 a.m. today, leaving the driver trapped for more than an hour near a creek and shutting down southbound Highway 273 near Ox Yoke Road.

Firefighters this afternoon rushed to the Americana Lodge on Pine Street and in downtown Redding and to a home on Sapwood Drive in north Redding after separate reports of a possible structure fires.

Keep it shut. Traditional fireplaces are energy losers. It's best not to use them because they pull heated air out of the house and up the chimney. When the fireplace is not in use, close the damper (be sure there are no smoldering embers before closing it). Dampers allow some air leakage, so if you decide not to use a fire

It's been a frequent complaint about the new, $150-a-year tax -- officially a "fee," though there'll be a lawsuit to settle that question -- that it does not actually fund any firefighting. Rather, it goes to prevention and education and...

We’re sitting by the phone today, waiting for newly minted Facebook zillionaires to call. Here’s a look at the 10 most expensive homes for sale in the Shasta MLS today. #10 1892 Crestmont Redding 96002 $1.895M

A Redding woman's hair was singed as she escaped from her burning house on Lakeview Drive tonight.

A 33-year-old man suffered second-degree burns from a fire that destroyed his family's mobile home in Shasta Lake this morning.

A 33-year-old man suffered second-degree burns after a fire broke out at a mobile home in Shasta Lake this morning.

A car fire at a storage unit on Twin View Boulevard was quickly extinguished Wednesday afternoon.

RED BLUFF — Newly manufactured homes placed on land in unincorporated Tehama County must have fire-sprinkler systems, the Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday.

Eric Dyck, the Mount Shasta Fire Department's assistant chief, is more than happy to set the record straight about his department's policy on feline rescues.

Firefighters were being sent tonight to a reported structure fire in which an elderly woman might possibly be trapped inside.

COTTONWOOD - Firefighters put out a house fire on Rhonda Road late Sunday night that may have been started by an electric blanket.

Firefighters are being sent this evening to a reported structure fire off Old Forty-Four Drive in the Millville area. The fire was reported around 8:40 p.m.

I haven't posted in a while and that's because I really don't have much of interest to say. It's January, the month when we recover from Christmas, though for me the entire Christmas season 2011 was pretty much a wash.It seemed unusually cold today; although the thermometer read about 40/4, there was some snow m

The words over at Three Word Wednesday are downhill, freak and sliver. A nod to Boots, who really jump-started this piece through a text and phone conversation. She kicked my ass, and kicked away the writer’s block. A Night In with a CanadianIt’s n

Redding League of Women Voters Soup Supper 2012 at Lema Ranch Nice use of euphemismThis plan has been well publicized. Federal jud

A barn that had been converted to a residence was destroyed by a fire late Tuesday night near Bella Vista.

A barn that had been converted to a residence was destroyed by a fire late Tuesday night near Bella Vista.

Fire crews battled a blaze Tuesday morning at an abandoned house on Rock Creek Road near Granite Drive west of Redding.

Mr. Jesrani's Legal Hour segment will be airing live on January 17th at 8:00am on 1460am. Here are the podcasts for the last two shows (each starts 1-hour into the recordings):December 13, 2011

Crews are responding this morning to reports of an abandoned house that is on fire on Rock Creek Road near Granite Drive west of Redding.

A pair of north state lawmakers co-authored a bill that would repeal a controversial state firefighting fee, something they say is an illegally approved tax.

Special interests are manipulating the government to impose censorship on the internet. Do you trust the government to control what you can and cannot find on the web? We don’t. Since you are reading this online, neither should you.

Is an anti-virus program necessary on a Kindle Fire tablet? The short answer is that any gadget that connects to the Internet should have an anti-virus program installed on it. In theory, because the Kindle Fire uses an Android operating system, you should be able to install any Android compatible app by going to the compa

One of Redding's most vocal medical cannabis advocates is questioning whether a low-income housing program run by the city illegally discriminates against marijuana patients, and he's asked the Shasta County district attorney to weigh in on the matter.

Two Hyampom Volunteer Fire Department members were arrested this week in Weaverville after allegedly trying to sell 50 pounds of marijuana to an undercover agent, the Trinity County Sheriff's Office reported Friday.

Two members of the Hyampom Volunteer Fire Department were arrested this week in the Burger King parking lot in Weaverville after investigators said they found 50 pounds of processed marijuana in the trunk of their vehicle.

A smoking water heater sent Redding firefighters to the movies just before 12:30 p.m. today.

Redding's dry weather pattern has local fire officials concerned about the potential for blazes sparked by dooryard burning.

A Round Mountain man who was shot and nearly killed last year by a Shasta County sheriff's sergeant after he reportedly fired an arrow at two deputies pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity Monday in Shasta County Superior Court.

I've been giving myself what my mother used to call a good "talking to." It's a kind of pep talk to remind me to count my blessings, when all I want to do is crawl up under the porch with the dogs and cry.

Doug LaMalfa's bill for CDC fire camps is going to fail. This is because higher custody level inmates are all the state has to fill the camps due to lower level inmates doing time in county jails.

In 1912: A "fourth-story man" perpetrated a bold robbery in the room of Nick Wehring, a miner stopping at the Temple Hotel. Forty dollars in gold and 30 cents in silver were extracted from the pockets of the occupant of Room 93, who made entrance by way of the fire escape and a dangling rope that permitted him to cl

The back of the home wraps around the pool, making i

Burning is prohibited today and Sunday in Shasta and Trinity counties because of unseasonably dry, windy weather, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection announced Friday.

Burning is prohibited Saturday and Sunday in Shasta and Trinity counties because of unseasonably dry, windy weather, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection announced today.

This is a great neighborhood for the money. Nearby to all the Downtown Redding fun, and also Turtle Bay School. Arboretum, River Trail, Museum, Sundial Bridge, Caldwe

Firefighters have found the source of smoke that blew into a storage room at Shasta College.

January 3rd, 2012This is a Call to Action from the police families of the United States. We come to you as a united front on behalf of our law enforcement officers across the country. We stand together as we collectively refuse to allow our officers to be discounted, disrespected, and devalued any longer. I

Prior listings say this good sized 4 bedroom 1961 built Ranch Style has hardwood floors and a fireplace. Located in a terrific central setting for walking or bicycling to eastside sho

A lot of folks showed up at Gary's house. Well, to be fair, they were invited.In no particular order.Can you spot

The late, great New York Times columnist William Safire wrote a year-end column he called Office Pool. In it, Safire offered, multiple-choice style, a series of possible news events that could take place in the year ahead, along with his predictions.