I was supposed to meet someone Monday at Safeway around 6:45 a.m., right after Jazzercise. Aside from the fact that early morning worked for us, I liked that location for three other reasons: 1.

Okay, well I guess this is it!  Last night I came home to find "Road Master" putting the final touches on his road barracades and now the shitz begins to stink - so we are running even faster, as I speak boxes are being taped and hauled out behind me! I have cried and screamed in private, but I don't have time to

I came to Redding in May of 2006 as a “fill-in” physician for the recently started hospitalist program at Shasta Regional Medical Center. A hospitalist is a physician who provides inpatient services to patients who either don’t have a regular doctor or whose doctor does not provide hospital services. Natur

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I saw it out on that World Wide Web thingy so it must be true! Billy Bob Thornton opening for David Allan Coe at the Cascade Theatre in Redding in September! I wish I hadn’t worked in newsrooms for nearly two decades. I’d just go with the story. Alas, I called the Cascade and they hadn’t heard ab

Rob Young, the clinical director for Shasta Community Health Center, helps Jeremiah Bering, 12, left, flip burgers at Caldwell Park in Redding during a barbecue to feed the homeless. Bering, who volunteered for the event, was there with his mother, Theresa, and 10-year-old sister Heather. The family lives in a d

Rob Young, the clinical director for Shasta Community Health Center, helps Jeremiah Bering, 12, left, flip burgers at Caldwell Park in Redding during a barbecue to feed the homeless. Bering, who volunteered for the event, was there with his mother, Theresa, and 10-year-old sister Heather. The family lives in a d

Recently I visited the new Redding Library about 3 p.m. As I approached the library (which, by the way, is a great place), I noticed a whole bunch of folks sitting around outside the front entrance. Many were just there, some with various descriptions of clothes, backpacks and blankets, others sleeping or

Fires, smoldering heat and an oppressive economy are prompting a plea from those who run local agencies that serve the homeless, the elderly and fire evacuees:

South City Park, known for its pleasant shade trees and the homeless people who lounge beneath them, could be plowed under to build a new police station.

• Highway 44 lanes to close for bridge work • Family left homeless by fire needs help • Family Day planned at Farmers Market

A Redding program that matched nearly 700 homeless families -- including more than 1,000 children -- with case managers and provided them rental-deposit and utilities assistance is being dismantled.

A Parkview neighborhood church serving the homeless and working poor may expand, the Redding City Council ruled Tuesday. But Living Hope Compassion Ministry must also do a better job keeping its occasional problem clients in line, the council said. The council voted 3-1 to deny a Parkview Ne

Parkview neighbors will take their opposition to a homeless drop-in center's expansion plans to the Redding City Council.

Best deal in San Francisco:  In the Tenderloin, on Larkin Street, between Turk and Eddy is a little hole-in-the-wall called Saigon Sandwich.  I’d been meaning to go there for some time now and finally made good on my intentions. I parked one block over, on Hyde Street. Four rather non-descript and som

A Redding ministry that offers free meals and other services for homeless people will be able to expand its Parkview building, the city Planning Commission voted Tuesday, despite concerns from neighbors about increased crime and transient traffic.

Today on  Fresh Air with Terry Gross at 3 p.m. on JPR 90.9 FM Redding. Tonight, the same show airs on Fresh Air at 7 p.m. on KCHO/KFPR 88.9 FM Redding  & 91.7 FM Chico The Redemptive Power of Music, and Friendship: Three years ago, journalist Steve Lopez met a homeless musician on skid r

It's Thursday morning on the far northwest side of Redding's Parkview neighborhood. The streets are quiet and nearly deserted - except for the hubbub around Living Hope Compassion Ministry.

Developing the Skills of a Benevolent Leader   Part I: Food Last month we featured a dog that was adored and spoiled by his owner, yet died in an animal shelter. This month we’ll begin to explore

A 24-year-old Redding man was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in February to attempted murder in connection with the Dec. 14 baseball bat beating of a homeless man in Redding.

A 24-year-old Redding man was sentenced this morning to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in February to attempted murder in connection with the Dec. 14 baseball bat beating of a homeless man in Redding.

I've been sitting here online trying to find a storage unit here in Redding. I didn't expect to find such a long list. So far, so good. Most places are sold out or only have a few units left. I never expected Redding to have such a high demand on storage.I'm going into Krista Foster Care to get fingerprinted

Why is it that every time a compassionate entity wants to help the poor and homeless, the City Council or the Planning Commission balks, unless it's the Good News Rescue Mission?

I love my nice long title. Sometimes, I feel like a short title, but then, the more words the search engines find in my titles the more hits I will get. At least, that's what my tech-savvy friend tells me. I guess I'll believe him, he knows way more about all of this than I do.I went by Krista Foster Care tod

Citing concerns about litter, loitering and crime in the surrounding Parkview neighborhood, Redding officials will urge the Planning Commission on Tuesday to vote down expansion plans for a homeless drop-in center.

Residents of the Parkview neighborhood frequently complain that they put up with far more than their share of problems related to the homeless -- in part because of their proximity to the Good News Rescue Mission and Living Hope Compassion...

He had no inheritance or special upbringing. His father was a customs clerk, and his mother was the third wife of his father, and illegitimate. Of his five other siblings only he and his sister reached adulthood while growing up in the early 1900’s.The boy was beaten regularly by his father, and after a cert

After spending more than a week living out of her car with her three children earlier this month, DeAnna Ward knows the biggest challenge a person faces when they find themselves suddenly without a home. "The hardest thing out there when you're homeless and you have children is trying to find out where t

A Redding nonprofit's plans to expand services for the homeless have sparked concerns about loitering, litter and crime in the surrounding Parkview neighborhood.

Dog trainers talk about the importance of providing good leadership and structure for pet dogs.  Unfortunately, the public is most familiar with terms such as “alpha” and “show him who is boss.”  But we love dogs; we love their goofy personalities, their willingness to play at the drop of a hat. It’s

Homeless people and the advocates trying to make a difference in their lives will meet today with members of the community to talk about ways to better curb homelessness in Redding and Shasta County.

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

CLEVELAND -- The nation's foreclosure crisis has led to a painful irony for homeless people: On any given night they are outnumbered in some cities by vacant houses. Some street people are taking advantage of the opportunity by becoming squatters.

A Redding area nonprofit group known for advocating for the homeless is getting into the radio business.

Our system of governments, from local to federal, is skewed. The city won't raise a finger to request the opening of the Armory to the homeless, and the National Guard sponsors Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s million-dollar race car. "That dog don't hunt."

There’s no telling how long the small brown cardboard box sat in the weeds before Darbie Henry of Redding found it last month.  But Darbie, who spotted the box during a walk with her dog, figured it couldn’t have been there too long or it would have been soaked by recent rains. Actually, Darbie

Pastor Bob Denham could swap his nickname for Charlie Tuna after Wednesday's haul. His Living Hope Compassion Ministry -- a nonprofit organization that offers warm meals, showers and other services for homeless people -- received 1,560 cans of tuna collected during the past two weeks by students at St. Joseph's School in Re

According to CNN, Senator John Edwards is officially throwing in the towel in his bid for the Democratic p

Each year we run a feature that showcases north state kids’ letters to Santa. Sometimes they’re fun. Sometimes their poignant. And sometimes they’re downright heartbreaking. (Met Khali Friedmann, a north state homeless girl, when she sent us her l

Each year we run a feature that showcases north state kids’ letters to Santa. Sometimes they’re fun. Sometimes their poignant. And sometimes they’re downright heartbreaking. (Met Khali Friedmann, a north state homeless girl, when she sent us her l