A brief political seizure perked up this week’s Redding’s City Council meeting. It concerned a mayoral nominee to the Community Services Advisory Commission Community

In a continuing sign that business as usual has changed on the Redding City Council, Vice Mayor Rick Bosetti and council member Patrick Jones voted against another one of Mayor Mary Stegall's committee appointments.

A brief political seizure perked up this week’s Redding’s City Council meeting. It concerned a mayoral nominee to the Community Services Advisory Commission. These things are usually routine: A vacancy occurs, the mayor nominates a worthy person to fill in, councilors praise the worthy person, a

Her Honor seems to be betting on Ken Murray's re-election since she's recommending him to be the City Council's point person for Stillwater Business Park....

What do you think of this idea, Mayor Stegall? CHICO -- City Councilors are taking steps toward what they hope will improve the "transparency" in city's process of negotiating salaries and benefits with its employees, reports the Enterprise-Record today. The...

"Highlights" from Dubya's visit, as covered by the local newspaper:11:30 a.m.I just got here... We're waiting to get credentials. Several RPD cruisers and bikes are here directing traffic. Sgt. Mike Thomas just told me they will escort the president the 700 yards from the south end of the airport to

Highway 299 has been re-opened to one lane of traffic west of Redding, from Rock Creek Road to Whiskey Creek Road, according to state Department of Transportation spokesman Michael Mayor.

Let Les Melburg & Co. design the new police station Rumor is architect Les Melburg is considering helping run Ken Murray's city council re-election campaign. Makes a certain amount of sense. Melburg badly wants to architect the new police station...

Fans of Redding’s old downtown are swooning now that the roof of the Mall’s finally coming off. (Mayor Stegall and assorted dignitaries were supposed to ceremonially start the demolition process last week). Removing that leaky roof is long overdue and it’ll help. Downtown is looking up. But it’s going to

LAKE SHASTA — A vegetation fire has closed one lane of southbound Interstate 5 near the O’Brien interchange, California Department of Transportation spokesman Michael Mayor said at about 9 a.m.

Ground-breakings have never done much for me. Grip. Grin. Hooold it. Take a picture. Boooorrring. But the downtown Mall roof-breaking Thursday morning? I wouldn’t have missed

INGOT —Restrictions have been lifted on trucks carrying flammable liquids on Highway 299 between Ingot and Burney, said Michael Mayor, a California Department of Transportation spokesman.

Get a good look at the roof on The Mall in Downtown Redding. It’s about to undergo a major make-over that will begin with some long overdue demolition to begin its beautification. As you might recall, the Red

Redding Mayor Mary Stegall will lead a ceremonial “roofbreaking” of The Mall in downtown Redding at 9:30 a.m. June 26.

The last time I felt that nervous while driving in the Convention Center parking lot was when teaching my kids to drive. My fears were the same: A wreck or fender-bender. This time, I was the one behind the wheel as I test drove a brand new To

An elected one with more power, instead of a ceremonial one with a one-year term? My takeaway from Emily Young's thoughtful column today. Tough financial times demand strong leadership and vision. Are we going to get it from a competent...

Redding Mayor Mary Stegall's next appointment to the Planning Commission may sail to unanimous City Council approval. Stegall has nominated Lynne Wonacott, a part-time project manager for the land development firm Sharrah Dunlap Sawyer, to a four-year term on the seven-member commission. Wonacott woul

Good to see Mayor Stegall has finally found her voice on the city hall sexcapades, after initially downplaying public outcry and blaming the messenger. As a woman and one who long ran the Shasta County Women's Refuge she could've lead...

In a Sunday article, Redding Mayor Mary Stegall is quoted as saying, "I haven't seen the public's concerns. I've seen the Record Searchlight's concerns." If it weren't for the Record Searchlight, the public would have no knowledge of the scandalous situation, which occurred at City Hall. I personally commend the

The spirit of any organization is set from the top, and that makes the reactions of Redding Mayor Mary Stegall and City Manager Kurt Starman to questions about the sexual affairs at City Hall -- lengthy and time-consuming escapades involving the top levels of the organization -- all the more disappointing.

SHASTA LAKE — Funeral services are being held today in Southern California for ex-Shasta Lake mayor and city councilman Andy Ray Coulter.

In the days before color TV belatedly came to my household (the Sixties), I remember joining my mom and dad and sister on the street in front of Fleharty's appliance store in downtown Redding to watch "The Flintstones" on a...

Former Redding Mayor George C. Fleharty, who died last month at his San Francisco home, wasn't one to take life easy.

They've investigated an unscrupulous former Redding mayor, spotlighted a fire district that hadn't held elections in decades and have cleared the names of government officials, too.

I am concerned that Redding Mayor Mary Stegall thought that the City Hall "sex scandal" was created by the Record Searchlight.

Obit from Sunday's Chron: George C. Fleharty was a man of a thousand interests. He was a businessman who at different times owned television stations, the famous Ice Follies touring ice show and the major hotel at Denali National Park...

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

That she blames the messenger, while seemingly ignoring the following message: "... that is compounded by the enormous amount of time that was spent in engaging in these non-work-related activities," (government ethics expert) Judy Nadler said. "There's a theft of...

Even the mayor. Chris Solberg, who runs Redding Loaves & Fishes, sends a link to the stunning story that the mayor of Ashland, Ore., is ... well, not sleeping on the streets, but couch-surfing at friends' houses because he can't...

Soon we won’t have the roof on The Mall in downtown Redding to complain about any more. We won’t have its mold to ridicule, nor its rainy leaks, captured in City of Redding trash cans, to criticize. Before long, no roof will exist to blame for making The Mall seem so dark and creepy. 

If you weren't at the City Council meeting on Tuesday night, you need to watch it here on Redding.com

The days of deference to the mayor may be over on the Redding City Council.

The Redding City Council majority put on a rare display of bare-knuckle politics when it rejected Mayor Mary Stegall's nominee for the Planning Commission. The council voted 3-2 against confirming Gail Rich for a four-year term on the commission, which evaluates whether subdivisions, shopping centers, office bu

The Redding City Council tonight rejected Mayor Mary Stegall’s nominee for a Planning Commission vacancy.

Redding Mayor Mary Stegall will be an alternate delegate for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, she said Monday.

Redding Mayor Mary Stegall was elected as an alternate delegate, pledged to Sen. Hillary Clinton, to the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August. Stegall was selected at a caucus in Chico this afternoon. Don't necessarily agree with her choice,...

Someone forwarded me this e-mail from Mayor Mary Stegall: From: Mary Stegall To: To: Undisclosed-Recipient Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 9:30 AM Subject: Democratic Caucus in Chico Dear friends, I have entered my name as a delegate for Hillary Clinton...

H. W. Glover, left, shown in 1909 with his pinto horse, dedicated much of his life to serving Redding residents. A trained blacksmith and two-term mayor, he opened Glover's Garage in 1912 at the corner of Market and Placer streets in Redding. The garage was a local icon by the time Glover retired in 1941. To vie

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 -

Kevin Johnson was arguably one of the greatest point guards in NBA history during his playing days with the Phoenix Suns in the '90s. Now the Sacramento native wants to be the field general in a different arena -- his...

Has anyone else wondered just how we got to where we are with the ‘08 Presidential candidates? While most of us cannot remember the original slate of hopefuls without a scorecard, an old newspaper or Google, it has become painfully clear that we might have thrown out the baby with the bathwater. To that end, it might be

TRENTON, N.J. -- In New Jersey, the governor's e-mails might shed light on whether he inappropriately conferred with a labor leader he once dated. In Detroit, the mayor's text messages revealed a sexually charged scandal. In California, a fight rages for access to e-mails sent by a city councilwoman about a cont

A citizens committee helped get Redding City Hall off the ground when the task seemed nearly impossible in 1995.

• Mayor to hang Shop' banner • Chiropractor hosts heart healthy event • ReMax Five Star touring foreclosures • Firm aims to educate homeowners on mortgage

• Man's shooting death deemed an accident • Red Bluff mayor recovering from stroke • Logging conference begins with breakfast

It was just yesterday that Ken and Sally Gifford climbed onto the stage of the Redding Convention Center to a standing ovation, accepting the Mayors' Philanthropic Achievement Award. He was gracious and spoke only briefly; she wiped away tears. It was a very nice moment for a couple who has done much to, quite literally,

RED BLUFF -- Mayor Forrest Flynn is home today after spending three nights in the hospital because of the minor stroke he suffered Saturday.

The State of the City event was low-key and smooth. I was glad to see all the city department heads on hand. I would like to have seen a Q&A session added at the end. The Enterprise High School jazz band was terrific. And thanks for the low-energy light bulb. Bright idea.________________________________________