My campoon for Redding City Council, despite a massive wave of public indifference, has sadly crashed on history’s harsh rocks and splintered into a million disconnected pixels on your computer’s monitor. I now concede that the “official” candidates who filed some sort of papers with the County Cl

Tim Miranda, a National Park Service employee, uses a grader to plow snow Thursday near the summit trail in Lassen Volcanic National Park. The park is working to reopen its main road but currently has closures 10 miles in from the northwest entrance at the Devastated Area and seven miles in from the southwest en

I was tagged by dclarion.a. People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blog and replace any question that they dislike with a new, original question.b. Tag eight people. Don'

Big Views...above the heat and below the SNOW...BIG BIG views...22 lots tentative map approved. 5-8+ acres. CCR's 2200 sq.ft min There will be some NICE homes going up in here! Price $1,000,000 Call Rick For more info on this Shingletown California opportunity! 53

Snow has closed the main road through Lassen Volcanic National Park.

Sandra Winslow rides a sled Sunday down a slope near Bunny Flat on Mt. Shasta after snow blanketed the area the previous night. Winslow of Mount Shasta was one of several people on the mountain Sunday who came out to enjoy the snow for the first time this season.

Can You Help A Brother Out?“No quarters in that Louis Vuitton handbag? No? Bullshit, lady. Thanks for ignoring me.”“No folding money in those wool slacks asshole? Ooooohh, that sad eye contact, thanks for that. That was special.”“Can you help a brother out?”The change in the “tall

Next year we plant early. It sounded really reasonable when a man told me years ago that all I had to do was look west toward Trinity County and if I saw snow on the mountains don’t plant even if it’s April. I think I got my herbs and tomatoes in the ground sometime in June. [...]

In an effort to do my part to stimulate the economy (single-handedly), I spent a snowy Thursday evening downloading a shiteload of music from iTunes.In a very roundabout way.I was watching President-elect Obama's acceptance speech in Grant Park in Chicago and got all misty-eyed. Yeah, for the promise of change t

It may be too soon to hit the slopes, but it's not too soon to hit the gym and get ready for ski and snowboard season. Dr. John Kemp, a Red Bluff-based orthopedic surgeon with a specialty in sports medicine, recommends working out for a minimum of six to eight weeks before you hitting the mountain.

The task is to create something using just 58 words. Lots of thoughts, ideas right now. Angst is a muse.An Itch You Can’t ScratchShe knew nothing of redemption.The itch kept her anchored to the streets, back alleys where the dark hid the sunken cheeks, sallow skin.A fickle snow kept traffic l

By Ginny Hibbard All of us open and close a water faucet multiple times in a 24-hour period. Do we think about how the water comes to be running through our faucets? I doubt if many people think ab

I met with with Congressman Wally Herger, R-Chico,  dozens of times during the 10 years I worked at some local newspaper where I was its opinion columnist and part of its editorial board. I don’t recall Herger ever coming alone. He always had a handler (my term) with him; usually Herger’

A Drabble, 100 words, one story.Organic FarmingFrost crystals danced on a frozen crust of snow and filled the wells of her feet. Her gloveless hands were white and she flexed them against the cold.Smoke tendrils rose from paint-crusted slats; when the propane bottles exploded, so did the cracked and

Hirz Bay Trail Length: 4 miles roundtrip. Reference: the McCloud arm of Shasta Lake east of Interstate 5. Total elevation gain: 700 feet (high point is 1,200 feet). Difficulty: easy

The north state is in for another bright blue day that should nicely flatter the recent snow on Mt. Shasta and Lassen Peak.

Through the years of listing and selling real estate in Redding and Shasta/Tehama Counties I’ve observed several code changes in response to weather phenomena that hit Redding. In the late 1980’s an Arctic blast of cold air descended upon th

In our own backyard - Mt. Shasta denuded of snow cover at the end of summer. And speaking of "America the Beautiful" (original words by 19th century English professor Katharine Lee Bates), here are the lyrics most of us never...

Redding is ideally situated near num

Let's teach Sarah Palin about the Supreme Court! Everyone's probably heard by now of Sarah Palin, the Republican candidate for Vice President. What you may not have heard yet is that she is, as of this moment, unable to name any Supreme Court Case other than Roe v. Wade, as evidenced by Katie Couric. Seeing as how this w

Agents and clients have commented recently that lines of credit dried up virtually overnight in response to the failure of Congress to pass a rescue package. Home equity lines of credit are not being granted by some banks and credit card

I am pretty sure someone on my friendslist, a few months back, posted a link to a website about cave exploring - in Tennessee or Kentucky, maybe? - and there was a link to a fictional scary-as-hell account of a man who was drawn to explore a certain cave even though he knew there was evil within.I'm thinking it

TheTimeIsNowPeopleFirstTheVoiceofReasonSecureTheFutureIntegrityLeadershipCommonSense. Redding City Council campaign slogans all. Change We Can Believe In?...

Known for its snow as much as for its volcanic activity, Lassen Volcanic National Park now has a visitor center that will stay open even when the snow outside is stacked up as high as 20 feet.

While snowfall and rainfall were down a little this past rainy season, there’s still plenty of spilling water. Those cascades pour over bedrock, forming waterfalls, which abound in the north state.

That is a short statement because the long one contains a whole string of known obscenities! I choke every time I try to come to grips with my new reality and realize how truly screwed I am! I feel panic every time I let my mind encompass the "whole" situation and just keep trying to focus on smaller pieces of the disaster

Today, Shasta draws not only hardcore explorers like Muir, but thousands of others who shoot for its summit each year. The 14,162-foot volcano also attracts artists, scientists, spiritualists and skiers and snowboarders.

Today we have a guest blogger, a VIP from our local beloved paper. He needs (deserves) no introduction, so I'll let him just get to it. ~GThis morning when I went out to get the paper, an acorn hit me on the head. For a full minute or two, as I sat there dazed on the driveway, I thought the sky was falling.

Crazy is all I can say right now. You know if we haven ‘t updated the blog in over a week we must be going crazy. With all the yearbook deadlines rounding the corner, sessions are very limited. Don’t hesititate any longer to call if you want a full session before yearbook deadlines. 530-223-5456 [...]

Kanaka Peak Trail Round trip: 7.8 miles Hiking Time: 6 hours High point: 2,700 feet Elevation gain: 1,700 feet Water: Available from Paige Boulder Creek, but pack plenty Maps: USGS 7

This is a picture of Mount Shasta. The 14,000 foot mountain has a few glaciers that never seem to melt, but I must say this is the most baren I have ever seen the mountain. We have had our typical summer, maybe a l

Although not exactly like his aerocar, Shasta Glide ‘n Ride offers Segway tours of the Sacramento River near downtown Redding. All tours start at Turtle Bay Museum and cross the beautiful Su

I was driving west on Highway 44 just before noon when I noticed the huge plume of smoke pouring from what looked like North Market or Hilltop. My thought was, “Here we go again. When does this end?” It’s been a hell of a summer, and let’s just go ahead and put the emphasis on that hell par

One of our clients sent us an article that was truly fascinating. It has to do with global warming and our very own Mt. Shasta. First of all, if you don't know about much about Mt. Shasta it rises over 14,100 ft. above sea level.  

One of our clients sent us an article that was truly fascinating. It has to do with global warming and our very own Mt. Shasta. First of all, if you don't know about much about Mt. Shasta it rises over 14,100 ft. above sea level.  

“Whitey” the squirrel enjoys the shade a resident’s garden at the south side of Gold Hills Country Club off Wilvern Lane in Redding. Randy Abbe, an avid Whitey watcher, said the white squirrel is well known in the neighborhood and has been a fixture since before Abbe moved to Redding in 2003. If you have f

No one looks forward to spending the summer under a blanket of smoke. No one wants to walk out the back door to greet ash falling like snow. No one wishes for the day she's forced to pile what few possessions she can into the car before speeding away from approaching flames. Smoky days may make for irritation, b

You’ll notice a new photo at the top of our site today. We figured we’d rotate those every now and then to keep things fresh. All the photos we post were taken by us — if you’re from Northern California, you’ll no doubt recognize some of the locations. Something about snow-covered mountains loo

Is Stillwater Park Our Future? Should it be? What about Recreation and Tourism?We recently read that Turtle Bay “delivers $9.6 million” to the County last year. Not bad for a Park that receives $350,000 from the City each year to attract visitors from near and far. So, how do the “experts” come up with $

The good thing about LJ is that I always feel I'm talking to someone, even though most of you are asleep, or should be asleep if you intend to get up with the chickens. A good, safe place to talk.I watched the local news at 11 PM. Nothing new there that I didn't know. Had some soup - I'm not really hungry but fe

By all accounts, he was the bullfighter you wanted in your corner. The pick-up man that countless cowboys counted on. Cottonwood Cowboy Donny Martin left a proud legacy when he passed away on July 1st.A website dedicated to his memory provides details on the services (Friday, July 11th) and the Donny Martin Fami

Almost every person has something secret he likes to eat....It was then that I discovered little dried sections of tangerine. My pleasure in them is subtle and voluptuous and quite inexplicable. I can only write how they are prepared.In the morning, in the soft sultry chamber, sit in the window peeli

Blame Thom G for this post. I'm like that patch of crab grass, which if you give an inch it takes a yard. Plus, today is the 27th. So, really it was unavoidable.I think most folks are following along over at the Surface Tension, but in c

As swiped from almsthvn and challenged to by shesingsnow:The Challenge:- Post 3

    Les Baugh is a Shasta County supervisor. Kathy Babcock is his professional dance partner. Q: How have you prepared for our first practice?

The moon has not yet risen here, but I have read that tonight it will appear unusually large, for reasons of illusion having to do with the coincidence of the Summer Solstice Sun or something or other, which I barely understand, but probably someone out there knows all about it.Anyway.I copied this f

Bush mouthpiece Scott McClelland's book flap inspired this by Radley Balko at reason.com: Bush's most widely praised press secretaries thus far have been Tony Snow and Ari Fleischer. .... They're praised for the way they were able to flack with...

Following two straight years of below-average rainfall, very low snowmelt runoff and the largest court-ordered water transfer restrictions in state history, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today proclaimed a statewide drought and issued an Executive Order, which takes immediate action to address a dire situation where nu

Even with snow on the ground, it was hot news: Yellowstone was burning. And, although it was 20 years ago come July, it seems like only yesterday that Yellowstone National Park was going up in smoke and flames.

My son assures me that yes, he can create slide show and attach it to my new song so I can post it to my blog. "It'll take me three minutes." The middle-aged me just says: "Wow." I even cocked my head and raised my ears, the way our Golden Retriever does when she's totally perplexed by something goin