The problem I have with eating in autumn is two-fold. First, when the weather is gray and damp as it has been here Paris the last few days, I want something warm and comforting like gratin Dauphinois (grah-tan doh-fee-nwahz), that classic French side dish of double cooked potatoes, first in seasoned cream then ba

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.

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There is a website on the internet where they buy your old electronic devices and pay you.The best part is that by using this company you get to help the environment and make a couple bucks! Imagine if everyone instead of just throwing out their old electronics used a site like this.We could save the land fills an

Michael Gaither is a Bay Area singer-songwriter - he played at the Post Office a couple months ago with Jim Dyar and they drew a huge crowd. Local folks seemed to really enjoy his down home-style tunes.Michael's latest CD, Dogspeed, will be released shortly, and he's holding a contest at his website.

SAN FRANCISCO — E-mailers, enjoy the early holiday gift: Spam volume has been cut by more than half because Internet providers pulled the plug on a Web hosting firm that was allegedly helping some of the world's most dastardly junk e-mail gangs.

Redding police have posted a series of photos on the department’s Web site, hoping they lead to a bank robbery suspect.

E-mailers, enjoy the early holiday gift: Spam volume has been cut by more than half because Internet providers pulled the plug on a Web hosting firm that was allegedly helping some of the world’s most dastardly junk e-mail gangs. The break won’t last long. Garbage e-mail levels are already swelling again, an

A few years ago we participated in a "Family Fest," which is a one week long summer vacation at Catholic Family Land in rural Ohio near the Franciscan University of Steubenville.It was the best vacation we ever had as a family.It was a vacation surrounded by other catholic families, spending time tog

Doni & Kelly note: We’re excited to announce our new alliance with the one and only Jennifer Jewell of Chico, who inspires and delights us with her regular feature, In a North State Garden.  Jennifer’s gardening profiles, careful explanations and beautiful photography will appear in our Great O

Perhaps it’s because I’ve been in my own little world with my kids and work since returning to Redding that I hadn’t heard about all the programs here in Redding for small business owners. Or, after talking with many people and other classmates at Leadership R

By By Bill Wagner, Contributing writer The eagle has landed. In the continental 48 states, that's usually big news. In southeast Alaska, it's usually met with indifference unless the viewer is a tourist. The deadly combination of illegal hunting, loss of habitat and the use of pesticides an

Presidentelect Barack Obama plans to tape a weekly address to the country not just for radio listeners, as U.S. presidents have for years, but for You- Tube Internet viewers, too.

(The yippee news in on hold — for the moment.) First took in Charles Harper Webb at the bequest of my modern poetry professor at CSUSB, B.H. Fairchild. He’d invited Harper Webb to read on campus and attendance was requested required — like Fairchild’s order that we each visit the Huntington Library

A 58-year-old Shasta Lake man is in critical condition today at Mercy Medical Center in Redding after he suffered an apparent heart attack while riding his motorcycle on Interstate 5 north of Union School Road.

If you are trying without success to install Adobe Flash Player - which you have to have to look at almost anything on the internet - here is what I did to successfully download it, and never in a thousand years would I have thought of any of this without the help of some techie website I found by Googling "Adobe Flash Play

Things have changed...it used to be that when you went to a website that said in its name Realtor you used to see Realtor only listings...now you will be seeing FSBO listings also. For more info on this

NEW YORK — Transition officials call it Obama 2.0 — an ambitious effort to transform the president-elect's vast Web operation and database of supporters into a modern new tool to accomplish President-elect Barack Obama's goals in the White House.

I probably shouldn't do this. But I feel need to. Please read Christy Lochrie's response to No Phat Chicks! turning one year ol

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'

Virtually every buyer asks this question when presented a property of interest for possible purchase. The answer your agent gives you could be wrong if the listing agent has eng

This web site lets you try your hand at editing out loaded words, unsubstantiated claims, questionable "facts," biased experts, etc, To see how it works, pick an article from the list, then click on "Article Discussion and Markers." Another perspective...

Two-time Grammy nominee Will Bernard is scheduled to perform in Dunsmuir at Sengthong’s Blue Sky Room, 5841 Dunsmuir Ave., Dunsmuir, Fri., Nov. 14 at 9:30 p.m. Heralded by Billboard Magazine

Cascade Theatre A Cascade Christmas opens  Fri. Nov.28  (the day after Thanksgiving) Performances are scheduled: Nov. 28 and 29 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Dec. 4 at 7 p.m.; Dec.

Friday, November 14thThe Oaksong Music Society presentsBerkley Hartat Bernie's Guitar

100+ Green Gift Ideas 12 Natural Remedies Green Product Reviews Eat Safe The most fuel efficient cars And so much more. I wanted to share this site with you if you are wanting to "Green" your life a little....or alot! This site is rich

Today, Caltrans and Amtrak reported a record-setting 5.5 million passengers rode California’s state-supported intercity passenger trains in federal fiscal year 2008. NEWS RELEASE Today’s Date:     November 10, 2008 Contacts:         Tamie McGowen/Caltrans/(916) 657-

First-ever layoffs loom at the Postal Service. Read more. _______________________ Obama has launched a website to reach the public. Here’s the link. _______________________ Train Ridership in California

Obama has launched a website to reach the public. Here’s the link.

I couldn’t think of Robert Cray’s name the other day, so I Googled “great blues guitarists.” I came across a list of someone’s top 100 blues guitarists. Cray was right up there at a very respectable No. 22. Lists are alwa

A ROCKIN’ CHRISTMAS WITH THE DIAMONDS     Tues. Dec. 9 Redding Convention Center 7:00 P.M.

During the Clinton years as posted on the ustreasury.gov Website (a website that tracks the US Treasury):FiscalYearYearEndingNational DebtDeficit FY1993 09/30/1

I had dinner with a (Republican) friend last night. (I try to be broad-minded even if they aren't.) She said she tried to email Nancy Pelosi with her concerns over high gas prices, and her email was returned with a note saying since she isn't one of Pelosi's constituants, the email is being returned and please contact your

Below from The National Press Photographers Association web site. And this. Stay tuned. Scripps Layoffs At California, Florida, Newspapers VENTURA, CA (November 6, 2008) - Waiting only two days after their election coverage wrapped up, E.W. Scripps announced layoffs at...

After months of rollercoaster emotions and pell-mell activity that included a highly charged presidential election, joining this upstart start-up’s first (and very successful) year, researching and reporting a difficult series of news stories, my charming mother-in-law’s breast cancer recovery (hi, B

Today's music industry spits out so-called stars and a rapid clip. How nice to have some of the the old favorites to turn to. Joan Baez is celebrating 50 years as an entertainer with a new CD, Day After Tomorrow. She reflects on her career in this CNN story:

Images of the north state's most famous pair of bald eagles could be coming to your computer screen by Thanksgiving.The California Department of Transportation had hoped to have a webcam focused on the nest where the eagles have reared five eaglets over the past three years near Turtle Bay earlier this month - b

Artist Troy Hawkins will lead children through fun, art-filled 4-week sessions. Each session will teach a different art medium and incorporate a children’s book. Students will explore and practice using the materials. In the last class, students will complete and present the final project. Please have you child

In past elections, the secretary of state's Web site has been a fabulous, up-to-date, easy-to-use data repository. It was easy to look up and compare results by county and by district. It had maps to put the results in visual...

So we held our breaths for twenty-two months, twenty-two months of an election that everyone claimed would bore us witless. The exact opposite turned out to be true: it was riveting. It was difficult for the candidates who ran for office and for the operatives who masterminded the campaigns and for the journalis

What will Missy McArthur mean for the new city council? A link to an extensive Q & A on her campaign web site. A couple of her promises: If elected, I would support the idea of retaining an independent consultant...

Real-time incoming Local Election Results

Here is some great info off the Government site. You can now get approx 50% of your solar system paid for with both the Federal and State incentives on the table...But make sure you do it AFTER the first of the year!!! Big difference between now and 2009!! Source-DSIRE Residential Renewable Energy T

A quick recap from my last two columns: My fiancé, Richard, and I traveled to Incheon, South Korea, in August to visit my friend, Jessica, who is spending two years teaching there. The history Richard, Jessica and I visited the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul. The museum has six exhibition ro

I am watching Sarah Palin giving a speech in which everything she ways about Barack Obama and his positions is not true. For example she says Obama's tax plan has changed to the point that he plans to increase taxes on those making over $120,000, and that his plan has "flip-flopped."   From the persp

Stay tuned for a slide show of party pictures that we’ll post in a short while, and in the coming days as more people add their pix. In the meantime, I wanted to report back about Food for Thought: A News Cafe’s first birthday Saturday. What a great party. What a joyful relief. As yo

I just had to share this bit from  PLANET PROCTOR, Phil Proctor’s hilarious (and very wise) web site. I know it’ll tick off my friends Tom and Don (hey, I still love you guys), but it’s too rich to not share… DEAR RED STATES We’ve decided we’re leaving. We intend to form our own country, and weâ

These are your party favors. Aren’t they cute? Kelly and I spent two days making toffee to go inside each little box. Then a team of friends and family put the finishing touches on hundreds of those boxes. (Speci

The Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay in Redding California. If you have never been to it you are missing out.The bridge has been photographed by thousands of photographers since it was erected but I find it still has many different looks to it. In the photos above fishermen were trying their luck on Sa

Prime Healthcare website, click here. Prime Healthcare press release about taking over SRMC: