In light of the long losing streak its Redding ballpark is on (see story today). Click here to read testimonials written back in the boom times by city councilman Pat Kight (the brains behind Stillwater Business Park) and city manager...

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.

Q: I have been searching for any regulations specifically regarding slingshots, but have found no clear reference to them within the Department of Fish and Game hunting regulations. As written, slingshots are not a legal method of take for any game. Yet there are inferences that under certain sections, such as Fish and Game

A winning $1 million lottery ticket picked out of a gas station trash can has become the subject of a three-way legal battle in Arkansas.Sharon Jones was at a Super One Stop in July 2011 in Bebee, Ark., when she went to a trash bin to pick up a handful of discarded lottery tickets, as she had done many times before

Jay Webster and Victor Hnyp are ready to tap into the home brewing market.

It's hip, it's delicious and it's different! When was the last time you ate at a restaurant and was told to "pay as you can"? For me, never. Until I visited The Savory Spoon that is. Ann Webber, owner of The Savory Sp

Fannie Mae wants to sell this 4 plex. This is a bu

Wow, was it thirty years ago? Looking through an old box in the closet, I ran across these photographs I took at the Redding Civic when DEVO came to town in 1982.

As the number of Internet websites and software packages have quickly multiplied, along with the many books and stationery store kits that have always been available, do-it-yourself (DIY) estate planning is on the rise. The one-size-fits-all fill-in-the-blank forms that these sources provide may be attractive to some ind

Add "food blogger" to Webb's resume (inventor, entrepreneur, author, biz consultant). Where does he find the time? Check out the mouth-watering gourmet dishes he and his family eat. Maybe that's the key to his energy....

Last week at the Shasta Association of Realtors, we had a talk by James Theimer of Trilogy Architecture about the design that went into the recently completed new campus of the Redding School of the Arts.

Last month Breast Cancer Action attended the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) as patient advocates; the eyes, ears–and mouthpiece–of breast cancer patients. SABCS is an international conference focused on new developments in breast cancer research and treatment. One of the highly anticipated reports at

Most crops do best when soil is slightly acidic to neutral (pH of 5.5 to 7.5). Soils in California typically range from pH 5 to 8.5, but a pH near neutral or slightly higher (alkaline) is most common. Measuring soil pH is done most easily with the soil test kits sold at garden centers. They are relatively cheap and reliabl

Four bedroom homes are always in demand. According to the mort

Copyright infringement and online piracy is a complex issue. Unfortunately, current “anti-piracy” legislation before congress labeled SOPA/PIPA is like using a sledgehammer to perform surgery, when the patient isn’t even sick. Media producers flourish in an ever-expanding online world of content and con

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

Aaron and Rachel Hatch are modern-day prospectors, sifting through the community in search of interesting and provocative ideas. When they strike gold, they don’t take their treasure to the bank—they take it to the World Wide Web. The Redding couple, and their support crew of fellow Catalyst Redding Young Professionals

Last year, I took Christine Kane's advice regarding New Year's Resolutions. Kane is a singer-songwriter and "Mentor to Women Who are Changing the World."  She explains her philosophy on her blog: "Choose a word for the year and let it guide you to take action." You can read the whole piece on her website:

Check it out here on Realtor Skip Murphy's always interesting blog. Pictures from the web cam at the ski park on Mt. Shasta....

Check out these images from the Ski Park Webcam today. Seriously, who’s got a rain dance recipe? It’s impossible to dislike the sunshine and all, but this is getting ridiculous.

So if you can read this, maybe this isn’t of interest at all. But if you know any Spanish speaking homebuyers, the California Association of Realtors has set up a website for home search in Spanish. It’s at: [www.sucasa.net] You can always translate a webpage

In 1978, a movie was made called "Buffalo Rider." It was about a guy who finds a buffalo and decides to tame it.It has fallen into the public domain.Enter The Possum Posse. The Possum Posse is an Austin, Texas  sardonic honky-tonk/bluegrass band. On th

Here’s an over-the-top home with an equally outrageous marketing video. Ready for a rockstar. Crank up the volume. We love doing real estate videos. See our 662 Joaquin video from a few days ago, which is generating good traffic. It can’t compare to this produc

Anderson Police Chief Dale Webb has retired.

Pharmacy OneSource will host a free webinar "Establishing and Advancing Clinical Pharmacy Services in Community Hospitals" from 1 to 2 p.m. Jan. 11 on its website.

There has been noticeable sharp drop in the number of local homes for sale around here. We have more buyers than homes to buy. In an ordinary marketplace, the laws of supply and demand would force prices higher, but this is housing in 2012. Housing supply and financing availability is set by the government. Fannie Mae, F

A Cottonwood woman is one of nine finalists in a national online contest for a $10,000 room makeover geared for baby boomers going through transitions in their lives.

I was 9 years old and I was anticipating the onslaught of all my Christmas presents from Santa. My anticipation was based on the fact that I had been a pretty good kid that year. Also, all my friends, mostly from the nicer neighborhoods, had shared with me a long list of the presents that they planned to receive for Christm

Readers: This week's column is written by Andrea Eldridge.

Readers: This week's column is written by Andrea Eldridge.

by Nicholas J. Webb

The local snow season so far has been disappointing. Check out this really artistic video about an urban skier who doesn’t let less-than-ideal conditions slow him down. And cheer up. JP Auclair Street Segment (from All.I.Can.) from

The state controller has updated its web site ([sco.ca.gov]) showing the salary, pension benefits and other compensation for 674,000 city and county employees in calendar year 2010.

Check it out this new website for the author Penni Elaine. It’s super awesome. http://www.thekeysforyou.com

In reply to Leesa Webster ("Speak Your Piece," Sunday) and the Record Searchlight editorial (Sunday) concerning postal cuts.

It's amazing how a canard, even if thoroughly debunked, can continue to circulate -- thanks to the glories of the Interwebs. And it's not just those political emails from your uncle. The other day Marc noted a USNews item about...

I'm speaking out to garner support from the community to help save the 70-plus jobs that may be leaving our town and to prevent a change in a service that so many of us take for granted.

Renae Stramaglia and Joe Sells, both of Redding, were married Sept. 24, 2011, at the home of Jennifer and Lee Young in Redding. Rob Rudkin officiated. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Weber of Lake Shastina; and Vincent Stramaglia of Shelter Cove. She graduated from Shasta High School in 1984. She works at S

Our Lady of Mercy Website (My Parish)

Shasta County fared worse than the city of Redding in a report this week that ranked the area No. 1 in the rise of violent crime.

You can't build it today for that price. It's a comment you hear a lot about the rock-bottom value of today's housing market. But gosh, buy a bank-repo lot in Sunset Hills and you're certainly off to a good start. Sunset Hills was (still is?) a gated development in Cottonwood that featured 88 "equ

Ran into this interesting interactive map of population migration using IRS data via Forbes and IBM. Click on the link to open the map. Then click on the county you wish to see, and a graphic representation of the migration appears. The web is a wonderful storehouse of graphical info.

Every birthday, holiday or miscellaneous get-together in my family involves at least two or three people snapping photos. As soon as we're home the photos start popping up on Facebook and inevitably someone has snagged a great shot that I wish I had for my annual photo album.

Here’s a brief video showing how homes in default are auctioned on the courthouse steps in Redding California. This video came about because a home our client had in a Short Sale was suddenly scheduled to be auctioned here before our client could purchase. Nobody at the bank would agree to delay the auction while t

Buying foreclosed storage units is big business. I did a local story about the phenomenon - a "hobby" whose popularity has been fanned by such shows as A&E's "Storage Wars - in February. Buyers, some

From the "Occupy" web site: Occupy Redding through consensus at the November 10, 2011 General Assembly meeting has decided to MARCH ON THE REDDING CITY COUNCIL MEETING of Tuesday November 15, 2011. The City Council meeting will cover 2 topics...