The critics say, “They will finish behind the Trojans.” I ask, Will they? This is a real good Cal Bears football team. I was at the Maryland game, and the score didn’t really tell the story, as Cal dominated from…

“What a fun time” was mentioned by many, as the United Way of Northern California held its annual Fund Raising “Celebrity Waiters Dinner and Auction” at the Riverview Country Club. With a long…

California will kick off its 114th season of football at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 5, against Maryland at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley. The contest will be televised nationally by ESPN2.

The Golden Bears begin a promising 2009 campaign looking to…

Who can take down the USC Trojans in 2009? Pete Carroll’s team will aim for its eighth consecutive Pac-10 title this season. A couple of teams have a shot to dethrone the champs, with Cal, Oregon and Oregon State leading the…

Mortgage law experts say the incentive to walk away from a home loan is highest in states that have anti-deficiency statutes, which prohibit lenders from suing borrowers for additional funds after foreclosure. California is one of those states.

These anti-deficiency laws…

Income-investment properties will vary from commercial office buildings to retail centers that generate income on a monthly basis. Income properties are often thought to be apartments and other rental properties, although these are also considered investment properties.

The key to all…

Over the past few weeks and months, we have been getting calls from prospective buyers looking for a bank-owned property, commonly described as a repo, short for repossession (by the lender, or bank).

Almost all these callers want a “good buy.”…

Study the commercial property market. This is critical, for you might not be ready to get into this aspect of real estate.

The commercial field is made up of many different elements, from income producing property, such as apartments, to industrial…

I went through my third colonoscopy recently. My first was in early 2004 after I discovered, as a 64-year-old very healthy and active businessman, some symptoms that I might have a problem. The first results found a malignant tumor —…

I am so sick of hearing “bad market” I almost puke. We are not — repeat, not — in a bad market for homebuyers right now. We are in one heck of a good market, regardless of the kind…

About 80 of us gathered recently to hear one of the most enlightening speakers in California, Dan Walters.

Dan has been a journalist for more than 40 years, spending all but a few of those years working for California newspapers. At…

If you drove by McDonald’s on east Cypress Avenue on Sunday, all looked normal. What you didn’t see were the plans in place to start the “rebuild of McDonald’s.” Early Monday morning, the old, established first McDonald’s in Redding came…

For the two thousand folks (give or take) who shop at the Redding Certified Farmers Market downtown on Saturday mornings, the question still is, does anyone care about the uneven gravel and rock surface on which half the vendors have…

We hear it is a “buyer’s market,” and no doubt it is for the average homebuyer. But is it for the commercial real estate buyer or seller? It goes back to basics: location, location, location. Today, Redding is not…

For those of us who had eaten at Granzella’s Restaurant and Deli in Williams, the news last October that the restaurant had burned to the ground in an afternoon electrical fire was hard to believe.

We were absolutely shocked, stunned and…

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…

What a great night it was at the Cascade Theatre in downtown Redding when literally all of the “stars” came out for the 2nd Annual Dancing with the Stars-Shasta County Style. 

This evening of sheer pleasure benefiting both the YMCA and…

Last Thursday morning I was going to a business meeting next door to the Shasta Fairgrounds in Anderson. I came across more firetrucks and fire vehicles than I had ever seen in one place, and it dawned on me, “This…

A number of folks have been asking, “When is Trader Joe’s coming to Redding?”

Good question. I drove by Hilltop and Browning and saw walls going up, but still had some questions. The most accurate answer I got was from another…

On Tuesday, June 17, the Redding City Council will vote on whether to impose new development-impact fees on new construction in Redding.

This will be a repeat “performance” of what happened with the Shasta County Board of Supervisors some four weeks…