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U-Prep Saturday Fundraiser - Viva Las Vegas

What: U-Prep Fundraiser Viva Las Vegas

When: Mar 20, 5 p.m.

Where: Gaia Hotel
Anderson, California

Cost: $45 or $450 for an 8-person table

Contact: Diane Hurner (530) 242-0424
dianehurner@yahoo.com

The University Preparatory School Foundation is offering the opportunity to take a trip to Vegas without ever leaving Shasta County at…

The Creeping Damp

I was driving down Highway 273 toward Anderson the other day, windshield wipers slapping, when I passed a familiar stand of palm trees. Big old palms, left from the days when a home or business occupied the now-vacant lot.

The gray trunks all…

Sunday Funny: ‘Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight’

Slide Show: Anderson Rotary 40th Annual Crab Feed

Anderson Rotary Club’s 40th Annual Crab Feed attracted about a thousand guests. Proceeds from the popular event benefit student scholarships and other community projects.

Bring da Crab!

One of Anderson’s biggest events of the year occurs this Saturday night: The 40th annual Crab Feed by the Anderson Rotary Club.

The all-you-can-eat crab dinner starts at 7 p.m. at the Shasta District Fairgrounds (doors open at 6). Along with crab, homemade chowder,…

Large, Hairy, Naked Men Need Love, Too (A Cartoon)

Nov. 27: Christmas Holiday Spectacular at Fairgrounds

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Girls Inc. Celebrates North State’s Strong, Smart & Bold Women

More than 75 women from Shasta and Tehama counties gathered on a recent Friday at the Gaia Hotel in Anderson for the 2nd annual Girls Incorporated of the Northern Sacramento Valley Strong, Smart & Bold breakfast.

The mission of Girls Inc.…

Something Fishy Going On

The big fish are back! This Saturday, the 19th annual Return of the Salmon Festival comes to Coleman National Fish Hatchery, and events are scheduled for the whole day.

Besides views of the great leaping salmon and the hatchery operations, the festival…

Why the Trinity River Lumber Co. Sprinklers Didn’t Work


A partially closed valve prevented firefighters from having enough water to fight a blaze that devastated a Weaverville lumber mill on Sept. 12.

Trinity River Lumber Co. sprinklers didn’t activate properly because a water valve had been left partially closed, perhaps sometime…