Citizen, Your Neighborhood Wants YOU

Six years ago, when there was a budget for such things and Redding had a new Planning Commissioner, I was sent to a League of California Cities Annual Meeting in Monterey. Besides learning something about provisions of the California Environmental…

City of Redding Ordered to Disclose REU Investigation

An administrative law judge has ordered the city of Redding to disclose a sealed internal report to city workers that contains information about the operations of Redding Electric Utility.

The case stems from an ongoing dispute with Service Employees International Union Local…

City of Redding Braces for Storm, Offers Help

City of Redding crews are poised to provide residents with sandbags, clear storm drains and keep citizens safe during a wet and windy storm expected to hit the area Monday night (Oct. 12).

Sand and bags will be available around the…

Haven Humane To Do All Dog Licensing for Redding

From press releases.

Haven Humane Society will assume all dog­ licensing duties under an agreement with the City of Redding, beginning Monday, Oct. 11, 2009.
Dog owners wishing to obtain or renew a dog license should do so at the Haven Humane…

Private Study on Outsourcing Redding Public Services

As the city of Redding begins a task-force study of possibly outsourcing certain city services, other private groups have done their own research on the topic.

Shasta Voices, the Greater Redding Chamber of Commerce, the Shasta Association of Realtors, and the…

Meeting on Privatizing Select City Services

A new panel of Redding city councilors and citizen appointees will gather Monday, Aug. 17, to chat about the possibility of privatizing certain city functions.

Chief among the services to be considered for outsourcing are the Convention Center and/or the Convention…

Hilltop Drive Power Poles and Lines — Still Ugly

Redding’s June report on various city projects says the Hilltop Hotels Business Improvement District is all but complete, which had us perplexed.

Palm trees — check.
Street work — check.
New turn bays — check.
Median landscaping — check.
Most overhead lines and poles undergrounded —…

City Suddenly Ends MLK Jr. Center Programs, Fires 2

Story updated… click here.

More than the locks have changed in the last 24 hours at Redding’s Martin Luther King Jr. Multicultural Center.

The city of Redding met with the center’s staff and board of directors last night and announced a two-month…

Updated: Trader Joe’s in Redding - May 1

The latest word about a Trader Joe’s opening date in Redding is May 1, 2009.

The contractor responsible for doing the build-out of Trader Joe’s at 845 Browning St., just off Hilltop, stopped in at nearby Minuteman Press last week to…

Unions Push Back on Redding Budget Cuts Set for Today

As the city of Redding prepared for a Monday marathon budget-cutting meeting (closed session 5:15 p.m. at council chambers; open session to start about 6:30), the Joint Council of Public Employee Unions was re-emphasizing its opposition to cutbacks in personnel. Posted…