Franklin Cibula was holding gun that killed him

Redding resident Franklin Cibula’s death was not the result of a criminal homicide.

Investigators say Cibula was holding his own handgun when it was discharged, but they are uncertain whether the incident was intentional or accidental.

On Sept. 9, Redding Police Department…

Frankly, Cibula

Franklin Cibula died Tuesday.

He was 66, dead of a gun shot to the chest.

Cibula was an old-Redding staple. He was a brow-furrowing, feather-ruffling, liberal-thinking, underdog-defending old-school attorney.

Franklin Cibula served his words whole, not minced. My memory prompt for his name was “Frankly” Cibula.

Over the…