Happy New Year!

Best wishes for 2010 from the Corner Booth. Hope you all managed to stay safe and dry last night, and that your hangovers magically disappear like the bubbles in champagne.

We’ll start the new year with more of the rain and…

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“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” ~ Hamilton Wright Mabie

L.A. Refuses to Ban Medical Marijuana Sales

The Los Angeles City Council has voted to allow dispensaries to continue selling medical marijuana, but the council is still considering a cap on the number of dispensaries allowed within the city limits.

LA County District Attorney Steve Cooley, who has declared…

Can You Write Like Palin?

In honor of her new best-seller, “Going Rogue,” those wags over at Slate.com are having a “Write Like Sarah Palin” contest.

To enter, write a single sentence that matches what Slate calls “the high Palin style.” They helpfully offer a couple of…

Toys, Food Collected for the Needy

Here are some good corporate citizens: The employees of Pre-Employ.com are partnering with Toys From the Heart and Anderson-Cottonwood Christian Assistance to do a toy-and-food drive for the holidays.

Pre-Employ.com employees will ask for donations outside the Wal-Mart Superstore in Anderson next Saturday…

Be Safe While Holiday Shopping

As the holiday shopping season arrives, the Redding Police Department reminds folks to be extra careful to avoid being victims of theft.

The most important prevention tool is to stay alert to your surroundings and the people around you. It’s easy…

Music in the Pines

Mark your calendars for next weekend, Nov. 20-22, when Shasta College hosts a couple of musical events at the college theatre — and the price is right!

Tickets are only $3 at two Shasta College Community Band performances, and the Shasta Youth Symphony’s…

Happy holidays

Christmas morning in Igo.

The full moon faded, like the last snippets of a dream, as the sun rose and washed orange and pink over Igo.

The sunrise illuminated the dusting of snow upon Bully Choop and the other surrounding mountains. It bounced off dew drops…