DA: Shelby Lyn Allen’s Death Was Truly a Tragedy

The death of Shelby Allen in December 2008 was truly a tragedy.  Unfortunately, there has been a lot of misinformation about what happened that night and questions about the appropriateness of filing charges against Shelby’s friend Kayli.  Now that the…

Shasta County to get 1 of 6 California Family Justice Centers

from press releases

Shasta County has been selected as one of six sites to participate in the California Family Justice Initiative.

The initiative, funded by the Blue Shield of California Foundation, involves the development of six “learning laboratories” across California where a…

A Death in Custody, Part 4: ‘Nothing but hatred for that girl’

Last in a series
A Death in Custody, Part 1: Where did it go wrong?
A Death in Custody, Part 2: Trial and tribulation
A Death in Custody, Part 3: 2+ years in a county jail

Victoria Sherman’s occasional cellmate, or celly, was Tabitha…

Who’s picking up the tab?

I chanced to be at the Redding Chamber of Commerce on Aug. 20 between 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on private business of my own.

Also there for a couple of hours were three public employees that I knew by sight. One was the…