The plot thickens with additional questions about the Attorney General’s Jan. 29 letter to District 4 Supervisor Patrick Jones, specifically, when exactly did David Rickert — Shasta County’s CEO — learn of the bombshell letter, how, and from whom. A… Continue Reading
Monday morning, inside Shasta County’s Superior Court, Laura Hobbs, election-denier and defeated District 2 Supervisor candidate, sat at a courtroom table before Judge Stephen H. Baker. She was there for a hearing about the fate of the lawsuits Hobbs filed… Continue Reading
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story insinuated that CEO David Rickert knew of the Attorney General’s letter to Supervisor Patrick Jones in the winter. However, according to new information provided by CEO Rickert, he only became aware of… Continue Reading
Friday morning, as District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye pontificated and opined about Shasta County business from outside a Redding coffee shop in front of an audience of nearly 20 supporters and curious citizens, North State social media sites were simultaneously… Continue Reading
Effective immediately, Shasta County District 3 Supervisor Mary Rickert will step down from her board duties and numerous commitments, boards and commissions as she takes a necessary medical leave of absence. That announcement was made by the clerk of the… Continue Reading
Everything was ready for a high-pressure, highly scrutinized day at the Shasta County Registrar of Voters office Monday morning. Empty chairs stood in a neat row. The day’s schedule was given to those waiting for the event to begin. White,… Continue Reading
If you can’t beat him, sue him. Here in Shasta County’s District 2 Supervisor election, that appeared to be defeated candidate Laura Hobbs‘ last-gasp campaign strategy against Allen Long, who’d overwhelmingly won the District 2 supervisor seat with the most… Continue Reading
Post-election here in Shasta County, it’s the worst of times and the best of times, both making for some extremely crazy times. On the one hand, for those who toiled to recall District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye, the worst election… Continue Reading
Ever since the spring of 2020, when Shasta County government was targeted by far-right extremism on steroids and overtaken by an ultra-conservative board majority that makes Ronald Reagan look like a liberal snowflake, I thought I’d seen, heard and adapted… Continue Reading
Today at 2 p.m. Joanna Francescut, Assistant County Clerk/Registrar of Voters, released the final results of the March 5 Primary Election. Click here for the full report of all the races on the Elections Department website. District 1 Recall Kevin… Continue Reading
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