For more than two weeks since Jan. 12, and Shasta County Supervisor Leonard Moty’s surprise motion during the board of supervisors meeting, there has been keen anticipation to learn the answer to two questions: Would a majority of the board… Continue Reading
Today, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be sworn into office. What a historic moment for Vice President-elect Harris, in particular. She’s the first woman to be elected vice president, as well as the first Black and… Continue Reading
A few strange things happened Tuesday at the Shasta County Board of Supervisors meeting. But before we examine the meeting’s most bizarre parts, I’d be guilty of burying the lead if I didn’t share one of the most stunning developments.… Continue Reading
The same day that a mob of American insurgents invaded the nation’s Capitol, here in Redding newly elected Supervisor Patrick Jones overtook county chambers as his unauthorized personal gathering space for himself and his followers to drink beverages, shoot the… Continue Reading
Yesterday it was like a North State version of “Lord of the Flies” inside the Shasta County Board of Supervisors chambers, a room officially closed to in-person meetings since last month. There was no board chair presiding over this unsanctioned… Continue Reading
We made it. We survived 2020. Remember this time last year, and the novelty of that clever sounding 2020? Remember how blissfully innocent we were, unaware of the pandemic train heading our way that would soon derail life as we… Continue Reading
Raise your hand if your holidays have been more depressing and dark then merry and bright. Raise your hand if there’s a shortage of comfort and joy in your life at the moment. Raise your hand if you are weary… Continue Reading
The North State is the place to live if you’re a COVID-denying, curfew-breaking, face-mask-burning, anti-science, pro-Trump, China-flu-believer. Bonus points for you if you’re in that group and you also own, for example, a restaurant, such as the San Francisco Deli,… Continue Reading
It’s been two days since a pre-dawn fire destroyed the east-Redding home of La Cabana Mexican Restaurant owners Matilde and Jesus Manzo. The 66-year-old couple, parents to seven adult children and grandparents to 19, were flown to the burn unit… Continue Reading
This morning, the stench of smoke lingered in the air throughout one east-Redding neighborhood, hours after all the emergency vehicles had left, including ambulances that carried 66-year-old wife and husband Matilde and Jesus Manzo, parents of seven, grandparents to 19,… Continue Reading
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