The. Most. Lame. Non-apology apology. Ever. Bethel Church leader Beni Johnson released a weak-ass Instagram apology three days after FFT/ANC first broke the Oct. 13 story that exposed Johnson’s coastal Instagram video that mocked face masks for COVID as “frickin’… Continue Reading
Dear Aaron Tesauro,
You’re the Bethel Church communications director, so you seem the best person to contact in light of a recent unfortunate event.
I’m referring to Beni Johnson’s Instagram video during a recent mother-daughter trip to the coast. Continue Reading
The good news is that Jake Mangas, the bright and energetic Redding native who’s the Greater Redding Chamber of Commerce President/CEO, has a well-functioning inner voice. The bad news is that sometimes he seems to turn a deaf ear to… Continue Reading
Yesterday was my first time to observe an in-person citizen’s arrest, something I’d always associated with bold, courageous actions following a crime; a special-situation tool implemented only in case of an emergency, when authentic law enforcement officers were needed, but… Continue Reading
There is something about spending so much time cooped up inside the house during the pandemic that makes me look at my belongings differently. Good Lord, do I have a lot of crap stuff! I didn’t want new stuff, necessarily,… Continue Reading
Northern Californians have adapted to smoke-choked skies for a few weeks now during what’s turned into a record-setting fire season. But Wednesday morning residents awoke to an especially eerie dirty-orange glow that gave a sensation of nighttime at daybreak. Vehicles… Continue Reading
Breathe a sigh of relief. Redding is still standing. No fires, no looting, no riots, no broken windows, no destroyed property, no killings. All the rumors and chatter and hype and sky-is-falling protest predictions fell flat. There were no huge… Continue Reading
From asphalt roadways to shining waterways and even a movie theater parking lot, for North State patriots, Trump-supporters and warriors, there’s a lot going on this Labor Day weekend. The first two Saturday events are designed as pure patriotic fun,… Continue Reading
When I think back to the last time life felt relatively normal, it was my eldest son’s birthday party at my house. It was early March, and news was just building about this thing called the novel coronavirus. Within a… Continue Reading
Can you feel it? Are you hearing it? A perfectly horrific human storm of civil unrest is roiling and boiling on the North State’s horizon. The growing storm is emboldened by local militia groups; strengthened by social media posts that… Continue Reading
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