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As New U.S. Attorney, Former Shasta County D.A. McGregor Scott Wants to Make the North State a Priority

On April 24, 2018, the Shasta County District Attorney’s Office determined that a Redding police officer was justified when he shot and killed a man in December of 2017.  Police-officer involved shootings can dominate the news cycles and can sometimes leave… Continue Reading

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Rain Doesn’t Dampen LaMalfa Town Hall

Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Richvale, is no stranger to loud, interruptive constituents, and those who attended Wednesday’s town-hall-style meeting at the MacLaughlin Auditorium at Sequoia Middle School were no exception. Even so, Parker Williams, LaMalfa’s Communication Director, put the meeting in perspective.… Continue Reading

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Descendant of Shasta County Pioneers Rides On: Daniel Charles Bystle – 8/11/48 – 7/20/14

The historic Bystle House in Old Shasta, California, still stands, yet after a struggle with complications from cancer, Dan Charles Bystle, a Shasta County native son of the pioneer Daniel Potter Bystle family, left us on July 20, 2014 at… Continue Reading

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The Storm of 2012: A Redding Tradition Triumphs

Walking through the downtown Redding Mall with my daughter in one hand and my hungry camera in the other we leaned into a whistling wind searching for our familiar Redding Christmas tradition: The Lighting of “The Tree.” [cue the Witch’s… Continue Reading

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After Escaping Fire, 2 Families Get Help From Giving Managers

Hector and Brandy Fernandez and their four children barely escaped a fast-moving fire and resultant explosion with just the clothes on their backs. Next door, Steve and Maria Alvarez and their three children also ran from the inferno, only saving… Continue Reading

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Churn Creek Bottom Residents Deliver Petitions Protesting Shopping Mall

Opponents of a shopping mall planned for the Churn Creek Bottom area south of Redding delivered petitions bearing 11,329 signatures — far more than the 6,500 needed — to the Shasta County Elections Department today (Aug. 30). Below, read what… Continue Reading

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Slide Show: Residents Protest Police-Involved Shooting, ‘Govabuse’ in Redding

In front of the Shasta County Courthouse Friday, family members of slain Round Mountain man Kenneth Wilson protested his killing by Redding Police. They held picket signs alongside residents in a “Govabuse” protest, who were decrying Shasta County’s justice system.… Continue Reading