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Author: Annelise Pierce

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The Shasta Angels – Old Redding Meets New Redding

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Annelise Pierce

Eric Hiatt exudes confidence, energy and optimism. When we met at his office one morning a few weeks ago, he grasped my hand firmly and fixed me with a warm and direct gaze before gamely answering my (somewhat impertinent) questions… Continue Reading →

Columns, Lead Story
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Carr Fire Funding – Only 292 Rebuilds To Go

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Annelise Pierce

On July 22, 2019, the Record Searchlight ran an article on Carr Fire funding spending by reporter Jessica Skropanic. I read with interest. The bottom line? Per Skropanic, the major organizations surveyed had received a total of $7.6 million in… Continue Reading →

Lead Story Carr Fire, Don Ajamian Construction, Kerry Caranci, NorCal CRT, Peter Griggs, SRCF
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Advice to the Incoming Shasta County Grand Jury: If You Can’t Bite, a Loud Bark Really Matters

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Annelise Pierce

A new Shasta County Grand Jury was recently empaneled and I’ve got some unsolicited advice for them: You’d better bark loud. Seems many of us have heard of the Grand Jury, but few really know its function, which is mostly… Continue Reading →

Columns, Lead Story Shasta County Grand Jury
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The Really Big Business of Bethel: Part 2 – Who’s in Charge?

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Annelise Pierce

Editor’s note: Since submission of this story, Bethel church staff updated its websites to accurately reflect their leadership structure. If physical and financial growth is any metric of success, Bethel Church has a lot to teach us about how to… Continue Reading →

Archive Bethel Church
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Know Your Rights: A Primer on Citizen Responsibility

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Annelise Pierce

You’ve probably heard about Netflix’s new, and already most-viewed series, When They See Us, the story of the Central Park 5; five black teens who served multiple years in prison for a brutal rape before finally being exonerated by DNA… Continue Reading →

Columns, Lead Story Central Park 5, citizen rights, police power, rights when stopped by police
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Sheltering Shasta County’s ‘Criminal Homeless’

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Annelise Pierce

It appears that what began as a discussion of funding from the State of California to address homeless housing has quickly devolved into yet another discussion of how to increase the number of jail beds in Shasta County. On February… Continue Reading →

Lead Story, Opinion
51

The Really Big Business of Bethel Church, Part 1: Show us the Money!

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Annelise Pierce

Anyone who lives in Redding knows the name “Bethel.” Our small conservative community is certainly church-friendly, but Bethel takes church to another level, drawing a cult following from around the world. Some locals have even worried it is a cult.… Continue Reading →

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The Rollins Memo – Local Lessons

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Annelise Pierce

“I don’t believe accountability has to equal incarceration. There are many ways that we can hold people accountable without putting them in jail.” – Rachel Rollins, Suffolk County DA Thus opens the Rollins Memo, released a few weeks ago on… Continue Reading →

Lead Story District Attorney, Emily Bazilon, Jeffrey Patrick Smerber, Rachel Rollins, Rollins Memo, Stephanie Bridgett
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RPD’s Use of Lethal Force – Justified?

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Annelise Pierce

In the first 95 days of 2019, three civilians were fatally shot by police in Redding. For a small town like ours, three police shootings of civilians in a little more than three months seemed a tad much to me,… Continue Reading →

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