The Trinity Reservoir is so over-stocked with Kokanee salmon that the loss of a few thousand fingerlings to save Chinook salmon in the lower Klamath will not hurt the Kokanee fishery, according to Monty Currier of the California Department of… Continue Reading
Sam runs the halfway house that the men in this story live in. It’s a two bedroom, one bath house that has been modified to hold ten adult men, who sleep in bunk beds, crowd around the solid, wooden table… Continue Reading
Scotty’s a thirty-six-year-old street fighter. Has a broad face like a pit bull, tuft of blond hair under his lower lip, a weight lifter’s upper body. He’s had cuts over his pale green eyes, his pug nose broken, his left… Continue Reading
Jerry is sitting at the metal picnic table outside the halfway house. This is the spot, he says, where God talks to him, where he has visions and hears the word, things that are so magnificent they are difficult for… Continue Reading
Richard’s had many lives: grand, disastrous, rich, poor. Many opportunities to use his skills. He’s a prophet, intellectual, singer, writer, spell binder. He occupies the sagging recliner, in his Big Dog blue pajamas, directly across from the TV. He is… Continue Reading
Jeff is a dark presence, standing between Scotty and the sun on a clear, cold, February morning. Scotty has his hands jammed in the pockets of his hooded sweatshirt that has the name “Duncan” stenciled on the back, sits at… Continue Reading
Hank sits at a round table, alone, in a corner, in his red nylon jacket, blue baseball cap that has “God Answers Prayers” embroidered on the back, glasses halfway down his nose, his eyes over the top, taking it all… Continue Reading
The Shasta County District Attorney’s Office has decided to not prosecute Shasta County resident Charles Petrisevac, 36, for alleged hate crimes against Sage Frank, an 18-year-old American Indian. The district attorney office decision followed a two-week investigation into the incident that occurred… Continue Reading
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth and final installment in a series that examines suicide statistics and what people are doing to help. Click on links to read parts one, two and three. The California Suicide Prevention Network is being paid for by a… Continue Reading
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a four-part series that examines suicide statistics and what people are doing to help. Click on links to read part one and part two. American soldiers are killing themselves in record numbers. Janet… Continue Reading
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