Redding’s first venture into emergency shelters got the green light Tuesday, despite the objections of a handful of the project’s neighbors near St. James Lutheran Church on Shasta View Drive. With a 3-1 vote, the Redding City Council approved, in… Continue Reading
Prime riverfront property currently anchored by the Civic Auditorium and the rodeo arena will be redeveloped—in some fashion and at some later date—but it won’t involve a sale to a McConnell Foundation-led group that had proposed an ambitious revitalization of… Continue Reading
Even as a concept that lacks any concrete plans or cost estimates, the somewhat out-of-the-blue proposal to redevelop about 45 acres of riverfront land is causing fits for many in the community, including some Redding City Council members. Granted, it’s… Continue Reading
An ambitious and potentially far-ranging proposal to revitalize a 45-acre chunk of public property next to the Sacramento River—currently home to the Civic Center and the rodeo arena—was met this week with anger, excitement, curiosity and some confusion. On Tuesday,… Continue Reading
Promising a full-scale crackdown on illegal marijuana grows and a new era of unity, former Anderson Police Chief Michael Johnson was sworn in Friday as Shasta County’s 23rd sheriff. Shasta County Superior Court Judge Jody Burgess administered the oath in a… Continue Reading
Some 49 years ago, Linda Krueger Krtek was the last to take a ride on Market Street through downtown Redding. On Wednesday, she was the first. During the half-century between those trips, three blocks of Market Street were closed to… Continue Reading
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