As a small business owner, Gary Engell joked that he had the “dumbest, stupidest boss in the world.” After 62 years, he’s had enough and has decided to fire himself. His last day will...
Author: Jon Lewis
I’m reminded of the Carr Fire every time I drive on Eureka Way or Placer Street toward my west Redding home, and I’m still taken aback at how close those flames got to my...
A Monday morning ceremony will mark a sizable step forward in providing services and support for the approximately 350 veterans attending Shasta College. The 10 a.m. groundbreaking ceremony represents a green light for construction...
Wet, cold, clumpy and clingy are not exactly the hallmarks of a winter wonderland, but that’s what west Redding residents woke up to Wednesday morning. It appears a chilly sleeper cell of sorts caught...
When voters in the Shasta-Tehama-Trinity Joint Community College District approved Measure H in 2016, they had no inkling of the devastation that was to be unleashed by the Carr Fire two years later. While...
As the daughter of a Polish Jew mother and an Argentinian father, it seemed almost preordained that Sonia Nazario would develop a keen interest in immigration. “My family has been migrating for the past...
A full-fledged amphitheater next to the Sacramento River and repurposing historic signs into public art displays were two of the 10 Redding City Identity Project ideas unveiled Thursday before a jampacked Cascade Theatre audience....
Editor’s note: We are saddened to report the news of Peggy Lewis’s death. Both Peggy Lewis and her son, Jon Lewis, have contributed to A News Cafe. Click here to read some Peggy Lewis...
Art and culture not only feed the soul, they can feed community coffers as well. That was one of the main takeaways from the second annual Redding Cultural District Summit held Thursday at the...
With an emphatic nod toward change, Redding voters elected two new City Council members and an incumbent Shasta County supervisor who has represented west Redding for 20 years was unseated. Erin Resner, who co-owns eight Dutch...
