Public safety, downtown Redding’s future, the moribund Stillwater Business Park and a junior bike park in Caldwell Park were the topics of interest at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Downtown The council made a pair of related moves: it voted unanimously… Continue Reading
“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” is a musical with an edge, and it’s not just the straight-edge razor the Victorian-era barber uses to avenge the many wrongs he suffered. Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning music and lyrics are… Continue Reading
Another day, another dollop of abuse. That pretty much sums up life these days for the Redding City Council, whose members endured another fusillade of criticism during Tuesday’s meeting. And just like the June 6 meeting, the gripes centered on… Continue Reading
With a 4-1 vote, the City Council on Tuesday officially hired Barry Tippin to be Redding’s new city manager. By the time the tumultuous meeting ended, Tippin’s first official act may very well be to send a memo to himself… Continue Reading
It is safe to say Redding’s eight red-light cameras are not the city’s most popular feature. Unfortunately for grumbling drivers who got dinged $500 for a rolling right-hand turn or another infraction, the people who like them carry some clout:… Continue Reading
A divided Redding City Council on Tuesday reaffirmed its commitment to pry $375,000 from its beleaguered general fund to help Shasta County open a sobering center. In a 3-2 vote, the council stuck to its December 2015 decision to use… Continue Reading
One of the top car shows on the West Coast rumbles into Redding for a week of four-wheeled fun that culminates Saturday with a daylong exhibition on the Redding Civic Auditorium grounds. More than 2,000 cruisers, classics, hot rods, roadsters… Continue Reading
More than 70 years ago, as many as 1,000 B-17 bombers could be amassed to darken the skies over Nazi Germany and other Axis powers. On Thursday, Aluminum Overcast, one of only a dozen remaining airworthy B-17 bombers in the… Continue Reading
With a unanimous vote backed up with expressions of gratitude, the Redding City Council accepted Bethel Church’s $500,000 gift—and the church’s promise to raise $740,000 more—to fund the highly effective Neighborhood Police Unit (NPU) for two more years. Councilwoman Julie… Continue Reading
The sale of the dilapidated and long-vacant former police station was approved Tuesday with a 4-0 vote by the Redding City Council. Equity Streams, a Redding firm that plans to transform the brick building and parking lot into a co-sharing… Continue Reading
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