The battered, oft-derided former Redding police station, complete with a collapsing roof and a recent past as a heroin den for vagrants, suddenly became the belle of the ball Tuesday at the Redding City Council meeting. The first suitor to… Continue Reading
An impassioned plea by a community coalition seeking a 12-month stay of execution for the 108-year-old Bell Rooms failed to sway the Redding Area Bus Authority board, which voted 4-2 on Monday to demolish the historic brothel at the corner… Continue Reading
Redding sits on top of a gold mine—an aquifer the size of Shasta Lake that holds an estimated 6 million acre-feet of water—and the time has come to plan for its management. “We have a healthy basin,” Public Works Director… Continue Reading
Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” is one of those rare classics that manages to be both timeless and timely, and that combination made it stand out when Shasta College Theater instructor Greg Thorson was considering scripts for the school’s… Continue Reading
Two years ago, a group of actors with a penchant for local history took to the Riverfront Playhouse stage to bring alive the nefarious side of Shasta County’s legacy of gold, bandits, highwayman, horse thieves and murderers. The performance was… Continue Reading
If Redding’s Airbnb operators were reviewed on their compliance with the city’s 9-month-old vacation rental ordinance, most would be lucky to get one star. “We need to do more outreach,” stated Larry Vaupel, Redding’s director of development services, while updating… Continue Reading
Flanked by a drift boat from The Fly Shop and a kayak from Redding-based TrueRec, Mayor Missy McArthur was well prepared to deliver the 2016 State of the City address Tuesday to a larger-than-normal crowd at the Redding Civic Auditorium.… Continue Reading
An election year is a fun time where one is likely to hear “a lot of great one-liners,” Redding Vice Mayor Brent Weaver said Tuesday, but he cautioned that nobody should be chuckling over the notion of spending down the… Continue Reading
The four candidates seeking two seats on the Redding City Council are evenly divided over Measure D, the half-cent sales tax hike to fund more police officers, jail space and mental health services. That rift was one of the differences… Continue Reading
Redding has joined Shasta County and the McConnell Foundation in forming a united front to begin addressing a growing homelessness problem, but Tuesday’s 4-1 vote by the City Council suggests the issue is far from resolved. The council voted to… Continue Reading
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