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Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe has her Day, in Absentia, as the Redding Council Discusses Drones, Power Plants and Salaries

Even though she was 420 miles to the north, in Portland, Ore., Women’s World Cup soccer standout and Palo Cedro native Megan Rapinoe starred at Tuesday’s Redding City Council meeting as the mayor proclaimed July 21 Megan Rapinoe Day. Accepting the proclamation… Continue Reading

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A Youthful Cast Lends Some Pizazz to Shasta College’s ‘Guys and Dolls’

On-stage chemistry can be an elusive element in musicals, and especially in student productions. Happily, both the guys and the dolls have it in abundance in the Shasta College production of “Guys and Dolls.” There is a lot to enjoy… Continue Reading

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Redding’s Urgency Outdoor Pot Garden Ordinance is now a Fixture

An interim urgency ordinance limiting marijuana patients to six plants per residence became permanent this week with a 4-1 vote of the Redding City Council. At its Tuesday meeting, the council voted to amend the zoning code regarding the outdoor… Continue Reading

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Redding Council Rejects Wildly Unpopular Energy Rate Restructure Proposal

  With a surprising unanimous vote, the Redding City Council pulled the plug on a proposed rate restructuring that had been met with near-universal opposition. Rather than schedule an August public hearing on the proposal, as Redding Electric Utility had… Continue Reading

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Redding Council Asks DA to Investigate Alleged Brown Act Violation; Extends New Marijuana Ordinance; and Hears a Homeless Coalition Project Update

The Downtown Redding Business Association is gone but definitely not forgotten. Fallout from the rancorous process of disbanding the group of downtown business owners was felt Tuesday when the Redding City Council voted unanimously to ask the Shasta County District… Continue Reading

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Redding Council Moves to Bolster Police Records Management, Renew a Hotel ‘Bed’ Tax and Promote Bike & Pedestrian Paths

In a relatively quick and drama-free meeting, the Redding City Council took action Tuesday to streamline police record keeping, reiterate its support of a 2 percent “bed” tax to fund tourism marketing and establish a bicycle and pedestrian corridor between… Continue Reading

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Redding City Council Disbands Downtown Business District, Renews Tourism Contract and Names New City Attorney

The death knell has sounded for the downtown Redding Business Improvement District, following a 4-1 vote by the Redding City Council on Tuesday to disband it. Members of the soon-to-be-idle Downtown Redding Business Association—the merchants who have been administering the… Continue Reading

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Redding Council Gets First Look at Proposed 1,000-foot Slip ‘N Slide Project; Votes to Alter City’s Pot Garden Ordinance; Tips Cap to Bob Blankenship

A 1,000-foot-long slip-and-slide requiring 15,000 gallons of water. On Placer Street between Orange and Chestnut streets. In the middle of July. In the middle of a withering drought. Piece of cake, according to the two young Redding men who pitched… Continue Reading