The Redding Civic Auditorium is now home to the North State Federal Medical Station, a temporary 125-bed facility that will serve as an overflow option if hospitals in far Northern California become packed with COVID-19 patients. The field hospital is… Continue Reading
The COVID-19 virus claimed its second Shasta County victim and work has started on a 125-bed field hospital inside the Redding Civic Auditorium, Shasta County Health and Human Services announced during Friday’s daily briefing. The latest victim was a man… Continue Reading
Both Shasta County and the city of Redding declared a state of emergency Tuesday in a preemptive move to shore up defenses against the growing novel coronavirus menace. Shasta County Sheriff Eric Magrini emphasized that the emergency declaration is not… Continue Reading
Riverfront Playhouse has scheduled one last fling before the theater company’s venerable old Enterprise location goes dark and the curtain rises on a downtown theater in the recently designated Redding Cultural District. Riverfront’s final production at its East Cypress Avenue… Continue Reading
After a nomadic couple of years that saw Axiom Repertory Theatre mounting plays in churches, schools, the Cascade Theatre and Old City Hall, the theater company finally has a home of its own. To celebrate, Axiom is reaching back in… Continue Reading
As far as the goats are concerned, they’re just doing what they’re really good at: rummaging around the hillsides and eating stuff. As far as the city of Redding is concerned, the bell-bedecked ruminants are reducing the fuel load in… Continue Reading
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 be Saturday. Yes, Crown Camera, a… Continue Reading
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 neighborhood. With the one-year anniversary upon… Continue Reading
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 of the 2,700-square-foot Veterans Support and… Continue Reading
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 the National Weather Service off-guard, but… Continue Reading
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