A pair of baseball Hall of Fame members and 18 other former big-leaguers, including members of the legendary Swingin’ A’s of the 1970s, will be in Redding this weekend to hobnob, play a round of golf and raise some money… Continue Reading
Editor’s note: This report was updated Friday morning to include news of the impending sale of Stillwater Business Park. Redding’s “new” downtown got off to a festive start Thursday as civic leaders, stakeholders, business owners and downtown advocates gathered to… Continue Reading
Shasta County’s rejection of a $20 million grant to build a 64-bed jail became a focal point during Tuesday’s District 1 supervisorial candidates’ forum at the Sheraton Hotel in Redding. Sponsored by the Redding Chamber of Commerce, the forum featured… Continue Reading
Sometimes, with progress comes pain, and that’s certainly the case in downtown Redding as work begins to repurpose the Market Street Promenade. Demolition of the old Dicker’s department store is about to begin in earnest, and in its place will… Continue Reading
The concert promotions fates have collaborated this week to bring a pair of divergent but equally entertaining options to Redding: Peter Frampton, who was the ubiquitous, golden-maned voice of pop rock in 1976, and Karen Savoca, a folk music staple… Continue Reading
Gene’s Hamburgers has been a part of Redding’s car culture since about forever, so it was no surprise that the drive-in’s demise earlier this year hit hot-rodders pretty hard. Gene Nash opened the hamburger stand in 1954, back when a… Continue Reading
No one knows what business will occupy the former Tops Market on Eureka Way, but one group of neighbors knows what they don’t want to see moving in: a dollar store. “That sounds like a horrible plan for this neighborhood.… Continue Reading
The Downtown Redding Specific Plan, a blueprint intended to revamp downtown by creating a mix of retail and housing, comes before the Redding City Council on Tuesday for adoption. If approved as expected, the plan sets in place design standards,… Continue Reading
Despite considerable pressure from fellow Redding City Council members and many community members who spoke in support of it, Councilman Adam McElvain stuck to his guns last week and blocked a proposed half-cent sales tax hike from going before Redding… Continue Reading
If Redding voters see fit to approve a half-cent sales tax hike to bolster police and firefighter ranks and increase jail capacity—which in of itself is a pretty big ‘if’ at this point—it will require some trust in the electorate… Continue Reading
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