It didn’t take long for Shasta County District Attorney contender Erik Jensen to blow himself out of the water at the League of Women Voters’ candidate forum earlier this month. After burnishing his conservative bona fides and mocking the LWV… Continue Reading
Last week, Reverge Anselmo donated $200,000 to the Shasta General Purpose Committee, the political action committee that supported the successful recall of Shasta County District 2 Supervisor Leonard Moty in early February. In late February, Anselmo, the Connecticut-based son-of-a-billionaire, donated… Continue Reading
Shasta County residents who wonder what life might be like under the new majority rule of District 4 Supervisor Patrick Jones, District 5 Supervisor Les Baugh and recently elected District 2 Supervisor Tim Garman got their answer last week. In… Continue Reading
The race to replace outgoing Shasta County Supervisor District 1 Joe Chimenti has turned into a classic contest pitting brains against brawn, with the future of the county’s soul at stake. The two main contenders for the seat are… Continue Reading
Shasta County Superintendent of Schools Judy Flores, County Clerk Cathy Darling Allen and District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett have several things in common. All three women are widely respected elected public officials who’ve spent decades competently serving the citizens of Shasta… Continue Reading
Shasta County Superintendent of Schools Judy Flores, County Clerk Cathy Darling Allen and District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett have several things in common. All three women are respected elected public officials who’ve spent decades competently serving the citizens of Shasta County… Continue Reading
Shasta County Superintendent of Schools Judy Flores, County Clerk Cathy Darling Allen and District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett have several things in common. All three women are respected elected public officials who’ve spent decades competently serving the citizens of Shasta County… Continue Reading
In the 1995 neo-noir film The Usual Suspects, actor Kevin Spacey plays the role of a small-time con artist who, under questioning by a U.S. Customs agent reveals the mysterious criminal mastermind Keyser Söze has been killed during a bloody seaport… Continue Reading
Picture a bucolic far-northern California county held hostage by a band of militia-backed right-wing populists who’ve taken control of the county board of supervisors. With their three-vote majority on the five-member board, their hidden agenda, according to some observers,… Continue Reading
A candidate seeking to become the next Shasta County Superintendent of Schools has been dismissed or granted an early exit from his three stints as a school superintendent during the past decade. According to public school board records, self-proclaimed conservative… Continue Reading
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