I have an on-and-off relationship with Carlos Zapata, founder of Red, White and Blueprint, the production company that’s making a documentary series of the effort to recall three Republicans from the Shasta County Board of Supervisors for following COVID-19 health… Continue Reading
A specter hangs over Shasta County; the specter of politically motivated violence. It’s hung in the air like wildfire smoke since last August, when Palo Cedro rancher, restaurateur and adult entertainment club investor Carlos Zapata threatened in a vitriolic speech… Continue Reading
A darkness spreads over the land as three horsemen gallop toward the abyss, urging those who would follow them to recall three county supervisors, drain the swamp and bring back to Shasta County the pioneer spirit that won the West.… Continue Reading
It’s safe to say that Bethel senior leader Bill Johnson is no socialist. If he hadn’t done so earlier, the self-appointed local apostle and prophet made his opposition to liberté, égalité, fraternité publicly known in November 2016, in an opinion… Continue Reading
It can’t be easy being California’s 1st Congressional District Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R). The cognitive dissonance alone must be intense, like tinnitus from attending too many Grateful Dead concerts. After almost two decades in public service, LaMalfa’s still best known… Continue Reading
Meet the late Morgan James Davis — “Mo” or “Big Mo” to his friends — depicted above operating a dual spindle glass blowing lathe, a machine he mastered on his way to becoming an underground artist of some renown in… Continue Reading
I rarely find myself in agreement with right-wing conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, but last week he said something interesting during an interview with African American radio host and author Charlamagne Tha God on Charlamagne’s YouTube radio show,… Continue Reading
Any time I see someone struggling to assemble a mechanical gadget, I always ask, with not small pleasure, “Did you read the manual?” Because no one ever reads the manual. That includes me sometimes. Almost three months into the novel… Continue Reading
Mark Burnett, the producer of “The Apprentice,” claims that up to 300 hours of video were shot for each one-hour long episode of the hit reality TV show that rescued Donald Trump from obscurity and ultimately delivered him to the… Continue Reading
I don’t know about you, but I’m not dying to go back to work. It’s been 40 days and 40 nights since I stopped substitute teaching in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic and it’s still not clear if I’m… Continue Reading
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