Since taking office last January, Shasta County District 4 Supervisor Matt Plummer has been singularly focused on homelessness, in particular the more than 80 homeless veterans currently living in encampments scattered across the county, sleeping in their cars, waking up… Continue Reading
If there’s one thing local election deniers such as former Shasta County supervisor Patrick Jones, right-wing enforcer Rich Gallardo and SoCal transplant Laura Hobbs constantly demand, it’s transparency. “We can’t have free and fair elections unless we have absolute transparency… Continue Reading
Brent Turner, a progressive voting systems reform activist from San Francisco who believes President Donald Trump was not elected by the will of the people in 2016 has been hired to be Shasta County’s Assistant Registrar of Voters. A confidential… Continue Reading
For the past six months, newly elected Shasta County District 3 Supervisor Corkey Harmon has reliably sided with District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye and District 5 Supervisor Chris Kelstrom on divisive issues, forming a MAGA majority against the board’s more… Continue Reading
In an effort to scare up support for a proposed medical school, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors declared at last Tuesday’s board meeting that the county’s longstanding shortage of physicians constitutes a public health crisis . District 1 Supervisor… Continue Reading
Shasta County’s recommended fiscal year budget will shrink 3.5 percent according to figures released last week during three days of budget presentations at the Board of Supervisors. The recommended budget for 2025-2026 is $685,293,258, nearly $25 million less than the… Continue Reading
Here’s a question for all you restaurant owners, cattle ranchers, strawberry farmers, construction contractors and any other local businesses reliant on Latino labor, documented and undocumented, not to mention all the customers dependent on your products and services: When ICE and… Continue Reading
It was precisely noon when Bob Sanders pulled up to From the Hearth in downtown Redding on his bicycle Saturday. He was right on time. The 70-year-old Jewish American from New Hampshire left the Bay Area last Monday on a… Continue Reading
Shasta County Information Officer David Maung has announced he’s moving on from the position he’s held since Oct. 2022. His last day is Friday, June 6. “I’ve made the decision to step away from my role at Shasta County to… Continue Reading
On a muggy day in May which will go down in infamy in local politics, newly selected Shasta County Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis fired Assistant ROV Joanne Francescut, a 17-year veteran of Shasta County’s elections office earlier today. “This… Continue Reading
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