We take our football seriously here in northern California. How seriously? Well, when Enterprise High School varsity football players forced the junior varsity players to strip and run naked across the field earlier this year, hardly anyone batted an eye.… Continue Reading
I don’t know about you, but It seems to me like hardly a week goes by without some scathing condemnation of Redding in the local media. The latest survey declared our city “unfit for human consumption,” or something like that.… Continue Reading
Judging from reader response to the first installment of this series on bringing broadband Internet to rural northern California, there are a lot of folks out there not getting the Internet they need, let alone want. There are many interconnected reasons for… Continue Reading
If you live in the sticks and work on the Internet like I do, you’ve no doubt lost many precious moments of your life downloading and uploading large files. Time is money and out here it can flow slower than… Continue Reading
Basketball has been very good to Don Cohen. From winning his first championship game playing church ball as a kid in Minnesota to bringing home a bronze medal from the Olympics, the Redding resident has rubbed elbows with some of… Continue Reading
It’s Redding Beer Week and not a moment too soon. The global economy is crashing, the smoke from area wildfires has yet to clear and the long hot summer isn’t over yet. Why not get together with friends and tip… Continue Reading
They came in the middle of the night, scraping and scrunching and making one hell of a racket. When Ernie Pasero investigated the source of the noise the next morning, he discovered the dented, rusting husks of three automobiles, bereft… Continue Reading
Frankie Moreno is the sort of entertainer you either immediately fall in love with or instantly envy. Singer, songwriter, showman extraordinaire, Moreno is the current King of Las Vegas, possessing that rare blend of talent and charisma that separates the superstars from… Continue Reading
Pity the poor tweaker! I know I do. It’s hard not to feel at least some sympathy for your average methamphetamine addict, what with the missing teeth and all. There but for the grace of God go I, and according… Continue Reading
Suppose you have a child disabled from birth whose tiny frail body is wracked with muscle spasms and seizures every minute of every day for the entirety of what you know will be her diminished existence. There’s no cure for… Continue Reading
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