The Shasta County Libraries offer a three-week amnesty period for people who have outstanding fines. Through the new Food for Fines program, they can get a deal on paying off the debt while also helping out the needy. Starting Nov. 1, people with… Continue Reading
This just in, and it’s simply appalling: The average American child between the ages of 2 and 5 watches more than 32 hours of television per week. And children aged 6 to 11 spent 28 hours a week staring at… Continue Reading
This sounds like one of those “Dumb Crook News” items I feature on my Home Front blog, but it happened right here in Redding: A Redding man went downtown the other day for a court appearance related to his five arrests for… Continue Reading
Got your Halloween costume picked out yet? Does it include a poncho? Long-range forecasts call for rain in the Redding area on Oct. 31, which would be too damned bad because Halloween falls on a Saturday this year. Conditions could… Continue Reading
Dozens of big-name musicians announced today that they’re joining a Freedom of Information Act request, trying to find out which songs were used to torture detainees at Guantanamo Bay. During the Bush administration, interrogators tried to make Guantanamo prisoners talk… Continue Reading
A new study has found a correlation between housework and sex. The more housework that married people — men or women — do, the more often they have sex with their spouses. Before you start scrubbing stuff, check this out: The new survey of… Continue Reading
Hot links from the World Wide Intertubes: Next week on “CSI:” In what is apparently a worldwide first, police in Australia have solved a cold case robbery by matching blood taken from an engorged leech. A fat, slimy leech was found at… Continue Reading
The 4th Annual Silent Film Fest hits Old City Hall this weekend, featuring live piano accompaniment and a talk by an award-winning film preservationist. The Shasta County Arts Council event starts at 5:30 p.m. Friday with a lecture by Emmy winner David… Continue Reading
Country music fans across the nation rejoice at the news that Garth Brooks — who’s sold more records than any other solo artist — is coming out of retirement. Sort of. If you want to see him, you’ll have to go to… Continue Reading
The big fish are back! This Saturday, the 19th annual Return of the Salmon Festival comes to Coleman National Fish Hatchery, and events are scheduled for the whole day. Besides views of the great leaping salmon and the hatchery operations, the… Continue Reading
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