(Editor’s Note: If that headline doesn’t put Muddy Waters in your head, then you’re no fan of the blues.) People in the North State are singing the weather blues today as the first major storm system of the season continues to… Continue Reading
A new Field Poll shows that approval ratings for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state Legislature are scraping bottom. Only 27 percent of respondents approve of the job the governor is doing, his lowest rating ever. It’s even worse for… Continue Reading
Completing a near-sweep for the USA, two Americans won the Nobel Prize for Economics today. One of the winners, Elinor Ostrom, is the first woman to ever be awarded the economics prize. For more on the economics prize, click here.… Continue Reading
Don’t be alarmed if you see columns of smoke rising from Lassen National Volcanic Park today. They’re controlled burns the park is setting before the seasonal rains arrive. Three fires will be set in the Crescent Prescribed Fire Project, an area of… Continue Reading
Hookah bars, which have become commonplace in big cities, apparently have arrived in the North State. Shasta County health officials issued a warning this week, alerting the public to the dangers of tobacco smoked through hookahs. “Contrary to what many beginning… Continue Reading
Does climate change threaten California’s giant sequoias? An award-winning forestry professor tackles that question tonight at Turtle Bay Exploration Park, then leads a field trip on Saturday to examine some of the giant trees. And it’s all FREE. Dr. Bill… Continue Reading
Last night, we had one of our regular ANewsCafe.com staff meetings (which look almost exactly like drunken potlucks), and the big news was that cartoonist/political figure Phil Fountain arrived with a face as hairless as a baby’s backside. There were audible… Continue Reading
After a 71-day holdout, top draft pick Michael Crabtree has finally agreed to a six-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers. Crabtree, taken in the 10th spot in the draft, was a star receiver at Texas Tech, where he caught… Continue Reading
“Musical Tuesdays at the Library” continues at 6 p.m. tonight as multi-instrumentalist Yvonne Sutherland performs an all-ages show in the Redding Library’s community room. Sutherland will play harp, guitar and fiddle as she takes listeners along on her personal musical journey.… Continue Reading
No, not here in Redding, but in the high country all around us, frost and freeze warnings abound. Temperatures are expected to drop to 30 or so tonight in Burney and Mount Shasta. Protect your plants and pets! In the valley, it… Continue Reading
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