‘West Coast Live’ Radio Show To Return to Redding
“West Coast Live,” the popular radio variety show, is coming back to Redding’s Cascade Theatre. The weekly show, which originates in the San Francisco Bay Area … Continue Reading
Author: Steve Brewer
Hot Monkey Sex
There’s a headline I’ve always wanted to write. As you may remember from yesterday’s Corner Booth and a kajillion news stories all over the Intertubes, scientists have found fossils of a human ancestor 4.4 million years old. The fossils from Ethiopia, a… Continue Reading
Going Ape, Man
Did you hear the news? We’ve got a new ancestor. A team of researchers, led by a UC-Berkeley paleoanthropologist, revealed that a trove of fossils from Ethiopia are from 36 members of a prehuman species that lived 4.4 million years ago. That’s… Continue Reading
Best Deal in Town
What if I told you there was a store where you could buy lightly used hardcover books in all genres, from best-sellers to obscure how-to texts, for 50 cents each? And paperbacks for 25 cents? Why, you’d jump right on your… Continue Reading
Hang Up and Drive
Despite laws to the contrary, you still see people yakking on cell phones while they drive. Motorists just hold their phones to their right ears instead of the left, and hope passing police won’t notice. It’s dangerous as hell, of course. And texting… Continue Reading
Flu Vaccine Arrives
Vaccines for seasonal flu are now available in Shasta County, and the county Public Health department urges all residents to get the shots. The vaccine for the H1N1 virus or “swine” flu will become available in mid-October, and at first will be reserved for… Continue Reading
Fall in the Air
I stepped outside before dawn this morning (my secret identity: Insomnia Man), and it was cool with a hint of a breeze. Something more there, too. A scent, a taste, something. Autumn. After another scorching weekend, Redding finally gets a break this… Continue Reading
A Note to Our News Media Friends
Please, oh, please, stop using the term “vegetation fire.” We understand that you don’t want to say “forest fire” because it’s mostly crispy grass and manzanita and stuff that’s burning in open country. “Wildfire” sounds too scary, as if the fire still rages out… Continue Reading
Sailing Into the Weekend
OK, the weekend’s here and it’s chock-full of events, but maybe you’re not into crowds. Maybe the thought of the throngs at the Turtle Bay Art and Craft Fair or the Fall Home and Garden Show leave you cold. We’ve got just the thing.… Continue Reading
Then My Calendar Caught Fire
Another crazy-busy weekend coming up throughout Northern California, but let’s focus on Red Bluff, where the Tehama District Fair opens today and runs through Sunday. All the usual carnival-and-livestock fun, plus a demolition derby and bull riders and a concert by… Continue Reading
