A News Cafe raked in a dozen California Journalism Awards via the California News Publishers Association for journalism excellence published by ANC in 2024. We are blown away, and honored to tell you more about the winning submissions in a… Continue Reading
In the evening hours of May 9th, 2025, deputies from the Tehama County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a Tennessee resident. This subject notified deputies of engaging in online gaming with a Tehama County teenager. During their online gaming the reporting party became concerned when the Tehama County juvenile began talking about school violence. Continue Reading
To observe a classic case of someone who sure can dish it out but who certainly cannot take it, look no further than District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye’s recent meltdowns over legal, peaceful demonstrations outside his Ninja Coalition gym business.… Continue Reading
Recent protests in front of District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye’s Ninja Coalition business really came out of a sense of frustration. People kept asking us, “What can we even do?” They’ve watched public comment get cut short, seen community members and public servants mocked or denied appointments, even to volunteer boards. Continue Reading
The final candidate interviewed by the board last Wednesday, Ellie Leigh Sharp, a Subject Matter Expert II and top-down integration specialist for the Nevada Secretary of State Elections Division, has worked in elections offices since 2007—about the same length of time as Assistant ROV Joanna Francescut. She was clearly more qualified than Curtis, who has no direct elections experience. Continue Reading
Shasta County District 3 Supervisor Corkey Harmon can stop complaining about being the swing vote on the Shasta County Board of Supervisors. After joining District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye and District 5 Supervisor Chris Kelstrom in anointing underqualified Florida election… Continue Reading
Joanna Francescut, current Assistant County Clerk and Registrar of Voters for Shasta County, has announced her candidacy for Shasta County Clerk and Registrar of Voters in the upcoming June 2026 Primary Election. Francescut has served as Assistant Clerk/ROV since 2018… Continue Reading
The Shasta County Board of Supervisors will appoint the next Registrar of Voters tomorrow, April 30th, 2025. In this episode, we examine the five candidates under consideration and explore the controversial dynamics surrounding the selection process. With public trust in… Continue Reading
Now that I’ve passed the Shasta County Board of Supervisors coverage baton to veteran journalist R.V. Scheide, I have more mental space to recalibrate, restore and explore random thoughts about various matters unrelated to the Shasta County Shitshow’s nearly five… Continue Reading
Sometimes it’s hard not to feel that all the world’s problems are interconnected, and try as we might we’re never going to solve this cascading nightmare of blunders as we hurtle toward a burning future where human life on earth… Continue Reading
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