Like Tay-Tay says, ‘Plaintiffs gonna plaint!’
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Judge Critiques Flaws in Election-Denier Laura Hobbs’ Lawsuits, Sets New Hearing Date
Monday morning, inside Shasta County’s Superior Court, Laura Hobbs, election-denier and defeated District 2 Supervisor candidate, sat at a courtroom table before Judge Stephen H. Baker. She was there for a hearing about the fate of the lawsuits Hobbs filed… Continue Reading
Supervisors Scrutinized For Undisclosed Attorney General’s Letter Exonerating DA
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story insinuated that CEO David Rickert knew of the Attorney General’s letter to Supervisor Patrick Jones in the winter. However, according to new information provided by CEO Rickert, he only became aware of… Continue Reading
Hatch Survives Planning Commission Challenge; Supporters Say His Questions Support Transparency
Aaron Hatch, chair of the Redding Planning Commission, walked into Tuesday’s City Council meeting expecting to be relieved of his volunteer post for allegedly creating a “toxic and divisive” environment. He walked out of the meeting with his position intact… Continue Reading
Supervisor Jones Hid Attorney General’s Bombshell Letter that Exonerated District Attorney
Friday morning, as District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye pontificated and opined about Shasta County business from outside a Redding coffee shop in front of an audience of nearly 20 supporters and curious citizens, North State social media sites were simultaneously… Continue Reading
North Valley High School Confidential: Moms for Liberty Edition
The main thing you need to know about North Valley High School in Anderson is that it’s the end of the line for most of its 90 students. The last-chance saloon. The edge of the world. Either they recover enough… Continue Reading
“Unleash the Defenders of the Realm of Shasta!”
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Shasta County District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye to South American Asylum Seekers: Drop Dead
When it comes to the arc of the moral universe, I confess I was in the Ta-Nehisi Coates camp decades before he riffed off MLK in his 2015 bestseller, “Between the World and Me.”
And here we are now, in a state of chaos, confined to a box we might call Schrödinger’s County. We’re not binary liberal/conservative, left/right, Democrat/Republican. We’re all over the place, hundreds of chaotic collisions. It’s complicated. Continue Reading
Letter to the Editor: Say No to White Nationalist BOS Agenda Item R-3
As the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” But, I also think the great doctor understood that the ark will not bend on its own; it… Continue Reading
Redding Reaffirms Opposition to Casino Expansion Plans; Council Agenda Includes Energy Projects, Body Worn Cameras and Parking
A divided Redding City Council voted Tuesday to repeat its opposition to Win-River Casino’s proposed expansion and relocation to land fronting Interstate 5 just south of the South Bonnyview Road interchange. The move, following a 3-2 vote, reaffirms the objections… Continue Reading
