From a distance the ship known as Shasta County Government looks attractive enough. It’s big. It’s strong. It’s also the county’s largest employer, with more than 1880 souls paid to serve and protect Shasta County citizens. The Shasta County Government… Continue Reading
Mr. Standish and I visited Lassen Volcanic National Park on Wednesday with no game plan. Our original intention was to hike in the National Forest off Hwy 36 near Mineral, but I had forgotten to gas up the car in… Continue Reading
Max Steiner has a problem. The 36-year-old Iraq War Army veteran and northern California native is running as a centrist Democrat in northern California’s solidly Republican 1st Congressional District, where voters have repeatedly elected rightwing rice farmer Rep. Doug LaMalfa… Continue Reading
Sobering new details continue to surface about Nathan Mendes of Bella Vista. One of the most stunning pieces of Mendes news is that Shasta College recently hired him, despite a host of obvious red flags. Continue Reading
Are you superstitious? If you’re a baseball fan, you probably are – a little. I have not written about my beloved NY Mets much because they have been in first place in the NLE the entire season and I didn’t… Continue Reading
Thursday afternoon along Eureka Way in Redding a steady stream of speeding firetrucks and emergency vehicles roared west as a cacophony of wailing sirens filled the air. Large tanker planes flew over Redding, heading west. According to a Caltrans report,… Continue Reading
There are truly troubling times when life-and-death emergencies motivate cities to adopt urgency ordinances. In Redding, two dire examples in recent memory were the Carr Fire and COVID-19. The significance of an urgency ordinance is it’s supposed to be addressed… Continue Reading
Just in time to go back to school, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued updated COVID-19 guidelines that are practically guaranteed to increase the spread of the serious acute respiratory virus that has killed more than 1… Continue Reading
I often joke that someday, if someone wanted to test me for Alzheimer’s (of course, when I’m much, much older), skip the time-place-who’s president questions. Just ask me to recite the Sour Cream Coffee Cake recipe. Seriously, someone could wake… Continue Reading
A 3-year-old boy stood in a parking lot in downtown Redding in 2018, throwing rocks at his unconscious, overdosing mother in an attempt to wake her. He was picked up by Child Protective Services and placed into the custody of his father, who had previously been drug-addicted as well, and would relapse several more times. Continue Reading
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