With the return of valley fog many of you have asked why?
This is known as “Tule Fog” and it typically occurs in the Fall and Winter months. We have seen the perfect setup for the fog. There is a persistent ridge of high pressure over the Eastern Pacific. Continue Reading
‘Tis the season to bake cookies, but let’s cut ourselves some slack and make it easy on ourselves. Of course, I have more complex cookie recipes in my baking arsenal, like macarons, but the holidays are hectic enough without spending… Continue Reading
Gary Sanda died peacefully at the age of 76 on Nov. 19, 2025, in Redding.
He was well known for his caring, thoughtfulness, patience, generosity and very dry sense of humor. He was also a great sourdough and Christmas bread baker. Continue Reading
A word to Thanksgiving food snobs: This might be a good time for you to stop reading and head to a gourmet market to purchase some indispensable holiday ingredients, like foie gras, truffle oil, saffron, or perhaps a tin of… Continue Reading
Please join me in wishing A News Cafe a very happy 18th birthday. Happy birthday, A News Cafe! It seems just yesterday you were an innocent little baby blog. Now, look at you! See how much you’ve grown? I am… Continue Reading
I am sharing some of my observations of events leading up to last week’s election in Shasta County, as I believe the community, elected leaders and agencies need to know how catastrophic the process was this year. Continue Reading
Butternut squash is more than just a fall front porch holiday décor to join pumpkins and gourds. It’s the star of the soup show, the culinary gateway to all other fall and winter soups. Looks are deceiving when it comes… Continue Reading
Surveillance video captured inside the closed Shasta County Elections Office shows a shirtless Registrar of Voters, Clint Curtis, moving county equipment alongside his wife, Jody Curtis, who is not a county employee. An edited clip of the Sat., Sept. 13,… Continue Reading
More than 3,200 people gathered at Redding City Hall Saturday morning for a peaceful protest and march as part of the national “No Kings” Day of Action, one of more than 2,600 coordinated demonstrations held across the country. Continue Reading
Long ago and far away, in addition to writing a decade’s worth of opinion columns and feature stories for Redding’s daily newspaper, I also wrote columns and stories about food and cooking. Occasionally, a reader would ask for a specific… Continue Reading
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