Like many Americans, I was glued to the television set and the computer after a pair of Islamic terrorists attacked the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino on Dec. 3, killing 14 people and injuring 21 others in a hail of gunfire.… Continue Reading
Dear readers, please join me in welcoming Kelly Frost, a new member of A News Cafe.com’s group of talented contributors. His monthly show, “Take 5 With Kelly Frost, will feature Frost’s 5-minute-long audio stories about various north state people and topics. This first audio clip divides the time between talking with his show’s two sponsors, Jay Edwards of Big O Tires, and Patrick Jones of Jones’ Fort, both in Redding. Continue Reading
Shasta County offers plenty of opportunities for enjoying the great outdoors. For easy day hiking, one of the most popular is the Sacramento River Trail which runs from the east side of Redding, around Turtle Bay, through Caldwell Park and… Continue Reading
Caution: This column is a major personal TMI dump. If you’re not in the mood for that today, you may want to skip this one. I was 9 the first time anyone, let alone my mother, pointed out my weight… Continue Reading
I may have mentioned a time or 200 that Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. The flip side is that few things can make me feel more depressed than a Thanksgiving where I’m not cooking, something I’ve experienced a few times… Continue Reading
We’ve spoken with James Santos many times here on A News Cafe.com, and he’s been written about even more. So I knew I wasn’t the only one on Fri., Nov. 13, whose thoughts went to the globe-trotting precious family of… Continue Reading
Thanks, Doni, for asking about my safety.
All is well here. I moved to St. Malo, a lovely little town on the Brittany coast last September (yes, THAT St. Malo, the setting of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel that I’ve yet to read), so I was far away from the shootings. Continue Reading
Judging from reader response to the first installment of this series on bringing broadband Internet to rural northern California, there are a lot of folks out there not getting the Internet they need, let alone want. There are many interconnected reasons for… Continue Reading
I am not in the hotel, motel or bed-and-breakfast business. And I don’t want to be. I am a journalist and small-business-owner who works from home where I operate A News Cafe.com. However, since October of 2014 I’ve been a… Continue Reading
Sunday night my sister, friend and I went to the movies in Anderson to see “The Martian”. I liked the movie a lot … at least what I saw of it. What I DIDN’T like was the noise and disruption… Continue Reading
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