Editor’s Note: This is the fourth and final installment in a series that examines suicide statistics and what people are doing to help. Click on links to read parts one, two and three. The California Suicide Prevention Network is being paid for by a… Continue Reading
Dear Reader, It is with great pleasure that I invite you to attend A Harvest Sampler 7 p.m., Sun., Oct. 7, at the Atrium in downtown Redding. I’ll wait while you go mark your calendar. While you do that, I’ll share… Continue Reading
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a four-part series that examines suicide statistics and what people are doing to help. Click on links to read part one and part two. American soldiers are killing themselves in record numbers. Janet… Continue Reading
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a four-part series that examines suicide statistics and what people are doing to help. Read part one here. Who do people call if they are contemplating suicide in Shasta County? The first answer… Continue Reading
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a four-part series by reporter Bill Siemer that examines suicide statistics and what people are doing to help. Shasta County residents commit suicide at twice the statewide average. Trinity County ranks the highest of… Continue Reading
At noon today road closures in the affected evacuation areas were lifted. The following areas will be open to residents only with proper identification: Rock Creek Road, Ponderosa Way and Forward Mills Rd. There are still fire personnel working in the areas… Continue Reading
Imagine 10 adult men, scarred from years of living in prison or on the city streets, burdened by guilt and failure, shackled by parents who introduced them to crime and drugs, seeking salvation and hope from the only avenue left, living in a two bedroom, one bath halfway house by the railroad tracks in Redding. Continue Reading
In October of 2010, Redding’s own dance and theater phenom James Santos embarked on a new direction in his life: He went on tour with Cirque de Soleil as assistant artistic director for one of its shows, Dralion. This past… Continue Reading
All right, folks, stay with me. we’re going to get a little technical and detailed here, starting with some vocabulary and definitions.
Hepatitis – inflammation of the liver
Acute – you’re visibly ill and showing symptoms
Chronic – long-term, ongoing disease or illness – can follow an acute phase or occur without an acute phase
Fulminant liver failure – very sudden onset with widespread damage to liver tissue – potentially fatal
Fibrosis – scarring of liver tissue caused by inflammation (hepatitis)
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Deep down, many of us often wish we felt “happy” all the time, or at least more often than we do. Who enjoys feeling badly? Most of us long to be at peace and content.
At some level we know this is unrealistic and yet we strive for it. And when we fail, as we invariably do, we not only feel badly; we feel badly about feeling badly.
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