This opinion piece was written more than a month ago, before the recent Carr Fire, however, it is even more important today as Redding has lost many trees. If you look at many of the news photos of the fire,… Continue Reading
More than hundred men, women and children converged upon the Whiskeytown Cemetery Sunday with rakes, shovels and a mission to clean up the eclectic, beloved cemetery after it was heavily damaged by the Carr Fire last month. The cleanup was… Continue Reading
When you put a bunch of beer makers together and present them with a challenge, it’s a given they’re going to brew up a solution. The challenge at hand: find a way to combine their brewing skills to create something… Continue Reading
I didn’t lose my home, but I know many people who did. And I’ve noticed a few delicate things that have come up, things that perhaps those who’ve lost their homes don’t quite know how to say. Who can blame… Continue Reading
You know how sometimes an opening movie scene will abruptly show some graphic, what-the-hell moment with zero context, such as a dazed, sunburned person floating on a hunk of ship-wreckage in the middle of the ocean, surrounded by blood-thirsty sharks?… Continue Reading
Press release from CalFire.
RELEASE DATE: August 15, 2018 2:30 P.M. CARR FIRE REPOPULATION WHAT: All remaining Evacuation orders related to the Carr Fire are lifted. WHEN: August 15, 2018 at 2:30 P.M. WHERE: All remaining evacuation orders related to the Carr Fire… Continue Reading
Vivian Say is thinking about winter. Specifically December. Specifically Christmas. She is thinking about the North State friends and neighbors who won’t have boxes of cherished Christmas memorabilia to cheer their hearts this yuletide. So this Happy Valley great-grandmother is… Continue Reading
Redding-area residents suffering damage from the Carr Fire have a financial resource some may think only applies to businesses: the federal Small Business Administration or SBA. With the presidential declaration of Shasta County as a major disaster area, residents are eligible for… Continue Reading
Photo by Suzan Jantz August 14, 2018 3:00 P.M. Caltrans Extends Road-Opening Hours for State Route 299 Between Redding and Weaverville REDDING — The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 2 is extending road openings hours for State Route 299 between… Continue Reading
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