Before the gallows In the years following the Gold Rush, Shasta County was a rough and rapidly changing corner of California. Established on February 18, 1850, the county quickly attracted miners, merchants, adventurers, and drifters seeking their fortunes in the… Continue Reading
When the California and Oregon Railroad bypassed the old mining town of Shasta, its merchants faced a hard choice: remain with the community where they had built their names or gamble on an uncertain settlement rising on the Sacramento River… Continue Reading
In May of 1876, the quiet residential streets of the historic town of Shasta were disturbed by a grim discovery that brought a deeply private tragedy into public view. Beneath the floor of a small woodhouse behind a home on… Continue Reading
About six miles west of present-day Redding, in the rolling country between the historic town of Shasta and the old mining settlements along Clear Creek, once stood Middletown. Today almost nothing remains to suggest that hundreds of people who once… Continue Reading
Skating has a long and fascinating history stretching back thousands of years. The earliest form—ice skating—dates to between 3000 and 4000 B.C., when people in Northern Europe fashioned skates from animal bones to travel across frozen lakes and rivers. Continue Reading
At a recent demonstration in Redding, one sign stood out among the rest. “Hands off! cancer funding,” read the one waved by Cori Casebeer of Redding. While others at the April rally protested Trump administration threats to slash any future… Continue Reading
A new study on the impacts of the logging and wood products industry in Shasta and Siskiyou Counties has found such economic activities emit an average of 4 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent per year, equal to the annual… Continue Reading
Putting faces to the names. That’s the goal of two Shasta County moms who lost their sons to the local fentanyl scourge. Rebecca Meeks of Redding and Lora Thomas of Lakehead have posted pictures of their adult sons on their… Continue Reading
This is an uplifting story about Anakalia Naretta, a courageous Redding teen who’s thriving thanks to her supportive parents, Shriners Children’s Northern California and thousands of online well-wishers. Anakalia’s quick, charming smile belies all that she’s been through. She was… Continue Reading
Laura Hobbs, the defeated District 2 Supervisor candidate who brought a double lawsuit against the District 2 winner and the retired Registrar of Voters, was back in court Wednesday morning. Nine days ago Hobbs was in the same sixth-floor courtroom… Continue Reading
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