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
While many people are looking forward to the annual festivities of a holiday season, many others are scouting out places to hibernate through the dark winter days and nights. I was one of those people until I learned about Seasonal… Continue Reading
Republished with permission of Rachel Hatch Today the City of Redding Council has interviewed candidates for City Manager. This is perhaps the most consequential decision any City Council can make. Here is what I said during public comment at the… 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
I am deeply concerned about item R3 on Thursday’s board agenda, which is a resolution in support of secession from the state of California and formation of a new state (sponsored by supervisor Crye). Continue Reading
Photo by Cemrecan Yurtman on Unsplash Many folks in Shasta County enjoy reminiscing about the good ol’ days, proudly proclaiming The Cowboy Way, a symbol of our multi-generational cultural identity, heritage, and rural ethics. Sure, the Cowboy Way of a… Continue Reading
California Gov. Gavin Newsom certainly has his faults, but behaving like a shrinking violet isn’t one of them. For the past several months, the potential 2028 Democratic Party presidential candidate has been trolling and triggering President Donald Trump and his… Continue Reading
I happened to be online when right wing Christian Nationalist provocateur Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley State on Sept. 10. I watched horrified as video of the activist’s murder went viral across the world. Kirk was just 31,… Continue Reading
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