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Limited Supply of Pandemic H1N1 Vaccine Arrives in Shasta County
SHASTA COUNTY – A limited supply of Pandemic H1N1 flu vaccine shots and nasal spray has arrived at Shasta County Public Health. Public Health will distribute most doses to local vaccine providers, and set aside 400 doses to be given… Continue Reading
Blow Up Your TV
This just in, and it’s simply appalling: The average American child between the ages of 2 and 5 watches more than 32 hours of television per week. And children aged 6 to 11 spent 28 hours a week staring at… Continue Reading
Tax Credit Extension Considered in Senate
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, is supporting a four-month extension of the home buyer tax credit. Two other proposals in the Senate would, respectively, extend the credit through June and, most generously, increase the deduction to $15,000… Continue Reading
Forget the ATM — banks starting to allow check deposits via iPhone
More Philberto’s Phun Phactoids
Today we go south of zee border. Ees funnier there… South of the equator, water swirls in the opposite direction when you flush the toilet. Well, we think. There’s not much plumbing south of the equator so this turns into… Continue Reading
Time to Buy a Bike
This sounds like one of those “Dumb Crook News” items I feature on my Home Front blog, but it happened right here in Redding: A Redding man went downtown the other day for a court appearance related to his five arrests for… Continue Reading
Home sales rise 9.4% last month, beating forecast
WASHINGTON (AP) – Home resales rose in September to the highest level in more than two years, beating expectations, as buyers scrambled to complete their purchases before a tax credit for first-time owners expires. The National Association of Realtors said… Continue Reading
Rain on Halloween? Boo!
Got your Halloween costume picked out yet? Does it include a poncho? Long-range forecasts call for rain in the Redding area on Oct. 31, which would be too damned bad because Halloween falls on a Saturday this year. Conditions could… Continue Reading
Musical Torture
Dozens of big-name musicians announced today that they’re joining a Freedom of Information Act request, trying to find out which songs were used to torture detainees at Guantanamo Bay. During the Bush administration, interrogators tried to make Guantanamo prisoners talk… Continue Reading
