If you have a bird feeder in the continental United States you have almost certainly been visited by house finches. On both sides of the Mississippi their hungry flocks coat feeders like displays of cherry and root beer lollipops. They… Continue Reading
On August 27, 2020, at approximately 0800 hours, a Deputy Coroner Investigator was dispatched to a field on Placer Street near Benton Airpark in Redding, California, regarding a fatal plane crash. The pilot and one of the passengers were pronounced… Continue Reading
What: “It’s Our Neighborhood” virtual film and discussion series Date: Third Thursday of the month beginning September 17, 2020 Where: From the comfort of your own home “Neighbors are people who live close to each other. Neighbors look at each… Continue Reading
Shasta College will hold a virtual groundbreaking ceremony for a new Computer Information Systems (CIS) building. The ceremony will be pre-recorded and available online Thursday, September 10, 2020. The college welcomes the public to view the ceremony online at the… Continue Reading
Northern Californians have adapted to smoke-choked skies for a few weeks now during what’s turned into a record-setting fire season. But Wednesday morning residents awoke to an especially eerie dirty-orange glow that gave a sensation of nighttime at daybreak. Vehicles… Continue Reading
The Shasta County Air Quality Management District (AQMD) is advising Shasta County residents to remain aware of increasing smoke impacts due to multiple wildfires burning in the Northern California and Oregon region. Wildfires burning in the region are currently transporting… Continue Reading
Breathe a sigh of relief. Redding is still standing. No fires, no looting, no riots, no broken windows, no destroyed property, no killings. All the rumors and chatter and hype and sky-is-falling protest predictions fell flat. There were no huge… Continue Reading
From asphalt roadways to shining waterways and even a movie theater parking lot, for North State patriots, Trump-supporters and warriors, there’s a lot going on this Labor Day weekend. The first two Saturday events are designed as pure patriotic fun,… Continue Reading
When I think back to the last time life felt relatively normal, it was my eldest son’s birthday party at my house. It was early March, and news was just building about this thing called the novel coronavirus. Within a… Continue Reading
Shasta College will offer Spring 2021 courses primarily online, with registration commencing November 14. Fall 2020 courses currently being taught in-person with safety protocols and social distancing such as Allied Health, Fire Academy, nursing, some Career Education (CE) courses, and… Continue Reading
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