Dear Supervisors,
The lack of transparency regarding the handling of the Attorney General’s letter pertaining to the Zogg Fire settlement investigation is disturbing. The public has yet to receive a satisfactory answer as to why the letter was not immediately disclosed when it was received by the County. Continue Reading
Friday morning, as District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye pontificated and opined about Shasta County business from outside a Redding coffee shop in front of an audience of nearly 20 supporters and curious citizens, North State social media sites were simultaneously… Continue Reading
The regularly scheduled Tuesday meeting of the Shasta County Board of Supervisors was called to order at 9:01 a.m. Supervisor Mary Rickert was absent due to medical leave. The video and agenda are available here. Timestamps are in parentheses. CALL… Continue Reading
The main thing you need to know about North Valley High School in Anderson is that it’s the end of the line for most of its 90 students. The last-chance saloon. The edge of the world. Either they recover enough… Continue Reading
(.05) The regular Tuesday morning meeting of the Shasta County Board of Supervisors was called to order at 9:00 a.m. April 23, 2024. District 3 Supervisor Mary Rickert was absent due to medical leave. CALL TO ORDER (3:19) The Invocation… Continue Reading
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When it comes to the arc of the moral universe, I confess I was in the Ta-Nehisi Coates camp decades before he riffed off MLK in his 2015 bestseller, “Between the World and Me.”
And here we are now, in a state of chaos, confined to a box we might call Schrödinger’s County. We’re not binary liberal/conservative, left/right, Democrat/Republican. We’re all over the place, hundreds of chaotic collisions. It’s complicated. Continue Reading
As the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” But, I also think the great doctor understood that the ark will not bend on its own; it… Continue Reading
On Monday, April 29, 2024, Chico State President Steve Perez and Interim Superintendent/President of Shasta College, Dr. Kevin O’Rorke, will sign a Memorandum of Understanding to formalize dual admission and streamline the transfer process for students interested in pursuing… Continue Reading
A divided Redding City Council voted Tuesday to repeat its opposition to Win-River Casino’s proposed expansion and relocation to land fronting Interstate 5 just south of the South Bonnyview Road interchange. The move, following a 3-2 vote, reaffirms the objections… Continue Reading
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