Ever since the spring of 2020, when Shasta County government was targeted by far-right extremism on steroids and overtaken by an ultra-conservative board majority that makes Ronald Reagan look like a liberal snowflake, I thought I’d seen, heard and adapted… Continue Reading
(3:23) The regularly scheduled Tuesday morning meeting of the Shasta County Board of Supervisors was called to order at 9:01 a.m. March 26. The complete video and agenda are available here. Timestamps are in parentheses. CALL TO ORDER The invocation was… Continue Reading
Roughly a quarter of the voters in Shasta County District One voted to recall Supervisor Kevin Crye. Only a few voters more opted to keep him in office. We thank the dedicated election professionals who worked tirelessly to ensure… Continue Reading
Today at 2 p.m. Joanna Francescut, Assistant County Clerk/Registrar of Voters, released the final results of the March 5 Primary Election. Click here for the full report of all the races on the Elections Department website. District 1 Recall Kevin… Continue Reading
Dean Germano joins The McConnell Foundation Board as its newest director, succeeding Bill Cox who is retiring after 12 years of service. Dean, who recently retired as CEO of Shasta Community Health, had served in that capacity since 1992. His… Continue Reading
If ever you thought your vote didn’t count, consider this election. As I write this there are only 48 votes between winning and losing. If ever you thought your vote didn’t count, consider that if only 25 people who voted… Continue Reading
I got a tip Monday afternoon, March 11, that there was to be a meeting about groundwater at the Red Bluff Community Center at 6 p.m. that evening. What? I couldn’t find a listing for it anywhere. I called Tehama… Continue Reading
Although the Shasta County Elections office wasn’t expected to provide a detailed tally of the remaining votes left to count until early next week, its website released election count updates at 4:06 p.m. today. Later, at 7:12 p.m., the Elections… Continue Reading
(3:49) The regular Tuesday morning meeting of the Shasta County Board of Supervisors was called to order at 9 a.m. March 19, 2024. The complete agenda and video can be found here. Timestamps are in parentheses. CALL TO ORDER The… Continue Reading
It’s been a week since Susanne Baremore and Benjamin Nowain learned that a whistleblower had come forward with disparagaing texts about them, alledgedly written by District 5 Supervisor Chris Kelstrom. Baremore shared the screengrabs of the texts on social media,… Continue Reading
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