Like a mongrel cross of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” and Gioachino Rossini’s opera buffa “The Barber of Seville,” Patrick Henry Jones led his merry troupe of political players — better known as the Shasta County Board of Supervisors… Continue Reading
Ask anyone who’s upset about the hard right turn the Gateway Unified School District board of trustees has taken since three ultraconservative members seized the board majority one year ago and the word that comes up most often is “chaos.”… Continue Reading
California Energy Commission (CEC) Executive Director Drew Bohan has filed a determination that an application submitted for opt-in certification of the Fountain Wind Project proposed in Shasta County is complete. This determination confirms the applicant has provided all necessary information to start… Continue Reading
Cathy Darling Allen, Shasta County Clerk and Registrar of Voters would like to share the prepared remarks made to the Board of Supervisors on October 31, 2023. I have prepared some information for this meeting. On Friday, October 27, 2023… Continue Reading
In a grinding five-hour evening session, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 on board chair Patrick Jones’ request to change the zoning on his 150-acre Millville Plains parcel from 40-acre residential to commercial/recreational, greenlighting Jones’ dream to build… Continue Reading
With permission granted by his family, it is with the deepest sadness that I report that Doug Craig, a long-time friend and prolific contributor here at A News Cafe, died on Oct. 6, 2023. Doug was an extraordinary human being… Continue Reading
When a 13-year-old Redding middle school student died after swallowing a counterfeit pain reliever that was laced with fentanyl, authorities arrested the pill’s provider and sought a murder conviction. Ultimately, 20-year-old Ryan Andrew Harrison, who was marketing the pills as… Continue Reading
On Tuesday evening, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors will consider board chair Patrick Jones’ request to transform his 151-acre parcel on the Millville Plains into a commercial recreation zone so Jones can build his dream project, a state-of-the-art sports… Continue Reading
I don’t know why it didn’t dawn on me sooner to knit during Shasta County Board of Supervisors meetings to make them more tolerable. Knitting is not a new coping strategy for me. I once anxiously knit an entire hat… Continue Reading
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