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Shasta County’s Board of Supervisors Meeting More Akin to Political Theater Than Civilized Government

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

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Gateway School Board Special Election: One Candidate Desires Stability, One Candidate Promises More Chaos, Sec State Warns County

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

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Fountain Wind Project Application Deemed Complete by CEC and Begins 270-day Evaluation Process

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

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Shasta County Board of Supervisors Greenlights Board Chair’s Shooting Sports Center

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

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Shasta DA Promotes a Proposition Aimed at Addressing Theft, Fentanyl and Homelessness Issues

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

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When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Knitting During Shasta County Board of Supervisors Meetings

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