By now, everybody who follows the news in Shasta County knows the newly elected MAGA school board majority at Gateway Unified School District summarily fired its superintendent last Tuesday. After being sworn in the week before, new board members Cherrill… Continue Reading
Greetings all— Time for my annual bit of nonsense. It was a heck of a year, challenges throughout the months both personal and world-wide. Events tested our mettle across the planet and we surprised ourselves that we’re still able to… Continue Reading
Merry Christmas, Happy Solstice, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Jumada Al-Akhirah, and Festivus – for the rest of us. Since we have been airing grievances all year, we can move right on to the feats of strength. What – you’re not familiar with… Continue Reading
Behold, a Christmas miracle. Today A News Cafe presents the final post for Noni Doni’s 12 Bakes of Christmas. For a while, I was worried whether I could fit a dozen recipes into such a short time period. But my… Continue Reading
As expected, the new MAGA majority on the Gateway Unified School District Board of Trustees summarily fired superintendent Jim Harrell Tuesday night as a packed crowd of teachers and parents angrily jeered the decision and threatened to recall trustees Cherrill… Continue Reading
At a hastily called special meeting Tuesday night, the newly elected anti-establishment majority on the Gateway Unified School District Board of Trustees plans to fire superintendent Jim Harrell. Harrell, a prominent member of Bethel, is in the ninth year of… Continue Reading
At approximately 11:45 p.m. on the evening of Oct. 8, a 44-year-old woman called 911 to report that she had been assaulted at a wedding reception in Palo Cedro. The reception, and the wedding before it, took place at a… Continue Reading
“Just deleted my Twitter account because Elon Musk has turned it into a rightwing cesspool,” I posted on Facebook one week ago today, and I still feel the better for it. I was worried I’d become addicted to watching the… Continue Reading
If you’re in need of appetizers in a hurry, today I present four fast, easy and delicious recipes. Let’s go! First, let’s begin with the Party Cheeseball, perhaps one of the easiest appetizers of all, aside from a cheese platter… Continue Reading
I am a person of my word, and by golly, if I promised 12 Bakes of Christmas (before Christmas) then I will come through with those recipes, even if there are (gulp) 9 recipes left to publish. It just means… Continue Reading
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