There are truly troubling times when life-and-death emergencies motivate cities to adopt urgency ordinances. In Redding, two dire examples in recent memory were the Carr Fire and COVID-19. The significance of an urgency ordinance is it’s supposed to be addressed… Continue Reading
Just in time to go back to school, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued updated COVID-19 guidelines that are practically guaranteed to increase the spread of the serious acute respiratory virus that has killed more than 1… Continue Reading
I often joke that someday, if someone wanted to test me for Alzheimer’s (of course, when I’m much, much older), skip the time-place-who’s president questions. Just ask me to recite the Sour Cream Coffee Cake recipe. Seriously, someone could wake… Continue Reading
A 3-year-old boy stood in a parking lot in downtown Redding in 2018, throwing rocks at his unconscious, overdosing mother in an attempt to wake her. He was picked up by Child Protective Services and placed into the custody of his father, who had previously been drug-addicted as well, and would relapse several more times. Continue Reading
Bethel Music troubadour Sean Feucht is the Pied Piper of Christian nationalism. As voluminously documented by my A News Café colleague Shawn Schwaller here and here, Feucht has an exhibited an almost Zelig-like ability to turn up at the historical… Continue Reading
Shout-out to Bill Cornelius, the Wednesday resident of my Saturday column space in the Red Bluff Daily News. His descriptions of all the local columnists were spot on, and I am happy he remembers our door knocking adventures as fondly… Continue Reading
There are new developments in the story first brought to you in June by A News Café regarding the horrific dog-mauling suffered by a Shasta County teen on Sept. 3, 2021. Ryder Klenk, the victim of the dog mauling, was 18-years-old at the time of the attack. Continue Reading
Shasta College will receive $3.3M as part of a 4-year statewide “Careers in Forestry” partnership to expand forestry and fire-safety training programs throughout Northern California. The Foundation for California Community Colleges (FoundationCCC) is the lead agency for the total grant… Continue Reading
For some time now, I’ve wanted to make a little cookbook for my grandchildren. Today I present to you the first Noni Doni cooking column. I’ll periodically publish some of my favorite recipes, some of which I’ve been making since… Continue Reading
With all the craziness from last week, I forgot to tell you about our hike up Prospect Peak in Lassen Volcanic National Park. We’ve done a bunch of hikes in the park this year, but this was the best one… Continue Reading
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