Shasta County’s Most Wanted for the Week of February 9, 2014

The following is a list of Shasta County’s Most Wanted for the week of February 9th, 2014. Each of the listed subjects has been convicted in court and has failed to appear at sentencing. Any person appearing on this list… Continue Reading →

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Local Artist Stefan Baumann Wins Blue Ribbon and First Prize for Painting

RED BLUFF, Calif. – Local artist Stefan Baumann won a Blue Ribbon and took 1st prize in the Painting Division at the Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale’s Western Art Show.  His landscape oil painting entitled “The Drag Rider” tells the visual story… Continue Reading →

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Free Therapy # 30: Relax, Nothing is Under Control

In all my years as a practicing psychologist, I have learned repeatedly that one of the strongest motivations driving human behavior is our need for control. When I work with clients, one of the many measures I am mentally assessing… Continue Reading →

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Or So it Seems … Cracking Crabs for Charity

We came. We cracked. We chewed. Saturday, I joined more than 1,000 people at the Anderson Fairgrounds to attend One Safe Place’s 27th annual “Crab Feed.” We faced off against 4,400 pounds of crustaceans-still-in-the-shell and emerged woozy but victorious. The… Continue Reading →

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Menu Please: Cafe Paradiso – French food in Redding? Mais oui!

Ever since the Cascade Theater reopened gloriously in 2004 with that sublime Mark O’Connor concert, there’s been a certain mumbling and rumbling from patrons: why isn’t there anywhere to go downtown after a show? Well, there’s Spoon Me… and…  Bombay’s…. aaaannnnd…. uh….… Continue Reading →

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Redding Teacher Prepares for Third Trip to Uganda

Regular readers of A News Café will recognize Alicia McCauley from her warm, funny blog, Pedals & Pencils, in which she shares both light and deeply poignant stories from her life journey. Alicia teaches first-grade at Boulder Creek School and… Continue Reading →

Shasta County’s Most Wanted for the Week of February 2, 2014

The following is a list of Shasta County’s Most Wanted for the week of February 2, 2014. Each of the listed subjects has been convicted in court and has failed to appear at sentencing. Any person appearing on this list… Continue Reading →

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Or So it Seems … Red Sky In The Morning

Evening red and morning grey Sends a traveler on his way. Evening grey and morning red Rain upon the traveler’s head -Grandpa’s Weather Forecast I saw a red-sky at dawn yesterday, and Grandpa was right. It did bring a bit of rain. It’s about time. Day after day of cloudless, 70-degree weather was weird and Continue Reading →