A Shasta County jury has found the Sundial Lodge liable in a wrongful-death lawsuit for a blaze that killed resident Jenell Foster in a room fire on March 23, 2021. The jury awarded about $6.4 million to Foster’s four adult… Continue Reading
Dugan Barr was a wise and wonderful walking contradiction. His presence could command a room, yet in many social gatherings he was a man of few words, sitting or standing with a drink in his hand, a bemused smile on… Continue Reading
Redding Attorney Brandon Storment, formerly a prosecutor with the Shasta County District Attorney’s office, has joined the Redding personal injury law firm of Barr and Mudford. Storment, who graduated from University of California, Davis, then Pepperdine University School of Law,… Continue Reading
It seems like some kind of flat tax is the hobby horse of many politicians this year. I have to admit that it sounds good. Everybody pays 10 or 15% of their income above a certain level. Below that level… Continue Reading
The recent events surrounding the refusal of two Grand Juries to approve the prosecution of police officers for killing unarmed civilians in Ferguson Missouri and New York City have received so much attention, that I thought it might be helpful… Continue Reading
This is a letter I sent a few days ago to a member of the Board of Supervisors of Shasta County. Disclaimer: I do not grow marijuana or use marijuana, nor do I represent anyone who is in or seeks… Continue Reading
A number of people have suggested increasing the height of Shasta Dam by about 20 feet as a partial solution for water problems within the State of California. In my view, such an action would be absolutely stupid. At present,… Continue Reading
We need to do a little soul searching in the good old USA. We need to come to some understanding about why we care so little about women and children. Why do we put up with a situation where there… Continue Reading
I have been trying to think of some way to understand the idiocy that is currently going on in Washington. The idea that there is any other political ambition that would justify allowing the United States to act like some… Continue Reading
•My flu bug is bigger than your flu bug. My scar is bigger than your scar … size matters… apparently. •Don’t you hate those who can express perfectly a thought sitting just inside your brain door but afraid to come… Continue Reading
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