Three years ago, on a hot July day, a spark from a moving vehicle ignited a change in the City of Redding and the surrounding areas that would last a lifetime. The fire that began at the Carr Powerhouse in… Continue Reading
The 2018 Carr Fire was one of the most destructive fires in California, but it’s rapidly being surpassed by multiple recent fires. With friends and family affected by the lightning fires last month, I developed two lists. The first list … Continue Reading
Last fall ANC raised $5,300 in its first online Carr Fire Scholarship auction to benefit graduating north state seniors who’d lost homes in the Carr Fire during the summer of 2018. In the spring of 2019, the ANC Carr Fire… Continue Reading
Hi, Amy. Welcome to A News Café. By way of introduction, could you tell us a little bit about yourself? I first met you years ago when you were doing development work for a local philanthropic foundation and then was… Continue Reading
Last fall ANC raised $5,300 in its first online Carr Fire Scholarship auction to benefit graduating north state seniors who’d lost homes in the Carr Fire during the summer of 2018. In the spring of 2019, the ANC Carr Fire… Continue Reading
Last fall ANC raised $5,300 in its first online Carr Fire Scholarship auction to benefit graduating north state seniors who’d lost homes in the Carr Fire during the summer of 2018. In the spring of 2019, the ANC Carr Fire… Continue Reading
On July 22, 2019, the Record Searchlight ran an article on Carr Fire funding spending by reporter Jessica Skropanic. I read with interest. The bottom line? Per Skropanic, the major organizations surveyed had received a total of $7.6 million in… Continue Reading
It’s been one year since my husband Bob and I lost our home and community in the Carr Fire. July 26, 2019 was the day when a small road-side fire that had started several days earlier near the Carr Power… Continue Reading
A note from Doni: One year ago today, the Carr Fire began a reign of terror that torched the north state, and with it, destroyed more than 1,000 homes, including Jim and Donna Dowling’s in the town of Shasta, just… Continue Reading
Together, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area and the Whiskeytown Environmental School Community (WESC), a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, developed the concept of Redbud Recovery. The Redbud Recovery project invites community members and visitors to express their thoughts and feelings around the… Continue Reading
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