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
REDDING REMEMBERS The City of Redding and the Shasta Regional Community Foundation are hosting a community gathering to acknowledge the impact of the Carr Fire and honor the community’s grit and generosity in the aftermath. The theme is one of… Continue Reading
It was about two weeks after the Carr Fire. Maybe three. We met in a church. The room was full. We came – my wife and I – with the expectation that this would be a chance to heal from the mind-numbing horror that our daily life had become since the inferno had vaporized our home and all it contained and left a smoldering pile of ash, rack and ruin. Continue Reading
Well, we did it! Dinner for 8 is in the books. If you’re a local reader, you are all too aware of the Carr Fire that raged through the west side of our city six months ago. That never ending night of… Continue Reading
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