Photographs of motorcyclists riding through South City Park in Redding caused a north-state social media stir on Twitter and Facebook this week. With each posting came increased accusations that the riders were Redding Police Department officers, intentionally there to drive… Continue Reading
It was about 8:15 last night when someone rang my doorbell rapidly three times, and then switched to loud knocking. Good grief! I opened the door, expecting some manner of emergency. Instead, there stood two boys, though one looked large… Continue Reading
My personal wake-up call that Redding was potentially unsafe happened two-and-a-half years ago when someone hurled a cinder block through the window of my locked Prius to steal my purse. When I wrote about it, the story had 50 comments from many… Continue Reading
UPDATE: Â According to KRCR, road closures were lifted this a.m. after PG&E repaired the broken gas line at about 7 a,m. ### Thursday p.m.: The first call about the gas leak near Shasta Regional Medical Center Thursday night came from… Continue Reading
As I write these words, I am sitting in the back of my wife’s Prius as we head up 101 from Santa Barbara, feeling a tremendous mixture of emotions after watching my youngest daughter graduate from college. Continue Reading
Just as I was writing my annual check to A News Café.com, a comment by “Really” prompted Doni to reply that she used a news release about the Paskenta Tribe because she doesn’t have the staff and resources to cover as many hard news stories as she’d like. Continue Reading
To understand the secret to acquiring mental peace, we need to understand the methods our brains employ in keeping it from us. It might seem strange to think our own brain is hard at work to (inadvertently) make or keep… Continue Reading
In the beginning, I rode a tricycle, my gateway bike. I grew into a confident, fearless bicyclist who rode my blue Schwinn all over downtown Redding. I rode on sidewalks. I rode in gutters. I rode through creeks and culverts.… Continue Reading
Today we chat with Matthew Kennedy, someone born and raised in Redding. Today he lives in San Francisco where he’s a writer, film historian and anthropologist. He’s also the author of three biographies of classic Hollywood: “Marie Dressler: A Biography”,… Continue Reading
The worst moments of my day almost always occur in the morning, those few minutes where I know I can no longer hit the snooze button and I must arise and face the day. A mixed palate of anxiety and… Continue Reading
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