OK, so humor me. I’ve got this cute new little camera (Nikon CoolPix) that I love, but I’m still learning how to use it. (I need to take Frank Tona up on my free lesson at Crown Camera, which is where we bought my… Continue Reading
By now I hope you’ve met the newest member of A News Cafe’s wonderful advertising family: Grocery Outlet bargain market.  Welcome, Grocery Outlet! I’ve shopped at the Redding Grocery Outlet (RGO, as hipsters call it) since my kids were babies, back when the super-discount store was on… Continue Reading
Avocado’s, a new Redding restaurant, got some Big Apple television attention Sunday. Little did we know when we posted the story about Avocado’s that the establishment had money troubles during remodeling, so its owners wrote a want ad in search of workers, with a promise to pay… Continue Reading
I am totally in love with *Jim and Laura Gore’s Vietnam travel blog about the father/daughter bike ride through Vietnam, decades after Jim was there as a young man on a more dangerous mission. Jim & Laura’s Vietnam Cycle Tour is the ultimate vicarious… Continue Reading
You’ve heard the single tone that reverberates from a wine glass after a dampened finger moves around its rim. Riiiinng. Pretty, isn’t it? Now imagine what happens when a trio of award-winning Serbian musicians – Crystal Harmony – perfect and perform that technique upon scores of glass instruments –… Continue Reading
Soul food was on Saturday’s menu at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center where hundreds of people came to honor Isaac Lowe, an 87-year-old Redding civil rights leader. Soul food. In Redding. If you consider that by some statistics, African… Continue Reading
Q: Congratulations on your upcoming move from North Market Street to the former Village Schoolhouse location. We are very excited about our upcoming move to the former Village School Toys building at 1409 Market St. Q: When do you hope… Continue Reading
Update about Isaac’s videotaped interview: Click on the links below for the 28-minute Isaac Lowe interview; videotaped and produced by Bob Belongie of Belongie Entertainment Enterprises in Redding, which he divided into three sections and uploaded into YouTube clips. First Segment Second Segment… Continue Reading
From the outside, Trader Joe’s looked all dressed up and ready to go, especially with the banner in red letters that says: Trader Joe’s Coming Soon. But inside the building was another story. It was a big, empty space.  I guess… Continue Reading
In June we reported Brian Garcia’s plans to bring Chico-based Grilla Bites to Redding’s downtown Mall, directly across from Village Schoolhouse Toy Store – a business that closed earlier this month. During Saturday’s ArtHop I passed the Grilla Bites’ space and peered… Continue Reading
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