Franklin Cibula died Tuesday. He was 66, dead of a gun shot to the chest. Cibula was an old-Redding staple. He was a brow-furrowing, feather-ruffling, liberal-thinking, underdog-defending old-school attorney. Franklin Cibula served his words whole, not minced. My memory prompt for his name was… Continue Reading
This is one of those sad news/good news stories. The sad news is Oregon Street Tea Company, Loose Tea & Gift Shop, one of my favorite downtown places, will close its doors Sept. 20. It opened December, 2006. Kathryn Barker, who… Continue Reading
This time, the circulating rumor about Maritime Seafood and Grill’s impending sale is true. Friday night I spoke Unni Song, who owns Redding’s fine dining restaurant with Morgan Song, husband and award-winning chef. Unni confirmed Maritime is for sale. It pains me to write… Continue Reading
 The Grigsby family, left to right: Brian, Kathleen, Debbie, Hannah and Caroline.  When my sons attended Shasta High School, they were among the fortunate students who landed seats in science classes taught by the super-cool, always-inspirational Brian Grigsby. It was a sad day when Grigsby and his family… Continue Reading
This is my new favorite recipe. Inspiration for it came from the cookbook Biba’s Italy: Biba Caggiano, Favorite Recipes from the Splendid Cities (Artisan/New York). Actually, the original recipe was intended to top bruschetta, which I did once. Yawn. After… Continue Reading
Obituary- Jeffery “Jeff” Lee Shively of Redding died Tues., Aug. 26, 17 months after the death of his youngest son, Matthew Shively, 20. Cancer killed them both. Jeff was 54. He was my brother-in-law, married to my twin, Shelly Shively. Jeff was a neuropsychologist,… Continue Reading
Skip Murphy of Redding took these slideshow photos Thursday morning north of the Sundial Bridge. He was curious to see how things looked following Tuesday’s fire, and thought the rest of us might have wondered, too. He was relieved to see things weren’t as bad… Continue Reading
Below you’ll find the Redding Police Department’s case summary regarding Norman Ryan, then Haven’s CEO/President, who awaits trial for charges pertaining to allegedly ripping off the animal shelter. We’ve written about Ryan many times, including Something stinks at Haven Humane and Havan Humane Society:… Continue Reading
Recent information first. Connect the dots and tell me what you see: Dot. 1 – Aug. 27: Record Searchlight newspaper employees received this email with the following announcement from Shanna Cannon, the paper’s president and publisher, in which she says the… Continue Reading
Redding’s Sundial Bridge is closed today (Wednesday) while firefighters mop up hot spots left from Tuesday’s brushfire near the north end of the bridge. The McConnell Arboretum, which was damaged in the fire, also is closed, but Turtle Bay museum… Continue Reading
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