Shasta County government is being destroyed from within by District 4 Supervisor Patrick Jones, District 5 Supervisor Les Baugh, and their sidekick. And if the non-voting moderate majority doesn’t wake up soon, it will be too late, and they’ll deserve… Continue Reading
Warning: This story deals with graphic, disturbing details that may be inappropriate for younger readers. Preface Imagine: You’re an invited guest on a high school campus. As you head for your car, you’re jumped from behind by a group of… Continue Reading
Les Baugh, Shasta County Board of Supervisors chair, missed the memo that yesterday marked the one-week anniversary of International Women’s Day. Instead, as per Baugh’s decree at the last meeting, the agenda targeted two exemplary, dedicated, highly respected female county… Continue Reading
The baseless recall of District 2 Supervisor Leonard Moty last month triggered a diabolical domino effect in which other respected county leaders are also in danger of being removed from office by a group of ultra-conservative extremists whose goal is… Continue Reading
If you’re a Shasta County citizen, perhaps you felt the sea change Tuesday morning; that moment when Shasta County’s ship turned around and headed full tilt toward turbulent, uncharted waters. The precise course-change happened during the Shasta County Board of… Continue Reading
Life in Shasta County hasn’t been the same since the ShasTaliban infiltrated our little slice of God’s country almost two years ago. To know how much things have changed for the worse in Shasta County in the last 23 months,… Continue Reading
11:30 p.m. update: The current unofficial District 2 recall election results reveal potentially sobering numbers for District 2 Supervisor Leonard Moty and his supporters: 52.78 percent of the precincts voted for the recall, while 47.22 percent voted against it. However,… Continue Reading
Today marks the one-year anniversary since domestic terrorists drove a stake into the heart of American democracy during the insurrection upon our nation’s Capitol. A North State version of a less-obvious insurgency is taking place here at home. Behold, the… Continue Reading
Doni’s note: The recipes in this post were derived from a 2015 Thanksgiving encore column that featured some of my favorite recipes. I may have mentioned a time or 200 that Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. What’s not to love… Continue Reading
Last Wednesday evening, my good friend and colleague A News Cafe publisher Doni Chamberlain sent me an urgent email. Chamberlain is covering the triple joined trial of Emiliano Carlos Zapata, Christopher Meagher and Elizabeth Bailey on charges that the trio… Continue Reading
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