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In conversation with Erin Resner, Shasta County District 1 Candidate: ‘This seat belongs to the people.’

  Please join me in welcoming Erin Resner, Shasta County District 1 Shasta District 1 candidate, to A News Cafe as she answers a few questions about her campaign. According to her campaign website, Resner was raised in the North… Continue Reading

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Redding City Council Candidates’ Q&As Address Homelessness, Rodeo Grounds, Rent Control, and More …

Eight Redding residents have stepped up to run for three Redding City Council positions that will be available for voters to select in Shasta County’s November election. Of those three available seats, two are for 4-year terms, and one is… Continue Reading

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Part 1, FINAL UPDATE – Local Election Postmortem: Board of Supes Goes MAGA, Redding Gets Redder

By Doni Chamberlain and RV Scheide Shasta County’s latest election results are in. Now, baring any unforeseen circumstances — like a recount — it’s all over but the shoutin’ for Shasta County’s Midterm Election. Click here to see a complete… Continue Reading

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Part 1 – Midterm Elections 2022: The Politics of Fear; or What a Long, Strange Violent Trip It’s Been

Photo montage by Shawn Schwaller.

If you’re a regular reader of A News Café, chances are you’ve already mailed in your ballot for the 2022 midterm elections. Perhaps your early voting was prompted by Proposition 1, the Right to Reproductive Freedom Act, which, if passed,… Continue Reading

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Unprecedented Redding City Council Race: Will Bethel & Stirring Church Members Become Council Majority?

Redding is teetering upon the unprecedented brink of being governed by a city-council majority comprised of followers of Bethel Church, The Stirring church or a combination of both. One Bethel Church elder, Julie Winter, is already on the Redding City… Continue Reading

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Transparency and the Shasta County Supervisor: A Comparison of Disclosures

Editor’s note: New information has been added re Baron Browning, below. Transparency. The word has been on almost every candidate’s lips this midterm campaign season; a valorous but vague pledge to get to the bottom of things and root out… Continue Reading

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Brains vs. Brawn in Shasta County Supervisor District 1 Primary Race

  The race to replace outgoing Shasta County Supervisor District 1 Joe Chimenti has turned into a classic contest pitting brains against brawn, with the future of the county’s soul at stake. The two main contenders for the seat are… Continue Reading

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A Mall-Free Market Street Reopens for Cars, Bikes and Pedestrians

Some 49 years ago, Linda Krueger Krtek was the last to take a ride on Market Street through downtown Redding. On Wednesday, she was the first. During the half-century between those trips, three blocks of Market Street were closed to… Continue Reading