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Support A News Cafe, An Oasis In A Media Desert

If you ask me, A News Cafe has been on a bit of a roll lately. Valerie Ing’s recent column, “What Skeletons Are In Your Closet?” was one of the best things I’ve read on the ongoing national blackface controversy.… Continue Reading

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Good News Rescue Mission’s Capacity Revealed!

Sometime this month, if it hasn’t happened already, Redding police may begin citing homeless people camping on public property in the city. Then again, they may not. Last September, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that… Continue Reading

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Why It’s Best To Call Journalists Back

All I really wanted to know when I called the Good News Rescue Mission’s office a week-and-a-half ago was one simple thing: What, pray tell, is the Mission’s capacity? That number was important to the story I was working on,… Continue Reading

Good News Rescue Mission Presents Captive Movie Night

WHAT : Captive Movie Night WHO: Good News Rescue Mission Benefit WHERE: Neighborhood Church, 777 Loma Vista Redding, CA WHEN: Friday, March 11 @ 7-9pm CONTACT: 530-242-5920 www.GNRM.org  Description: Join us for this ONE NIGHT ONLY presentation of the movie CAPTIVE, a thrilling drama about the spiritual collision… Continue Reading

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In the Face of Defeat, Former Foster Couple is Homeless, Not Hopeless

If only 22-year-olds Hannah Cain and Markis Grimes were born just a year later, their lives would be completely different. But as former foster kids who “aged out” at 18, the Redding couple missed the magic window to fully qualify… Continue Reading

Shasta County Mental Health, Alcohol, & Drug Advisory Board Meeting

A special meeting of the Shasta County Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Advisory Board (MHADAB) will be held on Wednesday, December 7, 2011, at 4:00 pm, at the Good News Rescue Mission located at 2842 S. Market Street, Redding, CA… Continue Reading

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Shasta Regional Medical Center Comes to the Rescue

With the phone system down for several days in their business office, the Good News Rescue Mission was facing the prospect of being unable to maintain its business operations without immediate help or face possible budget cuts to keep running.… Continue Reading

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Group Aims to Alleviate Homeless ‘Hide-and-Seek’ Issue

With a Wednesday deadline looming for homeless people to vacate a camping spot where they’ve been living near Clear Creek Bridge, the newly formed Redding Safe Camp Homeless Alliance met this morning to discuss options for finding safe land for… Continue Reading