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One Year Later

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Jim Dowling

A note from Doni: One year ago today, the Carr Fire began a reign of terror that torched the north state, and with it, destroyed more than 1,000 homes, including Jim and Donna Dowling’s in the town of Shasta, just… Continue Reading →

Lead Story, Opinion anewscafe.com Redding, Carr Fire, Donna Dowling, Jim Dowling
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… 3 Weeks Earlier

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Doni Chamberlain

You know how sometimes an opening movie scene will abruptly show some graphic, what-the-hell moment with zero context, such as a dazed, sunburned person floating on a hunk of ship-wreckage in the middle of the ocean, surrounded by blood-thirsty sharks?… Continue Reading →

Fire Updates, Lead Story anewscafe.com, Carr Fire, Doni Chamberlain, Doug Craig, Hat Fire, Hirz Fire, Jim Dowling, Steve DuBois
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Two Guys on a Mission

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Jim Dowling

Three years ago in the fall I paddled up Whiskey Creek to witness the annual spectacle of kokanee salmon bottled up in the creek, waiting on uncertain rains for the chance to head upstream to spawn. I try to do… Continue Reading →

Columns, Lead Story Bill Siemer, Jim Dowling
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A News Cafe.com Remembers and Thanks Bill Siemer

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Doni Chamberlain

It is with the greatest of sorrow that I share the sad news that Bill Siemer, an A News Cafe.com friend and contributor, died Sunday. He was 72. When I think of Bill I think of a tall slender man,… Continue Reading →

Feature Obituary Bill Siemer, Jim Dowling

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