When voters in the Shasta-Tehama-Trinity Joint Community College District approved Measure H in 2016, they had no inkling of the devastation that was to be unleashed by the Carr Fire two years later. While...
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As the daughter of a Polish Jew mother and an Argentinian father, it seemed almost preordained that Sonia Nazario would develop a keen interest in immigration. “My family has been migrating for the past...
A full-fledged amphitheater next to the Sacramento River and repurposing historic signs into public art displays were two of the 10 Redding City Identity Project ideas unveiled Thursday before a jampacked Cascade Theatre audience....
Editor’s note: We are saddened to report the news of Peggy Lewis’s death. Both Peggy Lewis and her son, Jon Lewis, have contributed to A News Cafe. Click here to read some Peggy Lewis...
Art and culture not only feed the soul, they can feed community coffers as well. That was one of the main takeaways from the second annual Redding Cultural District Summit held Thursday at the...
Embers from the devastating Carr Fire were still glowing when donations began pouring in for recovery efforts with the largest clearinghouse for those contributions, the Shasta Regional Community Foundation, reporting a total of $3.5...
The Redding City Council, buoyed by the unanimous voices of community members, spoke as one on Wednesday to let City Manager Barry Tippin know that the Redding Library is off-limits in the search for...
When you put a bunch of beer makers together and present them with a challenge, it’s a given they’re going to brew up a solution. The challenge at hand: find a way to combine...
In my new Carr-Fire reality, I wake up each morning and peer outside to see if my world is still standing. So far, it is, but I’m seeing my world through Carr-Fire smoke-colored glasses...
Pets are family too, and that fact is on dramatic and heartwarming display at Haven Humane’s temporary pet evacuation center at the Shasta Gateway mall in Anderson. Under the direction of Cyanna Howden, Haven...
