Jon Lewis: “While out on a mini photo safari in the spring of 2019, I was walking across Diestelhorst Bridge when I spotted this Canada goose casually perched on the cement railing. I was...
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As far as the goats are concerned, they’re just doing what they’re really good at: rummaging around the hillsides and eating stuff. As far as the city of Redding is concerned, the bell-bedecked ruminants...
As a small business owner, Gary Engell joked that he had the “dumbest, stupidest boss in the world.” After 62 years, he’s had enough and has decided to fire himself. His last day will...
I’m reminded of the Carr Fire every time I drive on Eureka Way or Placer Street toward my west Redding home, and I’m still taken aback at how close those flames got to my...
A Monday morning ceremony will mark a sizable step forward in providing services and support for the approximately 350 veterans attending Shasta College. The 10 a.m. groundbreaking ceremony represents a green light for construction...
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...
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...
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...
