An interim urgency ordinance limiting marijuana patients to six plants per residence became permanent this week with a 4-1 vote of the Redding City Council. At its Tuesday meeting, the council voted to amend the zoning code regarding the outdoor… Continue Reading
With a surprising unanimous vote, the Redding City Council pulled the plug on a proposed rate restructuring that had been met with near-universal opposition. Rather than schedule an August public hearing on the proposal, as Redding Electric Utility had… Continue Reading
For many of his 14 years as Redding’s police chief, Bob Blankenship complained about the cramped, leaky and deteriorating condition of the police station on California Street. On Tuesday, he was smiling wide as he cut the ribbon and welcomed… Continue Reading
The Downtown Redding Business Association is gone but definitely not forgotten. Fallout from the rancorous process of disbanding the group of downtown business owners was felt Tuesday when the Redding City Council voted unanimously to ask the Shasta County District… Continue Reading
Parked on the tarmac, it looks like an Art Deco travel poster that’s come to life, with its rakish cockpit aimed skyward toward an exotic destination. In the air, it looks not so much like it’s flying but floating, like… Continue Reading
In a relatively quick and drama-free meeting, the Redding City Council took action Tuesday to streamline police record keeping, reiterate its support of a 2 percent “bed” tax to fund tourism marketing and establish a bicycle and pedestrian corridor between… Continue Reading
The death knell has sounded for the downtown Redding Business Improvement District, following a 4-1 vote by the Redding City Council on Tuesday to disband it. Members of the soon-to-be-idle Downtown Redding Business Association—the merchants who have been administering the… Continue Reading
A 1,000-foot-long slip-and-slide requiring 15,000 gallons of water. On Placer Street between Orange and Chestnut streets. In the middle of July. In the middle of a withering drought. Piece of cake, according to the two young Redding men who pitched… Continue Reading
In its ongoing efforts to bolster public safety—and public perception—a divided Redding City Council voted Tuesday to make it illegal to sit, sprawl, sleep or camp on sidewalks in the downtown area or any other business district. Whether police officers… Continue Reading
On the same day Shasta County supervisors OK’d the hiring of five sheriff’s deputies at a cost of $910,000, the Redding City Council voted unanimously to make a one-time withdrawal from the general fund reserves to add four officers to… Continue Reading
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