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Unprecedented Redding City Council Race: Will Bethel & Stirring Church Members Become Council Majority?

Redding is teetering upon the unprecedented brink of being governed by a city-council majority comprised of followers of Bethel Church, The Stirring church or a combination of both. One Bethel Church elder, Julie Winter, is already on the Redding City… Continue Reading

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City’s Rate Increase: A Slap in Voters’ Faces

(Editor’s note: Redding City Councilman Michael Dacquisto published the following post on his Facebook page in response to a vote taken by himself and fellow council members Tuesday night. Dacquisto gave aNewsCafe.com permission to republish his FB post here today.) … Continue Reading

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Dutch Bros.’ Erin Resner Latest to Enter City Council Race; Bike Route Eyed; and Shasta Lake’s Big Bass Bring Big Bucks

Telling her supporters that she wants her children to have the “magical experience of growing up in Redding” that she enjoyed, business co-owner Erin Resner formally launched her City Council campaign at a noon rally on Friday in the Cascade… Continue Reading

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Redding City Council Recall is a Cry For Help, But Who’s Listening?

Ladies and gentlemen, what we’ve got here is a failure to communicate on so many levels, my head is spinning. As just about everybody in Shasta County knows by now, there was a pretty damned intense Redding City Council meeting… Continue Reading

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Wednesday Workshop Shines Light on Kristen Schreder’s Homelessness Coalition Project

The holidays are right around the corner, but that didn’t stop Redding City Councilwoman Kristen Schreder on Wednesday from gathering a who’s-who of social workers and other providers for a workshop on her community initiative to combat homelessness. “Homelessness never… Continue Reading

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Tempers Flare and Charges Fly at a City Council Brown Act Brouhaha

  By the time the final jab was thrown in what can be described as a split-decision bout between the feisty Gary Cadd and the Redding City Council majority, one thing was clear: all five council members take California’s open-meeting law quite… Continue Reading

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Smooth Sailing at Redding City Council Meeting

  Redding City Council’s relatively short meeting sailed smoothly throughout, without drama or contentiousness. Jim Milestone, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area Park’s Superintendent, gave an enticing presentation that outlined the upcoming Whiskeytown 50th Anniversary Celebration. The party will take place on August 22 at… Continue Reading

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Homelessness Workshop Opens a Larger Dialogue

According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) 2014 Annual Homeless Assessment Report, in 2014 578,424 people were homeless in our country. Almost 136,000 of those were children under 18. Some cities have taken on homelessness and are being successful.… Continue Reading