Returning Sunday, November 1st, all three branches of the Shasta Public Libraries will be participating in the annual “Food for Fines” campaign. From November 1st through the 21st , patrons can exchange one can of food for $1 off their library fines, up… Continue Reading
Shasta Early Literacy Partnership (SELP) will present Take 10 & Do It Again taking place at multiple locations on Friday, March 20, 2015. SELP is proud to bring the Take 10 event to Shasta County for the 11th time. The… Continue Reading
All branches of the Shasta Public Libraries will be closed on Friday, February 6, for a staff in-service day. The Anderson and Redding branches will reopen for normal hours on Saturday, February 7 at 10:00 AM. The Burney branch will… Continue Reading
An earthquake that registered 6.0 on the Richter scale struck just off the Pacific Coast at 12:20 p.m. Thursday. Some folks in Redding felt the quake, but no reports of damage so far. The 6.5-magnitude quake that hit the same… Continue Reading
The obesity epidemic behind so many of the nation’s health problems can be traced to the food we eat and the way we eat it. Processed foods, fast food, salt, corn syrup, trans fats: We’re making ourselves sick, bite after bite.… Continue Reading
Nothing they love down in Texas more than a good book-banning, but the state Board of Education got carried away. In their haste to eliminate all pinko/commie/leftist leanings from the state’s social studies curriculum, board members banned the children’s classic “Brown Bear, Brown… Continue Reading
The world can always use more laughs, and we’ve been missing a few in Northern California since comedians/political satirists Liz Merry and Aaron Standish took a “burnout” break a couple of years ago. We got a missive from the Merry Standish duo… Continue Reading
The Los Angeles Times has a vivid story about a Taliban attack on a convoy of California Army National Guard troops in Afghanistan, and a soldier from Corning is singled out for her heroism. Spc. Kathy Tanson, 20, raked an… Continue Reading
Need an injection of Christmas spirit? Nothing works better than holiday music, and you can get a big dose for FREE on Tuesday when an octet called Wednesday Nights @ Our House sings carols at the Redding Library. The a… Continue Reading
A traditional Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings should cost a little less this year because prices for turkey and cranberries are down. That’s the word from Purdue University, which tracks commodity prices and calculates the annual cost of holiday meals. Agriculture… Continue Reading
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