Celebrate Healthy Shasta’s Annual ‘Walk This Way’ at Turtle Bay

Healthy Shasta is proud to present the 5th Annual Walk This Way at Turtle Bay celebration! Choose healthy and join us Saturday, October 1, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Turtle Bay Exploration Park for this fantastic FREE family… Continue Reading

Quit For Good Smoking Cessation Class Starts Tuesday

If you’re a smoker, make this the time to quit. Mercy offers another free Quit for Good class in September. You may already know that smoking causes lung cancer, emphysema, heart disease and many more health related illnesses, but have… Continue Reading

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Redding Police Ask for Help Locating Man’s Attackers

On August 26, 2011 at 1158 hours, Redding Police Officers responded to a report of a stabbing at 1320 Old Alturas Road in Redding. The victim, Charles Zimmerman, age 35 years of Lakehead, CA reported that several subjects followed him… Continue Reading

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Man Severely Injured After Jumping From Mental Health Roof

On Thursday August 11th, at 11:18 p.m. Shasta County Mental Health workers at 2640 Breslauer Lane reported two clients at the facility became involved in a verbal dispute. Both were there on a voluntary basis. One of the men became… Continue Reading

Healthy Aging Summit Vendor Deadline Approaches

The Healthy Aging Summit (HAS) was organized to provide information and education to persons 55 years of age and older on various ways to stay healthy and active, as well as provide proactive chronic disease management resources. We are seeking… Continue Reading

Redding Cabbie Stabbed by 2 Attackers

On August 2, 2011 at 1:17 a.m., Mario Rodriguez, 59, of Redding, called 911 and reported he was in the parking lot of Mercy Medical Center. Rodriguez said he was bleeding and needed help. Officers arrived and Rodriguez had already… Continue Reading

Free Class Teaches Living Well with Diabetes

What: Living Well with Diabetes class
When: Mondays, June 6 and June 13, 2011, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Where: Mercy Medical Center’s Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine Center, 1950 Rosaline Ave., Suite A, Redding.
Cost: Free, but space is limited so pre-registration is required.

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Women’s Fund Forum: ‘Drugs – Stealing Our Community’s Future’

The before-and-after photos of methamphetamine addicts were nearly as jarring as the Shasta County drug-use statistics presented at the Wednesday Women’s Fund Community Forum held at the Redding Library. The forum topic – “Drugs: Stealing Our Community’s Future” – was presented… Continue Reading