A while ago my husband and I noticed that our oven/stove combo (called a “cooker” here) was starting to fail. One side of anything that went into the oven would be burnt nearly to a crisp, while the other side… Continue Reading
“Things happen. That’s all they ever do.” Taylor Goldsmith “Toward the end of his life, the Buddha took his disciples to a quiet pond for instruction. As they had done so many times before, the Buddha’s followers sat in a… Continue Reading
The California Brewing Co. is Beach Blonde Ale. “It’s our flagship; this is who we are,” said co-owner Jack Goschke. “Beach Blonde Ale is our most popular ale. It’s our No. 1 selling beer.” Goschke applied for a trademark in… Continue Reading
A scheduled Tuesday evening update on body cameras for Redding police officers turned into an impromptu forum on the community’s growing frustration with crime, vagrancy and drug use in the downtown area. The City Council got an earful from community… Continue Reading
…That’s the new genre that Pulitzer-winning playwright Qiara Alegría Hudes has perfected in “The Happiest Song Plays Last,” the final installment of her trilogy about her Iraq vet cousin Elliot and his ongoing internet-enabled ties with his Puerto Rican family… Continue Reading
The public is invited to join Shasta College students, faculty and staff at the Shasta College Memorial Stadium, September 9th at 9:00 a.m., to place 3000 miniature flags across the field in tribute to the many lives that were lost… Continue Reading
“But the times when we were happy Were the times we never tried.” -Jackson Browne Recently, my wife and I spent 24 continuous hours traveling from Hilton Head Island to Charleston, South Carolina to Charlotte, North Carolina to Los Angeles… Continue Reading
From the time you first meet them, cavorting together on a royal-sized bed, the thing you notice about Derrick Lee Weeden’s Marc Antony and Miriam Laube’s Cleopatra is their physical disparity. He’s enormous — by turns the hulking “triple pillar… Continue Reading
Girls Incorporated of the Northern Sacramento Valley invites everyone to its biggest fundraiser of the year, The 3rd Annual Girls Inc. Gala; A Black and White Affair. This black-and-white ball at the Red Lion Hotel in Redding will feature live… Continue Reading
What kind of on-the-scene Highland observer would I be if I didn’t share our Highland Games with you? It is, after all, Games Day tomorrow as I write this article. It’ll be a day of the hammer throw, the caber… Continue Reading
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