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
Why is it so hard to “get happy?” If there is one common trait that all humans share, it is the desire to feel good, not bad. We seek contentment, fulfillment, satisfaction and peace. For many of us, it is… 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
You might think because I write this column and I’ve been a therapist all my life, that I have my stuff together. Ha! I wish that were true. There is no doubt that I have learned a great deal about… Continue Reading
From Shaw’s “Pygmalion” to “Fifty Shades of Grey,” we, as audiences, love to see confirmed bachelors or bachelorettes inveigled into marriage. The more louche or outré the singleton the better. It somehow ratifies the sweetness, rightness and inevitability of our… 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
“One can be conscious of the limits of everything except one’s own consciousness.” Steven Hayes It’s a toss-up which I love more – therapy or teaching – but what I love the most about each of them are the people… Continue Reading
When I was about to move to Scotland someone asked innocently, “Are you going to have to learn to speak Scottish?” I blinked a bit at that, and the next question was, “Did I just say something really dumb?” We… 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
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