Hurled profanity. Pounded lecterns. Delivered death threats. Raised fists. Jeers. Yells. Sneers. Bullhorns. Bullying. Crude props and signs. Sarcasm. Ridicule. Hissing. Booing. Shouting. Mockery. Those words and worse describe the state of incivility and chaos found inside the Shasta County… Continue Reading
A circus atmosphere, complete with sideshow barkers collecting recall petitions, angry Millville Plains residents airing grievances, and honking motorists on Court Street showing support for striking county workers greeted attendees gathering Tuesday for the third evening meeting of the Shasta… Continue Reading
This latest North State Breakdown investigates District 4 Shasta County Supervisor Patrick Jones’ proposed gun range and the questionable ethics to move the project forward. To review the full proposal, please click here. To read a related Monday story by… Continue Reading
Judy Hoffman has lived on the Millville Plains since the 1990s. She and her husband are deeply familiar with the flora and fauna of these rolling grasslands east of Palo Cedro, but they’ve never seen anything quite like the beast… Continue Reading
Last week, without a whiff of a warning or any official blessings or encouragement from sane county staff, fellow supervisors or rational citizens, Shasta County District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye flew across the country for a face-to-face meeting with his… Continue Reading
Tuesday evening in Redding, hundreds of concerned, curious citizens arrived early to the Shasta County Board of Supervisors’ vestibule outside the board chambers. The expectant crowd crammed together to secure seats inside for a politically polarizing popular agenda item: R4,… Continue Reading
Heading into Tuesday night’s Shasta County Board of Supervisors meeting, there was one overarching question regarding the so-called Second Amendment resolution proffered by District 4 Supervisor, board chair and gun store scion Patrick Jones. Would the board majority approve the… Continue Reading
Phil Fountain is a pseudonym for ANC’s prodigal cartoonist, Philbert Phountain, who has recently returned from a working hiatus where he served as the lead fact-checker for George Santos.
He lives in Shasta County Continue Reading
Five years into an eight-year agreement with Dominion Voting Systems Inc. of Denver, Colo., to provide Shasta County with precinct-by-precinct ballot printing, counting and reporting hardware and associated computer software, the county’s Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted 3-2 to direct… Continue Reading
A word of advice to any organization or anyone who may one day find themselves with hat in hand before the Shasta County Board of Supervisors or any at-will county employee who wishes to remain employed: Stay on the good… Continue Reading
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