Randall Smith hobbled down the slippery gully trail, nursing a bad right hip. He stopped next to a section of dirt embankment scorched black by the Carr Fire, a marker signifying the flames had...
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California must fight fire with fire, or risk losing one of its greatest assets in the battle against climate change: the ability of its forests to sequester carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that...
As I write this, the western edge of Redding lies in smoldering ruin, incinerated by the Carr Fire that roared through the city’s hillside subdivisions on Thursday night, July 26th, five days ago now....
Whenever you hear Redding city officials say their latest proposal to fight transient crime doesn’t target the homeless population, rest assured, it targets the homeless population. Such is the case with the eight-foot-high wrought-iron...
President Donald Trump is his own worst enemy. Vanity always gets the best of him. Presented with the perfect opportunity on Monday at the Helsinki summit to repudiate Russian President Vladimir Putin for what...
When California’s state legislators passed AB 109, the Public Safety Realignment Act of 2011, their backs were against the wall. The U.S. Supreme Court had declared overcrowding in the state prison system constituted cruel...
In a pair of scathing reports, the Shasta County Grand Jury has accused the Shasta County Board of Supervisors of improperly using state funds allocated for rehabilitation programs to fund county jail operations, even...
We’re more than 500 days into President Donald Trump’s reign and it’s official: America has lost its sense of humor. Angry mobs are calling for the heads of comedians, journalists and other celebrities. Sometimes...
“We have a crucial opportunity to promote our God-given rights in the upcoming primary elections. … Because voter turnout in the primary elections tends to be very low, people of faith can have even...
I was halfway through the corner when I realized I wasn’t going to make it. It was a blind 45-mph decreasing radius off-camber right-hand turn running slightly uphill and I desperately needed the front end to cut in on the apex. I counter-steered and leaned hard into the corner but continued to run wide.
