I don’t know about you, but I’m not dying to go back to work. It’s been 40 days and 40 nights since I stopped substitute teaching in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic and it’s still not clear if I’m… Continue Reading
The novel coronavirus pandemic in the United States will be remembered in part as an era of shortages. A shortage of ventilators to treat patients in severe respiratory distress. A lack of testing that permitted COVID-19 to spread unchecked across… Continue Reading
Here we go. The number of coronavirus deaths in the United States exceeded 2000 last Saturday, doubling in just two days as hot zones erupted across the country, from California to New York to New Orleans. This is what an… Continue Reading
As of this writing, the Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency reports it has tested just 62 people for novel coronavirus in Shasta County. Sixty-one tested negative and just one person tested positive, a travel-related case who has since… Continue Reading
For once, my hat’s off to Bethel, the megachurch in Shasta County’s midst that boasts 11,500 local attendees. Due to fear of the rapidly spreading novel coronavirus pandemic, last week the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry postponed all foreign and… Continue Reading
One of my gigs is substitute teaching. I’m currently working at one of Shasta County’s middle schools. I spent last week washing my hands six times a day and encouraging students to do the same, precautionary measures to prevent spreading… Continue Reading
(Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series. Click here to read Part 1.) Only One Candidate Supports Green New Deal in Assembly District 1: Democrat Elizabeth Betancourt Last year, Republican 1st District Assemblyman Brian Dahle won a… Continue Reading
Nowadays in my neck of the woods, 30 miles east of Redding in the tinderbox forest surrounding Whitmore, people talk about getting “the letter,” a notice from the insurance company informing residents their homes are no longer insurable due to excessive wildfire risk. Continue Reading
My heart literally skipped a beat when I opened my mail-in ballot for California’s March 3 Presidential Primary Election last week. Despite the fact that the Democratic Party has opened up the primary to No Party Preference voters such as… Continue Reading
In 2013, Aaron Hernandez, a rising young superstar tight end for the New England Patriots NFL football team, shot to death his friend Odin Lloyd in cold blood, shocking the sporting world. Hernandez was convicted for the murder and sentenced… Continue Reading
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