If you live in the sticks and work on the Internet like I do, you’ve no doubt lost many precious moments of your life downloading and uploading large files. Time is money and out here it can flow slower than… Continue Reading
Basketball has been very good to Don Cohen. From winning his first championship game playing church ball as a kid in Minnesota to bringing home a bronze medal from the Olympics, the Redding resident has rubbed elbows with some of… Continue Reading
It’s Redding Beer Week and not a moment too soon. The global economy is crashing, the smoke from area wildfires has yet to clear and the long hot summer isn’t over yet. Why not get together with friends and tip… Continue Reading
They came in the middle of the night, scraping and scrunching and making one hell of a racket. When Ernie Pasero investigated the source of the noise the next morning, he discovered the dented, rusting husks of three automobiles, bereft… Continue Reading
Frankie Moreno is the sort of entertainer you either immediately fall in love with or instantly envy. Singer, songwriter, showman extraordinaire, Moreno is the current King of Las Vegas, possessing that rare blend of talent and charisma that separates the superstars from… Continue Reading
Pity the poor tweaker! I know I do. It’s hard not to feel at least some sympathy for your average methamphetamine addict, what with the missing teeth and all. There but for the grace of God go I, and according… Continue Reading
Suppose you have a child disabled from birth whose tiny frail body is wracked with muscle spasms and seizures every minute of every day for the entirety of what you know will be her diminished existence. There’s no cure for… Continue Reading
They were a rough-looking crew, the boys on the bus. To be fair, practically no one looks great at 5:45 in the morning, the time you have to show up at the Veteran’s Administration Outpatient Clinic in Redding to catch… Continue Reading
When you think about it, we’re all just a bunch of molecules flowing through a bunch of other molecules that occasionally congeal in an ectoplasmic singularity we wistfully call reality. Which is why I try not to think about it,… Continue Reading
American policing is at a crossroads. The recent death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray while in the custody of the Baltimore Police Department was just the latest in a long series of officer involved killings that have focused the public’s attention… Continue Reading
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