Bobbie Simpson, 44, doesn’t remember large portions of her childhood, but she knows she identified as female when she was in grade school. “I felt my body was not my own since before I was 10,” Simpson explained, peering at… Continue Reading
Gateway Unified School District Update – Tues., Feb. 7, 2023 It’s official. Gateway Unified School District acting superintendent Steve Henson has confirmed that Cherrill Clifford resigned from the Gateway Board of Trustees effective 4 p.m. Mon., Feb. 6. Meanwhile, this… Continue Reading
Residents of Whitmore, that bucolic hamlet of 1000 or so residents nestled in the forested Sierra/Cascade foothills 30 miles east of Redding are encouraged to attend an urgent meeting of the Whitmore Fire Safe Council on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at… Continue Reading
Sometimes you have to give credit where credit is due. Earlier this week, I reported that local State of Jefferson gadfly Sally Rally Rapoza had posted a call to arms on Facebook asking her followers to show up early to… Continue Reading
A local far-right radio host has called for the “public execution” of A News Café publisher Doni Chamberlain, who he claims “deserves” to be “hooked up to a car and dragged down the road” for being both a “communist” and… Continue Reading
On Thursday, in an emergency meeting called after the California Teachers Association alleged the Gateway Unified School District Board of Trustees had violated the Brown Act numerous times at its last meeting on Jan. 4, the Gateway Unified School District… Continue Reading
I’m no expert on human sexual development, but I’m now convinced that anxiety over the rite of passage we call coming of age lies at the heart of the attack on public and private schools by MAGA Republicans across the… Continue Reading
Happy new year, ladies, gentlemen and assorted and sundry genders! It’s 2023 and the American way of life as we’ve known it is on the wane. It doesn’t have a darned thing to do with which pronouns you use, the… Continue Reading
Before we wrap up 2022 and unveil 2023, please join me in recognizing a significant milestone for A News Cafe: It’s now 15 years old. Happy birthday, A News Cafe!! Look how much you’ve grown! In the beginning, I really… Continue Reading
By now, everybody who follows the news in Shasta County knows the newly elected MAGA school board majority at Gateway Unified School District summarily fired its superintendent last Tuesday. After being sworn in the week before, new board members Cherrill… Continue Reading
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