I’m in my house. I actually live here, get mail here, fall asleep and wake up here. It’s not totally finished, but close enough. I’m still missing some closet details (like rods and shelves), and I’ve not removed the stickers from new windows… Continue Reading
The most wonderful thing happened since my last Pink House Chronicles: the birth of my grandson, Austin Alexander Domke (8 lbs., because I know you want to know.) Credit goes to his parents, Joshua and Kat Domke, for bringing The Most Handsome Little… Continue Reading
First, Christmas came early Saturday afternoon for the family and friends of Jean Berlinghoff, the 15-year-old Redding teen who’d been missing for a month, when she was found safe and alive in San Francisco. The break came when one of Jean’s… Continue Reading
If Debbie Allen weren’t just an ordinary, flesh-and-blood mother, but one with magical powers, she could draw upon every ounce of her super-mother strength and roll back the clock two years – to before December 20, 2008. Once there, Allen could move heaven and earth to save… Continue Reading
Maggie John planned to retire next year, but a “perfect storm” of recent events accelerated the timing of her decision, the former Shasta Women’s Refuge executive director said Thursday. John, who started working at the refuge in January 2005, announced… Continue Reading
Phil Fountain is a cartoonist, writer and occasional bed-wetter based in the far reaches of Northern Californey. A News Cafe, founded in Shasta County by Redding, CA journalist Doni Greenberg, is the place for people craving local Northern California… Continue Reading
Katie Pasquini Masopust’s “Color Union” What: Quilters’ Sew-ciety of Redding When: Feb. 3, 7 p.m. Where: Senior Citizen’s Hall 2290 Benton Drive Cost: $7 for non-members The Quilters’ Sew-ciety of Redding will play host to internationally acclaimed author, instructor… Continue Reading
An old bald guy with honey-colored skin is a regular solo performer outside the 99-Cent Store on Hilltop Drive in Redding. The summer day he and I first met he was hunkered comfortably upon his battery-operated, awning-covered scooter. He played gospel and rockabilly tunes on a shiny white electric… Continue Reading
What: Monthly Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Darfur on the Sundial Bridge When: Fri., July 31. 7 to 7:30 p.m. Where: Gather at north end of the Sundial Bridge What: Genocide No More-Save Darfur, a group of Shasta County residents, is… Continue Reading
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