Although a divided Redding City Council on Tuesday passed on the opportunity to financially support a non-profit veterans museum, the panel reiterated its willingness to offer it a home on 15 acres of city property. Councilman Patrick Jones’ motion to… Continue Reading
Redding’s largesse in the 1980s and 1990s, when the city offered its employees high-end pension benefits, has returned to take a monstrous bite out of recession-depleted coffers. How big a bite? In a best-case scenario, the city will need… Continue Reading
Given Redding’s strong emotional, financial, geographical and recreational ties to Shasta Dam, any talk of raising the dam by 181/2 feet is certain to raise eyebrows, if not outright concerns. Those concerns and questions were plentiful Tuesday night when the… Continue Reading
Redding became the first city to ask the California Air Resources Board to delay pending diesel-truck emission regulations that one council member said would decimate the north state trucking industry and lead to higher prices and empty store shelves. In… Continue Reading
Everybody loves Redding’s parks and its trail system. Charging homebuilders to come up with an extra $2,700 per house to support those popular amenities? Not so much. With a unanimous, albeit conflicted, vote, the Redding City Council approved a slate… Continue Reading
Redding, CA – Should a day center be established in Redding? And if so, what role, if any, should the city play in it?
Those were the central questions posed to the community Monday during a special meeting of the Redding City Council. Councilwoman Missy McArthur had asked for the forum after a proposed sit-lie ordinance was shelved last month. Continue Reading
A divided Redding City Council voted Tuesday to borrow $5.4 million to fund construction of a police station adjacent to the Civic Center on Cypress Avenue. Financing for the new station was included in a 3-1 vote to refinance some… Continue Reading
Development of a Costco store in north Redding took a significant step toward reality Tuesday when the Redding City Council voted unanimously to OK an agreement to reimburse the big-box retailer for improvements to the site at the intersection of… Continue Reading
In other action at the Redding City Council’s July 16 meeting, the council:
Voted 3-2 to approve a three-year agreement with the Shasta County Arts Council to operate the city’s public access TV channels, which are carried by Charter cable.
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Redding City Council members sat up and took notice Tuesday night when speaker after speaker told them to take a seat when it comes to pursuing a sit-lie ordinance that would make it illegal to sit or lie on public… Continue Reading
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