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Deadline Near for City Council, Clerk Candidates

Candidates for the November 2, 2010, Redding City Council and City Clerk elections have at least two more weeks to return final paperwork to secure a spot on the ballot. Forms are due by August 6. However, if any incumbent… Continue Reading

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Sunday Funny: Gotta Love Our City Council

Watch your elected Redding City Council in action: Click here for video of the July 20 meeting’s lengthy discussion of agenda item 9D, about Redding Police union contract concessions. After much public comment on the topic, council members begin their discussion about 1:58 hours… Continue Reading

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Council Approves Salt Creek Plan

Amid a packed Redding City Council meeting where the city staff reiterated its opposition to six luxury outpads proposed on a 440-lot Salt Creek Heights subdivision in west Redding, the council voted 3-1 to approve the full plan as proposed… Continue Reading

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Letter: Spoil Salt Creek for 11 Fire-Prone Homes?

Dear Mayor Jones, The Redding Planning Commission members seriously overreached their role and also breached the General Plan in approving Sierra Pacific Industries’ massive, 440-home Salt Creek Heights subdivision as currently proposed. Ignoring greenway policies in place since the 1970s… Continue Reading

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RPD Chief Announces Retirement Amid Budget Challenges

Just a year and a half into his tenure as Redding Police Chief, Peter Hansen has announced he’s stepping down.

Hansen, who took over for Chief Leonard Moty in November of 2008, will remain on the job until Dec. 3 to help ease the transition to a new chief. He leaves with 27 years of service with Redding Police Department and more than 30 years of … Continue Reading

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Redding City Council Drama: Medical Marijuana, Backyard Chickens and Beleaguered Turtle Bay

Why pay for entertainment when we can attend Redding City Council sessions for free? Drama, enlightenment, humor, sarcasm, open hostility, thinly veiled put-downs, blunders, misunderstandings were all there Tuesday. But the city council members weren’t the only performers. Really, popcorn was the only… Continue Reading

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Redding’s No. 1 Priority: More Retail?

The expansion of the Oasis Road/Interstate 5 interchange would set the table for a large commercial retail development on land on the east side of I-5.

Among the primary arguments for developing the Oasis area into a retail sector is that it’s the last open freeway stretch in the city. Proponents believe it would secure a retail advantage for Redding and thus generate more sales tax revenue, a huge portion of the city’s bottom line … Continue Reading