Residents of the neighborhoods surrounding crime-infested South City Park met on Tuesday to consider their options now that the city has decided to put a fence around the park and make its few amenities available on a reservation-only basis. Organized… Continue Reading
James Benno wants his stuff back. All of it, everything that was confiscated for evidence or destroyed after the Shasta Interagency Narcotics Task Force raided his Happy Valley medical marijuana collective in 2014, including but not limited to his dignity.… Continue Reading
Next Monday, unless the Shasta County District Attorney’s office pulls a rabbit out of its hat, local medical marijuana cultivator and activist James Benno and his two sons will walk out of the courthouse free men, completely exonerated of all… Continue Reading
Redding officials have been asking residents how they feel about public safety, and the responses shouldn’t come as a big surprise: people are tired of getting ripped off and they want to see more cops on the job. City Manager… Continue Reading
Telling her supporters that she wants her children to have the “magical experience of growing up in Redding” that she enjoyed, business co-owner Erin Resner formally launched her City Council campaign at a noon rally on Friday in the Cascade… Continue Reading
A far-reaching redevelopment plan to replace the California Street parking structure with a four-story, mixed-use housing project received the unanimous support of the Redding City Council on Tuesday. John Truitt, executive director of Viva Downtown, praised the project, telling the… Continue Reading
Pleased with the robust dialogue, which featured 28 speakers spread over 90 minutes, and satisfied the substantial traffic and water-supply impacts have been dealt with, the Redding City Council voted unanimously to uphold approval of Bethel’s massive 39-acre, $96 million… Continue Reading
With a unanimous vote, the Redding City Council on Tuesday extended the city’s moratorium on recreational pot sales, cultivation and manufacturing for a year, but City Attorney Barry DeWalt said draft ordinances dealing with legal weed should be before the… Continue Reading
After the Redding City Council spent two hours wrestling with the idea of cultivating, selling and distributing marijuana for recreational use, two things became clear Tuesday night: 1) The pending votes will not be unanimous, and 2) The process will… Continue Reading
Roger Moore, Redding’s new police chief, got the support of all five City Council members on Tuesday night. When it came to a vote, however, the Enterprise High graduate only received four yes votes. Councilman Adam McElvain cast the lone… Continue Reading
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