A pair of city-owned parking lots across from the former police station will remain city-owned at least for another year, a divided Redding City Council decided on Tuesday. The 3-1 vote, with Mayor Brent Weaver (who owns property a block… Continue Reading
A developer ready to start on a $20 million, 97-unit affordable housing complex came to the Redding City Council on Tuesday in search of a break on some $1.5 million in impact fees. A divided council voted 3-2 to send… Continue Reading
It was only fitting that a Redding City Council meeting that started with an announcement of the Mayor’s Mountain Bike Challenge would speed along and cover a lot of ground. That was the case Tuesday as one of the first… Continue Reading
The Redding City Council on Tuesday OK’d the spending of more than $1 million on various projects, contracts and city services and heard nary a peep, but a modest proposal to update the city flag at a cost of $2,500… Continue Reading
Redding City Council members channeled their inner Grinch on Tuesday and voted to put a lump of coal in every ratepayer’s stocking beginning in the new year. With a 5-0 vote, the council approved rate increases for sewer, garbage and… Continue Reading
Redding City Council newcomers Adam McElvain and Julie Winter were sworn in, Brent Weaver was elected mayor, departing councilors Gary Cadd and Missy McArthur were thanked for their service—and then it was time to get back to the business of… Continue Reading
A divided Redding City Council voted Tuesday to grant hefty pay raises to two managers despite warnings from a pair of critics who said the city’s spending priorities have eroded the community’s trust. On a 3-2 vote, with council members… Continue Reading
The battered, oft-derided former Redding police station, complete with a collapsing roof and a recent past as a heroin den for vagrants, suddenly became the belle of the ball Tuesday at the Redding City Council meeting. The first suitor to… Continue Reading
An impassioned plea by a community coalition seeking a 12-month stay of execution for the 108-year-old Bell Rooms failed to sway the Redding Area Bus Authority board, which voted 4-2 on Monday to demolish the historic brothel at the corner… Continue Reading
Are you following our city council race? Four well-intended candidates silhouetted against a community without vision. At the recent League of Women’s Voters forum our candidates were asked about their vision for Redding. One recited a memorable feel-good vision about… Continue Reading
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