On Wednesday, February 24th, 2021, Downtown Redding streets that have been closed to driving traffic for nearly 50 years will reopen as the Downtown Streets Circulation Project draws to a close. In an exciting coincidence, the February 24th reopening date… Continue Reading
I didn’t choose Redding. I arrived here at the age of 5 via train from Vancouver, B.C., along with my mother and three sisters. Redding was not my New-York-born mother’s choice, either, and she vocalized her deep hatred for this… Continue Reading
In my new Carr-Fire reality, I wake up each morning and peer outside to see if my world is still standing. So far, it is, but I’m seeing my world through Carr-Fire smoke-colored glasses that mess with my brain. Is… Continue Reading
This week marks the 50th anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. It’s hard for me to believe it’s been that long, but I was there, outside the Cocoanut Grove restaurant and nightclub at… Continue Reading
Danger, Shasta County, danger. The gays are coming. They’re building a freeway through your house. While you’re putting out the fire in the barn, they’re torching the bank. There’s no telling what these inherently immoral gay people will get up… Continue Reading
I was at the Redding Grocery Outlet last night where I heard it before I saw it: loud barking, somewhere near the dairy section. It was the kind of sound a dog makes when it’s threatened, like, hey, back off.… Continue Reading
Note: Watch for expanded coverage of the Sheraton’s opening from news reporter Jon Lewis in his Monday column. The new Sheraton Redding Hotel at the Sundial Bridge opened Thursday with a 2 p.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony. It was a rainy day,… Continue Reading
I am thrilled to be back in the writing saddle for A News Café. Thank you so much, Doni. Who knew that by saying “yes” to your offer in 2010 to write the As You Desire column, I would find… Continue Reading
On 09/04/2017 at 8:32 am, Officers of the Redding Police Department responded to the report of a stabbing and robbery that had just taken place near The Lorenz Hotel in downtown Redding. David Earl Kelsay, 78 years of age… Continue Reading
Happy 2017! I like that it’s 2017, because I like sevens (my birthday’s in July). And this is the year that I turn 61, and six plus one equals seven. Come on! This year was made for me! (OK, and… Continue Reading
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