In a positive development for Redding’s South City Park, a group of former Peace Corps volunteers has “adopted” the troubled public space at the corner of Cypress Avenue and Pine Street. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of the Northstate conducted its first cleanup project… Continue Reading
Call me gloomy, but I spend a lot of time worrying about the degradation of culture. I fear that text messaging will render young people incapable of articulating, solving problems and making their own decisions. Pop music makes me panic,… Continue Reading
A gathering to remember late north state musician Slam Buckra is set for 4 p.m. Sunday (Feb. 13) at the Vintage Wine Bar and Restaurant (1790 Market St.) in Redding. The invitation goes out to (in Buckra’s oft used phraseology):… Continue Reading
I’m pleased the Cypress Avenue Bridge has been widened and reopened with safe, separated pedestrian and bicycle lanes. But I’m even more thrilled that Park Marina Drive below the Cypress Bridge has finally reopened. Losing that route for years was… Continue Reading
Do you feel guilty yet about this weather we’ve had the last few weeks? Me neither – at least not yet. While most of the rest of the country is digging out from recent snowstorms, we’re digging the sunscreen out… Continue Reading
Howard “Luke” Lucas is owner and director of the Mt. Lassen Art Center. A current member of Redding Salon, North Valley Art League and the Society of Western Artists, he actively exhibits fine art at Redding Civic Center , Shasta… Continue Reading
Vintage Wine Bar & Restaurant, ANewsCafe.com and HawkMan Studios invite you to the ArtHop After-Party Live Music by Shasta Blues Revue Extended Reception for “Conditions of the Heart” Shasta High School Advanced Students Group Show Vintage Wine Bar Late-Night Menu… Continue Reading
The father of a 15-year-old girl who was missing for a month with her uncle pleaded not guilty this morning to charges that he fondled her in 2008. Jacob Berlinghoff, 33, entered the plea during an arraignment hearing before Shasta… Continue Reading
The north state has lost one of its most compelling artists. Musician and artist Slam Buckra died Friday at age 53. He had base of tongue cancer and had been sick for well over a year. Slam came to Shasta… Continue Reading
Caltrans is scheduled to begin adding a lane in each direction on Interstate 5 from Bonnyview Road to the Highway 44 interchange in Redding late this spring. The long-planned project received the green light from California Transportation Commission, which recently… Continue Reading
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