Don’t get mad, the saying goes. Get even. If that’s what recently ousted Shasta County GOP chair Dan Sloan was hoping for when he reported alleged campaign finance violations by the Shasta County Republican Central Committee to the California Fair… Continue Reading
Consider this a public service announcement. Two months ago, I wrote a story about two Palestinian exchange students who’ve been hosted by Shasta County families during the past decade. Ali Alijamal, 15, and Basel Abu Ramadan, 24, both hail from… Continue Reading
Considering their entire lifestyle is at stake, the Millville Plains residents suing Shasta County and District 4 Supervisor Patrick Jones over the supervisor’s proposed massive gun range project in the middle of their rural residential neighborhood aren’t asking for much.… Continue Reading
A month-and-a-half ago, I wrote a story about two Palestinian exchange students who’ve been hosted by Shasta County families. Ali Alijamal, 15, hails from the war-torn Gaza Strip and currently attends Redding School for the Arts. Basel Abu Ramadan, 24,… Continue Reading
When it comes to the arc of the moral universe, I confess I was in the Ta-Nehisi Coates camp decades before he riffed off MLK in his 2015 bestseller, “Between the World and Me.”
And here we are now, in a state of chaos, confined to a box we might call Schrödinger’s County. We’re not binary liberal/conservative, left/right, Democrat/Republican. We’re all over the place, hundreds of chaotic collisions. It’s complicated. Continue Reading
Most candidates coming off an unexpected 20-point shellacking by a political novice in a primary election might pause and reflect on what went wrong; what they might do differently next time. But not Shasta County District 4 Supervisor Patrick Jones.… Continue Reading
In 2021, three Israeli Defense Force missiles struck the Gaza City apartment building Ali Aljamal lived in with his family. Without warning, the IDF targeted an alleged Hamas leader who supposedly lived on the floor just above Aljamal. Whether the… Continue Reading
Robert Victor Scheide Sr. passed away on Feb. 6 at age 86 after a long battle with heart and lung disease. The retired U.S. Navy Chief, submarine veteran and United States Bureau of Reclamation power plant operator is survived by… Continue Reading
A lawsuit filed Feb. 13 on behalf of Shasta County taxpayers alleges the 30-year intergovernmental agreement between Shasta County and the Redding Rancheria to provide public services to the Tribe’s proposed casino relocation project in Strawberry Fields is illegal. The… Continue Reading
Greetings again, Shasta County voters! Welcome to Part 2 of the reasonable person’s guide to the upcoming primary election, which takes place on March 5. Part 2 covers the District 3 and District 4 supervisor contests, and Measures C and… Continue Reading
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