The Redding woman who was arrested for her peaceful sit-down protest at a Board of Supervisors meeting in November 2024 got a quick reprieve from jail Wednesday. Jenny O’Connell-Nowain received a 90-day jail sentence in Shasta County Superior Court on… Continue Reading
These are my New Year’s resolution suggestions for the Shasta County Board of Supervisors:
First, commit to respectful engagement with the public. Public testimony is not an inconvenience; it’s the foundation of representative government. Continue Reading
California Gov. Gavin Newsom certainly has his faults, but behaving like a shrinking violet isn’t one of them. For the past several months, the potential 2028 Democratic Party presidential candidate has been trolling and triggering President Donald Trump and his… Continue Reading
For the past several months, Shasta County District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye has been raising alarms about the shortage of primary care physicians in the county. Armed with figures provided by consultant Chriss Street, a personal friend of Crye’s, awarded… Continue Reading
Since taking office last January, Shasta County District 4 Supervisor Matt Plummer has been singularly focused on homelessness, in particular the more than 80 homeless veterans currently living in encampments scattered across the county, sleeping in their cars, waking up… Continue Reading
For the past six months, newly elected Shasta County District 3 Supervisor Corkey Harmon has reliably sided with District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye and District 5 Supervisor Chris Kelstrom on divisive issues, forming a MAGA majority against the board’s more… Continue Reading
Shasta County District 3 Supervisor Corkey Harmon can stop complaining about being the swing vote on the Shasta County Board of Supervisors. After joining District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye and District 5 Supervisor Chris Kelstrom in anointing underqualified Florida election… Continue Reading
It’s been a while. The last time I wrote to all of you, we were staring down the barrel of an uncertain political future, and my misplaced optimism left me wanting to reassure the reading public that things would be… Continue Reading
As Clint Eastwood said in a “Fistful of Dollars,” a man’s life in these parts often depends on a mere scrap of information. Just as I was sitting down to write a report on Tuesday’s Shasta County Board of Supervisors… Continue Reading
This story was made possible by a grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. Last Thursday night, at the Shasta County Board of Supervisors’ final meeting of the year, Supervisors Kevin Crye, Patrick Jones and Chris Kelstrom attempted to convince… Continue Reading
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