Tuesday’s Shasta County Board of Supervisors meeting was the last BOS meeting of 2023; also the last meeting chaired by District 4 Supervisor Patrick Jones. Come January, District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye will be Shasta County’s new board chair, and… Continue Reading
Win Carpenter is ramping up his campaign to run for the District 3 Shasta County Supervisor seat. Carpenter will be running against long-time incumbent, Mary Rickert, who recently announced she planned to run for a third term. The Carpenter and… Continue Reading
Tomorrow morning I’m getting flu and COVID vaccinations at the Redding VA Clinic. I’ll admit to being slightly nervous. It’s not that I’m not a prime candidate for Pfizer’s latest bivalent vaccine. I am. I’ve never had COVID, so I’ve… Continue Reading
Like a mongrel cross of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” and Gioachino Rossini’s opera buffa “The Barber of Seville,” Patrick Henry Jones led his merry troupe of political players — better known as the Shasta County Board of Supervisors… Continue Reading
“I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the White moderate who is more devoted to ‘order’ than… Continue Reading
Never in my 45 years of covering public meetings at every level — from tiny school boards in Shasta County up to the California State Legislature — have I ever witnessed democracy devolve into such total anarchy and chaos as… Continue Reading
For the third time in three weeks, Shasta County Supervisors met Friday in special session to discuss the $50 million Zogg Fire civil settlement reached between District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett and officers of Pacific Gas & Electric, as well as… Continue Reading
Without citing specific evidence, District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye called for an outside criminal attorney to look into why Shasta County District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett did not follow through on a criminal prosecution of Pacific Gas & Electric following the… Continue Reading
The Shasta County Board of Supervisors recently passed a resolution in support of the Second Amendment to the Constitution. Sheriff Michael Johnson supported the passing of the resolution with edits made by county counsel as the Sheriff fully siupports the… Continue Reading
Despite objections from the county’s Sheriff, Fire Chief and District Attorney, and also without review by legal counsel or risk management staff, Shasta County’s Board of Supervisors voted 4 – 1 to accept a 30-year mitigation agreement with Redding Rancheria… Continue Reading
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