Plans are afoot to build a second deck on the iconic Sundial Bridge across the Sacramento River in Redding.
According to city of Redding officials, a second deck is needed to separate slow-moving strollers, casual dog-walkers and gawkers who clog the span from the cyclists, runners, in-line skaters and power walkers who only want to … Continue Reading
Sunday’s Redding Marathon attracted its biggest field ever, as 178 individuals and 78 three-runner teams completed the 26.2-mile distance from the Shasta Dam overlook to the Sundial Bridge. Another 139 participants completed the 5-kilometer run/walk. The weather was ideal for… Continue Reading
It would be an exaggeration to call the Redding Marathon the area’s biggest annual sporting event, but the footrace definitely has claimed a spot as one of the most significant. The race returns at 8 a.m. Sunday, January 16, when… Continue Reading
Now here’s how you celebrate the completion of a bike path. On November 6, the Bureau of Land Management and a bunch of other entities will host an “Iconic Bike Ride” from Shasta Dam to the Sundial Bridge on the… Continue Reading
When a handful of Redding healthcare providers started “Think Pink Day” to raise awareness of breast cancer in 1997, they handed out 1,400 goodie bags full of educational material to women in Redding. At the time, it seemed like quite… Continue Reading
If you’ve never ridden in a helicopter or small airplane before, you need to give it a try. It’s nothing like flying in a 737 or even in one of the puddle jumpers that goes in and out of Redding… Continue Reading
What: Solstice at the Sundial When: June 21, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Where: Sundial Bridge North Landing Join Turtle Bay volunteers for a fun-filled time of getting to know our sun as it reaches its highest point in the… Continue Reading
I thoroughly enjoy Turtle Bay, the Sundial Bridge and our amazing Sacramento River Trail. But often in the heat of the summer, after a walk from the museum through the arboretum, I feel like I need aloe, a respirator and IV fluids. Now there’s a better way to enjoy our community’s natural treasures without sun stroke, lack of oxygen and dehydration: Sit back, relax and let Bob Frost do the work.
Bob has introduced the pedicab, a rickshaw for the 21st-century … Continue Reading
Redding City Manager Kurt Starman has been having conversations about how to cut an additional $5 million from the city’s budget. According to a story in last week’s Record Searchlight, one such discussion reportedly involved Turtle Bay CEO (and former… Continue Reading
Did you hear the news? We’ve got a new ancestor. A team of researchers, led by a UC-Berkeley paleoanthropologist, revealed that a trove of fossils from Ethiopia are from 36 members of a prehuman species that lived 4.4 million years ago. That’s… Continue Reading
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