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Fiscal Responsibility in the North State: Who is the Actual Fiscal Conservative in this Congressional Race?

As a woman who has managed a family budget for over 30 years, and as a former manager with responsibility over million-dollar budgets, I am deeply concerned about the fiscal irresponsibility shown by our current Congress, especially in the House… Continue Reading

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Friday Funny: Outside Redding’s Library, a Strange Group Loiters

The ACLU and Tea Partiers have gone mad with invitations to the city — for a date in court. Now a judge has put a temporary restraining order on the city of Redding’s new policy for leafletting in front of the library. Read more about it here.

Phil Fountain is a cartoonist, writer and occasional bed-wetter based … Continue Reading

Shingletown Dresses Up for Spring Tea, Fashion Show

What: Spring Tea and Fashion Show
When: Saturday (April 30), 12 to 3 p.m.
Where: Open Door Community Church, 33883 Hwy 44, Shingletown, 7 miles east of downtown Shingletown

Cost: Adults $15, Children $10 (under age of 16). Price includes one 4×6 photo (with antique imaging), gift frame and … Continue Reading

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Dugan Barr: The ACLU and Tea Party On the Same Side?

A lot of people have expressed amazement that the Tea Party and the ACLU are both threatening to sue if the city puts “rules” for “controlling” the use of the Redding City Library parking lot by people handing out leaflets. How, they ask, could the ultra-conservative Tea Party and the “Commie Pinko” ACLU be aligned? Is the world upside down? These people should be sworn enemies, not allies … Continue Reading

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Sunday Funny: Free Speech for All! Well, Within Reason…

For the background on this cartoon, check out the story by A News Cafe reporter Jim Dyar, “Debate on Free Speech at the Library Continues.” Phil Fountain is a cartoonist, writer and occasional bed-wetter based in the far reaches of… Continue Reading

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Sunday Funny: Welcome to Jonestown

Phil Fountain is a cartoonist, writer and occasional bed-wetter based in the far reaches of Northern Californey. A News Cafe, founded in Shasta County by Redding, CA journalist Doni Greenberg, is the place for people craving local Northern California news,… Continue Reading