This sounds like one of those “Dumb Crook News” items I feature on my Home Front blog, but it happened right here in Redding: A Redding man went downtown the other day for a court appearance related to his five arrests for… Continue Reading
Hot links from the World Wide Intertubes: Next week on “CSI:” In what is apparently a worldwide first, police in Australia have solved a cold case robbery by matching blood taken from an engorged leech. A fat, slimy leech was found at… Continue Reading
The 4th Annual Silent Film Fest hits Old City Hall this weekend, featuring live piano accompaniment and a talk by an award-winning film preservationist. The Shasta County Arts Council event starts at 5:30 p.m. Friday with a lecture by Emmy winner David… Continue Reading
The big fish are back! This Saturday, the 19th annual Return of the Salmon Festival comes to Coleman National Fish Hatchery, and events are scheduled for the whole day. Besides views of the great leaping salmon and the hatchery operations, the… Continue Reading
(Editor’s Note: If that headline doesn’t put Muddy Waters in your head, then you’re no fan of the blues.) People in the North State are singing the weather blues today as the first major storm system of the season continues to… Continue Reading
A new Field Poll shows that approval ratings for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state Legislature are scraping bottom. Only 27 percent of respondents approve of the job the governor is doing, his lowest rating ever. It’s even worse for… Continue Reading
No, not here in Redding, but in the high country all around us, frost and freeze warnings abound. Temperatures are expected to drop to 30 or so tonight in Burney and Mount Shasta. Protect your plants and pets! In the valley, it… Continue Reading
Despite laws to the contrary, you still see people yakking on cell phones while they drive. Motorists just hold their phones to their right ears instead of the left, and hope passing police won’t notice. It’s dangerous as hell, of course. And texting… Continue Reading
I stepped outside before dawn this morning (my secret identity: Insomnia Man), and it was cool with a hint of a breeze. Something more there, too. A scent, a taste, something. Autumn. After another scorching weekend, Redding finally gets a break this… Continue Reading
Traffic accidents are the No. 1 cause of death and injury among young children, and that’s often because the kids are not in protective car seats or the car seats are secured improperly. Shasta County Public Health is campaigning for parents to… Continue Reading
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