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Gospel Moment: The Books They Cannot Shred
A shred truck waited behind the Elections Office on Market Street. On September 30, Registrar Clint Curtis opened ten November 2024 boxes and found log sheets in seven of them — sheets that should never have been sealed in with the ballots. Those sheets are part of what Kari Chilson requested on September 4 under Public Records Act request #26-1766: the December 3 canvass file, including batch sheets, tabulator tapes, observer sign-ins, and chain-of-custody logs. The truck le
Shasta Lake shelter at capacity: Five dogs need homes before Sept. 28
Shelter has only 10 kennels and is full. Lex, Scrappy, Luthor, Bodie, and André need adopters or experienced rescues now. They do not know what kennel space or a calendar date means. They only know that when someone walks toward their kennel, it might finally be their turn.
Donations have reduced several adoption fees to as low as $5–$45. Households with resident dogs must complete a meet-and-greet. Older, respectful children are suggested for most of these dogs; cat compatib
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Redding City Council Candidate Forum - Sequoia Middle School
Recently all but one of the candidates for Redding City Council participated in a Candidate forum.
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Clint Curtis Shasta County ROV - 2024 Ballots going to the Shredder
Video of 2024 Shasta County Ballots Going to the Shredder
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Is Shasta County Attempting to Bury or Destroy Evidence?
Excerpts from Shasta Counth Board of Supervisors meeting 15 September 2026.
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Citizens Rally Outside Shasta County Board Chambers to Protest Election Materials Destruction
REDDING — A group of concerned Shasta County residents gathered Monday afternoon outside the Board of Supervisors chambers at 1450 Court Street to protest what they called the illegal destruction of election materials at the Registrar of Voters office on Saturday, October 3. The 3 p.m. demonstration marked the second protest this week. Participants carried signs, flags, and an Appeal to Heaven banner. They said their goal was to remind supervisors and County Counsel Joseph La
Kari Chilson
16 hours ago2 min read
Governor's Race Tightening as Hilton Points to Beccera's Misleading Statement about His Parents and Hilton's Digital Ad Creates Controversy
Democrat Xavier Becerra has not agreed to another debate with Republican Steve Hilton after their only scheduled fall matchup, while a Hilton campaign poll taken immediately afterward shows the governor’s race tightening. The week has also brought a fight over Becerra’s family story and a backlash, much of it from Republicans, against a sexually suggestive Hilton ad aimed at liberal voters. The two nominees to succeed termed-out Gov. Gavin Newsom had debated for an hour on CN
Elisa Ballard
16 hours ago4 min read
President Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed at Lowering Diesel Prices
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that temporarily allows dyed, off-road diesel on the highway and defers the federal excise tax on that fuel through Dec. 31, a step the White House says is meant to cut costs for farmers, truckers, and other diesel users. The order, titled “Emergency Tax Relief on Diesel Fuel,” directs the Treasury secretary, in consultation with the secretary of war, to determine within five days whether relief is authorize
Elisa Ballard
16 hours ago2 min read
No Department Gets a Blank Check
Public safety comes first. That does not make it untouchable. Opinion Piece Political Cartoon - Satire Mark Mezzano, candidate for City Council, has drawn a hard line. Public safety, he says, is off limits for budget cuts. At the Chamber of Commerce forum on September 16, he refused to put police and fire on the table and instead pointed to park promises and other spending. He is not the only candidate talking that way. The priority is right. The blank check is not. A city ha
Rex Ballard
24 hours ago4 min read
CV Youth Falcons Fall Craft and Car Show Benefits Area Middle School Students
Updated 10/6/2026 Shasta Lake City’s Clair Engle Park was the place to be on Friday, October 2, 2026, as the CV Youth Falcons organization hosted a fundraiser to support sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade students participating on football and cheer teams. In addition to the dozens of vendors, there were balloon animals, music, food trucks, face painting, raffles, cotton candy, car show awards, flavored lemonade, Red Bulls served by cheerleaders, a beer booth for adults, and
Jerry Sanchez, Sr.
3 days ago2 min read
Suspect in Palo Cedro hit-and-run is in Shasta County Jail on attempted-murder allegation
Dustin Alan Mingarelli, 47, was booked Thursday after an overnight manhunt ended with his arrest in Napa. Carlos Zapata remains hospitalized. PALO CEDRO — The man accused of intentionally running down a Palo Cedro Rodeo Association member with a pickup is in the Shasta County Jail. Dustin Alan Mingarelli, 47, in a Shasta County Jail booking photo released to local media. Credit: Shasta County Sheriff’s Office Dustin Alan Mingarelli, 47, identified in local coverage as a Reddi
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Shred Date Moved Up to Saturday as County Orders Destruction of Records Still Under a Public Records Act Request
Political Cartoon Shasta County is Involved in a Possible Unlawful Destruction of Public Records Redding, CA October 2, 2026 On the morning of September 30, while a shredding company employee stood ready to wheel ballots to the shredding truck parked behind the Elections Office, Shasta County Registrar of Voters opened sealed ballot boxes for the November 2024 election and found log sheets in the boxes. Those log sheets should not have been commingled with the ballots and
Elisa Ballard
5 days ago5 min read
45th Honey Bee Festival draws thousands, keeps Palo Cedro Park’s gates open
PALO CEDRO — Traffic backed up through town last weekend as the 45th annual Honey Bee Festival filled the Bishop Quinn Community Center grounds on Sept. 26 and 27, drawing thousands for crafts, food, live music, and a live bee-beard demonstration while raising money for Palo Cedro Community Park. The two-day event, held at 21893 Old 44 Drive just north of Highway 44, opened both mornings with a pancake breakfast and an opening ceremony. The schedule also included the NorCal A
Kari Chilson
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$70 Million Cancer Center Is Open
The doctors it was built for are not all here yet. The building is open. The roster is not. Dignity Health’s new Sierra Pacific Regional Cancer Center in Redding began seeing patients at the end of August, but Mercy’s own leaders say the $70 million campus is still short of the oncologists it was built for — and the help-wanted ads are still up, even with a five-year guarantee of $770,000 a year. REDDING — Dignity Health spent years, a riverfront site, and $70 million to put
Rex Ballard
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Becerra and Hilton Clash in Only General-Election Debate, With Trump at the Center
Steve Hilton and Xavier Becerra clash over homelessness - Credit nbclosangeles.com (fair use for news commentary) BURBANK — Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton spent an hour Wednesday night arguing less about the fine print of California government than about who is to blame for the state’s condition: President Donald Trump, or 16 years of one-party Democratic rule in Sacramento. The CNN debate, moderated by Jake Tapper and Dana Bash at the network’s Burbank s
Elisa Ballard
6 days ago7 min read
Shasta County board deadlocks on county counsel contract as residents press election records and mobile-home rents
Redding, CA— The Shasta County Board of Supervisors split 2-2 on Tuesday over a proposed new four-year contract for County Counsel Joseph F. Larmour, leaving the agreement short of a majority. The written item in the agenda packet would have started a fresh four-year term on Sept. 30, 2026. On the dais, supervisors repeatedly described the same item as a one-year extension. Separately, residents used open comment — which Chair Chris Kelstrom extended so remaining speakers cou
Kari Chilson
6 days ago4 min read
Ballot Shredding Put on Hold as Missing Election-Related Documents are Found inside the November 2024 Ballot Boxes
Shredding truck parked behind the Election Office on September 30, 2026 September 30, 2026 Redding, CA REDDING — A shred truck was already parked behind the Shasta County Elections Office on Market Street on Wednesday morning when Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis stopped the destruction of November 2024 election materials. Curtis, in front of staff and local reporters, began opening sealed boxes so the vendor could start feeding them into the truck. Curtis opened 10 boxes and
Elisa Ballard
7 days ago6 min read
Thousands Pack Palo Cedro Park To Revel In—And Enjoy!—Inaugural Palo Cedro Rodeo
The newly established Palo Cedro Rodeo Association (PCRA) bucked off to a strong start by hosting the inaugural Palo Cedro Rodeo 2026 on the Palo Cedro Park grounds on Saturday, September 26, in the semi-tiny town overflowing with community spirit: Palo Cedro, California. Carlos Zapata, PCRA’s CEO, who also served as a Flank Man for the (stock contractor) Silver Bridge Rodeo Company, issued the following statement: “Nearly 10 years ago, the Palo Cedro Rodeo was only a dream…
Jerry Sanchez, Sr.
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Curtis updates ballot probe on KCNR, cites new June tally discrepancy
September 27, 2026 Redding, CA On Sunday morning’s “Jefferson State of Mine” on KCNR (1460 AM / 96.5 FM), hosts Terry Rapoza, Janet Chandler, and Win Carpenter interviewed Shasta County Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis and his wife, Jody Curtis, about the federal review of June 2, 2026, primary ballots and what Curtis described as additional problems in that election. A federal grand jury subpoena issued Sept. 10 by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Californ
Elisa Ballard
Sep 284 min read
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