The 1950s-era Courthouse is scheduled for demolition. Shasta County has budgeted over $6million for the demolition, and what will it get in return - a parking lot. This video points out that the county is currently leasing commercial space in the amount of $2million annually, that could be avoided it they would only repurpose the old Courthouse.

In the early 2000's an entire family, all descended from an original tribal member of the Redding Rancheria, was disenrolled from the tribe. This impacted approximately 75 members of a tribe that, at that time, had only about 300 total members. The Foreman family provided ample evidence to show that they were directly descended from Virginia Timmons, one of the 17 original enrollees when the tribe was reformed. This video tells their story.

As conservative firebrand Sonja Shaw stands prepared to win the highly contested elected position of State Superintendent of Public Schools, the Sacramento legislature pulls a power grab. Gavin Newsom recently signed into law a bill that authorizes the establishment of a Governor-appointed Director of Public Education that takes all administrative power away from the State Superintendent. California voters have repeatedly voted down this maneuver. By attaching it as a rider to a budget bill, the State Legislature allowed it to happen.