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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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Central Valley Youth Falcons Football & Cheer Teams Are Recipients Of 10-2-2026 Fundraiser
Shasta Lake City’s Claire Engle Park was definitely the place to be last Friday evening, especially if you were/are interested in helping raise funds for football and cheerleading teams at Central Valley (CV) High School. “I want to give a big shout-out to all of the 30 vendors who committed to raising funds for Shasta Lake City’s Central Valley (CV) High School’s football and cheerleading teams,” said Linsey Chacon, a board member of the CV Youth Falcons. “All of the funds
Jerry Sanchez, Sr.
1 hour ago1 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
rex ballard
4 hours ago3 min read
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
2 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
3 days ago2 min read
$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
3 days ago5 min read
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
3 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
4 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
4 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.
6 days ago2 min read
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
6 days ago4 min read
Dutch Bros 2026 Caffeinate For A Cause Benefits Turtle Bay Exploration Park
Let’s say that you and your husband finish your shopping at the Walmart Super Center in Anderson when both of you can’t help but notice a long, wrap-around row of cars, pickups and vans in the drive-thru lane of the nearby Dutch Bros. “Whaddya’ think’s goin’ on,” you ask hubby Harold….who instantly replies, “Look at that sign, Maude, it says that the Dutch Bros in Anderson, Palo Cedro and Redding will donate one dollar, from every drink purchased between 7-9a and 2-4p toda
Jerry Sanchez, Sr.
7 days ago2 min read
Redding looks ahead in Chapter 140 as Chamber hosts 2026 State of the City
Redding Mayor Mike Littau delivered the city’s 2026 State of the City address Tuesday, Sept. 22, at the Holiday Inn on Hilltop Drive during the Greater Redding Chamber of Commerce’s annual gathering. The event framed the year as “Chapter 140,” marking the city’s 140th year and focusing on progress, hard choices, and what comes next. Chamber leaders opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, a performance by Simpson University’s choir, and an invocation that emphasized gratitude fo
Jerry Sanchez, Sr.
Sep 273 min read
Steel Under the Red Carpet
Trump’s master class in handling Xi — and why the pageantry was the point The Beltway press scored the three-day state visit the way it always scores a Trump–Xi meeting: pomp over progress, spectacle over substance, two months of trade truce and a pair of pandas. That scorecard is not wrong on the ledger. It is wrong about the game that is being played. Donald Trump did not host Xi Jinping this week to close a grand bargain on Taiwan, rare earths, or “super intelligence.” He
Rex Ballard
Sep 266 min read
Anderson Union High School Board Member Resigns Seat
Jackie LaBarbera (Shasta County Office of Education Member) REDDING, Calif. — Jackie LaBarbera did what Anderson families elected her to do. Sacramento and the statewide teachers' union have spent four years trying to make her pay for it. LaBarbera was elected to the Anderson Union High School District Board in 2022; then, in 2024, she was elected to the County Office of Education Board as the top vote-getter for SCOE Area 2, but she continued serving on the Anderson Board.
Elisa Ballard
Sep 263 min read
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