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Friday and Saturday, September 18 - 19, is Paesano Days featuring Spaghetti and Meatballs and Bocce Tournament at South City Park in Redding
You don't want to miss the authentic Italian food served up by the friendly Sons and Daughters of Italy club members at South City Park in Redding. This is a yearly fundraising event for the group that is involved in many philanthropic activities in town. They cook up the meat sauce from scratch just like mamma used to make, and you won't be disappointed! There will be raffle prizes, a silent auction, vendor and craft booths, a bocce tournament, and classic cars on Saturday

Elisa Ballard
10 hours ago1 min read


Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Delivers Epic Speech at the First-Ever Republican Mid-Term Convention
DALLAS — Republicans closed the first midterm national convention in their party’s history Thursday night with a two-day rally at American Airlines Center that organizers billed as a 20,000-person showcase for President Donald Trump, congressional candidates and the Make America Healthy Again agenda. The Sept. 9–10 gathering was not a nominating convention. Delegates did not pick a ticket. The purpose, RNC leaders said, was to put midterm races on a national stage and keep Tr

Elisa Ballard
15 hours ago3 min read



Elisa Ballard
16 hours ago0 min read


Efficiency Experts Find Several Paths that City of Redding Can Take for Budget Savings - Fire Department is Named as Needing Fixes
The Fire Department was named in an efficiency study as wasting taxpayer dollars with "baked-in" overtime. (Image is AI generated.) REDDING, Calif. — Circle 6 Consulting Inc. will present its comprehensive findings on ways to reduce unnecessary budget spending at the Redding City Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday, September 15, starting at 6 p.m. The public can view the meeting agenda packet, with the 83-page presentation attached, on the city's website (or click here).

Elisa Ballard
2 days ago7 min read


September 19th: Redding Arts Project Holds Community Event For the Whole Family
Join the Redding Arts Project & Redding Ballet Theater for an evening celebrating the joy and diversity of dance! Friday, September 19 | 5:00–8:00 PM Location: The Redding Arts Project Studio, 1726 Market Street (Across from the Cascade Theater) They’ll have: 🩰 FREE 15-minute dance classes 💃 A chance to explore different dance disciplines 🎟️ Fun raffles 🍪 Yummy snacks ⭐ The opportunity to meet their principal dancers Come dance, try something new, meet the community, and

Kari Chilson
2 days ago1 min read


40th Annual CLC Labor Day Picnic Held at Anderson River Park, Attracts Record Attendance and Goodwill
It was in early 1986 that Redding resident Dwight Evans, who’s an International Brotherhood of Workers (IBEW) retiree, thought it would be nice to have a family-type picnic with games for the kids, live music, and, of course, great food and brotherhood, in Anderson River Park on Labor Day every year, open to the public and hosted by Union members and their families who reside in the five counties of Shasta, Siskiyou, Trinity, Lassen, and Modoc. But Evans knew he’d need help

Jerry Sanchez, Sr.
3 days ago2 min read


Why does this iconic phrase have such a pull on us?
In the beginning, when he created mankind to be in relationship with Him, God gave us freedom of choice so we would have the free will to choose Him—or not—so we would not have a coerced relationship with Him. To this day, each individual has to make the choice to accept God; no one can do it for you. That is true freedom. He hardwired it into us. Freedom of our will is a longing in the deepest parts of us. Down through the ages, we see that ‘governments’ have been organized

Margaret Cantrell
3 days ago2 min read


Fox in the Henhouse: Redding Puts REU’s Money Man in Charge of City Finances
Interim City Manager Michael Webb named Joe Bowers as Interim Redding City Finance Director. Bowers is the utility official who sold rate hikes and explained a $9 million jump in personnel costs. The appointment came four days before Circle 6’s full efficiency report reaches the council dais. REDDING, Calif. — Four days before a $300,000 consultant study is scheduled to tell the City Council where Redding can cut costs, Interim City Manager Michael Webb handed the city’s chec

Rex Ballard
3 days ago5 min read


After hung jury, Clancy case raises fundamental questions about accountability
The Lindsay Clancy Trial Sketch by Robert Exter PLYMOUTH, Mass. — A Massachusetts jury spent seven days trying to decide whether Lindsay Clancy was criminally responsible when she strangled her three children. It could not. On Sept. 4, Superior Court Judge William F. Sullivan declared a mistrial. The charges remain. So does the fight over what the record actually shows — and over what kind of story the public thinks it has been watching. Clancy, 36, a former labor-and-deliver

Elisa Ballard
4 days ago12 min read


The Man in the Red Bandana: Trump Awards Medal of Freedom to 9/11 Hero Welles Crowther
On another Tuesday morning in September, 25 years after the attacks, President Trump spoke at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., beside a battered steel beam lifted from the wreckage of the South Tower. Tunnel to Towers had carried the 16,000-pound piece of steel across the country. The gathering marked a quarter century since nearly 3,000 people were killed at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and on Flight 93.

Kari Chilson
4 days ago4 min read


Pet of the Week: Prince Charming
Prince Charming was rescued from the green belt behind Kids Kingdom and has been waiting for his own person. Rescuers believe he is a Chiweenie, about a year old and roughly seven pounds. He has been spayed or neutered, vaccinated (including rabies), wormed, microchipped, placed on Heartgard, and treated for fleas as needed. He is good with potty pads and can also be walked outside. He comes with a new harness and leash, the remainder of his Heartgard, and six months of court

Kari Chilson
4 days ago1 min read


American Patriot Series – Samuel Adams, The Man Who Kept the Revolution Alive
Thomas Jefferson called him “truly the Man of the Revolution.” Governor Thomas Hutchinson called him the greatest incendiary in the King’s dominions. Both were describing the same Bostonian: Samuel Adams, the organizer who turned local anger into a continental cause. About 1772 – Demanding the troops leave after the Massacre. Adams was born in Boston on September 27, 1722, cousin of John Adams and heir to a malt-making family. He studied at Harvard and even argued, in a thesi

Rex Ballard
5 days ago2 min read


Karaoke Contest Slated for September 19th in Palo Cedro - Benefiting Moms for Liberty Group in Shasta County
PALO CEDRO — Shasta County singers still have a short window to enter a karaoke contest offering a $1,000 grand prize. Moms for Liberty Shasta County will host “Stars, Stripes, and Karaoke” on Saturday, Sept. 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Palo Cedro area. Chapter Chair Katie Gorman told Shasta Unfiltered that sign-ups have been strong and that only seven singer slots remain. She said she expects a large crowd. Contestants pay a $100 entry fee. Spectators register free. Because

Elisa Ballard
5 days ago1 min read


34th Manton Apple Festival
Saturday, October 3, 2026 · 9 AM–4 PM Manton Community Center · Rain or Shine Held every year on the first Saturday in October, the Manton Apple Festival features handmade arts and crafts, food of all kinds, locally grown apples and apple products, and live entertainment all day. The community gathers each year to pick, peel, slice, and bake more than 200 pies sold whole or by the slice—they’re delicious. There’s also an apple pie baking contest with cash prizes in adult and

Kari Chilson
5 days ago1 min read


New Ways to Make Electricity — Ranked by What’s Closest to Real Life
Batteries you can buy today. Solar that bends. A Japanese plant that makes power from salt water. Small nuclear plants going up. Beaming power from space. And fusion that still isn’t on the grid. Here’s what’s real — and what isn’t. California power bills are among the highest in the country. In the North State, we feel that every summer: hot days, fire shutdowns, and a grid that was never built for all the new electric cars and air conditioners. Labs have been promising chea

Rex Ballard
5 days ago8 min read


Conservative Candidates Presented Their Platforms at Thursday SCRA Meeting
School Board Candidates: Teresa Roberts, Sanny Ong, and Linda Glass Discuss How They Plan to Improve Education in Shasta County Schools REDDING — Conservative school-board and city-council hopefuls told a packed Shasta County Republican Assembly (SCRA) meeting Thursday that local government has drifted from core academics, parental authority, fiscal discipline and public safety — and that boards and councils must stop rubber-stamping Sacramento and union priorities. The Se

Elisa Ballard
Sep 54 min read


Florida and Texas Pull Back on ALPR Cameras. New Hampshire Already Solved the Data Problem. Shasta Should Pay Attention.
In the last ten days, two large Republican-led states have moved against the automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks that have spread across American roads. Florida ordered the cameras off state highways. Texas cut off state money that was paying for them. Neither action is a full statewide ban. Both are a clear signal that the “more cameras, longer databases” model is no longer politically safe. New Hampshire already went further. It does not ban the cameras. It bans

Rex Ballard
Sep 55 min read


Redding City Council Hears Initial Results from Efficiency Consultant
REDDING — Redding’s general fund is in “significant financial distress,” Interim City Manager Michael Webb told the City Council on Tuesday, Sept. 1. Consultants then walked the council through the first batch of “quick wins” from a $300,000 efficiency study — most of them one-time cleanups, not permanent cuts. Circle 6 Consulting screened $82.6 million in potentially releasable capacity across city funds. After staff validation, $14.3 million was released, recovered or reali

Elisa Ballard
Sep 55 min read


Patrick Jones Tells All on "Freedom in Action" Radio Show as Guest Host
Redding, CA Patrick Jones, guest hosting the "Freedom in Action" radio show on KQMS (1670 AM; 105.7 FM/104.9 FM) for Kelly Frost on Saturday morning, September 5, 2026, (7 a.m. - 9 a.m.) detailed his experiences with political corruption, mismanagement, and a lack of transparency during his time on the Redding City Council and Shasta County Board of Supervisors. He outlined specific scandals involving financial malfeasance, unethical deals with the McConnell Foundation, and

Elisa Ballard
Sep 55 min read


Community Dedication Honors Red Bluff Volunteer Fire Department
Red Bluff Elks Lodge #1250, Redding Emblem Club #515, and Amber Mae Studios united to host the 1st annual Spaghetti Feed & Flag Dedication for the Red Bluff Volunteer Fire Department. You wouldn’t think that a smallish (pop. 14k+) city like Red Bluff, California, would have an Elks Lodge capable of hosting a very large number of locals, particularly families, not only for just a Spaghetti Feed, but also because it afforded a number of opportunities for attendees, such as “cat

Jerry Sanchez, Sr.
Sep 22 min read
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