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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

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

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

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

Opinion There is hardly any aspect of American life that the government does not now touch. Some of that involvement is the work citizens have long expected: delivering water, regulating or supplying power, building and maintaining roads, providing a safety net for the poor and the elderly, policing and locking up criminals, fighting fires, educating children and young adults, and defending the country. The problem is how far that reach has gone beyond those core duties — tel

The nine candidates for Redding City Council's three open positions answered questions at the September 16th forum. (L-R) Rebecca Ann Miller, Joana Rebollar, Russ Wenham, Mark Mezzano, Paul Saulsbury, Christina Prosperi, Jack Munns, Elise Sloan, Tenessa Audette The Greater Redding Chamber of Commerce’s Redding City Council candidates forum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, was held at the Cascade Theatre, 1731 Market Street, Redding, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Host/emcee: Todd Jones,

What began as a local fight over how Shasta County runs elections has become a national story. In the past week, FBI agents entered a padlocked room at the county elections office on Market Street, inspected boxes holding November 2024 and June 2026 ballots, and left a green evidence lock marked “SECURED.” A federal grand jury had already subpoenaed Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis to produce June primary materials in Sacramento. California officials, county administrators, a

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

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

In a significant development for election integrity efforts, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday lifted a major lower-court block on President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at strengthening safeguards around mail-in ballots. The 6-3 decision represents a clear positive step forward for the administration’s push to ensure only eligible citizens receive and cast federal ballots ahead of the November midterms.

Steve Hilton challenges Xavier Becerra to debate - Credit: latimes.com Steve Hilton wasted little time in making political ads highlighting Xavier Becerra's reluctance to hold a debate ahead of the upcoming November election. Now, it's reported that Xavier Becerra has indicated he will debate Steve Hilton more than once before the November 3 election. For weeks, the Republican challenger accepted every major media invitation and publicly pressed the Democratic frontrunner to

Supporters of Second Amendment rights packed the Anderson VFW Hall on Friday evening, August 21, 2026, for a fundraising dinner and live auction supporting The Legal Fund to Restore 2nd Amendment Rights & Open Carry in California. The event focused on Mark Baird’s legal challenge to the state’s ban on openly carrying loaded firearms, with Baird delivering a clear message at the heart of his case: government was created by the people to protect their liberty—not the other way

SNAP Logo - Credit usda.gov Enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, known as CalFresh in California) has fallen sharply, declining more than 13% in a single year. Preliminary USDA data shows participation dropping from 42.2 million people in May 2025 to 36.6 million in May 2026. This follows the implementation of expanded work requirements and other reforms in President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (also called H.R. 1 or the “big beautiful bil

Hollywood’s production decline continues, with another longtime service company shutting down and Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison threatening to relocate the studio’s headquarters and jobs out of California unless Attorney General Rob Bonta settles or drops an antitrust challenge to Paramount’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA - Credit: travelinusa.us Shadowcast Pictures, a Los Angeles-based production equipment rental compa

Mother and 17-year-old daughter forced to cover “XX-XY” and “For the Girls” shirts or leave Atlanta Dream-Indiana Fever game A Georgia mother and her teenage daughter say arena security singled them out during overtime of Sunday’s Indiana Fever-Atlanta Dream game, ordered them to cover their XX-XY Athletics T-shirts or face ejection, and handed them promotional Atlanta Dream “Wellness & Health Night” shirts to wear instead. Mom and daughter told to cover up XX-XY T-shirts, sa

Update - August 14, 2026 Mayor of Lawrence, MA indicted for misappropriation of COVID funds Lawrence Mayor Brian DePeña (left, in interview) and scene related to his arrest - Credit: NBC Boston On August 14, 2026, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced the arrest and charging of Lawrence Mayor Brian DePeña (also styled Depena/DePena), 61, a Democrat first elected in 2021 and reelected in 2025. He faces one count of wire fraud and one count of m

INDIANAPOLIS — A razor-thin Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 23 was overturned Monday when the Indiana Recount Commission rejected 10 ballots on technical grounds, handing victory to Trump-endorsed challenger Paula Copenhaver over incumbent Sen. Spencer Deery. Paula Copenhaver, Fountain County clerk and Trump-backed challenger, after the recount decision. (Indiana Capital Chronicle) The commission certified Copenhaver the winner by three votes. Final total

When the nation’s highest court accepts lavish hospitality from billionaires who have business before it, when family real estate is sold to those same benefactors without timely disclosure, when justices’ spouses earn millions placing lawyers at firms that appear before the Court, and when the only ethics rules on the books lack any real enforcement, ordinary Americans have every right to ask a basic question: Can this Court still claim true independence?

Spencer James Confectioners in downtown Redding served as ground zero on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, for the official launch of first-term Redding City Councilman Tenessa Audette’s re-election campaign. Despite the 100+ degrees heat, dozens of Audette’s supporters cozied up in the boutique-ly cozy surroundings to hear her welcoming remarks, which included the following: “One of the first things I learned is that good government doesn’t happen by accident. It requires prepara

Redding City Councilmember and former Mayor Tenessa Audette formally kicked off her campaign for another four-year term on August 4, 2026. In a video titled “Tenessa Is Ready for Four More Years,” produced by contributor Robert Exter, Audette outlined her record of service and asked residents to join her in continuing work on fiscal responsibility, public safety, and responsive local government. More information is available at VoteTenessa.com. “I believe Redding needs experi