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The Redding Police Department urgently needs your help in locating a missing at-risk woman. Trena Borello , age 61, has been missing since approximately 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 25, 2025 . Description: - Height: 5'4" - Weight: 110 lbs - Hair: Gray - Eyes: Brown Last seen wearing: - Long black leather coat - Gray pants - Black-and-white striped shirt Ms. Borello was last seen at the Walmart located at 1515 Dana Drive in Redding, California . She spoke with family member

The Shasta Lake Chamber of Commerce greeters showed up in droves on Saturday morning, November 15, 2025, for the ribbon cutting and grand re-opening of the Silver Dollar Club, located in Shasta Lake at 4157 Front Street.  The Silver Dollar Club is a historic night club in the city of Shasta Lake that was shuttered for several years before re-opening under the ownership of three women. Its new owners, Casey Martinsen, Donna Vidal and Emily Hawk welcomed Shasta Lake Chamber boa

NEW CALIFORNIA STATE "LIMITED" VOTE NOVEMBER 11, 2025 At the 13th New California State Constitutional Convention on July 1, 2025 in Visalia, CA the Delegates and Legislature overwhelming passed in principle the New California State Constitution. The passage of the New California State Constitution was the culmination of a process that began at the 1st Constitutional Convention on July 21, 2018 at Harris Ranch, CA. Now after 8 years and 13 Constitutional Conventions later we h

Today the Shasta County Board of Supervisors performed their ministerial duty to add our election reform initiative to the ballot.    Unlike the highly unpopular city tax measure that got placed on the ballot immediately for a special election, our initiative will be voted on by the people during the regularly scheduled June 2, 2026 primary election.   

After receiving over 10,000 signatures, the Shasta County petition for election reform was officially certified by the Registrars of Voters today.  This local measure will now be placed before the voters in the next election.  If successful, Shasta County will implement local control of their elections which will include voter ID, same day election results, and clean voter rolls.

On November 4, 2025, the Great State of New California will conduct its fourth "principled" vote on its proposed state constitution, following three prior elections in July, August, and October 2025. The constitution, finalized at the 13th Constitutional Convention on July 1, 2025, in Visalia, CA, aims to establish a new state with a republican form of government, consistent with Article IV, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution. New California voters will also weigh in on Calif

Today, Shasta Election Task Force (SETF) submitted over 10,000 signatures from voters to amend our county charter to enact local election reform and control including voter ID, same day election results, and clean voter rolls.  The full text can be found at SaveShastaElections.Org .  There is overwhelming public support for this petition which was a volunteer and grass roots effort.  We are proud of our volunteers and fellow voters that made this happen. Election integrity is