Americans born in the '20s, ‘30s, ‘40s & ‘50s are probably gonna remember how cool it was to step inside a ‘20s-style wooden PHONE BOOTH, close the door to the outside world, if just for a few minutes, to make a 10-cent phone call.  Or maybe these same folks remember the PADDY WAGON, circa 1917, used by police departments at the time to transport mostly miscreants to and from jail.  Or how ‘bout a 1943  MOVIE POSTER touting “Fightin’ Seabees,” starring John Wayne and Susan H

If one entered the Redding Elks #1073 spacious dining room in the late afternoon of Sunday, January 18, 2026, they’d have seen, off to the side, a significant amount of canned food, sundries, cleaning supplies, and the like, all soon to be delivered to Veterans of the Cornelius House, a rental assistance program administered by the Faithworks Community Coalition of Redding.

100+ coats donated in 5 hours If you’ve just recently arrived to live in the North State, generally defined as the 15 to 20 “mostly rural”  counties north of Sacramento, or even if you’re a tourist, one thing you’ll surely quickly learn is that the people of the North State, especially Shasta County-ians, are a generous bunch. Behind 100+ donated winter coats are, from left to right, front row: Brian Holland, Brianna Holland, Penny Hartman, Linda Daricek. Back row, from left:

Mother Nature came through with gorgeous “only in the North State” weather, as she unfolded clear skies and plentiful sunshine for an appreciative throng attending a recent ribbon cutting to formally open a 105-year old (renovated!) home, for homeless Veterans, in Redding’s southwest corridor downtown area. It was all made possible by a non profit organization called Nation’s Finest, founded over 50 years ago by a group of Vietnam Veterans and  serving Veterans and Veterans f

Dare I Say Thank You America Veterans Day is observed annually on November 11th of each year. This year it falls on a Tuesday. The federal holiday honors all U.S. military veterans—those who served in wartime or peacetime, living or deceased. The date commemorates the armistice that ended World War I, which took effect November 11, 1918.