SHASTA UNFILTERED eNewspaper Team Enjoys Red Bluff Welcome

On a warm, picturesque and sunny 2026 March morning in downtown Red Bluff, outside of the Los Mariachis Mexican Restaurant, the Red Bluff Chamber of Commerce, along with Mayor JR Gonzales, City Manager, Tom Westbrook, businesses and non profits, including North Valley Services, Outdoorz Media & Digital and Danielle Bentley, RVP, officially laid out the welcome mat, in a ribbon cutting ceremony, for the SHASTA UNFILTERED eNewspaper. 

“What an amazing celebration we had, welcoming the SHASTA UNFILTERED eNewspaper to the Red Bluff/Tehama County community, as we officially cut the ribbon to mark this exciting milestone,” remarked Jason Bauer, the Chamber’s Principal Objectives Coordinator.

Launched in the late summer of 2025 as an LLC entity, by Redding (Shasta County) residents/volunteers Elisa Ballard, Margaret Cantrell, Kari Chilson, Gary Peyrot and Jerry Sanchez, Sr., the SHASTA UNFILTERED eNewspaper’s signature goal was to establish itself as a “frontline/online portal,” delivering honest news and entertainment, in a transparent and unbiased fashion, for the North State population, in the counties of Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity.

According to founding members Kari Chilson, Elisa Ballard and Jerry Sanchez, Sr., the SHASTA UNFILTERED eNewspaper is committed to delivering accurate and transparent content, to foster unity and community engagement throughout the North State counties of Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity counties, offering unbiased and timely reporting that’s respectful of diverse voices and focuses on local interest stories that spotlight the people, places and events...that make the North State shine.

Members of the North State public have also weighed in on the SHASTA UNFILTERED eNewspaper.  For instance, Nick Gardner, born and raised in Redding, California, and co-host of a local Sunday morning show on KQMS radio, had this to say: “As a life-long resident of Shasta County, and proud to have been born—and raised—in Redding, I am very pleased to have a non-biased source such as the SHASTA UNFILTERED eNewspaper. I remember when the news was reported… only the news… and not some slanted story to manipulate the news for a desired opinion. It’s my pleasure to welcome SHASTA UNFILTERED,” Gardner concluded.

The SHASTA UNFILTERED eNewspaper team invites North State residents to submit their name and email address, on ShastaUnfiltered.com, to receive a free subscription to the newspaper’s newsletter, which highlights select articles that’ve appeared on the newspaper’s website, social media pages, and its YouTube (video) channel.  The newspaper also encourages those who wish to express their opinion—or interest—on a particular subject or issue to submit a letter to the editor.