There are three council seats on the ballot this November, and nine candidates are running. Munns is a current council member and former police officer.

Lisa Barry is running for one of seven seats on SCOE. She has a background of service in the Intermountain area including as a community organizer with Burney Friends and Neighbors.

There are three open seats on the council, and nine candidates are in the running. Rebollar is a tax preparer and accountant who has a primary focus on the city’s finances.

Council members heard from more than a dozen public commenters with concerns about the cameras which have been deployed in Anderson since 2019.

Nine candidates are running for three open seats on the council. Ramirez Sloan moved to Redding two years ago, and she’s worked in the restaurant industry and in administration for Eureka High School....

Bruce Ross is running for one of four open seats on SCOE. He's served on another local school district board for more than a decade and is a parent who hopes to bring a “focus on kids’ needs, not adul...

Dr. Dan Sloan is running for one of four open seats on SCOE. Sloan is a Redding-born candidate who hopes to bring his multicultural and law-focused perspective to the school board.

There are nine candidates running for three seats on the council. Wenham is a civil engineer who’s focused on the city’s budget, public safety, infrastructure and job expansion.

The Market Street elections office was busy with staff as early voting opened for the November election. Curtis said he's ahead of the game, but observation indicates some steps remain to be completed...

There are nine candidates running for three seats on the council. Saulsbury is a mobile crisis clinician who’s focused on public safety, balancing the budget, homelessness and implementing safeguards ...

A special county board meeting scheduled for today was cancelled this morning. The meeting was intended to address next steps related to ballot shredding, Board Chair Chris Kelstrom said. Since the 20...

Several dozen people protested the mandatory shredding of 2024 ballots at the election office today. Amid the chaos, election official Clint Curtis supervised the proceedings with his signature cheerf...

There are nine candidates running for three seats on the council. Prosperi is a local business owner who wants to focus on the city’s budget, filling top leadership positions, collaboration within the...

Employment training services are now available at the Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency’s new location on 2600 Park Marina Drive. Eligibility services for CalFresh, Medi-Cal and CalWORKs ...

The races were supposed to take place in August, which is the month the triathlon happened this year. The dates were changed at the request of Redding officials and were approved due to the success of...

Shasta elections official Clint Curtis was required by California law to shred November 2024 ballots after Sept. 5. After he decided against doing so for a second time today, the state instructed him ...

Joseph Larmour is already slated to serve as the county’s attorney for another nearly three years, but supervisors were divided on whether to enter a new contract with the attorney that would extend h...

The city issued a request for proposal this summer to allow for interested entities to apply to operate the entertainment venue. The auditorium’s fate has been uncertain as the city navigates funding ...

Our Open Notebook series offers readers a behind-the-scenes look at how our journalists work. In this notebook entry, reporter Madison Holcomb shares insights into the considerations she makes as she ...

The oral argument outreach session is intended to be an opportunity for students and the general public to learn more about the judicial system. It’ll be held at the David Marr Theater in Redding on O...

The school board member stepped down one day after the state authorized a lawsuit against her for the second time this year. She could still face legal action.

The elections official received a subpoena earlier this month to testify before a federal grand jury and bring June election ballots with him. He said he confirmed today he won’t have to go but did no...

The council is contracting Rocklin-based recruiter Ralph Anderson & Associates to run the recruitment. It’s a decision met with mixed opinions by council members, some of whom wanted to offer the role...

Months after the California Attorney General’s Office approved the initiation of a lawsuit against her, LaBarbera is facing another dispute. The new claim against her alleges not only that her dual sc...

The League of Women Voters held a forum for Anderson City Council candidates last week. Former Mayor and Council member Stan Neutze and Sikh Centre Director and Shasta community organizer Amarjit Sing...

The office has been used by those seeking eligibility for CalFresh, CalWORKS and Medi-Cal. HHSA said the closure is due to a move, but did not announce when or where an eligibility office will reopen.

The ballots were supposed to be retained only through Sept. 5, but they still haven’t been destroyed, allegedly due to a series of scheduling missteps and delays.

Long eradicated from Northern California, gray wolves are reappearing — but their new habitat also means new threats for ranchers whose livestock provide easy prey. Efforts are being made at the count...

County Counsel Joseph Larmour said Planning Commissioner Steve Kerns was being removed without cause. Supervisors who attempted to delve into what was behind Kerns’ removal received pushback from the ...

After Circle 6 Consulting recommended the council consider a data center project in Redding, council members expressed their disapproval of such a plan. There’s little word yet on how the efficiency s...

According to state law, the ballots were supposed to be retained only through Sept. 5, 2026. Litigation filed last week in an attempt to delay the destruction of ballots has failed, the county’s attor...

Joseph Bowers, an assistant director at Redding Electric Utility, could temporarily step into a department head role that was recently vacated by Greg Robinett. If appointed, Bowers would split his ti...

The firm that completed the study said a data center project could attract hundreds of millions in private capital investment. The recommendation comes amid significant public pushback against data ce...

Events are being held by three local organizations. They will publicly interview candidates about their approach to business, the environment and other topics of interest to local community members.

Curtis has been instructed to bring voted ballots from the June election to a federal grand jury in Sacramento. Discussing how complex that will be, Curtis said he’d be happy to hand off the ballots t...

ROV Clint Curtis has been subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury. The summons also instructed him to produce records from the June 2026 election, including tens of thousands of voted ballots...

In January, long-term planning commissioner Steve Kerns pushed back on the environmental process for a solar project in Manton, referencing a judge’s decision in another project, a proposed Millville ...

The grant will go toward extending a portion of the park to allow for the opening of additional parcels for future development.

The UCLA Voting Rights Project, where gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra serves as the senior legal advisor, sent a letter to both the grand jury and local officials today that accused Curtis of “...

A group of community leaders organizing under the name Good Governance Redding has endorsed two candidates for Redding City Council this fall.

Last month, the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office announced its plan to resume visitations on Sept. 8 following reporting by Shasta Scout that documented the monthslong suspension. Today, jail staff conf...

We’re flipping the script by centering readers’ voices in our coverage of the Redding City Council race this November. Taking our anonymous survey will help us decide what questions to ask.

The strike in Redding is just one of several strikes happening across the country against Prime Healthcare, a for-profit company that owns 55 hospitals in 15 states.

A little over a million in funds that were designated elsewhere have been identified as available to be returned to the city’s struggling general fund. More comprehensive results and savings are expec...

Elections continue to be slated to be held as usual this fall after proponents' most recent attempt to ensure implementation of Measure B failed in court late last week.

It’s not clear whether any formal job offer to the former Colorado elections official was ever made.

Our Open Notebook series offers readers a behind-the-scenes look at how our journalists work. In this notebook entry, California Local News Fellow Nevin Kallepalli shares why he reports on the dead, a...

Jones has led Redding’s business community as head of the Redding Chamber since 2024. The search for a new chamber director has already begun.

As part of a busy agenda Tuesday, supervisors deferred a decision about a change in planning commissioners and heard a presentation on how H.R. 1 might impact county finances.