Bruce Ross
- Quote of the day
New major water projects are increasingly justified based on recovering fish and environmental benefits lost through construction of previous projects. So writes UC Davis' Jay Lund, after absorbi … - How pot growers are killing fish
That is the subject of part of today's Fisheries Forum in Sacramento, as reported by the Ukiah Daily Journal. The paper quotes Scott Greacen, of the environmental group Friends of the Eel River, … - Will state controller vindicate Lucero?
On his morning talk show yesterday morning, KCNR 1460 host and R-S blogger Carl Bott had embattled Shasta Lake City Councilwoman Dolores Lucero on to talk about the recall and what she thinks is wrong … - Nope, not making it an issue
And to prove that the Aanestad campaign is not making Doug LaMalfa's crop subsidies an issue, it just emailed out Saturday's story in a press release. You know, so nobody would miss the stat … - Smoke — the state needs the money
California Watch flags a healthy problem: States have borrowed billions of dollars against expected future tobacco-settlement money, but we're quitting the habit too quickly: Fewer smokers is bad … - 'Wildfire Smoke Kills 339,000 a Year'
That's the eye-opening result of a study led by Australian researchers, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. VANCOUVER, British Columbia–Smoke from burning forests and grasslands kills on ave … - Court: Red-light camera evidence is inadmissible
Wow, if this 2nd District Court of Appeal ruling stands, it's hard to see how it wouldn't mean the end of those bitterly hated red-light cameras that have popped up in Redding and many other … - Sen. LaMalfa fights 'settlement' bill
I was not at all familiar with the normally routine process by which the state Legislature authorizes payments of state legal settlements, but this year our very own Sen. Doug LaMalfa is drawing atten … - Sheriff: 'The marijuana genie is out of the bottle'
That's what Mendocino County's Tom Allman tells Rolling Stone, as part of an article on the "shocking about-face" on federal marijuana enforcement in states with medical exemptions … - Ideas worth stealing
Here's one, from Humboldt County. Via Michael Bernick at FoxandHoundsDaily, who offers the nickel version: Ms. Jacqueline Debets is the director of the Humboldt County WIB. Ms. Debets is a fifth …
Marc Beauchamp
- Bill Johnson's 'response to the Glory Cloud at Bethel'
Remember the ''Glory Cloud'' I referenced in my Nov. 26 column (here)? A correspondent e-mailed me a link to this short YouTube video, posted a few months back…. - Consumers Union features Redding woman in video on health insurance crisis the self-employed face
Here's the video, recently uploaded to YouTube:… - Newt Gingrich and $2 gasoline
Newt's been hammering the president over rising pump prices but this Wall Street Journal blogger says Gingrich misunderstands — or is misrepresenting — the reality of global oil markets and the … - Why I love the obituaries in the New York Times
Just one example — the obit of an adventurous chap who rowed (yes, rowed) across the Atlantic and then the Pacific. But that's not all. Click here. As much fun to read as it must have been to wr … - Warmest-ever winter in Redding?
This extraordinary dry and temperate weather had me wondering if this winter was heading into the record books. Weather expert Scott Mobley rained on my parade, with this e-mail from Portland: Hey Mar … - 50 years ago this morning
An out-of-this-world thrill for a certain 9 year-old boy in Redding (Yours truly). A Universal newsreel of John Glenn's famous orbital flight…. - Reverge Anselmo tells the Redding Tea Party what happened to him
YouTube video of Monday night's meeting runs about half an hour. Worth watching. Very funny in parts…. - Wanna be in pictures, Redding?
This news brief caught my eye, reinforced by a PSA heard this afternoon on local talk radio. Movie casting call in Redding on Saturday Clarity Entertainment Inc. is planning to shoot its first feature … - Whitney Houston's death a 'teachable moment'
So says President Obama's drug czar, focusing on the widespread abuse of and addiction to prescription drugs. Here's his video interview on CBS. Noticed he didn't mention drug interacti … - Inside Reverge Anselmo's private chapel
Anselmo, it seems, ignored the county's stop-work order on his chapel. Famly and guests celebrated first Mass on Saturday. A few snaps taken earlier last week. While it contains marble from Italy …
Dottie Smith
- New local history book!
Shasta County railroad historian Rick Marty has just self-published an excellent book titled "Phillips Brothers Mill – A families' legacy in the Shasta County timber industry." If you … - This is Keswick…
…and proof of what the toxic smelter smoke did. Not a tree, bush or blade of grass that I can see in the photo. Can you imagine what it did to people and animals?… - Happy Washington's birthday everyone!
… - Shasta County members of the prestigious State of California "100 Year Club"
On the 100th birthday of the discovery of gold, the State of California created the "100 Year Club" to honor businesses who have been in business for 100 years. Each succeeding year those wh … - Trinidad Pier update
Thanks to my Trinidad friend Pam Christensen, here's two more recent photos of the work on the new Trinidad Pier…. - For sale: Very historic Redding house
The beautifully restored and very historic James McCormick house at 1452 Oregon Street is for sale. James McCormick was one of the owners of the famous 1877 'Big Store' that occupied an enti … - Before and after the Keswick smelter
The upper photo is the smelter. The bottom photo was taken in 1960 at the place where the smelter once stood – in the 'Spring Creek Valley'. Today, the Spring Creek powerplant and debris dam … - Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
… - Who built the concrete steps on the north side of the Sacramento River in Caldwell Park?
The steps are pretty well known and are just east of the Diestelhorst Bridge. They were built in 1940 by employees of the Works Project Administration (WPA). When the steps were built, they were besid … - Another historic bridge soon to be history
Its the historic one-lane bridge across Cow Creek near the Cow Creek School in Palo Cedro. As of today, brush and big trees have been removed from the north side of the bridge in preparation for the b …
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