Shasta County News

This is a sampling of political writers Josh Richman and Lisa Vorderbrueggen's blog, The Political Blotter.

The thing the school community needs most, is what its new leader has: a collaborative spirit.

During these rough economical times almost every charity needs help. People are donating less this year because of rough times.

An Oroville woman was injured Monday night in the Laverne Lane area of Happy Valley during a dispute with a relative's neighbors.

A stabbing in Shasta County sent an Oroville woman to the hospital. The incident happened Monday in the Happy Valley area.

I've been a fan of flat-track racing for many years, be it TT or ½ mile or the granddaddy, the Mile.

"I know it when I see it," said Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart when asked to define pornography.

A research team of UC scientists has decoded the words in the secret chemical language of Argentine ants - a discovery that could lead to an environmentally benign pesticide against the insects that march into Bay Area homes every time the weather turns cold or wet.

The Cottonwood Community Center and Shasta County Supervisor Les Baugh will co-host a town hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Cottonwood Community Center, 20595 Gas Point Rd.. Topics will include the general plan process, growth, values and priorities, south county emergency preparedness, long-term traffic planning and Shasta County's Parks ...

Hunter Ahlberg looks out his front window toward the house across the street that belongs to a man convicted of harassing neighbors.

Who owns the Nobel Prize in economics? A basis for an answer to that question appeared last week, when the Nobel Committee opened the door to a capacious new wing of economic research, citing political scientist Elinor Ostrom, of Indiana University, for her investigations of how ordinary citizens solve problems that arise when sharing common ...

A long-delayed preliminary hearing began Tuesday for the former owner and three ex-employees of a defunct Anderson, Calif., RV dealership accused of bilking customers out of an estimated $300,000, according to the Redding A Record Searchlight.

Jason Lee Moore protested $6,250 of the $11,840.22 bill he got from the doctor, but California's Third District Court of Appeal says he still has to pay it.

FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR AREAS NEAR WILDFIRE BURN SCARS... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY...MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY...NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO ...

Editor: Dan Curry, Superintendent of Red Bluff Union High School District, is quoted in today's paper stating that many of the students do not have buy-in to the API/CST testing process.

Eric Buschman, 49, was unloading gear from a pickup truck with a friend after returning from Shasta County shortly before 8 p.m. when he was stabbed, Lt.

Former LB political figure Norm Ryan was sentenced this morning to serve 180 days in Shasta County jail, effective immediately, to be followed by 180 days' probation in an adult work program .

Tuolumne County has no shortage of arts activities, from renowned theater productions to visual arts and live music.

Neighborhood Watch Get together with your neighbors and join us for the October Richfield Neighborhood Watch meeting on Oct.

A Red Bluff man is behind bars in Shasta County, after a run-in with a police dog.