Redding Stories: News

Social Security checks may shrink for some already on low incomes

kross@redding.com (Kimberly Ross) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:00:00 -0000

Starting Dec. 1, state budget cuts will pare $96 from household budgets for some recipients receiving $1,100 a month in Social Security benefits.

North State Briefs: Nov. 21, 2008

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:00:00 -0000

Offramp will close for constructionThe California Department of Transportation will close the eastbound offramp to Park Marina and Auditorium drives Monday and Tuesday between 6 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Bob Foreman, Redding Rancheria's first tribal chair, dies at 72

joneill@redding.com (Janet O'Neill) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:00:00 -0000

Bob Foreman, Redding Rancheria's first tribal chairman and a pioneer in north state American Indian health clinics, died Wednesday after a long illness. He was 72.

Motorcycle crash victim dies

jschultz@redding.com (Jim Schultz) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:00:00 -0000

A 58-year-old Shasta Lake man who crashed his motorcycle Friday after suffering a heart attack died Wednesday night at Mercy Medical Center in Redding.

New report says salmon, steelhead and trout in danger of extinction

ddarling@redding.com (Dylan Darling) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:00:00 -0000

Without help, almost two-thirds of the state's native salmon, steelhead and trout could be gone within a century.

That includes seven fish swimming in north state waters, according to a report released this week by California Trout, a San Francisco-based fish and watershed advocacy group.

Chamber honors Redding businesses

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:00:00 -0000

The Greater Redding Chamber of Commerce honored the best in customer service with its annual Hall of Excellence awards.Two businesses and an individual walked away with top honors Wednesday night at the Holiday Inn.

Cottonwood's Shasta Western Shop closing after 45 years

dbenda@redding.com (David Benda) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:00:00 -0000

COTTONWOOD - It has nothing to do with the economy. Betty Peek, affectionately known as "Tornado Betty," is closing the Shasta Western Shop because 45 years in retail is a career in any league.

Half-naked man accused of exposing himself at I-5 rest stop

rsabalow@redding.com (Ryan Sabalow) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:00:00 -0000

An Orland man arrested after he was spotted trespassing on a ranch wearing only a flannel shirt and an electronic tracking device on his ankle also exposed himself behind a freeway rest stop a day earlier, deputies said Thursday.

Owner says Miller Auto Center is not for sale

dbenda@redding.com (David Benda) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:59 -0000

Miller Auto Center co-owner Jim Oliver on Wednesday refuted rumors that he's selling his downtown Redding dealership.

The recession has prompted Oliver to think about downsizing, which might lead some to assume he's getting out of the car business, he said.

"I'm not going out of business. I have four kids; I still have to sell cars," Oliver said while sitting in his office.

Last month, Oliver vacated his indoor auto mall on the southeast corner of California and Trinity streets. Miller's used car lot sits next to the building.

Shasta County ranks third in state pot busts

ddarling@redding.com (Dylan Darling) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:58 -0000

When narcotics agents tallied up their pot busts this year, Shasta County - with almost 400,000 plants destroyed - ranked third in the state, the Justice Department reported Wednesday.

Redding union leaders are unsure of their stance on proposed benefit cuts

smobley@redding.com (Scott Mobley) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:56 -0000

Redding public employee union leaders say it's too soon to know whether they'll make major concessions or accept layoffs as officials prepare to lop $3 million off the general fund budget.

Anderson woman accused of embezzling $104,000 from Redding car dealer

jschultz@redding.com (Jim Schultz) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:55 -0000

A criminal complaint has been filed by the Shasta County district attorney's office against an Anderson woman who is suspected of embezzling more than $104,000 from a Redding car dealership.

Program honored for getting kids interested in college

rrogers@redding.com (Rob Rogers) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:53 -0000

A statewide higher education advocacy group Wednesday named Redding's College OPTIONS program one of the top three programs of its kind in the state.

Cottonwood home hit by burglar

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:52 -0000

COTTONWOOD - An electric hair remover valued at $5,000 is one of a number of items that were reportedly stolen Tuesday from a Country Hills Drive home, Tehama County sheriff's deputies said Wednesday.

Firefighters put out blaze that escaped

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:51 -0000

ROUND MOUNTAIN - Fire crews Wednesday afternoon quickly contained an escaped controlled burn that scorched about an acre of land near Highway 299 just west of the Golden Bear Store.

State Supreme Court to review gay marriage ban

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:00 -0000

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court voted 6-1 Wednesday to review legal challenges to Proposition 8, the voter initiative that restored a ban on same-sex marriage, but refused to permit gay weddings to resume pending a final decision.

Emergency firefighting costs California $305M

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:00:00 -0000

SACRAMENTO — The Southern California wildfires are burning a bigger hole in California's budget, adding to the state's $11.2 billion deficit, the governor's finance spokesman said Tuesday.

Researchers find ginkgo biloba does not prevent Alzheimer's

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:00:00 -0000

Long touted as an elixir of eternal mental acuity, the herbal extract ginkgo biloba does not prevent or delay the progression of dementia or Alzheimer's disease, according to a clinical trial reported Tuesday involving thousands of volunteers between the ages of 75 and 96.

Reprieve from spam e-mail likely to be brief

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:00:00 -0000

SAN FRANCISCO — E-mailers, enjoy the early holiday gift: Spam volume has been cut by more than half because Internet providers pulled the plug on a Web hosting firm that was allegedly helping some of the world's most dastardly junk e-mail gangs.

Chances slipping for automaker bailout

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:00:00 -0000

WASHINGTON — Prospects dimmed on Monday for the $25 billion bailout that U.S. automakers say they desperately need to get through a bleak and dangerous December.