Category Archive

John Gagnon’s Pac West Helicopters…Over at 16607 Clear Creek Road in Redding, Pac West Helicopters owner John Gagnon and his team are busy. Repairing helicopters is a niche trade withinRead More

Hit The Road This Summer…Summer is here and the road is calling. Whether you choose a destination that is a stone’s throw from home or you are planning an epicRead More

Tips For Your Trip At California Welcome Center…They arrive from the north, south, east and west and they all ask variations of the same questions: Where can I go? WhatRead More

Thriving…My family moved to Northern California from Los Angeles when I was 3 years old and I have been lucky to call it home ever since. My husband Kendall andRead More

Plug in at Dropin Redding…Hey, Techie! How’s the bandwidth out there? Not so good? Download speeds tying you up? Uploads got you down? Got you so frustrated you want toRead More

Naturegraph’s Barbara Brown…When I met Barbara Brown some 20 years ago, she was a spry 70-year-old, running her backcountry book publishing business as a one-woman operation. She ran the printingRead More

Take the I-5 Cheese Tour…While many people know that happy cows come from California, not too many people know about the passionate and friendly cheesemakers from the northern part whoRead More

Tune in to Blue Dot Report…Spacesuits, earthquakes, wildfires, oddball planets and surfing culture. In an expanding universe, Dave Schlom sees little need to constrain topics for his popular radio show,Read More

29 Rows Lavender Farm…The scent of fresh lavender fills the air as bees buzz from the purple blooms. It mixes and diffuses in the air with a sweet, subtle tone,Read More

What’s on the horizon for the Redding Airport…With all the good news coming out of Redding Municipal Airport these days, it wouldn’t be surprising if Jim Wadleigh, the city’s airportRead More

Shasta College’s Joe Wyse Leads The Way…Shasta College is an expansive place with a sprawling mission. It began just over 70 years ago on a small Eureka Way campus inRead More

Make Mom’s Day Fundraiser Supports KIXE and Shasta Library Foundation…Redding public television station KIXE and the Shasta Library Foundation are cooking up a special meal to make this Mother’s DayRead More

Siskiyou County Communities Gardening Together…Gardening can often be challenging, but in Etna, the challenges are of near-Biblical proportions. Gardeners there have to contend with deer, jackrabbits and grasshoppers, not toRead More

Karolyn Grimes’ Wonderful Life…She was a little girl and it was a small part in the movie, but that turn as Zuzu in “It’s a Wonderful Life” was very bigRead More

My Town: Growing – Andy Main in Redding, CAI was born in Redding and was raised near the Sacramento River with my four brothers, mom and dad and a menagerieRead More

Redding Tour: Live Stream Event…The Whole Earth and Watershed Festival and Shasta Living Streets are excited to be bringing the 2021 Wild & Scenic Film Festival – Redding Tour toRead More

Red Bluff Round-Up Celebrates 100 Years…Words like “tradition” and “heritage” hold sacred power in Tehama County, where people hold tight to their history and familial connections. One could argue theRead More

The Downtown Connector Loop Trail…Redding is making an important connection. The Diestelhorst to Downtown trail/bikeway will link downtown neighborhoods and businesses to the city’s popular Sacramento River Trail, making itRead More

The Art Of Community With Red Bluff Vesper Lodge…From the front, the building at 822 Main St. in Red Bluff isn’t particularly spectacular, especially for a town known for itsRead More

Shasta State Historic Park’s Art Collection…Annie Clark is always up for a staring contest. Schoolchildren visiting Shasta State Historic Park’s art gallery like to lock eyes with the little girlRead More