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Dignity For Christmas…During the holiday season, many struggling families are at the mercy of secondhand donations and charities offering pre-selected gifts for children. This can feel disempowering, especially to parentsRead More

Garden of Lights at Turtle Bay in Redding, CA…With its eyebrow-raising price tag of $1 million, Jake Mangas knew Garden of Lights – the dazzling holiday display that runs throughRead More

The search for the perfect Christmas tree…As Thanksgiving gratitude gives way to holiday cheer, for many people it also marks the start of the season for a time-honored tradition: theRead More

Living with expectancy in 2021…With the dawn of every new year is a chance to leave the previous one behind in search of new horizons – opportunities to make betterRead More

Harvest Restaurant and Lodge in McCloud CA…OPENING A restaurant during a pandemic might seem counterintuitive, but the new owners at Harvest in McCloud are bucking the trend. “We opened JulyRead More

Lessons from the mountains…JOHN MUIR, renowned naturalist and preservationist, famously coined the phrase “the mountains are calling, and I must go” in a letter he wrote to his sister inRead More

Finding Fall Foliage in Siskiyou…Days are getting shorter, the air a little crisper, and leaves are starting to change. California may not usually be considered a great fall color destination, butRead More

Leaving a Priceless Gift for Loved Ones…Life is short. Legacies – those tangible and intangible gifts that we create for our families, friends and even those we may never meetRead More

Shelly Davis – Siskiyou…MN BSN-RN PHN CCHP / Siskiyou County Health & Human Services / Director, Public Health Division / Director of Inmate Health / Director of Nursing.My husband DrakeRead More

Kathy Snyder, vacation volunteer…They say an elephant never forgets. They might be right because at least one retired Redding nurse can remember an elephant who didn’t forget. When Kathy SnyderRead More

A history of tradition in Shasta Lake…The Wintu Cultural Museum shares the story of the Wintu Tribe through artifacts, photographs and documents. It’s a look at the past, but alsoRead More

Eat, work, love…Tucked away on 42 acres of Ponderosa pine trees in Manton is the Monastery of St. John, a foundation of prayer, work and love for the Eastern OrthodoxRead More

My Town: Beautiful Landscape, Caring People…To understand how I feel about Trinity County you would have to get a bit of drama background. I had always felt from a youngRead More

Animal prints in your wardrobe and home…2020 is a wild time to be alive – and wild times call for wild measures. Perhaps the current rush on all things animalRead More

Rob Pettersen, Traveling Salesman…Ron McCloud, the owner of Dunsmuir Hardware, misses the days when traveling salesmen sauntered through his doors and shared their jokes and colorful stories about life onRead More

The Healing Power Of The Ocean…If Relaxation was a destination on a map, it would, no doubt, be decorated with an immense blue sky, aglow with radiant sunlight and theRead More

Healing & Horses…Healing through horses is the goal of this Cottonwood-based nonprofit. For years, DLB Ranch, Inc. has used horses to help people who seek improved spiritual, emotional and physicalRead More

Cultural Artifacts…When, in 2015, the City of Oroville undertook extensive improvements on its most visited museum, the Chinese Temple and Museum Complex, it added a gorgeous entry gate of ChineseRead More

Life is a Highway…Wanderlust is a real thing. It’s a deep, impenetrable sense of desire to travel. Some may even call it a need. Those who are unrelentingly drawn toRead More

Reach Higher Shasta…Engaging your teen in casual dialogue is a fruitful investment of your time and energy! Asking open-ended questions about school, friends, hopes, fears and their vision of themselvesRead More