Food + Dining
Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Muffins
This recipe is the perfect solution for dealing with those brown bananas you often find sitting on your counter. Moist and chocolatey with the perfect balance of sweet and salty,Read More
Community
Downtown Details – April 2022
Thank You for Supporting Downtown Businesses! Redding is developing a great new Downtown. In most cases, a great Downtown offers residents and visitors a popular gathering space to socialize, placesRead More
Food + Dining
Widening the Range
Bison Chili… Herds of Bison have been roaming the plains of North America for 400,000 years. But the meat of this majestic animal is a virtual newcomer to the modernRead More
Recreation + Outdoors
Something Big
Camping with Bigfoot: A Guided Expedition… It was a typical chilly Sunday afternoon in the redwood forest, on January 16, 2022, when a local family of four went for aRead More
Community, Education, Recreation + Outdoors
Oh Honey
Honeybee Discovery Center in Orland… Such is the concern for the honeybee that a mythology has developed around a quote often attributed to renowned physicist Albert Einstein. “If the beeRead More
Recreation + Outdoors
Time to Pack Up
Ellen Andrews, Packer for the U.S. Forest Service… “So, stubborn a a mule is a real thing. You’ve gotta have some buy-in from the mule if you want to getRead More
Health + Beauty
Art of Glass
Wavelength’s Tracey Lynn Claims a Piece of History… The sentinels of stained glass and concrete were Market Street fixtures for close to a half-century, adding a touch of grace toRead More
Arts + Entertainment
A New Melody
Piano Angels Hit the Right Note… Pianos are filled with hammers, strings and pedals, of course, but they’re also composed of music, emotions and memories. Which is why when theyRead More
Recreation + Outdoors
Ropin’ & Ridin’
Thrills and Spills at the Etna Rodeo… Few Scott Valley traditions are as revered as the two rodeos that take place at Etna’s Scott Valley Pleasure Park on the firstRead More
Arts + Entertainment
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star
Ray McDonald: Merle Haggard was a Friend of Mine… Ray McDonald Loved his job. He spun records for Bakersfield radio station KBBY in the wee hours in 1968. Since landingRead More
Recreation + Outdoors
Take Refuge
Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge… Established in 1928 1928 by President Calvin Coolidge “as a preserve and breeding ground for wild birds and animals,” the Tule Lake National Wildlife RefugeRead More
Recreation + Outdoors
Practically Picture Prefect
The California Poppy… Can you name California’s official state mineral? State fossil? How about the state lichen? Hmmm. Not so easy. But odds are you know California’s state flower. CaliforniaRead More
Community, Recreation + Outdoors
All Things Horse Related
Cottonwood Creek Equestrian Center A Northern California’s gathering place for anything horse-related, Cottonwood Creek Equestrian Center prides itself on keeping happy, healthy horses. The full-service equestrian boarding and training centerRead More
Community
My Town – Michele McEntire
Owner, Founder and Operator Elite Barre Fitness Studio my town: making memories My love for Shasta Lake began around 6 months old, when my parents spent weekends and vacations onRead More
Community, Recreation + Outdoors
Garden Party
Dunsmuir Botanical Gardens… In a forested canyon not far from Interstate 5, white dogwoods open their buds, Shasta lilies dot the hillsides and fragrant Western azaleas scent the air, signalingRead More
Food + Dining
Shameless Irish Nachos
St. Patrick’s Day is upon us, and these Irish nachos offer a fun twist for folks who enjoy a traditional nacho plate. You can find them at Shameless O’Leery’s, orRead More
Community
Downtown Details
Downtown Redding is a Main Street America Designated District. Over the past several years, Viva Downtown Redding has operated a program that builds on Downtown assets to encourage investment andRead More
Food + Dining
Life’s a Picnic
Delicious Cold Fried Chicken… We’ve all heard the old saw, “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.” For the glass-half-empty folks, March means windy, unpredictableRead More
Recreation + Outdoors
Seek and Explore Adventure Land
Shasta County’s Great Outdoors With almost 3,800 square miles of an outdoor adventure playground, Shasta County is the fourth-largest county in the California Adventure District, behind Siskiyou (6,200), Lassen (4,500)Read More
Community, Life + Leisure
Patterns of History
Connecting Communities with Barn Quilts… Barn quilts have told stories about rural America for hundreds of years. A type of folk art, farmers once painted these large, quilt-like blocks onRead More
Arts + Entertainment
Non-Finito
Mt. Shasta Shorts with Filmmaker Autie Carlisle… When it comes to “unfinished” art, many people are prone to dismiss it as work that is simply unfinished. But over the lastRead More
Community, Life + Leisure
State of the Art
3D-Printing Technology for Houses Comes to Northern California… A pair of Redding businessmen are adopting state-of-the-art 3D-printing technology to help address the chronic shortage of affordable housing in the NorthRead More
Recreation + Outdoors
Saddle Up
Saddle Time Retreats Cycling Experiences… They say time flies when you’re having fun. This goes doubly true, they say, if they are having fun flying down one of the manyRead More