Beer Can Chicken… I love June. The days stretch long and golden, and the scent of cut grass and sunscreen lingers in the air. School is out, and the first …
Ironed Out
Global Athletes Head to Redding for IRONMAN… No one yet knows who will cross the finish line first in August’s IRONMAN 70.3 Northern California triathlon. But one thing is certain—Redding …
Start Game
Where Nostalgia Meets Play at Bonus Round… Step through the doors of Bonus Round Arcade Bar in Downtown Redding, and it doesn’t take long to feel it: The hum of …
Setting the Tempo
Cleveland Bonéy Builds Local Jazz Community… Redding’s cultural life is expanding in quiet, deliberate ways. New experiences are taking shape through consistent effort—artists, organizers and educators creating space for something …
Just Add Water
Local Owners Revive Aqua Golf in Redding… Knocking golf balls into the Sacramento River is such an only-in-Redding experience that the prospect of losing it prompted two sets of brothers …
Tea Party Revival
Barb Sumerlin Delivers British Tea Parties Locally… Redding local Barb Sumerlin is bringing British culinary elegance to Northern California with her mobile Afternoon Tea business. It all started when Sumerlin …
With Eyes of Wonder
Laws and Wade Connect Students with Nature… John Muir Laws (aka Jack) has been studying the natural world in the Sierra Nevada for decades, authoring books including “How to Teach …
The Lodge on Butte
Historic Odd Fellows Hall Still Anchors Downtown… On a Lake Shasta Caverns tour early last summer, a light shines on a ladder going down into a dark hole. “That was …
Redding, Reframed
Danny Orloff Helps Redefine Redding’s Story… Redding feels different lately. Not louder or flashier, just more certain of itself. That certainty didn’t appear by accident. It reflects an intentional effort to …
When Sparks Fly
Trent Menard Turns Scrap into Craft… Trent Menard will be the first to tell you he had no plan. Growing up in Redding, the kid who would one day craft …