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Open Notebook: Justice for the Dead 

Our Open Notebook series offers readers a behind-the-scenes look at how our journalists work. In this notebook entry, California Local News Fellow Nevin Kallepalli shares why he reports on the dead, as well as the living.
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Todd Jones to leave Redding Chamber for role with Shasta College leading Workplace and Economic Development
Jones has led Redding’s business community as head of the Redding Chamber since 2024. The search for a new chamber director has already begun.
Shasta board punts on planning commissioner change, hears update on H.R. 1 impacts
As part of a busy agenda Tuesday, supervisors deferred a decision about a change in planning commissioners and heard a presentation on how H.R. 1 might impact county finances.
State to invest more than $100 million in improving trucking along 1-5 in Shasta County 
The ambitious ‘Fix 5 Cascade Gateway Project’ will see a series of renovations on the major highway, with the goal of streamlining traffic and preventing collisions for both passenger and commercial drivers.
Proponents have appealed suspension of Measure B, Shasta ROV says ‘they better hurry’
A new voter-approved measure intended to make significant changes to Shasta’s elections is currently suspended, but proponents are hoping to find a workaround before the county’s ballot order for the November election is sent out this Friday.
Newly launched bus line will connect Shasta riders to Sacramento
Gold Runner’s Route 5 will expand local riders’ accessibility to Red Bluff, Orland, Williams, the Sacramento airport and Sacramento itself. From there, a wide variety of travel connections are available.
Shasta elections official’s claims stir agitators, prompt more county pushback
Claims made by Shasta ROV Clint Curtis over recent weeks, including references to “suspect ballots,” have prompted a few local supporters to push for action from both the sheriff and the federal government.