Last year, the city's consideration of a proposal to buy key riverfront land led to months of community concerns. Many have said the city didn't do well enough at listening to the community. This fall, as the Redding prepares to plan for that same key land, they’re hoping to take a different, more engaged, approach
As residents of the county's A.C.I.D. service area fight to survive the lack of water in their district the county has released updated eligibility guidelines for county administration of state drought relief funds. Residents with a larger range of incomes are now eligible for home water delivery services for up to two years.
This year, after the federal government severely reduced water allocations to the Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation District (A.C.I.D.), the board of A.C.I.D. sold off the rest of the district’s allocated water, saying it would not travel far enough through the system to benefit residents. The board appears to be still holding the $7.5 million in revenue from those water sales. Meanwhile, some residents of A.C.I.D. are struggling to access enough water for their daily living needs. They’re confused, angry, and wondering where to find help to survive.
It’s unclear how long the subvariant has been active in Shasta County because of the county’s limited access to genomic surveillance. Currently, the county’s overall test positivity rate is only about half the statewide average but that could change if the newly-detected BA.5 subvariant begins to spread rapidly.
Three women spoke to Shasta Scout about being hit by pellets during a recent Redding human rights protest, including one woman who was live-streaming the protest when she was hit. We share their stories, what you should know about safety at protests, and how and when to report incidents to the police.
Celebrating American freedom seems “ironic and condescending” in light of recent Supreme Court decisions, one activist said. The protest in support of human rights was organized by a local seventeen-year-old, Kamryn Mabee, and popularized by the newly formed Shasta Abortion Coalition. Attendees included a wide variety of ages and ethnicities and a mix of genders. This is the sixth local protest for reproductive rights in the ten days since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
The contentious nature of the local election did not appear to have any effect on voter turnout, which was almost identical to that in the last primary in 2018. For many races, candidates emerged with clear victories, but the top two candidates for supervisor of both District 1 and District 5 must compete again in the fall.
Community feedback through workshops, a survey, and public comment at city meetings will help the city evaluate how to use Redding-specific recommendations provided by grant-funded national wildfire prevention specialists. New development, building, zoning, and fire codes would emphasize the individual responsibility of community landowners to care for their properties in ways that reduce wildfire risk for the broader community.
A representative of Paradigm Research Clinic said the local for-profit clinical research company conducted COVID vaccine trials for Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson beginning in August 2020. Paradigm is one of hundreds of clinical research organizations across the country that provided medical research in cooperation with the FDA, the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and vaccine manufacturers as part of the “warp speed” rollout of COVID vaccines.
Despite transmission rates that have almost quadrupled over the last month, Shasta County is still considered low-risk according to relatively new metrics, because new cases haven’t yet significantly affected hospitalizations or hospital capacity. High transmission rates are most dangerous to the vulnerable. Here’s what you should know about how you can help reduce risk in Shasta County right now.
