Beginning with California’s annexation from Mexico in 1850, the government engaged in nearly a century of ongoing colonization of Tribal land. Newly-developed curriculum explains how the Maidu and Pit River peoples have been able to reclaim some of that land through years of activism.
Longtime tourism and hospitality expert Jennifer Johnston will be responsible for promoting tourism in Redding, Shasta and the surrounding counties in her new leadership role.
Addressing recent allegedly racially-motivated crimes and incidents, California’s Commission on the State of Hate held a forum with local leadership to discuss the harms of discrimination.
As the county moves forward with preliminary steps toward what could one day be a three-part correctional campus located off Eastside Road in Redding, neighbors voiced their concerns during a tense public meeting. The city hopes to rezone the land, which was recently leased by the county, to allow for a facility to be built.
With congressional district lines redrawn for next year’s mid-term election, Democratic contenders have a likely advantage in the race for Shasta’s representation on Capitol Hill.
An LLC known as Show Faith by Works, under agreement with its “foreign principal” Israel, is aiming to “distribute pro-Israel information” to American Christians. Representatives of both Bethel and Pathway said they were not involved in the decision to include their organizations in a list of potential audiences for the Israeli-funded marketing campaign.
Assembly member James Gallagher visited Shasta County to present his plan for forming a new state. A majority of supervisors got behind it. Their symbolic support could help strengthen a larger movement.
The county has published a survey, asking locals to help strategize on identifying Shasta’s most pressing needs.
Just two days after California voters considered Prop. 50 on Election Day, Assembly member James Gallagher will present a proposal to split the coastal and inland parts of the state to Shasta supervisors.
The proposition will temporarily gerrymander the congressional districts of California and is likely to disempower conservative voters in next year’s midterm election.
