Four out of five supervisors approved giving new Shasta Election official Clint Curtis an additional $134,000 to implement new procedures in the way votes are tallied. Many questions remain about the logistics of Curtis’ plan.
The city’s new regulation empowers elected council members to remove public commenters based on subjective criteria regulating the content of speech, something that a legal expert say curtails the community’s Constitutional rights.
The identity of the decedent has not been announced. His death demonstrates a troubling Shasta Jail mortality rate, much higher than that of other counties with comparable populations.
With the changing season, a highly-valued species of edible mushroom begins to fruit in the forests of Shasta County. Local foragers are invited to search for it — under the supervision of the U.S. Forest Service.
If a hoped-for reentry project comes to fruition, those served will be mostly people convicted in Shasta County and currently incarcerated in state prison. The Amity facility would be a place for them to “come home” to serve the remainder of their sentences before being released.
RPD alleges a motorcyclist fled from a traffic stop, prompting a chase and crash that landed the driver in the hospital. California Penal Code imposes specific guidelines for how police officers should pursue motorcyclists to prevent public safety hazards, injuries and deaths.
A clerical oversight had left Shasta County without the official charter status voters approved in March 2024, until this week. Fixing that mistake was quick, but the issue exploded into the public eye when County Board Chair Kevin Crye indicated blame for the error could lie with a former election official who’s running for office, something her opponent quickly picked up.
The Root Fire is now half contained, burning a swath of hundreds of acres of forested land in the northwest corner of Shasta County.
The city and county finalized a joint lease on a site for a proposed custody facility. It's envisioned as a day center where people convicted of certain nonviolent crimes can do community service and learn trades rather than serving time in jail. Beyond the lease, the project itself is not yet approved or funded.
At this week’s meeting, Council member Darin Hale suggested disbanding the city’s planning commission. Plus, Anderson stands united against a partisan bill intended to provide temporary guardianship for children in the event that they are separated from their parents through deportation, and imposed new penalties for people who feed stray cats, even on private land.
