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In a celebration of Native culture and community, the Redding Rancheria’s seventh annual Big Time featured three-days of traditional dance performances, music, and Indigenous vendors. Eighteen different tribes across California gathered for the celebration.
Chief Brian Barner will finish his 34-year career with the Redding Police Department today. The city has initiated a process to recruit the next police chief, City Manager William Tarbox said, with interviews likely starting in July.
Some in the small Siskiyou community were incensed by recent news of an unnamed company inquiring into the possibility of building a data center near Mount Shasta. Chief Robert Gibson said city staff and officials have been threatened over concerns about the project.
As part of the Lions Dance Across America initiative, Red Bluff’s Historic Chinatown will join Tehama County’s July 4 parade to honor the Chinese American community's history in the county.
An evacuation order has been issued for those in close proximity to a 30-acre vegetation fire off Bear Mountain Road near Ross Pond that started early this morning.
Supervisors will decide whether to implement the new document retention policy tomorrow, June 30. They’re also scheduled to support a bill that would update California public records law in ways that advocates say would reduce public access.
The council is slated to bring together students from every high school in Shasta County to work on shared issues. Leaders Jacob Garcia and Deasle Delello hope to improve online safety, student engagement and opportunities for rural students.
A California appeals court has declined to hear the merits of the case against Measure B, saying the state should refile in another venue. With the midterms only months away, the attorney general’s office said it plans to move quickly.
The state attorney general’s office has given a local community member the green light to sue Jackie LaBarbera over her dual roles on school boards. California said LaBarbera could be breaking state law by holding her two school board seats at once, but a judge will make any final determination.
On June 8, Shasta supervisors voted to move towards passing a local law restricting the county from contracting with nonprofits that spend more than 18% on administrative costs. The county’s elected auditor-controller has pushed back.
