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About 40 people attended a Q&A held yesterday by local Redding organizations. The meet and greet featured officials from the Ironman organization who shared an exciting announcement about the internationally known triathlon event, among other details.
Anyone is welcome to take part in the celebration at Redding’s small Buddhist temple. Festivities will include traditional dance, food and the custom of cheerful water splashing as a form of spiritual cleansing.
The event will be hosted by the Redding Chamber of Commerce, Visit Redding and Choose Redding Lodging. It will be held tomorrow, April 14, at 4 p.m. at Westside Tap & Cork.
The news of one stakeholder’s withdrawal from the Pathways to Leadership project was announced after Anderson Council member Mike Gallagher and other community members expressed concerns about alleged misrepresentations on grant application materials. A second stakeholder has not announced whether the project will move forward.
The church announced last week that it chose Sintra Group Professional Investigations to conduct an investigation into clergy abuse allegations made earlier this year about Armstrong. The firm doesn’t list experience with this type of investigation on its site.
The golf course has been closed the past several months while its owner, The McConnell Foundation, figured out improvements and changes to the site.
A community member has submitted a legal challenge to the state over the dual roles school board member Jackie LaBarbera has held since January 2025. The challenge was submitted not long after LaBarbera was temporarily appointed to a third school board role last week.
The MPV will be used to provide services to people who are unhoused or live in rural areas to help them successfully comply with the terms and conditions of their probation. It’s funded by a more than $280,000 state grant.
The Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency announced the end of Shasta’s measles outbreak yesterday. The outbreak contained nine cases total.
Dr. Kaveh Ofogh, whose company, MEDIKO, will soon replace Wellpath as the medical provider at the Shasta County Jail has vowed to treat Shasta’s incarcerated people as his personal patients.
