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“As members of the county, we should be fearful of a public figure in a position of power succumbing to biased and unconstitutional pressure from others in Shasta County leadership,” Clendenen wrote. “Let’s keep draining our own swamp from corrupt leadership by taking action now.”
Local tribes regularly advocate for environmental protection and restoration. So why are local Native peoples' cultures and religions continually threatened by green projects?
The Pit River Tribe scored a temporary victory when the Shasta County Planning Commissioners voted down the Fountain Wind green energy project on June 22. But ConnectGen’s appeal of that decision, filed June 25, is now pending.
The delay in the release of the autopsy report to the family complicated their legal options, a lawyer for the Adena family, Julia Sherwin, says. Family and friends of John Adena will hold a A Rally for Justice June 29th, at 5 pm at the gazebo in Lake Redding Park.
Discussing Juneteenth, Umoja's Jerry Brown said the day still lacks needed recognition, especially in Shasta County.
Velazquez is developing something unique. “This is not a collective,” he says, “It’s not a group of people, it’s not a club." Instead, he is working to create an accessible community around art, that benefits both artists and the community.
Farm worker families were full of thanks for the provision of goods and services, Casia says, but at the end of the day it was hard to determine who felt more grateful, those giving out supplies or those receiving them.
Today the Shasta County Board of Supervisors officially named June as LGBTQ and Pride month. The adoption of the proclamation is significant in Shasta County, where the journey towards LGBTQ+ inclusion has been slow.
The June protest was only the beginning. Community organizing mushroomed in Shasta County in the months that followed, even though local progressive organizers were met by a related surge in the activity of self-described “militias” and related groups.
Text plaques placed alongside the birds describe striking connections between bird behaviors and COVID-influenced human behavioral changes.
