Some hotels in downtown Redding are serving as interim housing sites. The council directed staff to enforce against those hotels under existing law prohibiting residential hotel use. The process could displace hundreds.
Newly appointed Mayor Mike Littau presided over a collaborative council discussion on oversight of the city’s budgeting processes — something that’s been a source of tension on the council for months.
The Redding Planning Commission has approved a tentative map for a new subdivision in Quartz Hill. Appeals from a dozen residents have prompted a special meeting.
Beautify Shasta is hosting its largest volunteer cleanup of the year. Everyone’s invited.
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.
With little debate, the council unanimously voted this week to advance the development plan for the Redding riverfront. Once finalized, the document will set the boundaries for how development could occur on prime public land.
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.
The local organization helps victims of domestic and family violence, sexual assault and other types of abuse. The organization says help is still available but crisis intake will shift to the phones instead of being available via walk-in services beginning Nov. 24.
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.
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