Jenny O’Connell-Nowain was recently convicted for meeting disruption after a peaceful protest at the county boardroom. Today, a visiting Shasta County judge sentenced her to three months in jail. She's already been released on house arrest, with an ankle monitor.
An annual count of Shasta’s homeless helps ensure funding to support those with shelter needs. Volunteers out in the community today hope to gain insight into how much local responses to homelessness are helping.
The protest was organized by a group called Redding Resistance. Hundreds showed up to hold signs, listen to speeches and sing as they called for an end to ICE action in Minnesota and across the United States. Speakers included conservative candidate for Shasta supervisor, Tim Garman.
Anderson Councilmember Darin Hale has made claims on social media that IASCO Flight Training is a security risk to America due to its training of Chinese students. The school said such unfounded claims, made amid national tension over immigration enforcement, put its students at risk.
A press release from the California Highway Patrol alleges that Michael Kamfort was operating an illegal grow when he was arrested on weapons charges, including manufacturing a “ghost gun,” on Tuesday in Anderson.
Community member Michael Kamfolt is facing charges including alleged illegal possession of a machine gun. Crye released a video yesterday referring to him as a friend and saying he had no prior knowledge of the circumstances related to the arrest.
Board Chair Chris Kelstrom led an unusually collaborative meeting.
The Shasta Beloved Community and community partners are holding a celebration for the holiday at Sequoia Middle School.
Plans for a correctional facility that the county hopes to build on city-owned land have sparked outrage among nearby residents. At a Redding Planning Commission meeting yesterday members of the public, planning commissioners, city staff, and Sheriff Mike Johnson all expressed their frustrations — from different sides of the debate.
Curtis announced on radio station KQMS that he took the exam, also known as a lie detector test, to prove to the public that he didn’t tamper with the last election. Research shows such tests are unreliable.
