Shasta’s Measure B will remain on the ballot
A legal challenge to the ballot measure was dismissed because it did not specifically demonstrate how placing Measure B on the ballot would violate the law — even though implementing it appears illegal.
Opioid settlement funds designated to build 60-bed youth behavioral health facility in Anderson
Local nonprofit Family Dynamics Resource Center asked the county board for a community match in order to receive $25 million dollars in funding from the state. The funds will be used to develop a 60-bed behavioral health campus for youth. Few details on how the program will operate were provided.
Redding airport to conduct Mass-Casualty Incident training event on Friday
The training exercise is intended to ensure airport staff and emergency personnel are trained for a mass-casualty event, like a plane crash. There will be emergency personnel, equipment and smoke in the vicinity of the airport.
Fate of Shasta’s Measure B remains uncertain
A Shasta County Superior Court judge heard arguments today on whether a measure that promises to create specialized local election laws should remain on ballots for June 2. The judge has promised to deliver a ruling later this week.
Shasta County announces new measles case, bringing outbreak total to 10
Like the previous nine cases, the newly-infected patient is a minor. Unlike those cases, this patient was partially vaccinated against measles.
Shasta home care workers file unfair labor practice charge against county
SEIU 2015, the labor union that represents Shasta employees who provide In-Home Supportive Services, said it’s taking legal action against the county after supervisors withdrew a wage increase offer made last year. The union has also declared a labor impasse.
Bethel Church says it’s remaining ‘respectfully quiet’ amid investigation into alleged clergy abuse
In a statement made in late February, Bethel leaders said the church hadn’t yet chosen an investigative team to look into the allegations made against pastor Ben Armstrong, emphasizing that the church would remain “respectfully quiet on this matter until the investigation takes its course.” Online content discussing an “affair” between Armstrong and a former intern has been removed from various platforms.
Shasta County Office of Education trustee Robert Brown resigns
To fill Brown’s vacancy, SCOE is accepting qualified applicants that reside in the area he represented.
New question emerges about Measure B, a local initiative that could change Shasta’s election law
A ballot initiative slated to appear before voters in June continues to face legal pushback. The initiative, if passed by voters, would change Shasta’s election laws in ways that violate current state election law. A recent legal filing alleges that Measure B never received enough signatures to appear on ballots at all.
After branding a man guilty on social media, three RPD officers have been named in $12 million defamation suit
When Phetakhom Tu Manivong was arrested in 2022, Redding Police officers posted on the department’s Facebook page, claiming he had committed a heinous crime. After being found not guilty by a jury of his peers, Manivong has filed a lawsuit against the city alleging that RPD’s false statement followed him for years, ruining his career and his reputation.