Born and raised in Marysville, Ronnye Garcia graduated from Wheatland High School in 1981.
After high school, he went to Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, on a rodeo scholarship.
He spent 18 months in school studying agricultural business and competing on the school’s rodeo team in the bulldogging and team roping events. Full story »

Katie Olhiser moved to Shasta County in 1976 with her family. She has worked over the years as a rodeo secretary for many organizations including the PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association), the NFR (National Finals Rodeo) and the past six years for the CCPRA, (California Cowboys Professional Rodeo Association), located here in Cottonwood. Full story »

Posters with drawings of how the lips and mouth should look when certain word sounds are spoken are placed around the room of the Learning Center at Anderson Heights Elementary School. Full story »

Jack Fife, 43, of Happy Valley, moved to Shasta County in 1971 with his family. Fife is a 1982 graduate of Shasta High School in Redding. Full story »

Ryan Johnson, 27 of Happy Valley, moved back to Shasta County three months ago from Santa Cruz for a job as a butcher at Country Market in Happy Valley. Full story »

Almond is a secretary at New Technology High School in Anderson. In addition to her secretarial responsibilities, she plays the role of being mom or counselor to many students. Full story »

Staci Gaylor was born and raised in Shasta County and has spent her entire life around cattle ranching. Gaylor participated in FFA (Future Farmers of America) at Anderson High School with her first steer winning Grand Champion at the Shasta District Fair and her second steer, Reserve Grand Champion. Full story »

Sharon Lonie of Happy Valley, moved to Shasta County sixteen years ago from Canada to help her husband David run their printing shop. The Lonie’s have owned North Cal Printing for 17 years.
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Noah Prado was born in Redding in 1982 and has been a mainstay in the South County ever since. Full story »

Caleb Byrne moved to Shasta County with his family three years ago from Fullerton, California. Full story »

Barbara Jean Karlgaard-Shaw was born in Rice Lake, Wis., on May 11, 1953 and lived in its snowy, icy weather for several years. Full story »

Rebecca Ransom grew up in Cottonwood with six siblings where her parents gave each child a musical instrument. Her instrument was the violin which she began playing when she was five years old. Full story »

Rafaela Boldt was raised in Siegburg, Germany by her parents Guenter and Brigitte, along with her older brother Daniel. Full story »