Michael Woodward

Three south county agencies benefited Thursday from funds raised by Exchange Club of Redding from Air Show 2009, with nearly $60,000 going to 48 local groups at an awards luncheon at Win-River Casino. Redding City Manager Kurt Starman handed out ...

The Anderson City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to extend the city's moratorium on medical marijuana collectives for four more months, until April 4, 2010. The extra four months will allow the city planning commission to provide recommendations on classifying ...

About 300 members of United Bikers of Northern California rolled into the Anderson River Park for Sunday's Toy Run delivering toys to fill a Salvation Army truck. The toys will benefit children signed up for Salvation Army's Christmas effort this ...

After not returning to work after lunch on Thursday, a missing man identified by his supervisor as James Eaton Latini, 22, of Anderson, was found alongside the wreckage of an overturned truck down a 30-foot embankment off Olinda Road Friday ...

After Ronald Richard Holub, 53, of Anderson, allegedly made threats to kill an employee of the Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation District at 2810 Silver St., he drove away led Anderson Police on a slow pursuit north on Silver Street before finally ...

In the race for five seats on the Anderson Fire Protection District board, Don Matheson broke away from the pack with an early lead when vote-by-mail ballots were initially registered. By the end of the night, Matheson and fire board ...

A large storage unit at a construction site near Volonte Park in Anderson was burglarized early Wednesday morning, Oct. 28, resulting in the alleged theft of $10,000-worth of equipment from United Building Contractors, according to foreman Jason Jackson.

Making her way around her Anderson home with the aid of a walker, Suzan Saladak Scranton, 75, moves slowly, trailing a long tube that feeds oxygen to her lungs. She requires breathing support at all times so the life-giving air ...

PreEmploy.com employees held a costume contest, trick-or-treating for preschoolers and a pumpkin contest on Friday to celebrate Halloween.

A proposed 92-acre commercial development at the northeast corner of Interstate 5 and Knighton Road now has a completed Draft Environment Impact Report to its name, Shasta County announced.

Volunteers from North Valley Veterans Stand Down were scrambling Friday to find replacements for $26,000 worth of blankets, cots, tents and coats intended for homeless veterans. The items had reportedly been stolen from a locked storage unit just prior to ...

Rite Aid is scheduled to open at its new Anderson location on McMurry Drive at 8 a.m. Oct. 8, according to store manager Theresa Collins. A ribbon cutting at 9 a.m. will be followed with a performance by the Anderson ...

A slowing national economy has greeted the City of Anderson after years of economic growth, but "despite the economic challenges, your city has pressed onward, funded projects that stimulate the local economy, and taken advantage of opportunities to plan for ...

An emergency ordinance for a 45-day moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries was snuffed-out by Supervisors Leonard Moty and David Kehoe, and the motion was withdrawn by Supervisor of District 5 Les Baugh at their meeting on Tuesday. Baugh's motion for ...

Anderson Street Fair photo gallery

Hot Rods and Hogs photo gallery

A coworker spotted a furry white leg and tail with brown rings dangling under the engine compartment of Robin Fleming's vehicle parked at Kregg Spafford's State Farm Insurance Company at about 2 p.m. Friday. Fleming said she recognized the cat ...

A house on Brigman Street was burglarized early Tuesday at 12:41 a.m. By chance, a PG&E worker spotted the stolen property near Beacon Street. With the stolen items reported, Anderson police confiscated the items for safe keeping, which included a ...

The investigative report of previous Anderson Fire Protection District fire chief Joe Piccinini was requested Aug. 11 by the Shasta County Grand Jury, board chairman Keith Webster said at a district meeting Tuesday. The board consented to pass the request ...

An emergency moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries will be considered by the Shasta County Board of Supervisors at their Tuesday Sept. 15 meeting, Les Baugh said Thursday. The county received numerous calls to open more dispensaries, Baugh added. "We find ...

A vegetation fire at 5 acres and a moderate rate of spread was reported by CalFire at Lloyd Lane off Happy Valley Road on Wednesday at 4:23 p.m. Structures were initially threatened, but firemen on scene indicated the structures were ...

Zucchini Festival drew many families to the Anderson River Park Saturday, where organizers prepared an old-fashioned fair atmosphere. There were many simple, free activities for children and several games. The fair featured a zucchini toss, a zucchini peeling competition, blueberry ...

While the question of who would be the next fire chief at the Anderson Fire Protection District was not made clearer at Monday's special meeting, the district board did offer the job of acting fire chief to Fire Marshal/Battalion Chief ...

Barbara Preston awoke early Friday morning to find two alleged burglars in her apartment on Red Bud Lane in Anderson, whereupon she called police at 1:49 a.m., according to the Anderson Police Department.

Photo gallery: Caravanserai caps off Mosquito Serenade schedule at river park

Three Anderson residents, Eric Jason Tackett, 38, Edward Otis Tackett, 41, and Mark Randall Smith, 46, were arrested by APD Aug. 6 for the alleged theft of metal brackets from a bleacher refurbishing project at the football stadium at Anderson ...

Two Anderson firefighters will have the first shot as Anderson Fire Protection District's next fire chief, the district board ruled at a regular meeting Tuesday. Acting Fire Chief Andy Nichols and Battalion Chief/Fire Marshall Howard Fincher would interview with the ...

An unidentified Cottonwood man in a motorized wheelchair was struck by a large pickup driven by Andy Alcala of Cottonwood shortly before noon on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the northbound Interstate 5 off-ramp intersecting Gas Point Road. After driving north ...

What got started as a family picnic has grown into an annual fundraiser and bocce ball tournament in the Anderson River Park. Hosted by the Sons of Italy's Shasta Lodge, Paesano Days has become a 25 year tradition that was ...

With the legality of the night's closed session meeting questioned, the Anderson Fire Protection District board voted unanimously to cancel its meeting Tuesday night rather than face a promised complaint. The board also decided to consider a procedure for hiring ...

The Anderson Fire Protection District may have scheduled a closed-session board meeting for Tuesday that violates the state’s open meeting laws, according to legal counsel for the California Newspaper Publishers Association (CNPA) and California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC).

Interstate 5 reopened after a multiple-vehicle collision effectively shut down northbound traffic in the area of the Knighton Road interchange, according to law enforcement scanner reports at 10:20 a.m. Early reports indicated 8 minor injuries and one person listed in ...

Sierra Pacific Industries made headway in the planning stages for a wood-burning co-generation power plant at SPI’s 121.39-acre campus off Highway 273 north of Anderson. The power plant would provide 21 mega-Watts of power, of which about 17 mW could ...

Criminal charges would not be filed on Lennart Schauman, 30, who punched Adam Martinez, 31, in Club Ice in Redding April 25, on the grounds that Schauman acted in defense of his girlfriend Kathy Willoughby, Shasta County District Attorney Gerald ...

Although no one from newly-formed Anderson citizens group, Concerned Citizens for a Fair Local Government, addressed the Anderson Fire Protection District board at the July 7 meeting, Fire Chief Joe Piccinini’s resignation on that date has not ended the group’s ...

Joe Piccinini resigned from the position of fire chief of the Anderson Fire Protection District, the district board announced at a board meeting July 7. The resignation, dated July 1, marked the end of Piccinini's tenure as fire chief at ...

A barn and outbuildings on a ranch owned by Dean and Mary Jessen Hammond were destroyed at about 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 13. The fire was contained by large group of firefighters led by Shasta County/CalFire. The house did not ...

The July 8 meeting between Shasta County Supervisors and Transmission Agency of Northern California (TANC) was cancelled by TANC officials last week. The meeting was billed to provide a question and answer session about the TANC Transmission Project (TTP).

The Anderson Fire Protection District board returned from a 40-minute closed session meeting July 2 with chairman Keith Webster's announcement that the district "has given legal council direction."

Marigold Antique and Collectibles Mall keeps growing. The Anderson antique mall annexed an adjacent storefront at the Gateway Center in October 2008 when the Mercado Latino moved out, then another opportunity for growth presented itself in June 2009.

The Anderson Fire Protection District board continued determining the discipline, dismissal or release of fire chief Joe Piccinini at a special board meeting Tuesday, June 30. The board remained in closed session for about 40 minutes before board chairman Keith ...

The body of 77-year-old Anderson resident Richard John Vargo and his motorized scooter were found at the bottom of a cliff overlooking the Sacramento River on Claude Lane in Anderson at 4 p.m. Monday, June 30.

Anderson residents will have to wait to find out the fate of their fire chief. Members of the Anderson Fire Protection District board came out of closed session Thursday night and cryptically announced that they "gave our attorney direction."

Cottonwood citizens are holding a meeting at 6 p.m. tonight at North Cottonwood Elementary, 19920 Gas Point Rd., to further inform area landowners about the transmission line project planned to go through the Cottonwood area.

The Junior Livestock Show and Sale on Saturday, June 20, brought optimistic youths, their animals and supportive bidders together in the sales arena for another successful sale.

Information regarding the Anderson Fire Protection District’s current investigation was allegedly leaked from a district board’s closed-session meeting to staff members and fire fighting personnel, according to an undisclosed source of Debe Hopkins and confirmed by an additional undisclosed source ...

Anderson Fire Protection District remained in session for over three hours through 10 p.m. hearing an oral report in closed session from Neil Purcell, the district-appointed investigator who delved into complaints against the management of the district for which Fire ...

About 2,500 people attended the opening of the Mosquito Serenade at the Anderson River Park on June 10 despite a light rain. While some came to the amphitheater for their first time, others were impressed by the $200,000 in improvements ...

West Valley High School saw 193 outgoing seniors celebrate the end of their high school curriculum in a light rain on West Valley’s football field June 5. Parents and seniors alike were opening umbrellas to keep the drizzle at bay. ...

A small brown butterfly spent Saturday morning harassing other males entering its meadow at the Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve. "It's protecting its territory," butterfly expert and naturalist Chris Gray said, deferring to the title of amateur lepidopterist. The butterfly, a Buckeye ...