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One dead amid heavy rains in California as storms threaten flooding over Christmas

More heavy rain brought by atmospheric rivers is expected for California by midweek

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2025

Which parts of the US can expect a white Christmas this year – and which will need to brace for storms, flooding and travel chaos

Deadly flooding is set to continue as record warmth heats up Christmas for millions of Americans

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2025

Under a New Law, California Schools Hope Insurance Changes Lead to More Student Therapy

In areas like California’s rural Shasta County, school campuses may be the most effective places to care for children’s mental health needs, and such care will now be covered by insurance.

Capital & Main · Jan 27, 2025

Redding, California, Uses Public Health Red Tape to Ban Sharing Food with Homeless

Is it good public health policy to deny charity to people experiencing homelessness?

Reason · Jan 14, 2023

In red California, election deniers rant about fraud and promise they won't go away

REDDING, Calif. — A cold rain poured outside as Patty Plumb stood before the Shasta County Board of Supervisors on Election Day and — with a warm smile and a chipper voice — warned that the local voting system is rigged.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 10, 2022

Falkirk to mark pit disaster centenary with 'living history' memorial

Work has already started on an ambitious new memorial to remember victims and families of the Redding Pit Disaster, nearly 100 years on

Daily Record · Sep 20, 2022

Sherri Papini invented a wild kidnapping hoax. The true story is even stranger

Sherri Papini disappeared from her Northern California neighborhood in November 2016, but she made it home in time for Thanksgiving.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 19, 2022

Sherri Papini’s lawyer asks for 1 month in prison, 7 months in home detention in kidnap hoax

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One day after federal prosecutors asked for an eight-month prison sentence for Sherri Papini for her 2016 kidnap hoax, her attorney asked a judge to give the 40-year-old Redding-area woman a one-month sentence in custody with seven more in home detention.

Tribune News Service · Sep 14, 2022

Falkirk community celebrate after winning funding bid for new playpark

Residents of Redding and Westquarter are delighted to hear that the plans are on track for approval soon, after a campaign by local parents.

Daily Record · Jul 29, 2022

Inside the remote California county where the far right took over: ‘Civility went out the window’

In Shasta county the pandemic intensified political divisions, and many officials quit or were pushed out amid bitter tensions

The Guardian - US · Jul 23, 2022