Mike Lindell backs rightwing California county as it ditches voting machines Shasta county officials have ended their contract with Dominion Voting Systems, leaving them with no replacement The Guardian - US · Mar 4, 2023
‘A madness has taken hold’ ahead of US midterms: local election officials fear for safety In two rural California counties, voters are showing increasing hostility and aggression toward election workers The Guardian - US · Oct 27, 2022
A California girl wanted to keep her baby goat alive. Her county fair killed it anyway Last April, Jessica Long’s family bought a 4-month-old goat and took it to their Shasta County, California, home, where Long’s young daughter named it Cedar, feeding and caring for it and bonding with it as she “would have bonded with a puppy.” Tribune News Service · Sep 7, 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
California county on track to be run by militia-aligned group Shasta county’s recall efforts highlight how distrust in the government has led to increasing extremism in local politics The Guardian - US · Feb 3, 2022