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Shasta Supervisors will send offer to Avelo in effort to keep Redding flights to Burbank
Editor's note: This story has been updated with comments from Redding Assistant City Manager Steve Bade. The Shasta County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously voted to send a letter to Avelo Airlines that offers the carrier up to $100,000 to help defray its costs at Redding Regional Airport. The letter, addressed to Avelo...
Murder, torture, arson alleged as Redding trial over killing of Jimmy Schwerdt begins
Jurors got their first glimpse Tuesday into the evidence against the man accused of killing a member of a well-known Redding family heavily involved in Enterprise High School athletics and academics. The trial of Steven Schlapia got underway Tuesday in Shasta County Superior Court and in her opening remarks, Senior...
Elon Musk announces X, SpaceX headquarters relocating to Texas
Tech mogul Elon Musk announced Tuesday afternoon that he would be moving the headquarters of both his social media company X and SpaceX to Texas in response to a new California law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.Musk made the announcement in a pair of posts to the social media platform formerly known as Twitter at around 12:13 p.m. and 12:30 p.m., saying that SpaceX would be moving its headquarters from Hawthorne to Starbase, Texas, while X would relocate its headquarters from San Francisco to the tech hub of Austin."Have had enough of dodging gangs of violent drug addicts just to...
Statement released on managing invasive barred owls to protect at-risk spotted owls
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is announcing its final environmental impact statement analyzing proposed barred owl management alternatives to protect northern and California spotted owls in Washington, Oregon and California from invasive barred owls. The Service’s preferred alternative is the implementation of a proposed Barred Owl Management Strategy, which would result in the annual removal of less than one-half of 1% of the current North American barred owl population. Northern spotted owl populations are rapidly declining due to competition with invasive barred owls and...
Lake Shasta reservoir is managing well, despite extreme heat and increased evaporation
Over 3 billion gallons of water has evaporated from Lake Shasta this month, when temperatures soared to nearly 120 degrees in Redding. That’s an evaporation increase of around 10% above average, according to the Bureau of Reclamation. But, Reclamation Area Manager Don Bader said despite the hot weather increasing...
California needs a million EV charging stations — but that’s ‘unlikely’ and ‘unrealistic’
Public chargers must be built at an unprecedented pace to meet the target in less than 7 years, and then doubled to 2 million in 2035. The high cost — $120,000 or more for one fast charger— is just one obstacle.
Thousands of pounds of illegal cannabis seized from Antelope Valley
California law enforcement agencies have seized thousands of pounds of illegal cannabis near two state parks, including Saddleback Butte State Park in Antelope Valley, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday. The law enforcement operations resulted in the seizure of over 5,200 illegal cannabis plants as well as 14 illegal firearms in...
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