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Shasta supervisors consider $100K proposal to persuade Avelo Airlines to stay in Redding
The Shasta County Board of Supervisors could make a $100,000 pitch to keep Avelo Airlines in Redding. The low-cost air carrier announced last month that it would stop flights in the North State after learning the company that provides ground service operations for Avelo at Redding Regional Airport was pulling out.
Purr-fect time to adopt! Haven's Empty the Shelter event waives fees
REDDING, Calif. — If you’re looking for a new furry friend, right now is the time to go down to the Haven Humane Society for their paw-some event. From now until July 31, the Haven Humane Society in Redding is hosting an “Empty the Shelter” event where all adoption fees are waived. Normally these fees can be as much as $135 for a young animal or zero for an elderly animal. The shelter takes care of microchips, spaying or neutering, and all vaccines they are eligible for.
Concerns linger despite state moratorium on insurance non-renewals in Oroville
OROVILLE, Calif. — About 46,000 policyholders impacted by the Thompson Fire in Butte County won't have to worry about losing their home insurance policies for now, under a directive from the state Insurance Commissioner. The Department of Insurance issued a one-year moratorium on non-renewals or cancellations regardless of loss....
BART experiences major delays Wednesday morning
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — BART service is recovering after problems earlier Wednesday morning, according to Bay Area Rapid Transit. BART service between Dublin/Pleasanton and West Dublin/Pleasanton was briefly halted due to police activity. Wheels provided bus service between the stations with bus 30 running every 15 minutes. Service between the stations has since resumed. Earlier […]
Renewed push to exonerate Black sailors jailed in Port Chicago explosion
On July 17, 1944, at 10:19 PM, a massive explosion rocked the Bay Area. The blast occurred at the Naval Munitions Depot in the East Bay, near a little town called Port Chicago. And on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the explosion, there are renewed calls from the loved ones, friends, and contemporaries of the Black sailors stationed there to rectify a terrible wrong and to recognize their heroism and courage. The explosion killed 320 men, most of them were African American sailors. Hundreds more were injured. The aftermath of the tragedy turned into a defining moment for the...
Well-known Healdsburg restaurant owner ordered to pay over $82,000 following federal labor investigation
Prominent Sonoma County restaurant owner and chef Octavio Diaz has been ordered to pay $82,666 in back wages plus damages and penalties following a federal labor investigation into his Agave Mexican Restaurant in Healdsburg. According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Labor, the restaurant denied three employees more than $35,000 in overtime wages. The division recovered $35,727 in ...
La Colectiva serves up Latin American fare at Ava’s Market in Mountain View
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Three years ago, Cindy Valderrama and her husband Roberto launched a Venezuelan catering company based out of Mountain View. Since then, the couple has traveled up and down the Peninsula selling traditional Venezuelan foods at farmers markets, but they’ve never had the opportunity to serve customers in Mountain View until now.
Exclusive: Santa Clara Co. Office of Education under investigation over misuse of Head Start funds
At 8:50 a.m. on Monday, a half dozen Office of Head Start (OHS) officials arrived at the Santa Clara County Office of Education on Ridder Park Drive in San Jose, Calif. to continue their review of the county office. OHS is an office of the Administration for Children and Families....
Bay Area man convicted in killing of Italian police officer gets house arrest after appeal
One of the two Americans convicted in the 2019 stabbing death of an Italian plainclothes police officer has been granted house arrest after an appeals court significantly reduced his original life sentence.Gabriel Natale-Hjorth can serve his 11-year, four-month sentence at the home of a grandparent in the seaside town of Fregene, west of Rome, state-run RAI and LaPresse news agencies reported, citing a court decision Monday.Natale-Hjorth and Finnegan Lee Elder, both from California, had been found guilty in the July 2019 killing of Carabinieri Vice Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega in a botched sting operation after a Rome drug deal went...
Not A Single Witness Saw Student Vanish On Busy CA Bridge in 2020
California's Bay Area attracts a large number of graduating high school students from across the country due to its close proximity to Silicon Valley and colleges like Stanford and UC Berkeley. One young woman who moved out west to pursue her education in 2019 wound up being the focus of one of the bay's most bizarre and unexplained disappearances.
Initial Report Released for Covelo Plane Crash Last October
The NTSB has released its initial report on a plane crash that killed two people near Covelo last October. Investigators say the pilot turned too far, causing the small plane to go down. The crash happened just seconds after the plane took off from Round Valley Airport. The plane crashed through about 50 feet of treetops and branches, then hit the ground and burst into flames. A 54-year-old man and a 51-year-old woman were killed.
16-year-old killed in Richmond crash involving suspected drunk driver
A Richmond teenager was killed Sunday night in a crash involving a suspected drunk driver, according to police. The teen, identified by the coroner's office as 16-year-old Ricardo Funes, was driving in the area of Ohio Avenue and South 20th Street when they were hit by another driver suspected of being impaired, police said.
After being nursed back to health, baby giraffe reunited with her mother at Safari West
A giraffe calf at Safari West in Santa Rosa who had been cared for by park staff since a feared infection at birth two weeks ago was reintroduced to her mother over the weekend. After noticing her temperature was low, keepers decided to separate the calf from her mother, Malaika. They gave her an IV through her neck to administer antibiotics and fluids to help get her healthy. A few days later ...
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