The Redding City Council on Tuesday approved a three-year agreement to host an Ironman 70.3 triathlon but deferred the question of how to pay for it, and voted 4-1 to schedule a public hearing on four years of electric rate increases — but not before an extended clash over whether the utility had provided enough financial detail to justify moving forward.

DONNER SUMMIT, Calif. — The freeway at Donner Summit is closed today after high winds created full whiteout conditions and near-zero visibil

REDDING Calif, — The Redding City Council will consider setting a public hearing on four years of electric rate increases, pursue a $25 million federal grant for a major interchange project and award millions in bridge construction contracts when it meets Tuesday evening.

REDDING, Calif. — About 200 people packed a sold-out fundraiser Friday evening for Joanna Francescut, the former assistant registrar of voters who is challenging her former boss, Shasta County Clerk and Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis, in the June 2 primary.

REDDING, Calif. — Former Shasta County Supervisor Tim Garman has withdrawn from the June 2026 District 5 supervisor race, ending a bid to unseat incumbent Chris Kelstrom and capping a political career defined by a dramatic ideological evolution on one of Northern California's most polarized governing bodies.

REDDING, Calif — Shasta County Assessor-Recorder Leslie Morgan filed paperwork Monday morning, Feb. 9, 2026, to seek another term, according to a social media post she wrote.

Shasta County health officials on Thursday added a sixth public exposure site connected to a confirmed measles case, identifying a Redding business owned by a sitting county supervisor as a location where contact tracing is underway, according to a county press release.

REDDING, Calif. — Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency is investigating a confirmed measles case in Shasta County, the agency said in a Friday press release. The patient is in isolation to prevent the spread of the highly contagious disease until the infectious period is over.

California Highway Patrol officers uncovered an underground bunker and a large cache of illegal firearms while investigating an illicit cannabis cultivation operation in Anderson, according to a CHP press release.

Breaking: Man previously photographed with Supervisor Kevin Crye arrested on multiple firearm-related charges; bail set at $50,000

Gov. Gavin Newsom used his 2026 State of the State address to put affordability, led by housing costs, at the center of his final-year agenda, calling it California’s “original sin” and urging more work to lower the cost of construction.

REDDING, Calif. - A community vigil is planned Saturday evening at the Sundial Bridge in Redding to remember Renee Nicole Good.

RED BLUFF, Calif. — Fire crews responded to a report of a residential structure fire on Highway 36 West near Baker Road around 6:46 p.m., based on dispatch radio traffic. Dispatch traffic included a “water tender all call,” signaling additional water resources were requested.