Whiskeytown News

The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Middle Jun. 27--Amid the backdrop of thick haze from scores of Northern California fires, Gov.

Jesse Sykes calls her band the Sweet Hereafter. I think of her music as the sweet here and now.

Red Bluff Bass Angler Bill Waters took third place at the Whiskeytown tournament on Tuesday with his catch. via Red Bluff Daily News

“This is a great way for teenagers to learn about work ethics, and working outdoors in conservation in a National Park setting”

Question: WHISKEYTOWN - Superintendent Jim F. Milestone has announced that Whiskeytown National Recreation Area will be accepting applications for the Summer Youth Job Program. via Red Bluff Daily News

A 7-year-old Rottweiler named Mona is back home seven weeks after she disappeared following a crash on an icy California highway. via The Press-Enterprise

“We've got to change how we attack these issues”

A federal report claiming salmon and steelhead won't be harmed by increasing Delta water exports is faulty and must be rewritten, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. via RecordNET

Church camp dinner set Mt. Lassen Church Camp, Inc. will hold its annual spaghetti feed 5-7 p.m., on Saturday, April 26, at the El Camino United Methodist Church. via Red Bluff Daily News

“We wanted to (clarify) what they are being used for, and what they aren't being used for”

Published 12:00 am PDT Friday, April 4, 2008 Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A4 A Los Angeles County deputy assembles a battery-powered SkySeer spy plane for testing. via Sacramento Bee Newspaper

“They may decide that they don't need a watermaster”

A program designed to fairly distribute water among landowners will be moving from the hands of the state into the hands of landowners, if they want it. via Red Bluff Daily News

“I'm definitely bummed out about it because there are a lot of people that I know at least all my friends that are sports fanatics.”

Sports fans in Redding will have to find another way to get their sports radio fix. via KHSL-TV Chico

Houseboat vacations offer outstanding value any time of year, but they will be extra affordable this spring and summer with the fuel subsidies offered by Seven Crown Resorts at all its locations, in California, ... via Business Wire

“People are still really surprised that this area grows grapes and makes wonderful wine”

In the high plains desert of California's north frontier, blond fields of alfalfa stretch beneath a ragged veil of cloud. via LA Daily News

“The CSU edcuates the State's skilled workforce, graduates the majority of minority students in California and contributes over $7 billion to the State's economy”

Issue date: 3/18/08 Section: News TODAY The Sacramento State campus community gathered at Shasta Hall today to protest budget cuts and show solidarity in the face of a grim fiscal outlook. via State Hornet

Third- and fourth-grade teacher Jennifer Limberg, from Plaza School near Orland, was awarded the Teacher of Excellence for Community Outreach, by the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom. via Chico Enterprise-Record

“This is historic that the administration, all the unions, the students and alumni are coming together to form this alliance”

Published 6:21 am PDT Tuesday, March 18, 2008 California State University, Sacramento, students, faculty, staff and administrators gather on campus today to voice their displeasure with Gov. via Sacramento Bee

A paratrooper from Northern California has died from injuries he suffered during an explosion in Afghanistan. via KGET-TV Bakersfield

Thumbs up to quarters. They help you park. Thumbs down to burritos that fall apart. via The Orion

“If we do wetland restoration, then we potentially cause more methylation of mercury, which is the toxic form of mercury”

Many area residents know that the miners of the Gold Rush unleashed a toxic legacy on the region in the form of millions of pounds of mercury - mercury that has accumulated in soil, plants, fish and birds, many ... via Stockton Record

Shasta College, University of California C.E. and Shasta-Cascade Viticulture Association will hold a Vineyard Establishment and Management workshop from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Shasta College Vineyard. via Red Bluff Daily News

“It's one of our most heavily used trails by visitors and they often report lions are seen crossing the trail a few weeks ago we had a report that three lions crossed the trail, just running across naturally as they should”

Park authorities had to close a popular Whiskeytown trail after a mountain lion chased a man for half a mile over the weekend. via KHSL-TV Chico