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Santa Clara woman dies after being hit by rock on Mt. Shasta

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A Santa Clara woman died Sunday after a tumbling rock hit her in the torso while she was climbing Mt. Shasta

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Drunken driving up over holiday weekend

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Drunken driving was up this weekend over last year, law enforcement officials said today.

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Grass fire reported on Millville Plains Road

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California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection engines are going to a small grass fire on Millville Plains Road at Sprig Way.

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High near 100 expected again today

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Get used to these three words: sunny and hot. That’s what the weather has been, and that’s where they will be again this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

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Sharon Randall: Of dogs and fog and coming home

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For an hour, I’ve been sitting at the window in my daughter’s kitchen watching a monstrous mass of water vapor swallow up Monterey Bay.

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Editorial: Schools in budget distress? Amazingly, most are managing

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The news is mostly bad when it comes to California schools and the money to run them, and it was no exception last week when the state Department of Education reported that seven of Shasta County’s 25 school districts are facing financial troubles severe enough that they might have trouble paying their bills within the next three years.

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Tom Elias: Will UC regents fire a warning shot?

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It’s almost as if the Board of Regents that runs the University of California can’t wait to fire a warning shot across the figurative bow of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the state Legislature and the candidates now running for those positions.

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Letters to the Editor: July 6, 2010

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Letters to the Editor: July 6, 2010

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Surgeon goes after insurance after assistant drops claim he threw bloody drill

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A physician’s assistant who sued, alleging a Redding surgeon angrily threw a drill at him in surgery, dropped his lawsuit after the doctor countersued, alleging slander.

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Gary Cadd, ’08 hopeful, to run again for Redding council

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Longtime Redding conservative local political activist Gary Cadd announced he’ll make a second bid this fall for one of three open City Council seats.

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