[ApplegateRanch]

If you average Redding & Ontario, you come out about 100 miles south of San Francisco...but the thought is the same.

Just as a bit of background, Redding used to be, as of a decade or so ago, a 'dumping ground' for paroled perverts.

[VOA]

Just as a bit of background, Redding used to be, as of a decade
or so ago, a 'dumping ground' for paroled perverts.

You beat me to it.
I can't remember the name of the show that publicized that...
but I do recall it and promised myself I'd never let my car
break down in Redding...
especially if I was driving my family on a vacation trip.