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REDDING, Calif. — Shasta County’s "Citizens Election Advisory Commission" is pushing forward a recommendation to county supervisors for hand-counting ballots in future elections, despite it contradicting state law: AB-969.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation into law on Wednesday that will limit the ability of local governments to manually count ballots less than a year after one northern county’s governing board ditched its contract with Dominion Voting Systems and decided to tabulate results by hand. Set to go into effect immediately, the law deals a blow to Shasta County’s conservative-majority Board of Supervisors, which voted 3-2 in January to cancel its contract with Dominion amid a flurry of unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about the company in the wake of the 2020 election, leaving it without a way to conduct elections...

“I’m tellin’ ya straight up, I’m not a fool,” Bielecki said. That’s when he used the n-word to say what else he wasn’t; besides a fool. Some audience members gasped and yelled out in shock and disbelief. “Oh!” .... The tall, affable deputy, who’s stood as silent sentry for probably thousands of hours’ of board meetings, told Jones he would not remove Blayz because he’d done nothing wrong. That deputy deserves accolades for standing up to Jones, for knowing the rules and speaking the truth, even to the board chair who happens to be a literal gun dealer. ...

The County Supervisors in Shasta County, California, voted last night to go with paper ballots in elections going forward. The vote was 3-2. In January the County Supervisors in Shasta County voted to get rid of Dominion voting systems in their elections. This vote sent shockwaves through the state. Last night the citizens in Shasta County supported their Board of Supervisors when the vote to use paper ballots in future elections was on the table.

The Shasta County Registrar of Voters issued a warning Monday of potential voter intimidation ahead of the November election.

In February, an alliance of MAGA activists, secessionists, vaccine resisters and self-described militia members ousted a longtime board member and won a 3-2 majority on Shasta County's all-Republican...main governing body.

REDDING, Calif — Health officials say a rodeo held in Cottonwood on Sunday has jeopardized the county's efforts to reopen restaurants and businesses. The county sent a regional variance request to Governor Gavin Newsom's office on Friday asking to reopen dine-in restaurants, shopping malls, car washes and other facilities. The Cottonwood Rodeo was held on Sunday and violated the state's order banning mass gatherings due to coronavirus concerns. County health officials say they had contacted the organizer in the days before the event and he refused to cancel. KRCR reported on the event Sunday that had roughly 2,000 people in...

A California county is facing a delay in reopening after some 2,000 people attended a rodeo, officials announced.

Water releases from Shasta Lake are at the highest in 20 years as the lake nears full capacity Monday. The lake stood at 96 percent of capacity and 137 percent of the historical average, as of midnight Monday, according to the California Department of Water Resources. Water officials are releasing 70,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) from Shasta Dam as the lake stands just 5 feet from the top of the reservoir, the Shasta County Sheriff's Office said. "This is higher than it should be for this point in time," the sheriff's office said. "The release is necessary for space...

Releases from Shasta Dam at 20-year highWater releases from Shasta Lake are at the highest they've been in 20 years as the lake nears full capacity Monday. The lake stood at 96 percent of capacity and 137 percent of the historical average, as of midnight Monday, according to the California Department of Water Resources. Water officials are releasing 70,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) from Shasta Dam as the lake stands just 5 feet from the top of the reservoir, the Shasta County Sheriff's Office said. "This is higher than it should be for this point in time," the sheriff's...

FT. JONES, Calif. – The ongoing battle between farmers, ranchers and fishing groups for water in the Klamath River Basin is heating up again. On Tuesday, the California Fish and Game Department hosted a workshop in Ft. Jones to identify parties who have a stake in Scott River water issues. It was standing room only at the Ft. Jones Community Hall, as Scott Valley residents lined the walls for a California Fish and Game workshop meeting. That didn’t last long, once farmers and ranchers sounded off against the process. Tom Pease, who is President of Protect Our Water, or POW,...

Mount Shasta Glaciers Defy Global Warming, Grow  John Iander Reporting (CBS13) MOUNT SHASTA The debate over global warming has taken a pretty odd twist in Northern California. Up on Mount Shasta, the glaciers are not behaving like you'd expect. Big mountains often produce their own weather patterns. Mount Shasta, at 14,162 feet seems to have a mind of its own these days. Shasta has seven glaciers. The biggest is the one on the middle, Whitney Glacier. What has surprised scientists about the glacier is that if the theories about global warming are true, the glacier ought to be shrinking,...

Exclusive Interview with Steve Groene, Father of Shasta Groene. http://www.krem.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=www.krem.com/local_news/030106_groeneinterview. Also here is a link to Citizens for one strike law, which also has a poll. http://www.citizensforaonestrikelaw.org/.

Horrible Monster The following is quoted directly from the e-mail I received at about five a.m. today, Thursday, July 14, 2005: After Duncan spent an afternoon and evening raping Dylan and Shasta over and over again(...)he decided to have some fun with the campfire. First, he put Shasta's hand into the fire, so she could feel the pain of fire. Then he put Dylan's hand into the fire so he could feel the pain of fire. Then he put Shasta's hand in the fire again. And then Dylan's. Then he drug Shasta's whole body right through the fire. Then he...

Detective: Young Captive Remembered Every Detail of Attack on Her FamilyBy Nicholas K. Geranios Associated Press Writer Published: Jul 13, 2005 COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - Convicted sex offender Joseph Edward Duncan bragged to his 8-year-old captive during more than six weeks on the run, telling her how he used a shotgun and hammer to kill her family after staking out their home for days, court documents show. Shasta Groene remembered it all and has been providing authorities with details that are building a strong case against Duncan, according to the minutes and a recording of a closed-door probable-cause hearing....

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press Writer 57 minutes ago Convicted sex offender Joseph Edward Duncan bragged to his 8-year-old captive during more than six weeks on the run, telling her how he used a shotgun and hammer to kill her family after staking out their home for days, court documents show. Shasta Groene remembered it all and has been providing authorities with details that are building a strong case against Duncan. Duncan was charged Tuesday with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of first-degree kidnapping in the deaths of Shasta's mother Brenda Groene, 40, her brother Slade,...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - A convicted sex offender, already facing kidnapping charges in the abduction of two Idaho children, will be charged with murder in the slayings of three people found dead at the children's home, a prosecutor said Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT I'm a WomanMan seeking a ManWoman Age: to ZIP: The kidnapping charges against Joseph Edward Duncan III will be handled in federal court because the youngsters were taken across a state line, Kootenai County Prosecutor Bill Douglas said. Federal prosecution will follow the state's case, he said. Duncan, 42, is being held in the abduction of Dylan and Shasta...

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho — The human remains found in Montana last week belong to kidnapped Idaho boy Dylan Groene (search), DNA testing has shown, according to Capt. Ben Wolfinger of the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office. Wolfinger said in an e-mail that the FBI lab in Quantico, Va., had positively identified the remains. "Out of respect for the Groene family and to maintain the integrity of the investigation and prosecution of this matter, there will be no further comment regarding these results," Wolfinger wrote in the e-mail, adding that investigators continue to follow-up on other leads. Convicted sex offender Joseph Edward...

Then, we turn to the mystery in Idaho that has cops searching for a cold-blooded killer. Eight-year-old Shasta Groene, (search) who was kidnapped from the home where her mother and two others were killed, has been released from a hospital and is back at home with her dad. We’ll get an update on her condition from Steve Groene, who is still holding out hope that his missing son, Dylan, will be found alive. And former LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman gives us an inside look at rapist Joseph Duncan's (search) role in the mystery as he unravels this twisted tale. Plus,...

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press Writer. 9 minutes ago Authorities believe the man accused of kidnapping an 8-year-old girl and her brother is also responsible for the May killings of three people at the family home, a sheriff's spokesman said Wednesday. "We believe Joseph Duncan is the only one responsible for these crimes," Kootenai County Sheriff's Capt. Ben Wolfinger told a news conference. Joseph Edward Duncan III was arrested Saturday at a Denny's restaurant with Shasta Groene, the sole survivor of the May 16 attack. He has only been charged with kidnapping in the abduction of Shasta and her...