Jessica Skropanic

5 days ago | redding.com | Jessica Skropanic

Asphalt Cowboy's pancake breakfast attracts as many as 11,000 people during rodeo weekVolunteers serve up to 30,000 pancakes and 10,000 sausages each yearMosey into downtown Redding on Friday morning in your cowboy hat and pearl snapped shirt to dine with 10,000 of your closest North State friends and neighbors. The Asphalt Cowboys’ community pancake breakfast, held annually on Friday morning of Redding Rodeo week, is one of the most popular events on Redding’s calendar.

6 days ago | redding.com | Jessica Skropanic

Redding's Asphalt Cowboys kick off Rodeo week with a staged robbery involving costumed local celebrities. The tradition's exact origins are unclear, but it likely began to encourage rodeo-themed decorations. The public can participate in a contest to guess the identities of the costumed robbers and win cash prizes. Redding Rodeo week just wouldn’t be the same without two local celebrities, disguised head to foot in garish costumes, (mock) robbing a Shasta County business.

1 week ago | redding.com | Jessica Skropanic

These Redding restaurants serve specialty drinks, entrees and desserts on Mother's DayReservations are recommended or required at most Redding restaurants serving Mother's Day brunchRedding restaurants are whipping up special entrees, desserts, bottomless mimosas and original beverages for moms and their families this Mother's Day. Mother's Day is one of the busiest days of the year for restaurants, managers and owners said.

1 week ago | redding.com | Jessica Skropanic

Shasta County high schools celebrate graduations with pomp and circumstance in May and June. Thousands of Shasta County high school seniors — from Redding to Anderson to Cottonwood to Burney — will walk across their alma mater’s stage to receive their diplomas in front of family and friends. Most schools scheduled commencements to honor the class of 2025 on their athletic fields and in gyms, but a couple plan ceremonies at off-campus venues.

1 week ago | redding.com | Jessica Skropanic

A 45-year-old Anderson man is dead and a 41-year-old Palo Cedro woman was seriously injured, after a head-on collision between the Harley Davidson motorcycle on which they were riding and a Honda sedan, according to the California Highway Patrol. The incident started around 2:35 p.m. Monday. Whitmore resident Pamela Sutton, 50, was westbound on Whitmore Road in a black 2004 Civic. She drove at a speed between 55 and 60 mph, CHP spokesperson Jason Morton said in a press release.