Michele Chandler

3 days ago | redding.com | Michele Chandler

Free naloxone is available at various locations, including businesses, health clinics and gas stations. While some businesses report positive impacts, others have experienced challenges with the program. During the past year, more than 100 Shasta County businesses have agreed to provide naloxone, a medication used to reverse opioid overdoses.

3 days ago | redding.com | Jessica Skropanic |Michele Chandler

Redding ice cream and frozen yogurt shops are offering new flavors and specials to combat triple-digit heat. As Redding's heat pops, the community's independent ice cream and frozen yogurt shops are jumping into action, with Mother Nature expected to send temperatures soaring as high as 107 degrees. The summer's first triple-digit temperatures drove customers into ice cream parlors and frozen yogurt shops.

1 week ago | redding.com | Michele Chandler

Redding Rancheria was denied a state grant for a proposed $95 million, 30-bed detox facility. The rancheria is considering reapplying for grant funding. The Redding Rancheria did not receive a California grant it hoped would jump start Shasta County's first residential drug and alcohol detox center equipped with medical staff and able to administer medication-assisted therapy to people who are addicted to opioids or alcohol.

2 weeks ago | redding.com | Michele Chandler

The Fogelins plan to open a coffee roasting facility in Old Shasta, expanding their business and offering tours. 'Everyone has their little niche. This is our vibe.'Eric and Jodi Fogelin, owners of the Old Shasta Coffee Co. in Redding, say when customers sip their lattes, they want them to first taste the four shots of expresso coffee that's mixed in — not the milk, flavorings or sugar.

2 weeks ago | redding.com | Michele Chandler

The pilot program aimed to diversify juries by increasing compensation. California's budget shortfall led to the pilot program's cancellation. Reimbursement for being a juror in a Shasta County just soured a bit. Nine months after daily jury reimbursement was boosted to $100 starting on the second day of service, reimbursement sunk back to the longstanding $15 a day because a pilot program that had hoped to attract more people to jury service by increasing their pay was scrapped.