Redding Record Searchlight News

For William Schultz, the result of this summer's fierce wildfires is an ever-growing stack of paper on his desk.

Each two-page packet is a request from a private landowner to cut timber charred by fire.

A Redding couple have sued contractor and City Council candidate Jim McDilda over a home restoration job they say was badly botched.

Firefighters from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection prepare to put out a fire that burned the trailer of a big rig Saturday afternoon on Interstate 5 at Bowman Road in Tehama County. The fire, which broke out about 5:15 p.m., caused all lanes of I-5 to temporarily shut down because of heavy smoke, a California Highway Patrol dispatcher said. The northbound lanes and one southbound lane reopened just before 6 p.m. as firefighters brought the fire under control. The cause of the fire was under investigation.

RED BLUFF - A retired farmer, an escrow officer, a retired maintenance worker, a local event promoter and the incumbent mayor are vying for two available seats on the City Council here.

Saturday's spectators got to see hundreds of motorcycles that were parked outside and inside the Redding Convention Center for Big Bike Weekend 2008 as cars filled every available parking space.

Tight federal and state budgets didn't stop the city of Redding and the Shasta County Public Health Department from receiving close to $1 million in highway funds to encourage children to walk to school.

• Volunteers sought for fire-rehab work • Prescribed burn set for Macdoel area • Watershed group wants candidates • YMCA participates in military program

Here's a list of what's open and closed Monday, Columbus Day.

A nutritional program for young and expectant mothers has moved into its new home in the Tehama County Health Services Agency's newly remodeled west wing.

Each side in the debate over Tehama County's Measure A claims their way would lead to or preserve better representation from the Board of Supervisors.

Note: This is the second of three articles outlining the Red Bluff City Council candidates' solutions to some of the biggest issues facing the city. This week: how the city should plan for anticipated population growth.

After-school activities will be showcased and celebrated Thursday at some 26 elementary and middle schools throughout Tehama County.

Watering ponds that ranchers install for their cattle can also attract birds and other wildlife, which could get trapped and drown, fouling the water.

Educational Outreach Academy, a new charter school affiliated with Red Bluff High School, started Sept. 19.The school is at the end of Red Bud Lane.

The public will have an opportunity to have their say on an environmental impact report for Tehama County's proposed new general plan Thursday morning.

The Lamoine school opened with Miss Sue Pascoe as teacher and 27 pupils enrolled. That was an unusually large number, showing that Lamoine was prosperous in the way of population.

The following petty thefts and vandalism were reported to:

Gamblers Anonymous: 3:30 p.m., Alano Club (upstairs), 1050 State St., Redding, open meeting, GA Hotline 1-866-442-5312.

WASHINGTON - President Bush and the world's financial leaders staged repeated displays of unity Saturday to combat an unfolding credit crisis, hoping to calm investors whose panic has spread despite bold and accelerating government action.

NEW YORK - Trillions in stock market value - gone. Trillions in retirement savings - gone. A huge chunk of the money you paid for your house, the money you're saving for college, the money your boss needs to make payroll - gone, gone, gone.