California Mom Can’t Set Up War Vet Home

     GUERNEVILLE, Calif. (AP) – The mother of a soldier killed in
Iraq is having a hard time setting up a group home in Sonoma County
wine country for veterans plagued by post-traumatic stress
disorder.
     Nadia McCaffrey is running into stiff resistance from the
neighbors. They object to the brand-new structure itself, which
looks like a four-story apartment house wedged [...]

Betting Pools In The Workplace

Are you or your employees betting on college basketball this week?  You’d better do it away from the workplace.  KPAY’s Matt Ray tells us why….

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Bush Urges Patience With Iraq As War Enters Sixth Year

     PENTAGON (AP) – As the war in Iraq enters its sixth year, President Bush is calling it a noble, just and necessary battle.
     In a speech at the Pentagon this morning, Bush said the troop increase he ordered last year has turned the situation in Iraq around, but speeding the pace of withdrawals could undermine [...]

Anti-War Protesters Demonstrate Across The Country

 
Anti-war protesters wear white masks and placards with the names of Americans and Iraqis killed during the war in Iraq during a demonstration near the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, DC March 19, 2008. (REUTERS/Joshua Roberts)

     WASHINGTON (AP) – Demostrators have targeted federal buildings,
defense contractors, oil industry groups and military bases across
the country today to mark [...]

Local Judge Dead from Apparent Heart Attack

A well-known Butte County judge has died.  Retired judge Darrell Stevens suffered an apparent heart attack Tuesday in Chico.  He spent more than 15 years serving as a local judge and was a driving force behind the local Drug Court program. Stevens was 70 years old.

Council Approves Emergency Money for Chico Shelter

The Chico City Council approved an emergency loan to a local homeless shelter this week.  The Chico Community Shelter Partnership requested 10 thousand dollars for the Torres Shelter following a 30 percent drop in federal grants, which are the shelter’s primary source of funding.  Outgoing Shelter Executive Director Corla Bertrand tells KHSL Action News that [...]

School Lockdown Lifted in Shasta County

Three Shasta County schools briefly locked down Tuesday.  According to the Record-Searchlight, North Cottonwood Middle School, along with East and West Cottonwood elementaries were affected.  The lockdown lasted about 30 minutes… deputies were alerted to a suicidal woman across the street from the middle school.  The woman was taken to a hospital for a mental health evaluation.