Fire – Shasta Scout
WEB36 minutes ago · After the Carr Fire ravaged Shasta County, Elena Nim dove headlong into investigating the cause of catastrophic wildfires, learning how they are inextricably tied to the forced removal and genocide of local Indigenous peoples, whose traditional practices had long maintained the health of forests. California’s wildfire crisis can’t be solved ...
Zeke Lunder Explains the Shoe Fire – Shasta Scout
WEB19 hours ago · A screenshot from The Lookout’s Shoe Fire overview, showing the Shoe Fire, in red, against a backdrop of checkerboard land ownership.. The Shoe Fire started on October 9 and has burned almost 1,400 acres in a remote part of Shasta County. Little public information has been released about the Shoe Fire since it began.
Home – Shasta Scout
WEBBy Annelise Pierce. . News. . October 9, 2024. Ronnean Lund, Chair of the Shasta County Elections Commission, told the public last month she’d heard that civil unrest will occur if supervisors don’t implement one-day voting. This week, she clarified for Shasta Scout that the concerns she’s heard have not included threats of violence.
Shoe Fire Now Mapped at Over 1,300 Acres – Shasta Scout
WEB1 day ago · See resources below for latest updates. Shasta Trinity National Forest staff say the Shoe Fire burning in the the Sulanharas Creek drainage near the Madrone Campground, has reached 400 acres. The fire began at 1:18 pm on Wednesday, October 9 and is burning north. There are active evacuations in the …
"To Prevent Civil Unrest": Shasta County Elections Commission …
WEB1 day ago · Elections activist Laura Hobbs speaks to the Commission on August 12. Photo by Annelise Pierce. A draft recommendation reviewed by the Shasta County Elections Commission on September 9 ended on an ominous note: a vague threat of civil unrest. The document, which was brought forward by Commissioners Ronnean Lund and Patty Plumb, suggested that the Board should implement one-day voting ...
News - Shasta Scout
WEB4 days ago · A brief roundup of news from the week of September 16, 2024. In August, Anderson Union High School District Sued the State over California’s SAFETY Act. Here’s What You Need to Know. AUHSD’s legal action seeks to defend a new school District policy that requires staff to inform parents when children request to change their names and ...
We The Homeless – Shasta Scout
WEB44 minutes ago · Hailed by local musicians as a “genius,” Alissa Johnson is an accomplished cellist and an activist for the human rights of autistic people. She is also homeless. In this piece she argues that her dual experiences as an autistic, and being without shelter, have repeatedly exposed her to interwoven stigma. Supportive systems are …
State Agency Warns Shasta County Over Failure To Distribute …
WEBJan 17, 2024 · Now the California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH) has issued a strongly-worded letter to Shasta County’s Health and Human Services Agency, saying the county’s delay in distributing the funds to other NorCal CoC partners “is no longer acceptable.”. The NorCal CoC is a consortium of …
Opinion – Shasta Scout
WEBAug 26, 2024 · We always clearly label Opinion Columns to ensure they won’t be mistaken for news. Our Op-Ed writers apply their professional expertise to our community’s unique challenges to promote innovative thought and encourage healthy discourse.
Shasta County’s Disease Detectives And the Fight Against COVID-19
WEBOver the early months of 2022, Shasta County’s COVID-19 positivity rate soared as the Omicron variant spread. For county epidemiologists it was yet another leg of what has been a multi-year sprint to keep up with an unpredictable and deadly virus. Shasta Scout went inside Public Health to learn more about the disease detectives whose quiet diligence is slowing COVID’s spread.