Yankee Hill
Yankee Hill, CA · Municipal
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This Affordable California Town Is So Charming It’s Hard To Believe More People Don’t Know About It
The tap water in one tiny mountain town carries its own official bragging rights. Locals call their hometown the Home of the Best Water on Earth, and they mean it. That water starts as snowmelt on a famous volcano. It filters through layers of lava rock before it ever reaches a kitchen sink. I appreciate a town that turns its plumbing into a point of pride.
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Homeowners battle Redding over flood ditch costs
Residents of a Redding neighborhood want the city to include in its winter storm preparations the cost of clearing and maintaining the Henderson Ditch, while city officials maintain the drainage is on private property and is the landowners' responsibility. The disagreement comes after heavy storms caused the drainage ditch to overflow last December . The sand, trash and debris-filled ditch — which empties into the Sacramento River near the Nur Pon Open Space — caused an estimated $700,000 in damages to seven homes in the Rother Riverside neighborhood, including her own, said resident Cathy Borgel. The neighborhood flanks Henderson Road west of Bechelli Lane, east of the Sacramento River. While the city required the ditch to be cleared out as a public safety measure, it’s not willing to foot the estimated $2,000 cleaning bill. Nor is it willing to take on the annual cost of maintaining it, the public works department said in a letter received by Borgel on Monday, Oct. 26. People whose property includes parts of the Henderson Ditch will have to pay for annual cleanup and maintenance, the city said in the letter. “I am fuming,” Borgel told the Record Searchlight on Monday. “Everyone has looked at
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Construction begins in Red Bluff to prevent flooding, protect young salmon and steelhead
RED BLUFF, Calif. — Construction is underway in Red Bluff on a project designed to protect young salmon and steelhead in the Sacramento River by preventing them from getting trapped when seasonal floodwaters recede. The work is taking place behind the Red Bluff Elks Lodge, an area that used...
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California crews practice barrier making to prevent flood disasters
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Redding City Council candidate Rebecca Anne Miller discusses homelessness and health care
SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — Redding City Council candidate Rebecca Anne Miller might be new to politics, but she's clear about her priorities as she sits down for an interview with the Northstate's News. Miller, who moved to Redding about three years ago after growing up in the Santa Cruz...
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Redding's new grass rule could cost property owners big
Redding's City Council voted 4-to-1 to update city code in compliance with a state law that restricts the use of drinking water to irrigate ornamental grass at certain businesses, institutions, and homeowners associations. Local leaders say the requirement could put an unnecessary financial burden on property owners, even as the city says it will focus on education and assistance as the new rules take effect.
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Traffic signal project to affect Buenaventura Boulevard through November
REDDING, Calif. — Drivers traveling through the intersection of Buenaventura Boulevard and Lakeside Drive could encounter intermittent traffic control beginning Nov. 2. The traffic control will continue through Nov. 30 as crews work on the Buenaventura at Lakeside Signal Project at 1390 Buenaventura Boulevard. Work is scheduled from 7...
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Redding built a 217-foot sundial you can walk across, and it only tells time four hours a day
Santiago Calatrava's Sundial Bridge throws a working shadow across a Redding garden, but only from about 11 to 3, and not at all in winter. Here's the story behind it, plus why after dark is the best time to go. The post Redding built a 217-foot sundial you can walk across, and it only tells time four hours a day appeared first on California is for Adventure .
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Redding's Canyon Road faces delays near Highway 273 bridge work
REDDING, Calif. - Drivers should expect traffic delays on Canyon Road near Highway 273 as crews prepare for a bridge widening project. Flaggers will control traffic from Oct. 29 through Nov. 3, according to the City of Redding Engineering Division. The work is part of the Canyon Road over Anderson-Cottonwood...