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Events from November 7 – November 29 – Shasta Scout
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As Observers Scrutinize, Shasta County Elections Official Defends Staff. Annelise Pierce News November 4, 2024. Registrar of Voters Tom Toller reassured the public that his team will facilitate a free and fair election – despite unexpected obstacles. Both elected officials and members of the public have taken the initiative to observe the ...
We The Homeless – Shasta Scout
6 days 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 needed, she ...
“We Don’t Count As Community To Them”: Unhoused ... - Shasta …
5 days ago · Shasta Scout Community Voices writer Alissa Johnson, a member of the local unhoused community, greets a dog in one of Redding’s camps. After Alissa Johnson wrote about her lived experiences as a member of Shasta County’s unhoused community, readers reached out with questions.. Noting that the experiences of unhoused people vary significantly, Alissa advocated for Shasta Scout to publish ...
Update: Shoe Fire Mapped at 2,998 Acres, Now Moving East
4 days ago · Newest update 9:40 am Monday, October 14. See resources below for latest updates. The United States Forest Service reported last night, October 13, that the Shoe Fire is now at almost 3,000 acres with 7% containment. No new acreage was released this morning during a video report, but a spokesperson indicated that the fire is holding well except ...
State Agency Warns Shasta County Over Failure To Distribute …
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 seven North State counties that works ...
Fire – Shasta Scout
6 days 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 ...
Five First-Time Shasta County Voters Share What Matters to Them …
Nov 5, 2024 · New voters, including a newly-naturalized citizen in his seventies, share their thoughts on what races matter most to them, how much they care about local elections, and whether they trust the elections process. Nevin Kallepalli News November 5, 2024. It’s election day in Shasta County and in lock step with the rest of the nation, emotions ...
“Every Kid, Every Option”: In Far Northern California, Educators ...
6 days ago · Rebuilding Shasta County’s workforce will increase the quality of life for this generation, and those to come. But filling workforce gaps will require educators to overcome economic, informational, social and logistical barriers to increase access to post-secondary education and build pathways to jobs.