Shasta County

Supervisors in Shasta County delayed hiring Chriss Street on Tuesday as the new County Executive Officer.

Shasta County is leaving itself without a way to conduct elections for now. The county’s board of supervisors voted Tuesday to look at creating their own voting system.

The Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday night to discuss the proposal again at its March 14 meeting.

The Redding school board recently became a focus of attention after its newest members fired the district's long-time superintendent.

Final vote tallies were announced in Shasta County on Tuesday. The conservative wing of the county board will take an even greater share of control after both of their candidates won.

The Shasta County clerk’s office in Redding was calm on election night, compared to rowdy conditions during the June, 2022 primary election.

While California is largely Democratic, Republican strongholds remain in the northern part of the state. The November election in Shasta County will serve as a referendum on the current far-right majority on the five-person board of supervisors.

Elections officials in Northern California recently hosted a town hall to address recent claims of election fraud.

Supervisors in Shasta County have finally put to rest claims of fraud in the 2020 election.

About a third of the Shasta County Jail will be closing in the next several days because of staffing shortages.

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors voted 2-2 Tuesday morning on a proclamation declaring June 2022 as Pride Month. The tie vote means the motion failed to pass.

While last-minute ballots could prevent a runoff election for the Shasta County Board of Supervisors, the turnout from last night’s primary shows a willingness to reject the current far-right shift in Shasta County politics.