Two Enterprise High School athletes are the Shasta Family YMCA Athletes of the Week for Oct.
18-24: junior Koby Johnson for a 306-yard, four-touchdown River Bowl performance and senior Maddie Mari for leading the Hornets with 149 kills to their first winning season since 2018.
Cal Fire will allow agricultural and backyard burning to resume starting Sunday in the Shasta-Trinity, Tehama-Glenn and Siskiyou units with free permits available online.
Permits must be on hand, piles max 4x4 ft, ground cleared 10 ft, burning only on declared burn days; Redding's city ban remains in effect.
Enloe Health in Chico was named to Forbes' America's Best-In-State Employers 2026 list (No. 85 of 102 in California) and was one of nine winners in the state's Health Care & Social Services category.
PG&E will boost flows in the Cresta Reach (a 4.9-mile stretch between Cresta Dam and the Cresta Powerhouse near Pulga) to at least 800 cfs starting around 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct.
31 and tapering back by 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1. Avoid swimming or tubing; inexperienced paddlers should use guided trips.
Drivers will encounter intermittent traffic control at Buenaventura Boulevard and Lakeside Drive during the Buenaventura at Lakeside Signal Project, running Nov.
2 through Nov. 30 with work from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; crews will install a traffic signal and pour ADA ramps, and emergency vehicles will have access.
A nationwide Wedgewood recall is disrupting some veterinary medications at Northstate clinics, including buprenorphine (used for cats), and clinics are seeking alternatives from other pharmacies or formulations.
Pet owners should check labels on medications dispensed between February and October 2026 to see if they’re affected.
Crews are reshaping a former boat harbor (behind the Elks Lodge in Red Bluff) so seasonal floodwaters can drain back into the Sacramento River and keep young salmon and steelhead from getting trapped; work is expected to finish the first week of November.
The Northern Section volleyball playoffs began Tuesday, Oct.
27 with 11 first-round matchups across five divisions, and Division II and III winners will meet in the semifinals (Tuesday, Nov. 3). Division IV opens today, and several second-round games — including Redding Christian vs. Fall River at 7 p.m. — are set tonight.
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