From customer feedback to ticket sales, the Redding Garden of Lights so far is the regional draw that proponents had hoped it would be. But that early success also has presented some challenges with ...

In 1989, Gary Matson and the people of Shasta County (myself among them) had a vision for Turtle Bay, then a wildlife sanctuary. The idea was to develop an arboretum on Benton Ranch, often called an ...

The city of Redding will spend up to $1.25 million on a new riverfront specific plan, a two-year process that apparently will include work to get buy-in from one of the waterfront’s largest ...

Cars go by quickly on a busy east Redding street as a man in a blue bike pulls up to the end of his apartment driveway. Doug Steele, 38, is on his way to work at Turtle Bay School on this Tuesday ...

Animals at Turtle Bay Exploration Park who need a break from public view are getting a place to rest and recuperate in a sanctuary courtesy of a pair of sympathetic local donors. The Redding park on ...

The Redding City Council isn’t ready to declare land near the Sacramento River as “surplus property,” which would have allowed a potential ownership change of property where the aging Civic Auditorium ...

Turtle Bay Exploration Park officials have said they want to open the new Sheraton hotel this year, and they still hope to do so. But the website (www.sheratonredding.com) for Redding’s first ...

Corrections & Clarifications: This story was updated on Tuesday, Sept. 21 to correct under the answer about wayfaring signs at the Sacramento River Trail that the work is being done by groups like ...

Animal curator Sharon Clay has a new adolescent girl for whom to care. Like some human teenagers, she loves to play with toys, is social, eats a varied diet and has a BFF with a wild hairdo. On June 7 ...

A holiday light show that organizers believe will become a major attraction, bringing more visitors and money to Redding, is coming to Turtle Bay Exploration Park’s McConnell Arboretum in November ...

It’s not the premier that Randi Slaughter had hoped for, but she is happy that the new Shasta County Capitol display has come home. It punctuates a community-funded project that Slaughter spearheaded ...

Turtle Bay Exploration Park announced plans to reopen some of its Redding campus this week after closing in March due to the coronavirus. Starting Friday, the park will reopen its museum, forest camp ...