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This red California county roiled by a far-right insurgency braces for more trouble as election nears
2 months, 1 week ago

This red California county roiled by a far-right insurgency braces for more trouble as election nears

LA Times  

Shasta County District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye, right, talks with Jason Miller, owner of Lucky Miller’s Deli and a Crye supporter, in Redding, Calif. Crye is one of the board members who voted to get rid of the county’s ballot-counting machines in favor of counting ballots by hand. Her challenger is a local business owner, Corkey Harmon, who said on …

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NorCal parents arrested on suspicion of killing, burying their toddler in the wilderness
2 months, 1 week ago

NorCal parents arrested on suspicion of killing, burying their toddler in the wilderness

LA Times  

Two Redding parents were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of killing their 2-year-old and burying her body near the Whiskeytown Recreation Area, according to the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office. Riley Royal, 28, and Amanda Royal, 24, were accused of murder with special allegations and of child abuse resulting in death, according to a news release from the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office. …

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‘We are in the third grade’: How election fights have torn a California community apart
6 months ago

‘We are in the third grade’: How election fights have torn a California community apart

Raw Story  

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat’s free national newsletter here. “We are in the third grade,” whispered Joanna Francescut, Darling Allen’s deputy, who began to lead the department in her absence. “The thing with Patrick, I think,” said District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye, who supports Jones …

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A California county ditched its vote counting machines. Now a supporter faces a recall election
10 months, 1 week ago

A California county ditched its vote counting machines. Now a supporter faces a recall election

Associated Press  

REDDING, Calif. — Voters in Northern California’s rural Shasta County have twice voted for Donald Trump by wide margins while electing staunch conservatives to the local county board. Ann Brassfield, a retired border agent, said she has helped out in the county elections office before and “can’t really say that I saw anything illegal going on.” Now Brassfield, who said …

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Despite fears, election day in Shasta County comes off with little conflict
1 year, 2 months ago

Despite fears, election day in Shasta County comes off with little conflict

LA Times  

Shasta County resident Teresa Romero shows her husband, Charles, how the number increased by one on a Dominion voting machine to indicate that his ballot was successfully scanned in November 2022. The registrar-recorder, Cathy Darling Allen, had vowed to follow state law and use voting machines, in opposition to people in this northern county who have been caught up in …

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Column: Extremists are set to take over this California county. Will more of the state be next?
2 years, 11 months ago

Column: Extremists are set to take over this California county. Will more of the state be next?

LA Times  

Recall supporter Patty Plumb stands in front of the Shasta County Clerk’s Office, where votes for the recent recall election, were being counted, with her husband Ron Plumb and Marjorie Andrews. Doni Chamberlain, a local journalist, said regular Shasta residents were pulled into the rhetoric, and became “dupid.” That’s a mash-up of duped and stupid. “If you say something long …

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Militia member and two others charged in Northern California attack on BLM activist
3 years, 6 months ago

Militia member and two others charged in Northern California attack on BLM activist

LA Times  

Carlos Zapata, 42, at his ranch in Palo Cedro, Calif. Zapata and two others have been charged with misdemeanors in connection with a May fight with a Black Lives Matter activist. “I think it’s good.” Zapata said Monday that he did not assault Pinkney, but was rather attempting to de-escalate the situation. Zapata said that surveillance video of the incident, …

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