The board will take up an amendment moving the new Mediko jail contract one month early, a labor deal settled after 9 months at impasse, a public hearing on a 350% sewer fee increase in Cottonwood, and a closed-session appointment to fill the Public Works director post.

Who’s funding the June 2026 Shasta County races — and what does it tell us about who would actually be in charge? An analysis of 16,159 transactions, a family spending $25,000 across eight committees, and an official running the very election he’s in.

REDDING, Calif. — A Redding woman has filed a 172-page supplemental memorandum in Shasta County Superior Court today alleging that Measure B — the "Local Election Transparency and Security Reform" initiative set to appear on the June 2026 ballot — was improperly certified despite questions about whether its own statistical signature validation was conducted correctly.