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Sam Aanested to Run for Congressional Seat Former Northstate assembly member and  state senator Sam Aanestad is running for the Congressional seat being vacated this year by longtime Republican representative Wally Herger. Aanestad’s campaign manager, Tim Clark, was quoted in yesterday’s Record Searchlight — saying that though no official press statements have been released, Aanestad [...]

Cal Trans Closes Culvert in Mountain Gate; EPA Says Toxicity Rising in CA Waterways; Lake Tahoe Funding; Redding Gay Pride; LA Schools Report;

CAL TRANS CLOSES CULVERT IN MOUNTAIN GATE The Department of Transportation has blocked an access that residents and students in the community of Mountain Gate have been using for nearly 40 years to cross back and forth under Interstate 5.  The 84” culvert was abruptly blocked last May when Cal Trans welded large grates on [...]