Palo Cedro new hub for Shasta County Fire

Photo by Mike Brown: Supervisors Linda Hartman and Glenn Hawes pose for a photo with fi refi ghters from the PaloCedro Volunteer Fire Company and Cal Fire during the open house on Feb. 24, 2010 at Station 32, which is now home to the only Schedule A manned engine in Shasta County.      By Sharyn Cornelius      The Shasta County Fire Department and CAL FIRE on Jan. 24, 2010 held an open house...

FERC says loss of power plants would affect “quality of human environment”

     By Sharyn Cornelius Photo by Maggie Trevelyan Kilarc Reservoir is beautiful year round, one reason why so many people want to see it saved.      In response to all the comments, both oral and written, from area residents about how much they value the Kilarc-Cow Creek Hydroelectric Project and how its planned destruction by Pacific Gas and Electric Company would adversely affect their lives,...

Evergreen Shasta Coalition attacks resource agencies’ intransigence

Looking at South Cow Power house Looking SE     The coalition consisting of Evergreen Shasta Power LLC, Tetrick Ranch, the Abbott Ditch Users, Sierra Pacific Industries, Inc. and Shasta County recently went on the attack against state and federal resource agencies which seem bent on seeing the Kilarc-Cow Creek Hydroelectric Project decommissioned, despite the efforts of citizens to save it and the...

Davis Hydro proposes new Kilarc alternatives

     On Feb. 22, 2010, KC Hydro, a collaboration of Davis Hydro LLC and Sackheim Consulting, filed a response the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) notice that it intends to perform a complete environmental impact statement (EIS) on Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s License Surrender Application for its Kilarc-Cow Creek Hydroelectric Project.  In its response, KC Hydro suggests...

BVWD to mail rate increase proposal to customers

     The Board of Directors for the Bella Vista Water District has recently completed a Cost Based Rate Study and is in the process of mailing out notices of proposed rate changes to all of its approximately 6000 customers.  The Board will hold a public hearing on the rate changes at 5:30 p.m. on April 26, 2010 in Room 802 at Shasta College.      Using a detailed computer model designed to...