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Cascade Union Elementary School District fills two of three vacancies, restoring a working board

The Cascade Union Elementary School District recently lost three of its five board members, prompting the Shasta County Board of Education to temporarily appoint Jackie LaBarbera. The board is functional again but it’s unclear when LaBarbera will step down.
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United Way releases community report after almost 30 listening sessions and $650,000 in funding
The report is a result of the nonprofit’s Building Bridges Initiative, which aims to converse with community members to find ways to bridge divides. “What we heard was honest, and some of it was hard,” United Way’s director said.
Shasta’s ballot and Voter Information Guide contain numerous typos, at least one of which could decrease voter access
The typos include extra or missing words and a number of misspellings, as well as incorrect dates, including an error related to when mail-in ballots are supposed to be received by the elections office.
More than a quarter of donations to Kevin Crye’s re-election campaign are from outside Shasta, records show
A substantial portion of the current Shasta District 1 supervisor’s donors are from outside the county. His main competitor, Redding City Council member Erin Resner, has received only a handful of out-of-county donations. Richard Gallardo, the third candidate in the race, trails significantly in donations.
California has 6 weeks of gas supply. After that, it gets expensive
At $6 a gallon, California drivers are paying the highest gas prices in the nation. Gasoline supplies look stable for the next six weeks but are uncertain after that as California leans more on imports.
Meet Gary Oxley for Shasta’s District 5 Supervisor 
There are three candidates running for Shasta County’s District 5 board seat. Gary Oxley says he’s running to ensure that families who have been separated from their children are offered appropriate reunification services by Shasta’s Health and Human Services Agency.
‘Critical’ prosecutor shortage at Shasta DA’s Office leads to temporary reduction in case filings
Amid an ongoing shortage of prosecutors, four of the county’s current prosecutors will leave by the end of May, the office said.

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