Corning Social News

23rd May 2013 5.7-magnitude Plumas County earthquake felt in Mid-Valley
An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.7 on the Richter Scale shook the Mid-Valley on Thursday might. The quake, reportedly centered outside G...

21st May 2013 City recognizes mental health month
Corning Mayor Gary Strack, right, presents Mike Gonzales, chairman of the Tehama County Mental Health board on May 14, with a newly city proclamation ...

21st May 2013 Queen will be crowned at rodeo
Corning cowgirl Kaylee Loewen, the 2012 Corning Jr. Rodeo Queen, will be handing her crown over to another cowgirl on May 30 during the Corning Jr. Ro...

21st May 2013 Attempted kidnapping reported in Corning
A 30-year-old woman reported that two men tried to kidnap her on Rawson Road near Finnell Avenue north of Corning on Sunday ? and the Tehama County Sh...

21st May 2013 Railway could be a boon for county
The idea of building a railway system between Humboldt Bay and the upper Sacramento Valley has been around for a long time. A group from Eureka, the L...

21st May 2013 Buying votes an honorable thing in Los Molinos mayor race
The Los Molinos Honorary Mayor's race is on, with five candidates vying for this year's title ? including a horse. Rock, the giant black draft horse, ...

21st May 2013 Tour raises funds for AIDS services
Two hundred bicycle riders and support crew popped up tents in the field behind Williams High School on Friday night on the end of the second day of a...

21st May 2013 Students win chess championship
Eleven students from Olive View Elementary and Maywood Middle schools strategized and played their way to Sacramento Valley Scholastic Chess League ch...

21st May 2013 City Council awards Safe Routes contract
The Corning City Council awarded the Safe Routes to School, Cycle 10 Project contract to Thomas H. Williams Construction of Corning. The company's win...

21st May 2013 Police Blotter: May 22, 2013
Felony Jason Lee Horner, 33, of Red Bluff, was arrested by Red Bluff police at 11:33 p.m. Friday on the 300 block of James Avenue in Red Bluff, on sus...

21st May 2013 Chamber Chat: Friends of the Library hosts event
? Friends of the Library ? The Chamber would like to thank the Corning Friends of the Library for hosting the Corning in the Morning last Tuesday. It ...

21st May 2013 Briefs: Driver safety program set
A two-day driver safety program for seniors will be held starting June 5 at the Family Resource Center, 1488 South St. Participants must attend both d...

21st May 2013 Community Calendar: May 22, 2013
WEDNESDAY Rotary, noon, Steak House at Rolling Hills Casino, 2655 Everett Freeman Way. VFW Bingo, 6 p.m., Veterans Memorial Hall, 1620 Solano St. Narc...

21st May 2013 Cardinal track athletes advance to sections
Jesus Diera won two events and led the Corning High varsity boys track and field team to second place at the Northern Section Division II Finals. Morg...

21st May 2013 He's just a ball player
Cameron Pollack is no different than most 8-year-old boys. A couple of times a week the Corning resident dons his Marlins uniform and heads over to Es...

21st May 2013 Youngest Lions roar at D-4 track meet
It was the Providence Christian varsity track and field athletes? day in the sun on Friday, but also a promising glimpse into the future for the progr...

17th May 2013 Red Cross, Tehama County stage drill
A massive earthquake hits the Bay Area sending thousands of evacuees to Tehama County and its communities. That was the scenario of an emergency exerc...

17th May 2013 Fallen peace officers memorialized
One of the men honored during the 2013 Tehama County Peace Officers Memorial was a California Highway Patrol officer killed on Sept. 5 by a Tehama Cou...

17th May 2013 Capital projects priority list OK?d
The City Council approved the wish list of capital improvements for the Public Works, Fire and Police departments on Tuesday. The list is part of the ...

17th May 2013 Suspect in baby?s death pleads not guilty
The mother of a 13-month-old baby who died from child abuse on Sept. 26 pleaded not guilty in Tehama County Superior Court on Tuesday to charges of ch...

17th May 2013 Drug charges net 6 years
A Tehama County man was sentenced to six years in state prison this week after he had pled guilty to various narcotics charges. Mario Ortiz Naranjo, 4...

17th May 2013 Paint makers partner to take back leftovers
Tehama County is taking part in the California Paint Stewardship Program established by a new law that requires paint manufacturers to develop a take ...

17th May 2013 Giant Pumpkin Contest kickoff
Corning Observer Join Tehama County Farm Bureau at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Farm Bureau office at 275 Sale Lane, for the Giant Pumpkin Contest kickoff. A ...

17th May 2013 Every Blooming Thing: A mark of purity and grace throughout the ages
By Cathy Wilson For Tri-County Newspapers Every Easter I look forward to my son's traditional gift, an Easter lily plant wrapped in colorful foil. He ...

17th May 2013 Corning co-ed headed for destruction
When is a powder puff not a dainty little thing one uses when applying talcum to help stay dry? When the pedal is to the metal and it?s charging right...