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The Latest Breaking News from Shasta County

California County Ordered to Pay Thousands to Girl After Sending Cops to Take Away Her Pet Goat

Shasta County has agreed to pay $300,000 to a young girl after sheriff's deputies sent her goat to slaughter.

Latin Times

Residents of conservative California county brace for tumultuous elections

‘More and more divided’ Shasta is grappling with baseless conspiracy theories of voter fraud and election denialism

The Guardian - US

Before Peanut The Squirrel, California Deputies Seized And Barbecued A Pet Goat; 9-Year-Old Owner Wins $300K In Lawsuit

The story of Cedar the Goat sheds light on government overreach in pet seizures, echoing recent outrage over Peanut the Squirrel.

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California parents told cops their 2-year-old had died. Police found her grave and charged them with murder

The parents are being held in the Shasta County Jail without bail

The Independent UK

The California community caught between a powerful megachurch and far-right extremists

Shasta residents voted out an anti-establishment leader in favor of a business owner who attends the enormously popular yet controversial Bethel church

The Guardian - US

Extremist politics divided this conservative California community. What will it take to turn the tide?

Shasta county battles rising homelessness and high suicide rates, but its political agenda is focused on remaking the voting system – can the damage be undone?

The Guardian - US

How an ultra-right majority in California’s far north picked a novice to run its elections

Shasta county has made its name as a hotbed of the election-denial movement – and the snubbing of a well-respected election clerk has caused alarm

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Rural California county keeps ultra-conservative official who pushed to upend voting system

Shasta county’s Kevin Crye fought off a recall effort, but another far-right official who pushed election conspiracies lost the race for his seat

The Guardian - US

California county on edge over bid to recall far-right, election-denying official

Shasta county residents voted on 5 March on whether to recall Kevin Crye, the president of the board of supervisors

The Guardian - US

Conspiracy Theories Gain New Life As US Campaign Unfolds

In this week's "Super Tuesday" primaries, security guards will monitor the back door at one Shasta County polling precinct -- a sign of the high political tensions in rural northern California.

International Business Times

Shasta County Faces Recall Election Amid Election Integrity Concerns

Shasta County, CA faces recall election amid controversy over election system and hand-counting ballots. Voters divided over the path forward.

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‘An extreme agenda’: could a recall end far-right control of a California county?

Shasta county removed a moderate supervisor. Two years later, a member of the ultra conservative majority faces a recall of his own

The Guardian - US

The California county where far-right officials tried to upend voting

Fears of election night unrest arose amid dispute with ultra-conservatives who insisted county use hand-count system for ‘election integrity’

The Guardian - US

Days before election, far-right officials in California county insist on hand tally

Despite a warning from the state, board supervisors threaten to sue if Shasta county registrar uses voting machines

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California county abuzz after far-right figure appointed for mosquito control

Store owner in Shasta county who has elevated conspiracy theories about mosquitoes and vaccines gets seat on local board

WEKU

California lawmakers ban most hand-count elections, targeting far-right Shasta County

Most California elections will be forced to use state-approved machines to count ballots under a bill that follows an attempt by right-wing supervisors in one county to hand-count future elections.

The Guardian - US

A California journalist documents the far-right takeover of her town: ‘We’re a test case’

Doni Chamberlain’s been a journalist in Shasta county for nearly 30 years. Now she’s targeted by the extremists who are looking to reshape the region

WEKU

The math behind Dominion Voting System's $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News

If Dominion prevails in its massive defamation suit against Fox News, a big challenge for the voting tech company will be to demonstrate that it deserves more than $1 billion in damages.

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Commentary: Where’s the humanity? County fair chose to slaughter a girl’s goat to teach her lesson

The Shasta District Fair last year ended disastrously for a 9-year old girl and her goat. And it didn’t end so well for the Shasta County, California, fair officials who sent law enforcement hunting with a search warrant for the animal after the girl decided she didn’t want it killed.…

The Guardian - US

Far-right county throws out voting machines – with nothing to replace them

Shasta county’s decision to move to a hand-count system has drawn support from the election denial movement

Tribune News Service

9-year-old California girl wanted to save her goat from slaughter. Then came the search warrant

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The 15-page search warrant and affidavit was very specific about the target Shasta County sheriff’s officials were after.

The Independent UK

Fox lawsuit highlights effects of conspiracies on Dominion

Dominion Voting Systems has been ensnared in a web of conspiracy theories that have undermined public confidence in U.S. elections among conservative voters

Los Angeles Times

California county offers top job to secessionist leader

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors has offered the job of running the day-to-day-operations of its government to a top figure in the New California movement pushing to split California into two states.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: QAnon has gone local, with strange repercussions in California’s Shasta County and beyond

The Shasta County, California, Board of Supervisors has “upended the county’s election process,” the Los Angeles Times reported last week, “canceling its contract with Dominion Voting Systems.” The county could opt to hand-count ballots instead, which would likely delay results and promote more suspicion of elections. One supervisor said he…

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A California county has dumped Dominion, leaving its election operations up in the air

California's Shasta County has terminated its contract with Dominion Voting Systems, a company that's faced a barrage of conspiracy theories since the 2020 election.

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