County land could pay the way to new animal shelter

Shasta County owns 8.9 acres of undeveloped land off Breslauer Way that would make a wonderful addition to the City of Redding’s collection of open spaces, trails and parks.

The property, shaped roughly like a slip-on shoe, slopes along the banks of the Sacramento River.

Speaking of Redding, it owns 6.5 acres along…

Franklin Cibula shot dead

Originally published 2:40 p.m. Tuesday

Retired attorney Franklin Stephen Cibula was found at his home Tuesday with a gunshot wound to the chest.

Sources said he was found about midday and pronounced dead a short time later at a local hospital.

Police were…