Siskiyou Arts Museum (SAM) held a reception for their new exhibit, “About Face!” during May’s Second Saturday, which was a big draw. A popular comment from many at the reception was that this show was one of the more interesting examples of such a variety of expressions from 18 different […]
Author: Shareen Strauss
Golden Eagle Charter School 3rd Annual Art Exhibit- May 15th at 5:30 pm
Golden Eagle Charter School is having their 3rd annual art show exhibit at the Mossbrae Hotel in Dunsmuir. It opens on May 15th at 5:30 pm, and the entire school from grades 1st to 8th will be there. There are so many different themes in this exhibit that all the […]
Young Reporters Launch Golden Eagle Charter School’s First Newspaper
There are two new inspiring news reporters in south Siskiyou County. Sequoia Carr and Willow Nordell, both nine years old and attending the 3rd grade at Golden Eagle Charter School have decided a few weeks ago during a lull in the class that their school should have a newspaper. This […]
Mount Shasta Earth Day Festival Celebrates Nature Through Art and Activities
The Earth Day Festival was held on a windy May 4th after being postponed for a week due to the wet weather the week prior. “Wind is better than freezing temperatures and rain,” says the Executive Director of Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center Bianca Garza who helped put on this […]
Swastika Graffiti Concerns McCloud Community
Many people have expressed outrage and concern about a series of hate symbol graffiti incidents throughout the McCloud area, reporting them to law enforcement as “the worst kind” of vandalism affecting the community. On Tuesday, May 6th, a blue swastika was discovered on a street sign at the corner of […]
American Legion Riders of California Legacy Run
It was a little intimidating to see a huge gang of motorcycle riders cruising through McCloud on a quiet Saturday afternoon. But after a closer look at their black leather motorcycle vests, one can see that they are all from different chapters of the American Legion Riders and on their […]
McCloud Unites for Spring Cleaning Day as Community Fills Two Dumpsters
It was a spring cleaning day in McCloud as community members adorned in bright vests carried garbage bags and used pickers to collect rubbish from the streets and alleyways throughout the town on Saturday. The McCloud Garden Club, Chamber, and Resource Center, along with the local McCloud Girl Scouts chapter, […]
Families Benefit From: First 5 Siskiyou Children and Families Commission
Coauthored by Shareen Strauss & First 5 Siskiyou The month of April was about awareness and prevention including Week of the Young Child and Child Abuse Prevention Awareness. The blue pinwheels and red signs seen around buildings in Siskiyou County are to get people’s attention to remind everyone that we […]
McCloud Garden Club helps Beautifies the Town
President Smith says, “The Garden Club will clean up public areas in town when asked to. Off season, we have guest speakers, go on field trips, and even tour other gardens. But it is nice to see the flowers bloom around town and know that it is part of what […]
Free Kids Day Festival 2025 Supports Siskiyou County Communities
What is better than a Kids Day Festival with games, craft, food, and activities that is completely free for the whole family? There are so many resources offered in Siskiyou County. The Family & Community Resource Center of Weed has collaborated with Siskiyou Community Resources Collaborative, and all the other […]