<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div class="ydp94e8c6fbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/08/29/order-stop-shasta-dam-raising-report-upheld-appeals-court/2157768001/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/08/29/order-stop-shasta-dam-raising-report-upheld-appeals-court/2157768001/</a><br></div></div><div><h1 class="ydpb874c0c1asset-headline ydpb874c0c1speakable-headline" itemprop="headline" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-stretch: normal; font-size: 32px; line-height: 34px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0px 70px;">Order to stop Shasta Dam raising report upheld by appeals court</h1><div class="ydpb874c0c1asset-metabar" style="border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; margin: 20px 0px 23px 70px; width: 878px;"><span class="ydpb874c0c1asset-metabar-author ydpb874c0c1asset-metabar-item" data-track-label="article|news|authorbyline" style="display: inline-block; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 14px; margin: 6px 0px 5px; padding: 2px 10px; position: relative;"><a href="http://www.redding.com/staff/10056270/damon-arthur/" style="color: rgb(78, 196, 255);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_8176794299">Damon Arthur</a>, Redding Record Searchlight</span><div><br></div><div id="ydpdf0eefc4enhancr_card_8176794299" class="ydpdf0eefc4yahoo-link-enhancr-card ydpdf0eefc4yahoo-link-enhancr-not-allow-cover ydpdf0eefc4ymail-preserve-class ydpdf0eefc4ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" data-url="http://www.redding.com/staff/10056270/damon-arthur/" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.redding.com/staff/10056270/damon-arthur/" style="text-decoration:none !important;color:#000 !important" class="ydpdf0eefc4yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" class="ydpdf0eefc4card-wrapper ydpdf0eefc4yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:400px"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table border="0" class="ydpdf0eefc4card ydpdf0eefc4yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" class="ydpdf0eefc4card-info ydpdf0eefc4yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:#fff;position:relative;z-index:2;width:100%;max-width:400px;border-radius:0 0 2px 2px;border-top:1px solid rgb(224, 228, 233)"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;border-radius:0 0 0 2px"></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 24px 16px 12px;width:99%;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;border-radius:0 0 2px 0"><h2 class="ydpdf0eefc4card-title" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">Damon Arthur | Redding</h2><p class="ydpdf0eefc4card-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 155, 167);">Damon Arthur Reporter I cover mostly outdoors stuff like resources, environment, recreation and rural issues.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><span class="ydpb874c0c1asset-metabar-time ydpb874c0c1asset-metabar-item ydpb874c0c1nobyline" style="display: inline-block; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; margin: 6px 0px 5px; padding: 2px 10px; position: relative; border: 0px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Published 5:27 p.m. PT Aug. 29, 2019</span></div><div class="ydpb874c0c1asset-double-wide ydpb874c0c1double-wide ydpb874c0c1p402_premium" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; float: left; margin-left: 10px; position: relative; width: 600px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div id="ydpb874c0c1module-position-SDoE7R22n84" class="ydpb874c0c1story-asset ydpb874c0c1video-asset"><div class="ydpb874c0c1ui-video-wrapper"><br><div class="ydpb874c0c1ui-video-controls ydpb874c0c1story-video ydpb874c0c1inline-story-video ydpb874c0c1priority" style="display: inline-block; margin: 0px 0px 10px 60px; position: relative; width: 540px; min-height: 60px;"><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">A state court of appeal has upheld a Shasta County Superior Court decision to stop a Fresno-based water district from doing an analysis of the effects of raising the height of Shasta Dam.</span></div></div></div><p class="ydpb874c0c1speakable-p-2 ydpb874c0c1p-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The <a data-track-label="inline|intext|n/a" href="https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/08/19/fresno-water-district-appeals-ruling-stop-work-shasta-dam-study/2052490001/" style="color: rgb(25, 144, 229);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_8004592300">Westlands Water District had asked the California Third District Court of Appeal</a> to overturn the lower court's preliminary injunction that ordered the district to stop work on an environmental impact report.</p><div><br></div><div id="ydp3c2a618benhancr_card_8004592300" class="ydp3c2a618byahoo-link-enhancr-card ydp3c2a618bymail-preserve-class ydp3c2a618bymail-preserve-style" style="max-width: 400px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; position: relative;" data-url="https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/08/19/fresno-water-district-appeals-ruling-stop-work-shasta-dam-study/2052490001/" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/08/19/fresno-water-district-appeals-ruling-stop-work-shasta-dam-study/2052490001/" style="text-decoration:none !important;color:#000 !important" class="ydp3c2a618byahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" class="ydp3c2a618bcard-wrapper ydp3c2a618byahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:400px"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table border="0" class="ydp3c2a618bcard ydp3c2a618byahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td class="ydp3c2a618bcard-primary-image-cell" background="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/sb91MJNjnB5ROUo6OLhSMw--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/03/04/PRRS/b00a3522-2136-4f30-9f4b-3a2fe6350193-IMGP3695.JPG?crop=4287,2391,x0,y0&width=3200&height=1680&fit=bounds.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" height="175" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">Water district appeals ruling to stop work on Shasta Dam analysis</h2><p class="ydp3c2a618bcard-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 155, 167);">An irrigation district has asked the state court of appeal to overturn a judge's decision to stop work assessing...</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a><div class="loadingSpinnerContainer" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.298039);"><div class="D_F F_n gl_C ab_C H_6MGW o_h"><div class="W_6MGW H_6MGW D_X ah_1PEzoz" data-test-id="loading_indicator"><svg class="W_6MGW H_6MGW ah_Zq6hUs" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24" height="24"><path class="cdPFi_n cZ13pKbK_Z2aVTcY cZ1XO2Ji_dRA c2abBOT_EY cZ1vNhDV_rd cZV8aCd_pI ah_14s73" d="M12,22C6.477,22,2,17.523,2,12S6.477,2,12,2"></path><path class="cdPFi_n cZ13pKbK_Z2aVTcY cZ1XO2Ji_dRA c2abBOT_EY cZ1vNhDV_rd cZV8aCd_pI ah_14s73" d="M12,2c5.523,0,10,4.477,10,10s-4.477,10-10,10"></path></svg></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><p class="ydpb874c0c1p-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The court of appeal also upheld the superior court decision to keep the case against Westlands in Shasta County. 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line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">Judge rejects effort to move Shasta Dam lawsuit to Fresno</h2><p class="ydpc36096a2card-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 155, 167);">Westlands Water District, based in Fresno, wanted to move the lawsuit against it to Fresno County, but a judge h...</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="ydpb874c0c1module-position-SDoE7R3uNxA" class="ydpb874c0c1story-asset ydpb874c0c1image-asset"><img itemprop="url" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/07/22/PRRS/99e37072-2241-4cac-93c8-c5abce74b592-rappelling.jpg?width=540&height=&fit=bounds&auto=webp" alt="Workers did testing on Shasta Dam in 2018 to determine whether it could withstand having an additional 18 1/2 feet of concrete placed on the crest of the dam." data-mycapture-src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/07/22/PRRS/99e37072-2241-4cac-93c8-c5abce74b592-rappelling.jpg" data-mycapture-sm-src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/07/22/PRRS/99e37072-2241-4cac-93c8-c5abce74b592-rappelling.jpg?width=500&height=334" style="border: 0px; 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font-weight: 400;">(Photo: Damon Arthur/Record Searchlight)</span></p><div class="ydpb874c0c1clearfix"></div></div><p class="ydpb874c0c1p-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">A <a data-track-label="inline|intext|n/a" href="https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/07/31/judge-orders-westlands-stop-work-shasta-dam-raise/1884488001/" style="color: rgb(25, 144, 229);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_7765184346">visiting judge ruled last month</a> in Shasta County Superior Court the district's work was illegal because no state or local agency can do any work — including planning — that would have an adverse impact on the McCloud River, given its designation as a wild and scenic river.</p><div><br></div><div id="ydp5f3c7ab2enhancr_card_7765184346" class="ydp5f3c7ab2yahoo-link-enhancr-card ydp5f3c7ab2ymail-preserve-class ydp5f3c7ab2ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" data-url="https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/07/31/judge-orders-westlands-stop-work-shasta-dam-raise/1884488001/" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/07/31/judge-orders-westlands-stop-work-shasta-dam-raise/1884488001/" style="text-decoration:none !important;color:#000 !important" class="ydp5f3c7ab2yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" class="ydp5f3c7ab2card-wrapper ydp5f3c7ab2yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:400px"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table border="0" class="ydp5f3c7ab2card ydp5f3c7ab2yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td class="ydp5f3c7ab2card-primary-image-cell" background="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/sb91MJNjnB5ROUo6OLhSMw--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/03/04/PRRS/b00a3522-2136-4f30-9f4b-3a2fe6350193-IMGP3695.JPG?crop=4287,2391,x0,y0&width=3200&height=1680&fit=bounds.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" height="175" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">Judge orders Westlands to stop work on Shasta Dam raise</h2><p class="ydp5f3c7ab2card-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 155, 167);">A judge has ordered a Fresno-based water district to stop working on plans to raise the height of Shasta Dam.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><p class="ydpb874c0c1p-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The state Attorney General's Office and several environmental groups argued in a lawsuit against the district that raising the height of the dam 18½ feet would harm the river because a taller dam would raise the lake level in some years and further inundate the McCloud River, which flows into Lake Shasta.</p><p class="ydpb874c0c1p-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; 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font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The district's lawyer, Daniel O'Hanlon, said the district was not violating the law because it was preparing the report under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).</p><p class="ydpb874c0c1p-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">O'Hanlon said an environmental impact report is not "planning." He said the district wanted to complete the report to determine whether it wanted to help pay for the project.</p><p class="ydpb874c0c1p-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="ydpb874c0c1exclude-from-newsgate"><span style="font-weight: 700; margin-right: 3px;">More: </span><a data-track-label="inline|intext|n/a" href="https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/08/28/video-shows-gregory-kelso-after-his-injury-party-cottonwood/2146294001/" style="color: rgb(25, 144, 229);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_7529803500">'Criminal intent' did not play a part in Redding man's injuries: Shasta County Sheriff</a></span></p><div><br></div><div id="ydpdc6ddce9enhancr_card_7529803500" class="ydpdc6ddce9yahoo-link-enhancr-card ydpdc6ddce9ymail-preserve-class ydpdc6ddce9ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" data-url="https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/08/28/video-shows-gregory-kelso-after-his-injury-party-cottonwood/2146294001/" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/08/28/video-shows-gregory-kelso-after-his-injury-party-cottonwood/2146294001/" style="text-decoration:none !important;color:#000 !important" class="ydpdc6ddce9yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" class="ydpdc6ddce9card-wrapper ydpdc6ddce9yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:400px"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table border="0" class="ydpdc6ddce9card ydpdc6ddce9yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td class="ydpdc6ddce9card-primary-image-cell" background="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/xDjvw8QTtTVicVGq8MyMfA--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/08/16/PRRS/d2e0a537-83ab-485b-8938-7112c3c90b7b-kelso40478538_1562636844421046_r.jpeg?crop=657,370,x1,y0&width=3200&height=1680&fit=bounds.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" height="175" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">'Criminal intent' did not play a part in Redding man's injuries: Shasta ...</h2><p class="ydpdc6ddce9card-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 155, 167);">The Shasta County Sheriff's Office interviewed over 27 people to find out what happened during a Fourth of July ...</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><p></p><div class="ydpb874c0c1partner-placement ydpb874c0c1partner-spike ydpb874c0c1ad-gray-border ydpb874c0c1ad-notice ydpb874c0c1ad-paramount-inline ydpb874c0c1partner-placement-visible" data-ad-placement="native-article_link" data-ad-sizes="[fluid,[3,3], [2,6]]" id="ydpb874c0c1ad-position-59" data-monetization-id="native-article_link" data-monetization-sizes="fluid,3,3,2,6" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; clear: both;"><div class="ydpb874c0c1ad-slot" id="ydpb874c0c1ad-slot-7103-ca-redding-C1265-native-article_link-news-6" data-google-query-id="CNa1lNf-quQCFYXGZAodOCEC6A" style="position: relative; border: 10px solid rgb(231, 231, 231); border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px;"><div style="border: 0pt none; visibility: visible; min-width: 100%;"></div></div></div><p class="ydpb874c0c1p-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">If the district, which primarily provides irrigation water to farmers in the San Joaquin Valley, can't work on the environmental report, it can't determine whether it can go forward to support the project. </p><p class="ydpb874c0c1p-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"The preliminary injunction is thus an attack on Westlands' decision-making process," the appeal says. "It is unprecedented for a court to order an agency to stop a CEQA review, before an agency has even been able to complete that review and make its decision."</p><div id="ydpb874c0c1module-position-SDoE7R2Ux1k" class="ydpb874c0c1story-asset ydpb874c0c1image-asset"><img itemprop="url" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/08/19/PRRS/4f6cec17-a4e4-469b-8f5d-0ec4bf165d02-mccloud1.jpg?width=540&height=&fit=bounds&auto=webp" alt="The McCloud River, which flows into Lake Shasta, is at the center of a dispute over raising the height of Shasta Dam." data-mycapture-src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/08/19/PRRS/4f6cec17-a4e4-469b-8f5d-0ec4bf165d02-mccloud1.jpg" data-mycapture-sm-src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/08/19/PRRS/4f6cec17-a4e4-469b-8f5d-0ec4bf165d02-mccloud1.jpg?width=500&height=332" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 540px; width: 540px;" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" class=""><p style="margin: 6px 0px 0px; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(100, 100, 100); padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">The McCloud River, which flows into Lake Shasta, is at the center of a dispute over raising the height of Shasta Dam. <span class="ydpb874c0c1credit" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">(Photo: Contributed photo by Thomas O'Keefe)</span></p><div class="ydpb874c0c1clearfix"></div></div><p class="ydpb874c0c1p-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has long been interested in raising the height of the dam. In 2015 the agency completed a separate environmental assessment on raising the dam 18½ feet.</p><p class="ydpb874c0c1p-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="ydpb874c0c1exclude-from-newsgate"><span style="font-weight: 700; margin-right: 3px;">More: </span><a data-track-label="inline|intext|n/a" href="https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/08/04/redding-com-news-roundup-rolling-updates-august-2019/1907079001/" style="color: rgb(25, 144, 229);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_7991070362">Redding news roundup: Shasta Lake receives funds designed to incentivize more housing</a></span></p><div><br></div><div id="ydpd041e54benhancr_card_7991070362" class="ydpd041e54byahoo-link-enhancr-card ydpd041e54bymail-preserve-class ydpd041e54bymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" data-url="https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/08/04/redding-com-news-roundup-rolling-updates-august-2019/1907079001/" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/08/04/redding-com-news-roundup-rolling-updates-august-2019/1907079001/" style="text-decoration:none !important;color:#000 !important" class="ydpd041e54byahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" class="ydpd041e54bcard-wrapper ydpd041e54byahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:400px"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table border="0" class="ydpd041e54bcard ydpd041e54byahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td class="ydpd041e54bcard-primary-image-cell" background="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/2VAXg5pvnTe.K20OCmyuOw--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/04/01/PRRS/e8c5b188-572f-4aba-8c04-ddfe2b22248d-IMG_4881.JPG?crop=3263,1835,x0,y252&width=3200&height=1680&fit=bounds.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" height="175" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">Redding news roundup: Shasta Lake receives state funds designed to spur ...</h2><p class="ydpd041e54bcard-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 155, 167);">News bites from around the North State in August 2019.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><p></p><div><span class="ydpb874c0c1exclude-from-newsgate"><em>Damon Arthur is the Record Searchlight’s resources and environment reporter. 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