Timothy Reynold’s Blog

Redding is located in the Sacramento Valley in the shadow of Mt Shasta and is the county seat of Shasta County. It now has a population of approximately 107,741 due to recent annexations.

Redding CA real estate is always in demand because of being close to Shasta Lake. Rain falls abundantly in the Winters in Redding, and snow will occasionally fall on colder winter days. The summers in the Redding area, even in the neighboring mountains are extremely hot, and dry. The average daily maximum temperature in July stays near 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Although the official high temperature in July was listed at 120, the temperature has been known to reach 125 in some areas of Redding.

In recent decades an influx of retirees from the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles seeking lower cost housing and a slower pace of life has caused a shift in the city’s economic base towards the service sectors of medical, legal, retail and tourism. There are now numerous retirement communities located in the area. However, the unemployment rate is still consistently above the state average and the wages are low.

Redding is the largest city in the northern Sacramento Valley as well as the largest city on the 470-mile stretch of Interstate 5 between Sacramento, California and Eugene, Oregon. Both Redding and its neighbor to the south, Red Bluff, are popular with tourists who use the cities as bases to explore Lassen Volcanic National Park, Lake Shasta, and other natural and man-made attractions such as:

• Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay is a  pedestrian span that was designed by the noted Spanish architect-engineer-artist Santiago Calatrava and links the north and south campuses of the 300-acre Turtle Bay Exploration Park.
• Turtle Bay Exploration Park, located along the banks of the Sacramento River, contains a museum and 20-acre gardens. The campus features permanent and changing exhibitions featuring art, history, horticulture, forestry and natural science.
• The Cascade Theatre(which opened in 1935) has been restored and now operates as a multi-use performance venue. The theater is an example of Art Deco architecture of the period.