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The Gaslight Theatre is now showing "Henry Porter and the Sorcerer’s Secret." The theater will celebrate 46 years of show business in November and is one of the few family

The Asphalt Cowboys are looking for (mock) bank robbers the Lone Stranger and Sidekick. Solve these clues to identify the culprits and find the loot.

The brand new garage in downtown Redding on California Street is temporarily closed. Heres why.

Here are daily clues and tips for identifying the Lone Stranger and Sidekick and finding their ill-gotten loot during Redding Rodeo Week 2022.

Redding Rodeo Week gets underway on Monday, May 16, with more of the festivities happening in the revitalized downtown.

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The loot has been found. The Asphalt Cowboys announced that somebody located the loot that was swiped during Tuesday’s mock robbery — part of the festivities for Redding Rodeo week. “The loot was found Tuesday night at the yellow traffic barricade that is chained to the light pole in front of the of Asphalt Cowboys’ clubhouse” at the Redding Rodeo grounds, Asphalt Cowboy Dave Tappan said. Because the loot was found Tuesday, the cash reward is $1,000, Tappan said. The winner will pick...

The Lone Stranger and Sidekick are on the move again in Shasta County.  The Asphalt Cowboys annual mock robbery — and the city-wide search for their loot — kicked off Tuesday. The comedy game is a Redding Rodeo week tradition. Rewards are as much as $1,000 for each of the two contests, Asphalt Cowboy Dave Tappan said.  Two local celebrities dressed as the desperate desperados moseyed into the Post Office Saloon in downtown Redding on Tuesday morning and made off with the loot. A...

View Comments The Asphalt Cowboys have more fun in store this week as they celebrate the countdown to the Redding Rodeo coming Thursday through Saturday. The Cowboys already hosted a Friday night street dance with line-dance lessons and the Quick Draw shootout at Buckaroo Flats, outside their clubhouse near the Redding Civic Auditorium. Rodeo Week activities have been pared down due pandemic precautions. There wont be a parade again this year but the popular pancake breakfast will be Friday ...

The Asphalt Cowboys are excited about bringing back some, but not all, of their time-honored Rodeo Week events. The Cowboys famous pancake breakfast will be back May 14 after rodeo festivities were canceled last year due to the pandemic. The $5 breakfast has a new location: the parking lot at the Redding Civic Auditorium, where table, chairs and the griddles will be set up. The Lone Stranger and Sidekick will once again stage a mock bank holdup with reward money going to the people who find th...