This Saturday is the annual Lighted Christmas Parade in Downtown Redding. The parade begins at 6PM and will follow the standard downtown parade route, from Tehama Street South on California to Sacramento Street, then north on Pine and East on Yuba Street. Several downtown streets will close at 4PM to allow for staging of parade entries. The entire parade route will be closed to traffic at 5. No parking zones will be in effect several days before the parade, and any vehicles parked on the route must be moved by 2 O’clock Saturday or they will be towed. The parade is organized by the Active 20-30 Club of Redding. Steve Gibson and his wife Laura will be announcing the parade on Sacramento Street. Friday night is the 105th year for the lighting of the City of Redding Christmas Tree in Downtown Redding. That’ll be at the corner of Market and Yuba Streets at 7PM. The ceremony will be preceded by a Kool April Nites car show starting at 5PM.
-Steve Gibson