EditorialCathy Darling Allen, the Shasta County clerk and registrar of voters, has been overseeing elections in the county for 18 years. (Mike Kai Chen/The New York Times)
EditorialA thru-hiker walks along a burned portion of the Pacific Crest Trail in the Klamath National Forest and the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Northern California, on Aug. 18, 2022. (Mason Trinca/The New York Times)
EditorialA commercial building for sale in downtown Weed, Calif., with Mt. Shasta in the background, on May 11, 2021. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
EditorialA commercial building for sale in downtown Weed, Calif., with Mt. Shasta in the background, on May 11, 2021. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
EditorialThe snow-capped dormant volcano Mount Shasta, as seen from the town of Weed, in Northern California, Aug. 18, 2016. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
EditorialSmoke from wildfires wrap Mount Shasta in northern California, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, as viewed from a commercial flight. (Bryan Denton/The New York Times)
EditorialSmoke from wildfires wrap Mount Shasta in northern California, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, as viewed from a commercial flight. (Bryan Denton/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left: Shasta Morris Wheeler, Wade Delgadillo and Shasta’s mother, Cathy Conner, with two of their three dogs in Conner’s RV that they share in Oklahoma City, April 10, 2020. (Andrea Morales/The New York Times)