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)