A former Shasta County public defender was convicted of attempted murder and felony child abuse last week. Theodore Loos, 75, was arrested in 2019 after police said he attacked his wife and two ...

A former Shasta County public defender who attacked his family with a wood-splitting maul two years ago has been released from jail for a "mental health diversion." Theodore Loos, 75, who attacked his ...

Owning a red flannel and an ax won’t magically transform you into Paul Bunyan. That’s why we asked the professionals performing at this year’s Lumberjack Festival (September 30 through October 1 in ...

The sounds of my attempt to chop the long log in half echoed off the canyon’s rock cliffs like gunfire. I wasn’t having success because I was using a smaller axe with a narrow head. It was the wrong ...

Look at any fire badge or vintage fire insignia that depicts firefighting tools and you’ll probably see an axe and a pike pole, tools that have been a staple in the fire service for hundreds of years.

A metal splitting maul head. The maul head is roughly wedge-shaped. One side of the maul is an axe blade and the other is a butt that doubles as a hammer. The hammer has eight (8) sides and a smooth ...