News From Around The County
BURNEY — Several recent mountain lion and bobcat sightings in the Intermountain communities of Burney and neighboring Johnson Park, as well as the Big Bend, Montgomery Creek and Clark Creek areas, have area residents on edge and discussing what to do, and what not to do, in the event of a face to face encounter with one of Shasta County’s […]
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MENIFEE — A Long Beach man is in custody after officials allege he shot another man last Thursday evening, Dec. 5. The shooting, which left the victim with non-life threatening injuries, happened in a residential Sun City neighborhood on the 27000 block of Boston Dr., southeast of Chambers Ave. and Murrieta Rd. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Menifee woman arrested for […]
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UPDATED: Wednesday, Dec. 11, 12 p.m., With additional details regarding suspect’s arrest. LAKE ELSINORE — A man who officials allege murdered his wife in Lake Elsinore last Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 4., was apprehended in Hawthorne Friday, Dec. 6. The alleged suspect is now sitting in jail without bail on charges related to the fatal incident that led to his wife’s […]
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PALO CEDRO — Officials are continuing to work at the scene of a tractor trailer combo that crashed into and knocked down a power pole in Palo Cedro shortly before noon today, Tuesday, Dec. 10. No injuries were reported after the collision, which happened along the Deschutes Rd. off ramp for SR-44, according to a CHP incident log. LEADING THE […]
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PERRIS — A menifee woman was arrested for DUI after allegedly losing control of her vehicle and smashing into a center median where she knocked down two traffic signs late Sunday evening, Dec. 8. The solo-vehicle crash happened at the intersection of E. 4th St. and Wilkerson Ave., in Perris. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Hemet pedestrian, 46, killed by […]
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GLEN AVON — An alleged drunk driver was hospitalized after losing control of his vehicle and crashing into a business early Saturday morning, Dec. 7. The collision, which left the business heavily damaged and temporarily unusable, happened at Magic Cuts Barber Shop on the 9800 block of Mission Blvd., in the community of Glen Avon. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Search […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Dec. 9, 1 p.m. See Original Story below HEMET — Officials have identified a Hemet transient who was struck and killed by a driver who then fled the scene Friday evening, Dec. 6. The deadly crash happened inside a residential neighborhood on Wetherly St., between W. Johnston Ave. and Warley Rd. Officials are continuing to search for the […]
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LASSEN COUNTY — CHP and other emergency personnel remain at the scene of a rollover traffic accident involving a tractor-trailer combo that overturned while transporting cattle this morning, Friday, Dec. 6. The accident happened along SR-299E, near Six-Mile Corner, between the communities of Bieber and Adin. Although the driver of the big-rig was reportedly not seriously injured in the crash, […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Dec. 10, 10:45 a.m., With clarification and correction of some details. AGUANGA — Two men who were driving a stolen car when they crashed into an AMR ambulance working at the scene of an Aguanga crash were critically injured after attempting to flee the scene and crashing again, Thursday evening, Dec. 5 . The first crash involving the […]
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Guest Writer Spotlight: Jeremy M. Tuggle – Shasta Historical Society A crowd gathers to attend the lighting of the Redding Christmas tree in 1933. The tree is topped with a neon star. Courtesy of Shasta Historical Society. This holiday favorite was originated in 1919 by the Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E), who cut the first evergreen to be placed […]
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