Shovel-wielding man who tried to burn Redding house down and threatened officers arrested

REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say an axe and shovel-wielding man who tried to set fire to a Redding home with people inside it was arrested after telling responding officers he was going to kill them Wednesday evening, July 29. Officers were forced to use less-lethal bean bag shotgun rounds to take the violent and confrontational man down, after he advanced […]

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Wanted out of Florida since 2005, sex offender arrested in Anderson

ANDERSON, Calif. — A Florida sex offender who has been on the run and out of compliance since 2005 was located and arrested in Anderson earlier this morning, Thursday, July 30. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Shasta County shooting suspect who live-streamed pursuit arrested Agencies nationwide warn of “mysterious and unsolicited” Chinese seeds Citizens’ quick response helps quell Johnson Park house […]

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Sexual assaults along Temecula hiking and biking trail lead to Murrieta man’s arrest

UPDATED: Thursday, July 30, 3:20 p.m. See Original Story below. TEMECULA, Calif. — Officials investigating two back-to-back assaults of women using a popular Temecula biking and hiking trail announced today the arrest of a man they say was responsible for at least one of the separate and unrelated incidents. Officials investigating the attacks, both of which happened on the Santa […]

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Shasta County shooting suspect who live-streamed pursuit arrested

LAKEHEAD, Calif. — A Bakersfield man who led officers on a pursuit from Northern Shasta County to just outside Red Bluff is in custody after surrendering to authorities Wednesday afternoon, July 29. He was apprehended after fleeing the scene of a domestic violence related shooting at a Lakehead RV park, according to officials. During the pursuit the alleged suspect, since […]

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Massive, 5-alarm blaze destroys Perris Salvation Army facility

PERRIS, Calif. — Despite an aggressive and exhaustive attack by firefighters from multiple agencies, a five-alarm commercial structure fire that tore through the Salvation Army Family Store and Donation Center in Perris destroyed the facility’s storage annex, wiping out the non-profit’s entire donation inventory, Tuesday, July 28. The destructive blaze, which also displaced about 40 men living at the facility’s […]

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Agencies nationwide warn of “mysterious and unsolicited” Chinese seeds

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — The Shasta County Department of Agriculture (SCDA) today released an announcement cautioning all Shasta County residents to be wary of what they referred to as “any mysterious and unsolicited seeds from China.” Saying his agency recently became aware of homeowners throughout the nation, including Shasta County, receiving the unsolicited packages, SCDA Agricultural Commissioner Rick Gurrola explained […]

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Hemet man arrested after Old Town Temecula shooting

TEMECULA, Calif. — Reports of shots fired in Old Town Temecula Monday evening, July 27, led to a high-risk traffic stop that ended with the arrest of a Hemet man. Nobody was injured during the shooting and the alleged suspect, who has since been identified as 21-year-old, Stephen Michael Richard Thomas, was later booked on charges related to the incident. […]

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Citizens’ quick response helps quell Johnson Park house fire

JOHNSON PARK, Calif. — Fire officials today are crediting Johnson Park area residents with helping to extinguish a residential structure fire that displaced a family living at the home that burned early Tuesday morning, July 28. The fire, which officials say was likely caused by a cigarette discarded into a planter on the home’s front porch, happened on the 38000 block of […]

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The historic Princess Ditch Trail; a modern hiking trail with an adit quartz mine?

Located 7.4 miles west of Redding on Muletown Road is the historic Princess Ditch. This ditch was formerly owned and operated by the Princess Hydraulic Mining Company of Leadville, Colorado. It was dug out by their employees during 1896 and it was completed in January of 1897. From the source of its water supply at Boulder Creek in the present […]

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Drunk driver plows into popular Burney restaurant

JOHNSON PARK, Calif. — Authorities say a local woman suspected of driving under the influence was arrested after she struck several barrier poles before hitting Chatty Kathy’s, a popular Johnson Park restaurant located just east of Burney, this afternoon, Monday, July 27. The DUI crash, which caused minor damage to the structure, also destroyed the business’s gas, electric, and water […]

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