News From Around The County
REDDING, Calif. — Four Redding business employees and two citizens were cited for selling or furnishing alcohol to minors during a two-part “Minor Decoy” and “Shoulder Tap” operation yesterday evening, Wednesday, Aug. 26. The operations, which often utilize Police Explorers as decoys, are meant to target adults willing to either sell or purchase alcohol for people less than 21 years […]
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REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say at least two of four occupants were killed when a single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza crashed and exploded while taking off from Benton Airpark in West Redding this morning. Two other victims suffered “significant” injuries, according to officials who remain at the scene. A small vegetation fire ignited by the crash and explosion in the canyon north […]
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BURNEY, Calif. — Minor injuries were reported after a passenger vehicle struck a bear earlier today, Wednesday, Aug. 26. The bear was last seen running toward Big Bend after the collision, which happened on SR-299E, about five miles west of Hatchet Summit and one mile east of the highway’s rest area. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Report of woman trying to […]
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TEMECULA, Calif. — Authorities say a Temecula woman was killed in a two-vehicle, head-on traffic collision Tuesday evening, Aug. 25. The deadly accident happened near the intersection of Pauba Rd and Via Cerda, between Margarita Rd. and Linfield Way. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Naked transient enters home, sexually assaults mother & disabled daughter UPDATED: Hemet transient killed by hit and run […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — Authorities say a wanted Anderson felon was arrested after she was found to be driving with an expired driver’s license, had two felony and two misdemeanor warrants for her arrest, and was in possession of drug paraphernalia. When they contacted the driver, officers were already investigating unrelated reports of a 55-year-old Cottonwood woman who allegedly offered to […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — Authorities in Anderson say a 55-year-old Cottonwood woman was arrested after allegedly offering methamphetamine to a 15-year-old girl Monday evening, Aug. 24. The incident, which led to both the woman’s arrest as well as an unrelated arrest of a wanted felon, happened near the North Street bridge in the City of Anderson, according to officials. LEADING THE […]
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HEMET, Calif. — At least two people were injured in a head-on collision on Domenigoni Parkway just west of Sanderson Ave. early this morning, Tuesday, Aug. 25. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Naked transient enters home, sexually assaults mother & disabled daughter UPDATED: Hemet transient killed by hit and run driver ID’d Man dies after run over by multiple cars in […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Aug. 25, 1 p.m., With coroner’s release of information. Originally published: Monday, Aug. 24, 11 p.m. HEMET, Calif. — Authorities in Hemet are investigating a hit and run traffic collision that left a pedestrian dead early Monday morning, Aug. 24. Officials are still searching for the vehicle involved in the fatal crash, which happened on Domenigoni Pkwy, just east of […]
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SAN JACINTO, Calif. — A San Jacinto man was killed and another person was injured after a solo-vehicle, rollover traffic collision that sheered a power pole early this morning, Sunday, Aug. 23. The deadly crash, which is still under investigation, happened in San Jacinto on Ramona Blvd, just west of Lyon Ave. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Naked transient enters home, […]
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WHITMORE, Calif. — A man with a felony warrant was arrested after allegedly stabbing another man and vandalizing his vehicle at a trailer park in the unincorporated community of Whitmore Saturday afternoon, Aug. 22. Although the victim was not seriously injured in the stabbing, which happened at at the Whitmore Trailer Park on the 29000 block of Whitmore Rd, between […]
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