Month: November 2020

RivCo training academy closes after recruits test positive for COVID-19

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. — In the wake of several recruits testing positive for COVID-19, the Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center, which offers comprehensive law enforcement, fire, and correctional custody public safety training for law enforcement and fire agencies throughout California, recently announced that the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department had temporarily suspended their academy training program. Although officials have made no […]

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“SLOW THE F-AST DOWN”: says CHP

A new statewide initiative recently issued by California Highway Patrol and the State of California encourages drivers to “Slow The Fast Down” and understand the dangers of speeding. Saying that excessive speeding went way up during the beginning of the state’s mandated COVID-19 public health crisis related stay-at-home orders in March, CHP recently announced that between March 19 and April […]

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Afterschool Learning Provider, Think Together supports RivCo school districts with distance learning

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. — With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and public health crisis nearing its ninth month and no end in sight to the current lockdown and social distancing mandates, school districts throughout California and the nation are continuing to adjust and being forced to come up with innovative ways to serve the students within their districts. One such program […]

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Exploring Shasta County History with Jeremy Tuggle

Since July, 2019, Shasta Historical Society’s Education and Community Engagement Manager, Jeremy M. Tuggle has graciously allowed Shasta County News Source (SCNS) to publish and share his fascinating, well-written, and thoroughly researched articles about Shasta County’s rich History. Jeremy, who has authored two books, is a descendant of 11 pioneer families who helped settle Shasta County beginning in the 1850’s […]

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Exploring the rich history of McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park

Author: Jeremy Tuggle – Education and Community Engagement Manager – Shasta Historical Society If you’re ever in Northern California one of the premier destinations in Shasta County to visit is a natural wonder called Burney Falls. This magnificent water fall was designated as a National Natural Landmark in 1984 by the National Park Service. Yet, long before it was developed […]

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Man dead after fiery Thermal head-on wreck

THERMAL, Calif. — Authorities say one person was killed and another was hospitalized after a fiery, two-vehicle wreck in Thermal early Tuesday evening, Nov. 24. The fatal head-on collision happened near the intersection of Grapefruit and 60th Avenue, according to officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Boy suffers “significant injuries” after Temecula assault, attempted sodomy Hemet officer wounded in drive-by shooting – Gunman arrested […]

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ShasCo Sheriff, Redding PD Chief say they “will not be enforcing” recent COVID-19 mandates

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — In response to the latest COVID-19 public health crisis related mandates announced by California Governor Gavin Newsom last week, both Shasta County Sheriff Eric Magrini and City of Redding Police Chief Bill Schueller have announced that their departments – the two largest law enforcement agencies based within Shasta County – will not be enforcing any of the […]

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Knife-wielding man fatally shot by officers in Beaumont

BEAUMONT, Calif. — Officials in Beaumont say a man armed with two large knives who advanced toward officers was fatally shot Sunday evening, Nov. 22. No officers or other citizens were injured during the deadly incident, which happened in the intersection of 6th Street and Beaumont Avenue. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Boy suffers “significant injuries” after Temecula assault, attempted sodomy […]

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Boy suffers “significant injuries” after Temecula assault, attempted sodomy

TEMECULA, Calif. — Authorities say they arrested a man who allegedly beat and attempted to sodomize a teenage boy in Temecula in the early morning hours of Monday, Nov. 23. The incident, which left the teen hospitalized with “significant injuries”, happened in a wash area southeast of Temecula and Pechanga parkways, Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant Edmond Seltzer later said of the […]

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Hemet officer wounded in drive-by shooting – Gunman arrested

HEMET, Calif. — Authorities say that one of two officers investigating reports of someone indiscriminately shooting a gun in Hemet was struck by gunfire when the suspect drove back through the area of the initially reported shootings and fired upon the officers early this morning, Monday, Nov. 23. The suspect, 20-year-old, Robert Moran, of Hemet, was apprehended shortly after the […]

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