News From Around The County
MENIFEE, Calif. — Authorities say a bicyclist was killed after being struck by at least two vehicles late Saturday evening, Jan. 16. The bicyclist was initially hit while crossing Highway 74, just west of Briggs Road, when he was then run over by a second vehicle, according to authorities. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Struck and left for dead on Christmas […]
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HEMET, Calif. — When Frank Aguirre watched his 16-year-old daughter ride off with her boyfriend on a new mini-bike he had just received that Christmas morning, he never could have imagined the tragedy that would follow just a short time later. “My worst nightmare came true that Christmas day,” Frank told RCNS, while talking about what happened to his daughter […]
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Highway Patrol (CHP) Commissioner Amanda Ray today issued the following statement announcing the CHP would go on tactical alert ahead of the upcoming Presidential Inauguration: “For many months, the CHP has worked closely with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to ensure the outcome of the election will be respected and that any protests which […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Authorities have announced the arrest of a man they allege murdered an elderly woman during a home invasion robbery that occurred in Riverside last week. The victim, since identified as 78-year-old, Denise Irene Wong, of Riverside, was found dead inside her residence, in the 200 block of E. Manfield Street, southeast of W. Big Springs Road and Watkins […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Jan. 16, 5:35 p.m. See Original Story below. REDDING, Calif. — Although their investigation is ongoing, Redding Police Department today released additional information regarding a shooting that ended with two people hospitalized with gunshot injuries and one man in custody last Friday evening, Jan. 15. Both victims were critically injured and remain hospitalized as of this update, according to […]
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BURNEY, Calif. — A high-speed vehicle pursuit that raced through the small, Intermountain area towns of Johnson Park and Burney sent other motorists scrambling out of the way of the fleeing Camaro earlier this evening, Friday, Jan. 15. The driver eventually stopped on Plumas Street near Superior Avenue, where he and three other occupants fled on foot. Two of the […]
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DOUGLAS CITY, Calif. — Authorities say a Redding man was arrested after a terrified woman called 911 to report that someone was following her as she walked home early Friday morning, Jan. 15. Deputies who responded to the incident determined the driver, who had followed the woman all the way home and parked across the street from the victim’s residence, […]
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SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — Three people, including one who was ejected, were seriously injured after a vehicle overturned multiple times in Siskiyou County Thursday evening, Jan. 14. The rollover accident happened along the northbound Interstate 5 south of Louie Road, about eight miles south of Grenada and twenty-one miles north of Mt. Shasta. It was the second major accident to […]
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PERRIS, Calif. — Authorities say a bicyclist was killed and a man was later arrested after a Perris hit and run Thursday evening, Jan. 14. The fatal collision happened in the area of Goetz and Mapes roads, according to sheriff’s officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Pit maneuver, rollover crash with one ejected, ends 100 mph pursuit Woman charged with murdering […]
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REDDING, Calif. — Multiple reports of shots fired near Win River Casino and descriptions of a gun-wielding man armed with “a smaller AK-47”, led to a large, multi-agency response and precautionary lock down of the casino early Wednesday evening, Jan. 13. A Redding man, since identified as 40-year-old, Brian Scott McCain, was later arrested on charges related to the incident, […]
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