Category: Featured

Teams deploy to support RivCo care facilities after nurses abandon patients

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. — Specialized teams designed to educate and equip employees at licensed care facilities throughout Riverside County will start visiting the locations today. The four SOS (Skilled Nursing Facilities Outreach Support) teams consist of workers from American Medical Response and other healthcare partners who could be involved in patient care, said Kim Saruwatari, director of Public Health. LEADING […]

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No charges after dog, twice run over, dies

JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. — Law enforcement and animal control officials who investigated reports of a man intentionally running over a small dog – before backing up and running it over again, killing it – say their investigation led them to determine the fatal incident was nothing more than a tragic accident. The incident, part of which was caught on a […]

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Family of RivCo deputy who died from COVID-19 complications hold onto happy memories

Original Story by Greg Hardesty Article Submitted by Behind the Badge Dave Werksman with his daughter, Abby, at her 23rd birthday brunch. “This is the goofball my dad was and the goofball he raised,” Abby said. Photo courtesy of Abby Werksman The masked woman stood in her driveway, safely distanced from other onlookers but with her dog Ruby, 11, a […]

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Body pulled from Sacramento River – Junction City man, 58, ID’d

ANDERSON, Calif. — Authorities are investigating the death of a Junction City man after his lifeless body was found floating in the Sacramento River behind an Anderson residence Friday morning, April 10. The body, which has since been recovered by deputies assigned to Shasta County’s Boating Safety Unit, was found floating behind a home on the 3300 block of Riverside […]

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Redding mother, 68, fatally stabbed – Son arrested

REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say a local man was arrested after fatally stabbing his 68-year-old mother in Redding yesterday afternoon, April 10. Friday’s deadly stabbing happened on the 1100 block of Edgewood Dr., according to officials now investigating the gruesome murder. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Wanted felon nabbed stealing from Anderson Safeway Redding transient arrested after vehicle theft, burglaries Drugs, […]

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Guest Writer Spotlight: Relinquishing Freedom and Liberty is not Safety

Guest Writer Spotlight – Op/Ed: Robert SochaShared with permission from Mychal Massie – The Daily RantMain image courtesy: Forbes: How COVID-19 Is Also Killing Democracy I have been thinking about the exponential growth of the Coronavirus. It has single-handedly taken out myriad man-made enterprises; sporting, entertainment, religious and financial. Astonishing barely scratches the surface of my wonder at its possibility. […]

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ShasCo seeking vendors to provide food preparation and delivery during COVID-19

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — In response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, Shasta County – through its Department of Support Services Purchasing Unit – is seeking area food vendors to provide food preparation and delivery services for the County’s homeless population. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Wanted felon nabbed stealing from Anderson Safeway Redding transient arrested after vehicle theft, burglaries Officials seek […]

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Temescal Valley sex offender arrested after failing to register

TEMESCAL VALLEY — A sex offender was arrested after a recent audit uncovered that the alleged suspect was living at a Temescal Valley residence and had failed to register his new address, Thursday morning, April 9. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Former Riverside Sears to be second Federal Medical Station site Menifee officials investigating apparent murder-suicide – 4 dead One dead, […]

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Burney offering one-on-one Kindergarten registration for 2020-2021 session

BURNEY, Calif. — Due to the ongoing COVID-19 stay-at-home orders and other cautionary restrictions, Kindergarten registration for Burney Elementary School’s 2020-2021 school year has been reorganized to allow for one-on-one sessions with parents and/or guardians. LEADING THE BURNEY AND INTERMOUNTAIN AREA HEADLINES: Local fisherman’s body recovered after Round Mountain drowning Burney parolee in stolen car nabbed after pursuit, crash Burney […]

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Former Riverside Sears to be second Federal Medical Station site

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. — A closed department store building in Riverside has been selected as the second Riverside County site for a federal medical station (FMS). The 90,000-square-foot building that housed the Sears department on Arlington Avenue will be used for a 125-bed hospital using materials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Menifee […]

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