News From Around The County
JOHNSON PARK, Calif. — Intermountain area firefighters from multiple area fire stations spent nearly three and a half hours knocking down eight separate but possibly related fires early Thursday morning, March 4. The fires included a large log deck blaze at a lumber yard and seven additional grass and vegetation fires within a half-mile radius. Authorities have since said the […]
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BURNEY, Calif. — With generous donations from Redding Rancheria, Sierra Pacific Industries, and others, Burney Elementary and High school teachers, administrators, and students are continuing work on creating an engaging learning environment as Phase 3 of the elementary school’s years-long Wellness Plan and project promoting education for the “whole child”. The Wellness Plan includes an outdoor “Peaceful Playground”, and a […]
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BURNEY, Calif. — Already on felony probation, a convicted arsonist was arrested again after a series of incidents that included lighting two fires, vandalizing a video dispensing machine, and then resisting arrest in the Intermountain area town of Burney Friday afternoon, Feb. 19. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Proposed Wiley Project intended to reduce fire dangers in the Lassen National Forest […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Feb. 13, 2 p.m., With additional details regarding victim’s status and cause of crash, along with correction regarding the fire agencies that responded to – or arrived at – the scene. MONTGOMERY CREEK, Calif. — At least one person was injured after a solo-vehicle, rollover accident in the Montgomery Creek area this afternoon, Friday, Feb.12. The sedan burst […]
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MONTGOMERY CREEK, Calif. — Authorities say a Shasta County woman with multiple warrants was arrested after setting a car ablaze on Big Bend Road, about a mile north of SR-299E, Monday afternoon, Jan. 18. The fire destroyed a Volkswagen Jetta and burned about a quarter-acre of vegetation, according to Cal Fire-Shasta. In the wake of Monday’s arrest, Montgomery Creek residents […]
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BELLA VISTA, Calif. — No injuries were reported after a pickup truck traveling on SR-299E went about 30 feet over the embankment and into the trees west of Oak Run Road yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, Jan. 19. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Man who attacked Redding Rite Aid employees arrested Three found dead inside Redding home, investigation continuing UPDATE: More details after Redding […]
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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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UPDATED: Thursday, Jan. 7, 6 p.m., With traffic condition update and other information. BURNEY, Calif. — A tractor-trailer combo that jack-knifed and crashed in heavy fog along SR-89 overnight led to multiple calls and confusion about the big-rig’s location, as well as an hours-long citizen-led search for its driver throughout the early morning hours today, Thursday, Jan. 7. The accident […]
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JONES VALLEY, Calif. — A motorcyclist was killed after a solo-vehicle crash on Bear Mountain Road near Hidden Valley Drive in the unincorporated Jones Valley area north of Bella Vista New Year’s Eve, Thursday, Dec. 31. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Redding man arrested after New Year’s Eve DUI crash Family heirlooms lost in Burney fire that destroyed coop, shed Medical […]
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BURNEY, Calif. — California Highway Patrol has confirmed a big-rig driver died while traveling on a remote dirt logging road in the Intermountain area near Burney, about ten miles south of SR-299E early this morning. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Family heirlooms lost in Burney fire that destroyed coop, shed UPDATE: Suspect dead, Walmart reopened, video emerges, after “wild” Redding crime […]
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