News From Around The County
UPDATED: Thursday, May 9, 11:20 a.m., With additional details, GoFundMe link. REDDING — A Foothill High School senior, still reeling from the death of his father last March, was hit by tragedy once again when his grandmother and several family pets were killed by an early-morning fire that ripped through a Redding home last Monday, May 6. Although Juan Salcido […]
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CITY OF SHASTA LAKE — A sheriff’s K-9 was instrumental in apprehending a man who officials allege threw a brick at his elderly father during an argument, before fleeing the home with a stolen rifle early yesterday evening, Tuesday, May 7. The victim was uninjured on the brick attack and the alleged suspect was later booked into jail on several […]
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HAT CREEK — Authorities are at the scene of a chain reaction crash involving a school bus dropping off students in the Hat Creek area and three, fully loaded, tractor-trailer combos that slammed into each other while trying to stop for the bus earlier this afternoon, Tuesday, May 7. The accident, which happened on SR-89, a half-mile south of Lava […]
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SISKIYOU COUNTY — The remains of a missing Marysville, CA man – who had not been seen since last January – were discovered in the Happy Camp area, a remote area of northwest Siskiyou County, Wednesday afternoon, May 1. The victim’s remains were found near Independence Creek Road, a United States Forest Service road, about 5 miles from SR-96. LEADING […]
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MONTGOMERY CREEK — Authorities are headed to the scene of a big-rig tractor-trailer combo that crashed into a guardrail and is now partially blocking Hwy 299E, near the Intermountain community of Montgomery Creek. According to a CHP incident log, although there were no reported injuries, radio traffic at the time indicated fire and rescue personnel were initially dispatched to the […]
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ANDERSON — A man wanted in connection with the March 30 robbery of a Safeway gas station is in custody, after turning himself in to authorities Friday, May 3. Last March’s early-morning robbery happened in the 2500 block of Balls Ferry Road. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Officials at scene of pickup upside down and submerged in creek off 299E Burney […]
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UPDATED: Monday, May 6, 11:30 a.m. See Original Story and earlier updates below. BELLA VISTA — At 9:35 a.m., CHP’s incident log updated that a tow truck had arrived at the scene of this morning’s reported rollover crash, which left a green Dodge Dakota pickup truck upside down and partially submerged in Little Cow Creek, just south of SR-299E, between […]
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BURNEY — An eagle-eyed Burney couple driving on a rural mountain roadway near Lake Britton Dam thwarted an attempted gas theft from a PG&E excavator yesterday morning, Saturday, May 4. Although the couple were not able to get a description of the man who fled the scene after realizing he had been caught in the act of siphoning the excavator’s […]
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UPDATED: Sunday, May 5, 11:15 a.m. LASSEN COUNTY — CHP and other rescue personnel have arrived at the scene of this morning’s rollover crash involving a car that crashed into Lassen County’s Poison Lake and came to rest upside down and partially submerged. According to a CHP incident log and official radio traffic, the first arriving CHP personnel found all […]
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BURNEY — With the next fire season quickly approaching, residents from throughout the Intermountain area are invited to attend an upcoming public meeting that will be focusing on reducing fire danger risks. The meeting, scheduled for May 13, at Burney’s Veteran’s Memorial Hall from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m., is being hosted by Burney Basin Fire Safe Council, Burney Chamber […]
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