Category: Shasta County and Surrounding Area News

Missing Cassel woman, 71, found safe days after mental health crisis leads to her Redding arrest, then disappearance

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif., — A 71-year-old Cassel woman who disappeared in downtown Redding after she was arrested – and then released – following a reported confrontation with law enforcement officials has been found safe by family members. The woman’s arrest may have begun as confusion related to a hair appointment the woman thought she had, according to her family. After […]

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Siskiyou deputy who witnessed violent highway-side carjacking pursues stolen vehicle, arrests suspect

YREKA, Calif., — Authorities say a deputy who witnessed a violent carjacking in progress alongside Interstate 5 in Yreka ended up pursuing an SUV pulling a second vehicle on a trailer for several miles before taking the suspected carjacker into custody early Monday evening, Feb. 21. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Community coming together for local woman critically injured in Super […]

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Anderson area arrest warrant sweep nets six offenders

ANDERSON, Calif., — Authorities say six people were arrested as a result of a multi-agency arrest warrant sweep conducted in the city of Anderson and surrounding unincorporated communities Tuesday, Feb. 22. All of those arrested were for offenders who had active felony warrants for their arrest, according to officials. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Community coming together for local woman critically […]

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Community coming together for local woman critically injured in Super Bowl Sunday head-on collision in Palo Cedro

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif., — With several fundraisers, raffles, and other activities already planned or in the works, community members throughout southern Shasta County are continuing to come together to help raise much needed financial help for a young Bella Vista woman who was critically injured in a head-on rollover traffic collision in Palo Cedro last Sunday, Feb. 13. Described as […]

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Recent Yreka PD patrol arrests highlight importance and need for continued pro-active policing

YREKA, Calif., — Several recent arrests in the small Siskiyou County city of Yreka are helping to highlight the need for, and importance of, pro-active policing – with arrests over the last week for drug sales and use, illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, catalytic converter thefts and tampering with vehicles, and other crimes. As the county seat of Siskiyou […]

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Exploring Shasta County History: The Greater Redding Chamber of Commerce

The Redding Chamber of Commerce was established on October 20, 1908. It was I.J. Johnson who was elected as the very first president of the brand-new Redding Chamber of Commerce, and their vice president was Augustas H. Gronwoldt, both men were chosen to lead the board of directors for this group. Additional members of the board were: David N. Honn, […]

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Naked & knife-wielding man arrested – again – after burglarizing same Redding business twice in three weeks

REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say a “disrobed” and knife-wielding man who was caught in the bathroom of a Redding insurance office was taken into custody after resisting arrest early this morning, Saturday, Feb. 19. Officials say the alleged suspect, who had to be pepper-sprayed during this morning’s apprehension, was arrested late last month on Jan. 30 after breaking into the […]

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Airborne re-seeding continuing throughout Lassen and Plumas areas damaged by last year’s Beckwourth Complex wildfire

Bureau of Land Management staff from the agency’s Eagle Lake Field Office last week began a re-seeding project aimed at dropping tons of shrub and grass seed on rugged, inaccessible wildlife habitat areas that were destroyed in last summer’s Beckwourth Complex wildfire. The massive wildfire, which was the result of two earlier lightning-caused fires that eventually merged, burned for several […]

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Westwood man, 34, accused of ongoing sexual abuse of minor arrested, remains held on $1 million bail

WESTWOOD, Calif., — Authorities yesterday announced that a lengthy, multi-jurisdictional investigation has led to the arrest of a Westwood man who now stands accused of sexually abusing at least one minor. The man’s charges indicate his victim or victims was or were younger than 14 years of age when the sexual abuse was occurring. Contacted for more information today, neither […]

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Wanted Red Bluff felon arrested with weapons, ammo, narcotics at homeless encampment behind Sacred Heart School

RED BLUFF, Calif., — Authorities say a felon on probation was arrested at a homeless encampment in a wooded area to the west of the Sacred Heart School in Red Bluff after he was found to be in possession of two rifles, ammunition, a stun gun-type device, methamphetamine, and drug paraphernalia late Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 16. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: […]

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