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Submitted by: Opal Singleton – MillionKids.org There is a bill making its way through California legislation that will legalize street prostitution in California and even more concerning, allow those previously convicted of prostitution or related offenses to have their sentences overturned or dismissed. Almost no one seems to be aware of SB 357 which has passed the Senate and is […]
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UPDATED: Friday, Aug. 6, 3:30 p.m. See Original Story below. REDDING, Calif.,– Redding Police Department yesterday announced that the search for an elderly Redding man came to an end after the victim’s lifeless body was discovered near a set of railroad tracks in the area where his pickup truck had been previously located. The victim, 80-year-old, Terry Kingsford, was last […]
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BURNEY, Calif., — Officials have identified a Sparks, Nevada “thrill seeker” who died after leaping into Lake Britton from the Lake Britton Bridge along Highway 89 in Shasta County, plummeting some 60 feet into the cold water below last Wednesday, July 28. In addition to being an “experienced cliff/bridge jumper” as described later by Sheriff’s officials, the victim, 23-year-old Don […]
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REDDING, Calif., — An intoxicated man was pulled alive from Lake Shasta after leaping from the Pit River Bridge along Interstate 5 on Saturday afternoon, July 31. The man had called 911 and reported he parked his SUV nearby and was on the bridge shortly before he apparently jumped into the water some 200 feet below, according to a California […]
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BURNEY, Calif., — Authorities say a stolen truck was recovered after a high speed chase tore through Burney last night, Friday, July 30. The suspect, who has not yet been identified or located, managed to lude capture after the chase, according to officials. Last night’s pursuit happened just an hour before a solo-vehicle, major-injury crash into an Oak tree that […]
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Submitted by: Office of Congressman Doug LaMalfa For the past decade our district has faced numerous disasters and near-disasters, from the failure of Oroville Dam’s spillway to several years of drought and repeated wildfires that have destroyed towns, wreaked havoc on our environment and the morale of our people. As your Member of Congress, I am continually working to address […]
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INGOT, Calif. — Five family members, including a woman in her 60s and four children, ages 5 to 11, are continuing to recover after they were involved in a major-injury, head-on traffic collision while traveling on SR-299E in the unincorporated Shasta County community of Ingot on Tuesday morning, July 27. The major-injury accident, which was declared a Mass Casualty Incident […]
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INGOT, Calif., — No injuries were reported after a solo-vehicle rollover accident on SR-299E near Ingot, east of Bella Vista last night, Thursday, July 29. The crash, which happened near mile marker 44, about two miles east of Sugar Pine Camp Road according to a CHP incident log, caused the hour-long, partial closure of the highway but did not result […]
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SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif., — For the second time in as many days, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office has issued flash flood and potential evacuation warnings for the areas of Juniper Terrace and Rising Hill roads, in the Mount Shasta Vista Subdivision. Today’s warnings, like similar warnings given on Tuesday after rains doused the North State region, are in response to […]
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Submitted by Office of Congressman Doug LaMalfa Congressman Doug LaMalfa issued the following statement after recent announcements by Governor Newsom mandating COVID-19 vaccination for all state employees and by President Biden for Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare employees. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Pit River Tribe family members, including four children, continuing to recover after Ingot head-on crash EXCLUSIVE: Witness […]
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