Category: Shasta County and Surrounding Area News

Dahle, on why she opposes tax increases and costly regulation on businesses, school choice

SACRAMENTO, Calif — On June 3, Assemblywoman Megan Dahle (R-Bieber) and other Assembly Republicans were successful in stopping legislation advanced by the majority party in Sacramento they say would have imposed a costly excise tax on firearms, and several bills proposing more burdensome environmental regulation and red tape on businesses. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Already on probation for, DUI, drunk […]

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Already on probation for DUI, drunk Redding woman crashes with young children in car

REDDING, Calif. — A woman who was already on probation for driving while under the influence was arrested again last night, Friday, June 4th, after being involved in a solo-vehicle, DUI crash in Redding. The alleged drunk driver had her two young children with her when the crash happened on Churn Creek Rd. just north of Palacio Drive, according to […]

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Today’s Lighter Side of the News: Bolting bovine brings bedlam to Red Bluff – Eventually bagged by the blue

In “Today’s Lighter Side of the News” RED BLUFF, Calif. — Authorities in Red Bluff were left with the backbreaking burden of rounding up a bull-headed calf that breached its bounds and made a run for the border Wednesday morning, June 2nd. The bolting bovine caused quite a brouhaha as it hoofed its way through town, before it was eventually […]

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Two men stabbed in Shasta Lake – Redding brothers arrested

CITY OF SHASTA LAKE, Calif. — Authorities say two Redding brothers were arrested after a violent knife attack on two Shasta Lake men early Wednesday morning, June 2. The men who were arrested allegedly attacked the two victims in the driveway of a Shasta Lake residence in the 1100 block of Shasta Way. The victims sustained non-life-threatening knife injuries and […]

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Suspicious fires cause major damage at Redding’s Caldwell Park

REDDING, Calif. — Officials today confirmed to SCNS that a series of suspected arson fires set at Redding’s Caldwell Park caused major damage to one of the park’s bathrooms as well as minor damage to the location’s on-site snack building over Memorial Day weekend. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: “Miraculous survival” after teen driver swerves to avoid oncoming car, plummets 200 […]

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“Miraculous survival” after teen driver swerves to avoid oncoming car, plummets 200 feet in Igo

IGO, Calif. — Authorities and witnesses say a teenage driver was lucky to survive after her vehicle plummeted more than 200 feet down a steep embankment yesterday morning, Wednesday, June 2. Witnesses to the accident later said the 16-year-old girl swerved to avoid a speeding car that was traveling the wrong way on Placer Road at the Veteran’s Bridge that […]

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K-9 assists with woman’s arrest after slow-speed, stolen vehicle pursuit through Redding

REDDING, Calif. — A woman was apprehended at the end of a slow-speed pursuit that occurred in Redding early yesterday morning, Wednesday, June 2. The woman who led officers on the slow chase have since said the suspect had stolen a vehicle from a Redding Motel 6 several hours before officers spotted the stolen car and the pursuit began. LEADING THE […]

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UPDATE: Citizen’s Tip leads to stabbing suspect’s arrest

UPDATED: Sunday, June 6, 10:30 a.m. See Original Story below. ANDERSON, Calif. — Authorities say a citizen’s early-morning tip Thursday, June 4, led to the arrest of a wanted felon who was named in connection with a stabbing that left a woman with multiple knife injuries two days earlier, on Wednesday morning, June 2. The violent incident left the victim […]

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Red Bluff man, 34, killed trying to run across Hwy 44

REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say a pedestrian was fatally struck by an SUV while trying to run across Highway 44 this morning, Tuesday, June 1. The fatal accident happened near Hilltop Drive just before 8:30 a.m., according to California Highway Patrol. SEE OTHER RECENT RED BLUFF AREA HEADLINE NEWS: Attempted murder investigation underway after two shot in Red Bluff Red […]

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The Ganim mine of New York Gulch

Joseph Solomon Ganim was born on December 25, 1877, to Solomon Ganim and his wife, Annie (Jabul) Ganim. He was a Lebanese immigrant, well-educated, and he arrived and settled at Whiskeytown in 1906. Ganim was a traveling merchandise seller by trade and later he became interested in mining. In 1912, Ganim located the quartz vein of the Hard Luck Gold […]

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