News From Around The County
REDDING, Calif. — A parolee found in a stolen car who fled on foot from Redding police officers was arrested after he was struck by a car on Dana Dr. yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, Oct. 14. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Shots fired at Anderson woman lead to arrest of teens Deputy rescues child, 2, and grandmother from ACID canal UPDATE: Victim […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — Authorities say a woman who confronted two trespassers at her Anderson apartment complex and later followed the pair in her car Sunday afternoon, Oct. 11, was repeatedly shot at by one of the suspects, since identified as a juvenile from Vacaville, CA. Both the juvenile shooter and an adult female were later arrested after the violent, mid-day […]
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REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say a woman riding a bicycle pulling an attached cart who ignored the flashing railroad signs and cross arms was struck by a slow moving train and suffered minor injuries after her bike and cart became struck on the railroad tracks. The slow-speed collision, which happened earlier this afternoon, Oct. 12 at the railroad crossing at Shasta […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — A fatal accident involving an Anderson police officer and a bicyclist was followed by a second, major-injury collision involving a car that smashed into a second patrol vehicle, injuring a sergeant who was trying to re-direct traffic away from the scene of the initial fatal accident. The two accidents happened on Highway 273 just south of Thomas […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — Wanting to cut in half the time it takes to build affordable housing, hotels, and office buildings, US-Offsite announced last spring that it had picked an industrial area in Anderson, south of Redding, to build its first production plant. With overwhelming support from the community and local leaders such as California 1st District Assemblymember Megan Dahle (R-Bieber), US-Offsite […]
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CITY OF SHASTA LAKE, Calif. — “It is always a great when a young man comes to the City and asks, ‘What can I do to help clean-up the Community?’,” City of Shasta Lake officials wrote in a Tuesday, Oct. 6 social media post; after a local teen approached City officials about cleaning up a blighted property, “heavy with trash and […]
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REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say a man who carjacked and kidnapped a Redding man at knife-point from the Bonnyview Boat Ramp in Redding was apprehended late last night, Thursday, Oct. 8. The alleged suspect, Justin Kenyon, 32, of Redding, was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, false imprisonment, and possession of methamphetamine. Jail records indicate he remains in custody in lieu […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — Authorities say the frantic search for a “non-verbal” 2-year-old boy in Anderson ended when a responding deputy heard faint cries coming from the Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation Canal, Thursday, October 8. Racing to the area, the deputy found the missing boy and his grandmother in the canal. “(The grandmother) was clinging to the steep side of the canal […]
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UPDATED: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 3:30 p.m., With coroner’s release of information. Original Story published Monday, Oct. 5, 5:15 p.m. ANDERSON, Calif. — An Anderson man was killed when he lost control of his speeding vehicle and crashed into a tree in Anderson early Friday morning, Oct. 2. The deadly, high-speed crash happened on Olinda Rd. near Hammer Ln. The tremendous […]
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SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — Two Shasta County sheriff’s deputies were lucky to walk away after a large tree, damaged and weakened by the ongoing Zogg Fire, toppled over onto their police cruiser Tuesday evening, Sept. 29. Although neither deputy was injured, their vehicle was “totaled”, according to Sheriff’s officials who later reported the incident on social media. LEADING THE SCNS […]
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