News From Around The County
Guest Writer Spotlight: Richard Lewis My wife Sue and I were in a grocery store picking up a few food items for entertaining. The woman before us in line had a number of items in her cart and had put these on the conveyer belt to be rung up. She also had an empty banana peel that she tossed over […]
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Newcomers Frederic Rochon, a native of New York, and his Canadian partners Levi Longfield, and John Hayett, arrived from lower California and settled at Shasta together in the early months of 1870. After their arrival, they immediately located a placer mining claim on Spring Creek. After that, their mining activities took-off with them earning fair wages from this mining claim […]
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REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say a traffic stop in Redding led to the arrest of two people, including a juvenile, after officers located three fully loaded and unregistered firearms within easy reach of both the vehicle’s occupants early Sunday morning, May 9. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Victim stabbed multiple times at Anderson gas station – Man arrested Locals come together to […]
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PERRIS, Calif. — Authorities say a crowbar-wielding man who had just attacked his girlfriend was fatally shot by a deputy after he advanced on the deputy while still armed with the crowbar Friday evening, May 7. Officials today said that deputies contacted the man in a field near the 22000 block of Margarth Street, east of Highway 74 and southwest […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Authorities remain at the scene of a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred south of Riverside’s downtown business district earlier this morning, Saturday, May 8. The shooting involved a homeless man who allegedly pulled a gun on officers who were a part of a homeless outreach team that provides services to the homeless. The unit includes a code […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — Authorities say a man was arrested for attempted murder after stabbing another man multiple times outside an Anderson gas station yesterday evening, Friday, May 7. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Locals come together to help family after sudden passing of Cassel mom Officials investigating yet another series of suspicious Johnson Park area fires Missing from Mt. Shasta since […]
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SAN JACINTO, Calif. — Details are beginning to emerge after a hit and run involving a vehicle that smashed through a brick wall, mowed down a back yard awning, and crashed into a house yesterday, Friday, May 7. A subsequent search for two males, who were seen tossing a handgun over a fence while running from the scene of the […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — A group of juveniles who were identified by law enforcement officials due to their fire-setting tendencies and behaviors attended last night’s “Youth Firesetter Prevention and Intervention Academy” in Anderson, Thursday evening, May 6. The program is part of the Youth Violence Prevention Council and is a partnership of the Shasta Arson Task Force, and serves as a […]
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REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say a man who fought with officers and attempted to take an officer’s firearm and baton before jumping into the Sacramento River to elude arrest, was ultimately apprehended after officers used several well-placed bean bag shotgun blasts to take the violent and combative man into custody. A woman who vandalized a patrol vehicle was also arrested […]
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CASSEL, Calif. — Residents from the Intermountain area and beyond have come together to help provide comfort, financial aid and other assistance to a local family after the sudden and unexpected passing of long-time local Darcy Aguilar early Sunday evening, May 2. She was 47-years-old at the time of her death. “She was an amazing woman and we would like […]
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