Deputy rescues child, 2, and grandmother from ACID canal

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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UPDATE: Missing elderly Redding man’s body found in A.C.I.D. Canal

UPDATED: Saturday, Oct. 5, 5:30 p.m. See Original Story below. REDDING — Officials who had been searching for a missing 87-year-old former elementary school teacher and principal say they found the senior citizen deceased in the A.C.I.D. Canal behind the man’s residence. According to Redding PD, the missing man was found earlier today, Saturday, Oct. 5, with the use of […]

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Woman, 22, critical after pulled from Sacramento River

REDDING — A 22-year-old woman was rushed to an area hospital in critical condition after an officer pulled her lifeless body from the Sacramento River in Redding yesterday afternoon, Thursday, July 4. The victim was reportedly swept down river into whitewater conditions near the Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation District (ACID) diversion dam, after she and three companions used pool/lake inflatables to […]

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