News From Around The County
BURNEY — When someone stole all the flowers off the back of a wagon in downtown Burney earlier this year the entire community seemed to notice, with many area residents decrying the increase of thefts and vandalism in the small mountain community of just 3,200 residents. Sadly, the beautiful, donated wagon – which sits at the corner of Main and […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Sept. 1, 3:30 p.m. See original story below. MONTGOMERY CREEK — Family members and friends of a Redding man who died in a head-on collision on Highway 299, Thursday morning, Aug. 30, have identified the victim killed in the wreck as Chris Liso. Liso was president of Liso Pest Control and he was driving one of his company’s […]
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A multi-agency task force aimed at disrupting gang operations within Riverside County descended on the San Jacinto and Coachella valleys early Thursday morning and resulted in dozens of arrests. Today’s part of the ongoing, 14-month operation – dubbed Operation Valley Vigilance – targeted individuals suspected of illegally selling drugs and weapons, according to officials. The well planned and highly coordinated […]
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VALLE VISTA — Officials say they are investigating a homicide after the body of a man was found on the driveway of a vacant Valle Vista residence, Tuesday, Aug. 28. The discovery led officials to a home on nearby D. St., and officials spent much of yesterday morning and afternoon between the two locations, which are within short walking distance of […]
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RUBIDOUX — A man died after he was crushed under the tracks of an 84,000 pound bulldozer at a Rubidoux business late Monday evening Aug. 27. The deadly workplace accident happened at Engelauf Rental Equipment and Recycling Center on the 5600 block of Market Street, south of Agua Mansa Road. The victim, who has not yet been publicly identified, was pronounced […]
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LAKEWOOD, Calif., — A routine Southern California traffic stop led to a race for life Monday evening, after a sheriff deputy stopped an erratic and speeding driver and discovered a frantic man holding a 9-month-old boy who had stopped breathing. The child, who has not been identified, was later listed in stable condition after deputies rushed him – with CPR […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Aug. 28, 5 p.m., With coroner’s release HEMET — A man working on his pickup truck died in Hemet yesterday after he was crushed between two vehicles and stopped breathing. Officials are now trying to determine the cause of the deadly accident, which happened Monday, Aug. 27, on the 300 block of S. San Jacinto St., just south […]
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PERRIS — Authorities are searching for a man after what one area parent called a “very disturbing” incident involving a Lakeside Middle School student who was stopped and kissed by a man as she was walking to school this morning, Monday, Aug. 27. The encounter, which happened less than a mile from the girl’s school – at the intersection of […]
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JURUPA VALLEY — When a couple’s family pet was stolen two years ago from their Jurupa Valley yard, they never expected to get their beloved Great Dane “Sadie” back. But in spite of the passing of years, the couple’s daughter – now 5-years-old – never gave up hope of someday being reunited with her enormous pal. The little girl’s hopes […]
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Writer’s note: A previous version of this report used information gathered from CHP-Redding’s online incident log; which in turn had used appended information gathered from CHP-Susanville’s incident log. CHP later confirmed several time discrepancies caused by delays in information appended from one CHP log to the other. I apologize for any confusion caused by the earlier report and the time […]
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