News From Around The County
REDDING — Authorities announced the arrest of two men they say shot a Redding resident Sept. 23, during a dangerous car chase that traveled several miles. The pursuit wound its way through several streets in the downtown Redding area, past the Mt. Shasta Mall, west on Highway 44 and then exited at the Sundial Bridge exit. During the early morning pursuit the tWo alleged […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Oct. 7, 10:30 p.m. MEAD VALLEY — Authorities have announced the arrest of a man they say was responsible for the Tuesday, Oct. 3 murder of a Mead Valley resident. The homicide, the second to happen in Mead Valley in three days, happened at a residential property on the 20000 block of Gaston Road in the unincorporated community of Mead Valley. […]
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BLYTHE — A pilot and passenger walked away uninjured after a plane they were in crashed into an agricultural field Tuesday, Oct. 3. The aircraft went down in a shallow irrigation ravine near a single-lane road, in the area of N. Intake Boulevard and 6th Avenue, in Blythe. Neither occupant has been identified publicly. SEE RELATED: PERRIS: Plane smashes into fuel tanker in Perris Valley […]
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MEAD VALLEY — Very few details have been released, but officials say they arrested a man they allege murdered a Good Hope resident. The alleged suspect was arrested Monday, Oct. 2, the day after the Sunday, Oct. 1 homicide. The murder happened on the 21000 block of Byron Street, west of Brown and north of Martin Streets, in the unincorporated community of Mead Valley. […]
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HEMET — Twenty five employees, three City of Hemet firefighters and two paramedics were hospitalized after being exposed to a hazardous material after an industrial accident, Friday morning, Sept. 29. The incident happened at McCrometer Inc. on the 3000 block of W. Stetson Avenue, east of S. Sanderson Avenue, in Hemet. The hazardous material emergency forced the evacuation of McCrometer’s nearly 9,100 sq. ft. […]
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SAN JACINTO — Officials have identified a woman killed by a hit and run driver and California Highway Patrol officers are asking for the public’s help identifying and locating the driver who ran the woman down before fleeing the scene. The fatal hit and run happened late Saturday evening, Sept. 30 or early Sunday morning, Oct. 1, in the area of Ramona […]
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HEMET — City of Hemet Police volunteers are being credited with locating an elderly, “at-risk,” missing adult, Friday, Sept. 29. The woman was located and safely returned to her residence after two police volunteers spotted her, lost and wandering, on the streets of Hemet. Officials did not specify if the woman had been reported missing from a private residence, retirement home or assisted-living facility. […]
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HEMET — City of Hemet police officers are investigating after two men managed to elude capture when they fled from a stolen vehicle at the end of a pursuit, Thursday, Sept. 28. Two women who had been inside the stolen car during the pursuit were detained and one was later arrested for an outstanding warrant. The incident began when a […]
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HEMET — Two people died in a fiery, two-vehicle, head-on crash, Friday, Sept. 29. The deadly, early morning wreck happened on Stetson Avenue, between Warren Road and Cawston Avenue near Hemet-Ryan Airport, in Hemet. City of Hemet Fire and Police officials were dispatched to the scene of the fatal collision about 4:49 a.m., after several motorists and witnesses called 911 to report the accident, Hemet Police Lieutenant Glen […]
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HEMET — Officials arrested a Hemet man after he allegedly caused about $1,500 in damage to a City of Hemet Fire truck Friday, Sept. 29. The damage was caused when the man threw several rocks at the passing fire truck at the intersection of Buena Vista Street and Latham Avenue in Hemet. The suspect, who was later identified as Jermaine Kevin Middleton, 38, of Hemet, […]
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