Tag: Homeless

UPDATE: Stabbed by Redding juvenile last month, homeless Auburn man, 56, dies from injuries

REDDING, Calif., — City of Redding Police officials were saddened to announce yesterday the death of a homeless man who was stabbed during a violent encounter with a juvenile during what they previously described as an “apparently unprovoked knife attack” that occurred last month. The victim, 56-year-old, Felix Ramirez, of Auburn, California, had remained in critical condition until his passing […]

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San Jacinto “Quality of Life” operation yields 14 arrests, stolen vehicle

SAN JACINTO, Calif., — Responding to recent complaints and growing concerns regarding area homeless and criminal activity including theft, stolen vehicles, indecent exposure, assaults, and disturbing the peace, officials from multiple agencies in San Jacinto recently conducted a half-day “Quality of Life” enforcement operation. During the six-hour operation, which was conducted on Wednesday, July 14, twenty arrest warrants were served, fourteen […]

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Man who attacked Redding Rite Aid employees arrested

REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say a man who attacked two Redding Rite Aid employees, significantly injuring one of them with a broken glass bottle, was arrested Saturday morning, Jan. 16. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Three found dead inside Redding home, investigation continuing UPDATE: More details after Redding shooting critically injures two Pit maneuver, rollover crash with one ejected, ends 100 […]

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ShasCo seeking vendors to provide food preparation and delivery during COVID-19

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — In response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, Shasta County – through its Department of Support Services Purchasing Unit – is seeking area food vendors to provide food preparation and delivery services for the County’s homeless population. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Wanted felon nabbed stealing from Anderson Safeway Redding transient arrested after vehicle theft, burglaries Officials seek […]

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Week-long Redding cleanup removes 9,000 lbs of trash

REDDING — More than 9,000 lbs. of trash was collected at various homeless encampments throughout Redding this week, when officers with Redding PD’s Neighborhood Police Unit and the Community Work Program continued their efforts to address illegal camping and quality of life issues throughout the city. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: SCNS EXCLUSIVE: Guest speakers help pack Burney IIT “Town Hall” […]

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SCSO’s efforts to “clean up” City of Shasta Lake continuing

CITY OF SHASTA LAKE — In an ongoing, coordinated effort with the City of Shasta Lake “to clean up problem areas … and lessen blight” throughout the areas they provide law enforcement services to, deputies yesterday performed a directed enforcement patrol operation focusing on transient camps and other illegal activities at parks within city limits. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: On […]

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Parolee arrested after stabbing woman along Sacramento River Trail

REDDING — A Redding parolee was arrested after stabbing another woman early this morning, Thursday, July 11. The “unprovoked attack” happened where the victim had been camping, near the Turtle Bay East Open Space, along the Sacramento River Trail, at the dead-end of Bechelli Ln. According to authorities, the alleged suspect and victim are both transients who knew each other […]

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4 tons of trash removed during Redding camp cleanup

REDDING — Redding Police Department’s Community Clean-Up Team partnered this past Easter weekend with Shasta Support Services and Trout Unlimited to conduct a homeless encampment cleanup in the Henderson open space area near Cypress Street Bridge, in Redding. Among those who participated in the cleanup was Redding City Council member Michael Dacquisto. He later posted video from the scene of […]

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New Redding Municipal Code allows city-wide “Quality of Life” enforcement sweep

REDDING — Although a controversial court decision out of Idaho last October forced Redding Police Department to temporarily suspend their enforcement of Redding Municipal Codes related to camping on public and private property, City of Redding officials worked on and developed a new camping ordinance which conforms to current case law. The new camping ordinance was approved by Redding’s City Council […]

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Multiple victims rescued during SJ swift-water rescues

SAN JACINTO — As heavy rains pounded Riverside County and surrounding regions yesterday, Thursday, Feb. 14, dozens of first responders were called in to assist during multiple San Jacinto area swift-water rescues. Three separate rescues were reported over the course of a few hours and all happened with a ten-mile radius. Other swift-water rescues were reported throughout Riverside County and […]

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