Nearly 28 pounds of meth & heroin seized during Siskiyou County traffic stop

WEED, Calif., — Authorities say a minor traffic violation north of Weed in Siskiyou County led to the seizure of more than twenty-seven pounds of drugs Monday morning, Nov. 8. Two Oregon residents were arrested as a result of the traffic stop and significant seizure, which California Highway Patrol says had an estimated street value of more than a half-million […]

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Redding man, 40, ID’d after fiery wreck in Redding

UPDATED: See Original Story below. REDDING, Calif., — Coroner officials have released the name of a man who died after his vehicle was involved in a fiery crash at the I-5 and Hwy 44 interchange, Wednesday, Nov. 10. The victim’s vehicle, which first crashed into a guardrail before continuing down the embankment and coming to rest on Hilltop Drive where […]

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Intoxicated man survives 200′ leap from I-5 Pit River Bridge

REDDING, Calif., — An intoxicated man was pulled alive from Lake Shasta after leaping from the Pit River Bridge along Interstate 5 on Saturday afternoon, July 31. The man had called 911 and reported he parked his SUV nearby and was on the bridge shortly before he apparently jumped into the water some 200 feet below, according to a California […]

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Crash involving Mercy bus snarls I-5 traffic in Redding

UPDATED: Sunday, April 25, 2:50 p.m., With road closure update. REDDING, Calif. — Officials are at the scene of a two-vehicle crash involving a pickup truck and small bus that collided on the southbound I-5, just north of the North street offramp. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Man arrested after Redding K-9 discovers meth, heroin, cash, stolen handgun Redding K-9 turns […]

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Two CHP officers sustain major injuries after fiery I-5 wreck that killed three others

STOCKTON, Calif. — Authorities say three occupants of an SUV were killed when their vehicle plowed into a CHP vehicle then struck a tree and burst into flames along Interstate 5 in Stockton early this morning, Tuesday, March 23. Two California Highway Patrol officers who had been assisting a disabled tractor-trailer south of Walnut Grove Road sustained major injuries in […]

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All SR-89 traffic between I-5 & SR-299E shut down due to snow conditions, multiple accidents

BURNEY, Calif. — CHP and Caltrans officials have called for the full closure of SR-89, between the junctions of Interstate 5 near Mt. Shasta and SR-299E east of Burney. Additionally, all traffic already stuck along the now-closed 60-mile stretch is being turned back, “wherever possible”, according to officials. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Human remains discovered near Cottonwood, investigation continuing Redding […]

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Car rolls multiple times, one ejected, after I-5 wreck

SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — Three people, including one who was ejected, were seriously injured after a vehicle overturned multiple times in Siskiyou County Thursday evening, Jan. 14. The rollover accident happened along the northbound Interstate 5 south of Louie Road, about eight miles south of Grenada and twenty-one miles north of Mt. Shasta. It was the second major accident to […]

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DUI, ice-slicked highway, lead to fatal I-5 crash in Siskiyou County

SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — A passenger was killed and a driver was seriously injured when their vehicle lost control and slammed into a tractor-trailer combo that was parked along the southbound Montague Road Interstate 5 onramp early Thursday morning, Jan. 7. Although CHP has said that temperatures at the time of the crash were in the freezing range and that […]

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UPDATE: Man fatally struck by big-rig on I-5 ID’d

UPDATED: Thursday, Dec. 10, 11:30 a.m. See Original Story below. REDDING, Calif. — Shasta County Coroner officials today identified a man who died after being struck by a big-rig while walking along Interstate 5 near Cypress Avenue early Monday morning, Dec. 7. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: COVID-19 concern rising after third positive test at Burney Elementary Woman, 56, killed in […]

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Redding pursuit ends in I-5 rollover, major injuries

REDDING, Calif. — Shasta County Sheriff’s officials have reported this morning that a person who led officials on a dangerous, high-speed pursuit on Interstate 5 sustained major injuries after their vehicle overturned on the dirt shoulder, just north of the South Bonnyview off-ramp. The chase began early this morning, Monday, Nov. 2, after a deputy spotted a silver 2007 Ford Fusion […]

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