Burney woman arrested with drugs and cash after 143 mph pursuit ends in crash near Johnson Park

BURNEY, Calif., — Authorities say a Burney woman who was out of jail on bail after being caught with a stolen vehicle in Lassen County was arrested after crashing while fleeing from a California Highway Patrol officer Wednesday, March 16. A passenger from the fleeing vehicle managed to elude capture after the crash and has not been identified. Last night’s […]

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Evacuation warnings issued for Old Station, Hat Creek as Dixie Fire continues burning north toward 4 Corners

Writer’s Note: Due to the Dixie Fire now beginning to directly threaten the Intermountain area communities where SCNS is located, possibly forcing our own evacuation, this will have to be a quick update; with no time to write an actual article. We will continue to provide additional updates and information as time allows.-TM SHASTA COUNTY, Calif., — The Shasta County […]

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Fall River man gets nearly 14 years in prison after admitting to 12 Burney area arson fires

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif., — A 24-year-old Fall River Mills man was sentenced to 13 years and 8 months in state prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to igniting at least a dozen fires in the Burney and Johnson Park communities earlier this year. The man, Cole Rainwater, was apprehended May 7, when he was spotted fleeing the scene of a fire he […]

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Forward progress of 1/2 acre vegetation fire quickly halted, but fire still burning in Johnson Park

BURNEY, Calif. — A large contingency of fire crews remain at the scene of a wildland vegetation fire that is under control, but still burning in the unincorporated Intermountain area community of Johnson Park, just east of Burney. Although fire crews from multiple area agencies and fire stations from as far away as Susanville and Redding were initially dispatched to […]

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Fall River Mills accused arsonist remains in custody after May arrest

BURNEY, Calif. — Authorities on Thursday announced the arrest last month of an Intermountain area man in connection with several recent arson-related fires that have burned throughout the Burney and Johnson Park areas since March. The accused remains incarcerated where he is being held without bail. Some of the many suspicious fires to have swept through the area include several […]

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Officials investigating yet another series of suspicious Johnson Park area fires

JOHNSON PARK, Calif. — Officials are continuing to investigate a series of suspicious fires that burned in the unincorporated community of Johnson Park, east of the Intermountain area town of Burney, early Monday morning, May 3. The suspicious fires follow a number of recent other fires, some of which have been deemed suspicious, while others have been called arson-related. Three […]

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UPDATE: Officials confirm BHO lab caused Johnson Park trailer explosion – Suspects ID’d

UPDATED: Tuesday, March 30, 11:13 a.m. See Original Story below. JOHNSON PARK, Calif. — In the wake of an explosion that occurred inside an RV-style travel trailer at the Lamplighter Mobile Home Park in Johnson Park last Saturday night, authorities have announced that a Butane Honey Oil lab was the official cause of the explosion that destroyed the trailer and […]

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Burney area fire resources taxed fighting eight suspicious overnight fires

JOHNSON PARK, Calif. — Intermountain area firefighters from multiple area fire stations spent nearly three and a half hours knocking down eight separate but possibly related fires early Thursday morning, March 4. The fires included a large log deck blaze at a lumber yard and seven additional grass and vegetation fires within a half-mile radius. Authorities have since said the […]

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“I barely had time to get out of the way,” one witness says after pursuit races through Burney

BURNEY, Calif. — A high-speed vehicle pursuit that raced through the small, Intermountain area towns of Johnson Park and Burney sent other motorists scrambling out of the way of the fleeing Camaro earlier this evening, Friday, Jan. 15. The driver eventually stopped on Plumas Street near Superior Avenue, where he and three other occupants fled on foot. Two of the […]

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Citizens’ quick response helps quell Johnson Park house fire

JOHNSON PARK, Calif. — Fire officials today are crediting Johnson Park area residents with helping to extinguish a residential structure fire that displaced a family living at the home that burned early Tuesday morning, July 28. The fire, which officials say was likely caused by a cigarette discarded into a planter on the home’s front porch, happened on the 38000 block of […]

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