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UPDATED: Thursday, Sept. 6, 7:51 p.m., With coroner’s release of victim’s name SHASTA LAKE — Officials have released the identity of a Redding woman who died after she was struck and crushed by a large log her friends had rolled down a hill while visiting Woods Island, on the Pit River Arm of Shasta Lake. Authorities are calling the fatal […]
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UPDATED: Friday, Feb. 23, 11:30 p.m. with victim’s identification. SHASTA LAKE — Officials are conducting a death investigation after a fisherman found a man’s body floating in the northern end of the Sacramento Arm of Shasta Lake, Tuesday, Feb. 20. Shasta County Coroner’s officials later identified the victim as 60-year-old, William Alan Beckwith, of Corning. According to Coroner’s officials a postmortem examination has been […]
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CITY OF SHASTA LAKE — Two young boys who got lost while riding their bicycles on trails in the Shasta Lake City area got a helping hand from above – in the form of a CHP aviation crew that spotted them and helped guide ground deputies to where they were. Neither boy was injured and both made it home safely after […]
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MOUNTAIN GATE — Officials are investigating a possible DUI-related, hit and run traffic accident that happened Tuesday evening, Nov. 21. The single-vehicle, rollover accident happened on the 17000 block of Wonderland Boulevard, between Bass Drive and Tunnel Road, in the unincorporated community of Mountain Gate just north of the City of Shasta Lake. California Highway Patrol officers, Cal Fire/Shasta County Fire personnel and other emergency […]
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CITY OF SHASTA LAKE — Authorities are searching for three people they say fled the scene after a sedan they were in lost control, went airborne and landed on top of another vehicle, Monday evening, Oct. 30. The hit and run accident happened on the 1900 block of Cabello Street, just south of Bonneyville Street, in the City of Shasta Lake, according to officials. […]
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SHASTA LAKE — Firefighters found themselves battling a floating houseboat fire that set a small cove ablaze before officials managed to knock down the fire Saturday, July 15. A family that had rented the houseboat managed to escape the fire unharmed; however, the rented houseboat was considered a total loss. Cal Fire, U.S. Forest Service firefighters and other emergency first responders were […]
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SHASTA LAKE – Deputies arrested a man after he led them on a dangerous vehicle pursuit through a residential neighborhood, Sunday, May 22. During the chase, the man – who was later identified as Michael Brian Chandler, 28, of Shasta Lake – drove without regard for the safety of other citizens or pursuing lawmen. “Chandler drove in excess of 50 mph […]
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From the Shasta County Sheriff’s Log On Friday, May 13th, 2016, at approximately 10:20 PM, deputies from the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Operations Division and the City of Shasta Lake Division responded to a report of a suspicious unknown male subject near an apartment building located at 4087 Flower St. in the City of Shasta Lake. While responding […]
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