News From Around The County
REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say a man suspected of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs suffered a broken leg and other significant injuries after a solo-vehicle crash inside a residential neighborhood in Redding Sunday evening, August 21. The driver, who was released to the custody of hospital staff due to his injuries, was arrested and potentially faces DUI […]
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Submitted by Jehovah’s Witnesses – Public Information Desk Jehovah’s Witnesses will resume their trademark door-to-door ministry beginning September 1; the two-and-a-half-year suspension of the work will end just in time for the launch of a global campaign featuring an interactive program for Bible study. The decision to resume their door-to-door ministry marks the complete restoration of all pre-pandemic in-person activities […]
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MORENO VALLEY, Calif., — Authorities say a welfare check led to a murder-suicide investigation after a man fatally shot himself moments after deputies entered a Moreno Valley home and located a deceased woman Friday morning, Aug. 19. The incident led to an hours-long SWAT standoff, until deputies re-entered the residence and found a man who appeared to have killed himself, according to […]
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MORENO VALLEY, Calif., — Authorities say a pedestrian pushing a shopping cart filled with bottles has died after being struck by a pickup truck in Moreno Valley on Friday evening, Aug. 19. The involved driver remained at the scene and was uninjured in the fatal collision, which happened on Alessandro Boulevard near the intersection of Elsworth Street, according to officials. […]
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PERRIS, Calif., — Authorities say a man who fled the scene of a traffic collision involving a nine-year-old boy was arrested after other motorists witnessed him leave the scene and followed him for several miles in Perris on Friday afternoon, Aug. 19. The boy who was struck was hospitalized with minor head injuries along with abrasions and bruises and is […]
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ANDERSON, Calif., — Officials in Anderson are continuing to ask for the public’s help identifying a man who was captured on home surveillance footage stealing a large delivery package from a home’s front porch on Friday morning, Aug. 12. According to the Anderson PD officials, who have released both video and still-images of the theft, the man seen stealing the […]
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FALL RIVER MILLS, Calif., — Authorities say a 25-year-old Montgomery Creek woman was killed after being involved in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer semi-truck early Saturday morning, Aug. 12. Neither of the occupants from the big rig were injured in the deadly collision, which happened along SR-299E just west of Pit No. 1 Powerhouse Road near Fall River Mills, […]
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COTTONWOOD, Calif., — Authorities say a domestic violence related incident led to the fatal shooting of a Cottonwood man Sunday, August 7. According to officials, the woman alleged to have fatally shot the man suffered “severe” injuries at the hands of her attacker and was being “physically and mentally abused” by the man who ended up dead as the result […]
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Here in Sacramento, one of the many (many, many) things we learned during the pandemic is that when the state has to procure goods and services during a declared state of emergency, it currently has no efficient, transparent means of identifying bids from California-based companies. During a State of Emergency, the Department of General Services awards contracts to a company […]
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BANNING, Calif., — Authorities have identified two men who died as a result of a two-vehicle crash in Banning Friday evening, July 29. Two other people were injured in the collision, which occurred at the E. Ramsey Street on-ramp to Interstate 10, near the Banning Municipal Airport, according to officials. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has since confirmed to RCNS […]
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