News From Around The County
REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say a woman riding a bicycle pulling an attached cart who ignored the flashing railroad signs and cross arms was struck by a slow moving train and suffered minor injuries after her bike and cart became struck on the railroad tracks. The slow-speed collision, which happened earlier this afternoon, Oct. 12 at the railroad crossing at Shasta […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — A fatal accident involving an Anderson police officer and a bicyclist was followed by a second, major-injury collision involving a car that smashed into a second patrol vehicle, injuring a sergeant who was trying to re-direct traffic away from the scene of the initial fatal accident. The two accidents happened on Highway 273 just south of Thomas […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — Wanting to cut in half the time it takes to build affordable housing, hotels, and office buildings, US-Offsite announced last spring that it had picked an industrial area in Anderson, south of Redding, to build its first production plant. With overwhelming support from the community and local leaders such as California 1st District Assemblymember Megan Dahle (R-Bieber), US-Offsite […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. — One man is in critical condition with a gunshot wound to his head while a teenage boy was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the hip area, after gunfire erupted in the Dario Vasquez Park parking lot in the 2400 block of 14th St. late Wednesday evening, Oct. 7. The small park is located in the Eastside […]
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CANYON LAKE, Calif. — A Canyon Lake man who called 911 and reported that he had just attempted to murder his mother with a hacksaw was arrested on the 30400 block of South Fork, between Continental and Cruise Circle drives, and just south of the lake’s East Bay, Thursday afternoon, Oct. 8. Responding officers quickly detained the suspect before finding […]
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RIVERSIDE Calif. — Authorities say a Riverside transient on Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS) probation was shot by officers multiple times at the end of a stolen vehicle pursuit Thursday morning, Oct. 8. The shooting happened when the man allegedly attempted to run down two officers and a Crisis Negotiator who were taking cover behind a tree while attempting to coax […]
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CITY OF SHASTA LAKE, Calif. — “It is always a great when a young man comes to the City and asks, ‘What can I do to help clean-up the Community?’,” City of Shasta Lake officials wrote in a Tuesday, Oct. 6 social media post; after a local teen approached City officials about cleaning up a blighted property, “heavy with trash and […]
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REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say a man who carjacked and kidnapped a Redding man at knife-point from the Bonnyview Boat Ramp in Redding was apprehended late last night, Thursday, Oct. 8. The alleged suspect, Justin Kenyon, 32, of Redding, was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, false imprisonment, and possession of methamphetamine. Jail records indicate he remains in custody in lieu […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — Authorities say the frantic search for a “non-verbal” 2-year-old boy in Anderson ended when a responding deputy heard faint cries coming from the Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation Canal, Thursday, October 8. Racing to the area, the deputy found the missing boy and his grandmother in the canal. “(The grandmother) was clinging to the steep side of the canal […]
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MORENO VALLEY, Calif. — Authorities are investigating another murder that occurred on the 22900 block of Allies Pl. near Courage St., northwest of Alessandro Blvd. and Fredrick St., late Tuesday evening, Oct. 7. The deadly incident left a man dead; and was the second murder to occur on the same street after a deadly shooting that occurred exactly one month […]
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