News From Around The County
YREKA, Calif., — Authorities say a N. Yreka traffic stop led to the arrest of a local woman after she was stopped while driving a stolen van Wednesday, March 2. Fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana, along with glass smoking pipes and other drug paraphernalia were also seized as a result of the stop, according to officials. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: […]
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YREKA, Calif., — City of Yreka officials found themselves responding to questions, concerns, and complaints over the weekend regarding an electronic informational signboard, after area residents and motorists spotted the words “LETS GO BRANDON”” flashing during their morning travels on Saturday. The signboard, which had been located on SR-3 east of Yreka as a part of the ongoing City water […]
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YREKA, Calif., — For the third time in as many weeks, members of the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s new multi-agency Domestic Highway Enforcement (DHE) Team made a significant drug seizure along the I-5 corridor, north of SR-3, in Yreka. The Wednesday, Feb. 16 bust hauled in thousands of M30 oxycodone/fentanyl tablets – totaling nearly ten pounds – as well as seven […]
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YREKA, Calif., — Authorities say a deputy who witnessed a violent carjacking in progress alongside Interstate 5 in Yreka ended up pursuing an SUV pulling a second vehicle on a trailer for several miles before taking the suspected carjacker into custody early Monday evening, Feb. 21. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Community coming together for local woman critically injured in Super […]
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YREKA, Calif., — Authorities say two people were arrested after they were found hiding at a Yreka home they had broken into and were staying without permission Tuesday, Jan. 11. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Wrong-way driver killed in fiery head-on crash with big rig on I-5 in Redding Missing since 2014, man’s remains identified after discovered at Redding construction site […]
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YREKA, Calif., — Authorities say an Oregon man was arrested after a wild incident involving a stolen county-owned CAT backhoe, which he commandeered from the Siskiyou County Service Yard on Sharps Road in Yreka Thursday afternoon, Jan. 13. The alleged suspect was eventually dragged from the stolen piece of construction equipment by a witness and Yreka police officer, after ramming […]
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YREKA, Calif., — A wanted felon who first fled from and then fought with law enforcement officials was arrested after a violent and prolonged struggle Saturday evening, Jan. 1. The suspect, Joseph Garibay, 42, of Yreka, has a lengthy criminal history with arrests throughout the North State and southern California regions, including a 2019 incident involving an animal cruelty investigation […]
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SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif., — Authorities say a dangerous high-speed pursuit of a stolen vehicle seen fleeing from a Mt. Shasta vehicle burglary ended when the fleeing suspects crashed in Yreka early this morning, Monday, Jan. 3. Two men were arrested after the county-wide chase and more than $1,000 in stolen property was later returned to the victim of the burglary that […]
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YREKA, Calif., — Authorities were saddened to announce last night that a man who went missing early on the morning of Nov. 3 was discovered deceased near his pickup truck in a wooded area off Long Gulch Road in the Hawkinsville area of Siskiyou County. Officials who located the missing man, Kenneth “Kenny” Kyle, 52, of Yreka, had previously said that […]
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YREKA, Calif., — Students at Evergreen Elementary School were delighted to receive a special visit from the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday, when a deputy stopped by for a unique version of show and tell. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: One dead after fiery wreck in Redding Raped and strangled, juvenile victim survives – Redding man arrested Nearly 28 pounds of […]
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