UPDATED: Wednesday, April 7, 8:30 a.m., With additional details from Redding Police Department. Originally Published: Tuesday, April 6, 4:45 p.m. REDDING, Calif. — A man […]
Exploring Shasta County History with Jeremy Tuggle
The Sky Blue mine and its 1860s origins
Author: Jeremy Tuggle – Education and Community Engagement Manager – Shasta Historical Society In 1863 Colonel William Magee, a noted surveyor, miner, prospector, and resident […]
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Shasta County COVID vaccinations now prioritizing agricultural workers
SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — With the ongoing, now more than year-long COVID-19 pandemic and public health crisis continuing, Shasta County is reminding area residents that […]
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Second teen in Hemet sex trafficking case ID’s Corona man who once traveled to AZ for sex with a minor
CORONA, Calif. — Authorities say a Riverside County man who was arrested last February after allegedly engaging in sexual acts with a sexually trafficked minor in Hemet has been arrested again after another young victim stepped forward after recognizing him from reports of his arrest earlier this year. The alleged suspect, 36-year-old, Steven Michael Rawley, made headlines in California and Arizona […]
Read moreMeridian sells 57,000 SF medical office building in Orange County
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Meridian, a full-service real estate developer and owner of medical office real estate, announced that it has completed the sale of The Laguna, a 57,573-square-foot medical office building located at 24022 Calle de la Plata, on the Memorial Care Saddleback Medical Center campus in Laguna Hills, California. The buyer was a publicly traded Real Estate Investment […]
Read moreTurfgrass industry sees increasing demand for warm-season grasses throughout California
Cecilia Brown contributed to this article. The California turfgrass industry has seen a major transition from cool-season grasses to warm-season grasses in recent years, leading many sod farms across the state to begin encouraging buyers to consider warm-season grasses for a number of important factors, such as their water-saving characteristics and the fact they grow better in the state’s hot […]
Read moreSR-91 racing leads to two-vehicle fiery wreck that killed one
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Authorities this morning reported that two men involved in a “speed contest” while traveling on the 91 Freeway in Riverside led to a fiery wreck that killed one of the drivers early Tuesday morning, April 6. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Driver repeatedly stabbed in face on SR-91 – Female passenger arrested Fleeing minor crash, man fatally hits […]
Read moreDriver repeatedly stabbed in face on SR-91 – Female passenger arrested
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Authorities say a woman driving a car on the eastbound 91 Freeway was hospitalized after a passenger inside her vehicle repeatedly stabbed her in the face and head yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, April 6. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Fleeing minor crash, man fatally hits teen on ATV, flees again Man’s body found in Sage – Victim sustained “traumatic […]
Read moreUPDATE: More details after rifle-wielding man who repeatedly shot at Redding officers fatally shot
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 7, 8:30 a.m., With additional details from Redding Police Department. Originally Published: Tuesday, April 6, 4:45 p.m. REDDING, Calif. — A man who fled from officers in a stolen pickup and later opened fire on them after crashing into another vehicle was eventually fatally shot as he fled on foot into a residential neighborhood while continuing to […]
Read moreRedding man rams car through house he just tried to burn down
REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say a man went on a violent and destructive rampage that left a home heavily damaged when he first attempted to burn the house down before he crashed a stolen vehicle into the residence just minutes later, early Tuesday morning, April 6. The bizarre incident, which led to a barricaded standoff at a private residence in […]
Read moreFleeing minor crash, man fatally hits teen on ATV, flees again
MEAD VALLEY, Calif. — Authorities say a man who was fleeing the scene of a non-injury crash involving a second vehicle ran over and killed a teen who was riding a quad in Perris residential neighborhood Thursday evening, April 1. Although the suspect then fled the scene of that collision, which happened in the 20700 block of Myron Street, between […]
Read moreFake guns, real consequences, after recent Redding incidents
REDDING, Calif. — Two back-to-back Redding incidents involving realistic-looking replica firearms ended with the arrests of two men in Redding this past weekend. One of the incidents led to a nearly hour-long standoff with one of the men, who was seen waving what appeared to be a real handgun and pointing the suspected firearm at passing motorists. Another recent incident […]
Read moreDangerous I-10 pursuit in Blythe ends with arrest of AZ man
BLYTHE, Calif. — Authorities say an Arizona man was arrested after leading deputies on a dangerous, high-speed pursuit on Interstate 10 near the Arrowhead Highway in Blythe, just west of the California and Arizona border early Saturday morning, April 3. Although the man tried walking away from his vehicle after it became stuck, he was quickly apprehended, according to Sheriff’s […]
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