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Multi-agency effort leads to arrest of suspect in fatal crash near Balls Ferry Road
ANDERSON, Calif. — Redding Police and Red Bluff California Highway Patrol officers, along with the Tehama County Sheriff's Office, served an arrest warrant on Wednesday for a man they say is responsible for a fatal hit-and-run crash. The CHP said the crash happened at 3 a.m. June 19 along...
Hill Fire Personnel Say Conditions are Improving, but Warn It’s Still Quite Hot and Dry for July
Last night, incident commanders and personnel working the Hill Fire hosted a community meeting at the Willow Creek Bible Church to provide updates on the blaze that began July 15. As of last night, the fire was 7,050 acres at 14% containment, according to Operations Section Chief Kerri Williamson. The...
Redding Fire Department reflects on Carr Fire six years later, plans memorial
REDDING, Calif. — The Redding Fire Department (RFD) is reflecting on the Carr Fire during the six-year anniversary of the tragedy. RFD Fire Captain Buck Cogle was one of the department members who responded to the 2018 fire, which burned in Shasta and Trinity Counties for more than one month, claiming eight lives and destroying over 1,000 homes.
Humboldt County Authorities Seize Illegal Weapons and Narcotics, Seek Whereabouts of Suspect
Photos courtesy of Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. Humboldt County authorities recently seized various illegal firearms and narcotics after serving a search warrant earlier this week. According to the Sheriff’s Office, agents with the county’s drug task force carried out a search warrant on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 24,...
[UPDATE 11 a.m.: Helicopter Landed in Miranda] Crash off Maple Hills Road Near Miranda
About 9:49 a.m., a passerby located a vehicle off Maple Hills Road and over the embankment towards the Eel River near Hwy 101 and Miranda. The vehicle was still running and the occupant was still inside. Maple Hills Road is currently closed a 1/2 mile just north of French Road...
Northern California forecast: Gusty winds Friday bring elevated wildfire risk
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Wildfire risk is higher than average Friday for Northern California as gusty winds could help fuel fires. A red flag warning issued by the National Weather Service is in effect through 11 p.m. because of southern winds. That could be problematic for firefighters as they work to extinguish the Park Fire, California's largest wildfire of the year so far.
CA housing affordability crisis has been decades in the making - what got us here?
Housing experts say the homelessness crisis has been decades in the making.Prop 13, which limits property taxes, is one challenge in California. Then, there are competing local, state and federal laws.And it all comes at a time when wider economic forces are putting pressure on people struggling to get by.We took a deeper look into what got us here."You can think about homelessness as being a math problem, where people have an income, and there is rent. And it doesn't quite add up," said Jennifer Friedenbach, executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness in San Francisco.MORE: Newsom issues executive order...
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