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Grand Jury recommends censure of Shasta County Supervisor A Grand Jury found Shasta County Supervisor Leonard Moty took advantage of his position by using his special access to evacuation zones to refuel his home generators after the Carr Fire, says a new grand jury report. Posted: May 3, 2021 5:27 PM Updated: May 3, 2021 7:17 PM Posted By: Ricardo Tovar SHASTA COUNTY, Calif.- A Grand Jury recommends censure for Shasta County Supervisor Leonard Moty after he took advantage of his position...

A Shingletown man convicted of killing a woman and lighting a forest fire to cover up the murder was sentenced Monday to 32 years to life in prison.  Frank Alexander Berry, 51, was arrested and charged in August of 2018 after officials found the body of Anna Louise Coker, 50, in Lassen National Forest while fighting a 2-acre fire. Investigators said the two had been dating for several weeks before her death. About 20 people, including Coker’s family, were present for the hearing, enough to c...

Murder Cover-Up: Man Allegedly Set Deadly Wildfire to Hide His Crime Share Flames from the LNU Lightning Complex fires burn in Napa County on Aug. 18, 2020. (Photo: Noah Berger, AP) A fire that raged outside of San Francisco last Northern Hemisphere summer was allegedly set to cover up a murder — and became part of the largest wildfire season on record in California as well as one of the deadliest. Officials in California said Wednesday that 29-year-old Victor Serriteno allegedly set a fire i...

Posted on For anyone who had landscaping that experienced burn related trauma due to the Carr Fire or recent local fires and needs replacement trees, shrubs or plants, Shasta College and the Shasta Master Gardeners will be having a plant giveaway on Saturday, March 20 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. If you’re interested in attending, go to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_UQ7U8QAr9mKi6FmmVMJP6VUcp1IEnllVoAcHAhmVk5xQyg/viewform?usp=sf_link. THIS IS AN APPOINTMEN...

An urgent question hangs over catastrophic wildfires: What’s in that toxic smoke? Scientists are rushing to learn more about those dangerous swirls of gases and particulate matter—and how they threaten our health. The Angeles National Forest, in Southern California, is engulfed in smoke and flames during last year’s record-breaking wildfire season. The Bobcat Fire, as this one was called, burned more than 115,000 acres. It was one of scores that blew smoke pollution across the western sta...

Do any local reporters still work at the Record Searchlight? Recently we asked readers to share their questions about the Record Searchlight and Redding.com, and the responses poured in. Given all the changes — the decline in print newspapers across the country, our corporate ownership changing to Gannett and the USA TODAY Network, the sale of our building on Twin View Boulevard in Redding — it’s natural that many readers had questions about the folks reporting and writing their local new...

The driver told CHP that he would have died if it hadnt been for the man. Author: Alanea Cremen, Joseph Daniels (ABC10) Published: 7:18 PM PST March 11, 2021 Updated: 11:18 PM PST March 11, 2021 SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. — The California Highway Patrol in South Sacramento is commending one mans actions after he rescued a 69-year-old driver from a sinking SUV.  According to a Facebook post from CHP South Sacramento, a 69-year-old man was driving...

Limited firewood collection to be allowed at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area Each firewood collection permit costs $10 and allows the purchaser to collect one cord of wood. Each person can get up to four permits. Posted: Mar 7, 2021 5:20 PM Updated: Mar 8, 2021 9:46 AM Posted By: Lorraine Dechter WHISKEYTOWN NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, Calif. – There is wood for the taking at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area west of Redding. Superintendent Josh Hoines said that people coming to the ...

Many people in Northern California remain without power because of the storm. PG&E crews are working and assessing the damage left behind by the winter storm.

Fueled by Climate Change, Wildfires Threaten Toxic Superfund Sites Blazes at the imperiled hazardous waste sites could release toxins ranging from acid mine drainage to radioactive smoke. December 23, 2020 Firefighters use a back burn to try and control the Carr fire as it spreads towards the towns of Douglas City and Lewiston near Redding, California on July 31, 2018. The fire swept over the Iron Mountain Mine Superfund site, threatening to release corrosive chemicals into the watershed and co...