Bomb Scare Ties Up Traffic, Evacuates Businesses

For the second time this week the Bomb Squad is called out to investigate a suspicious package. Traffic was tied up around East 1st and Mangrove Avenue Thursday afternoon as police got a report of a metallic suitcase at the back of a doctor’s office in the alley between Bidwell Perk and some professional offices. [...]

Chico Police Crack Down On Drug Deals In City Plaza

Seven people are arrested in Chico’s Dowtown Plaza Wednesday evening after complaints of drug use and drug selling.  One person arrested claimed they had a valid doctor’s card for possession of marijuana but sellingthe weed is not allowed under Proposition 215. This is the second bust in the area in the past three months. Police point [...]

Son Of Redding Police Department Employee Dead

A 4 year old boy has died after an accidental shooting in Shasta County. The child has been identified as Hunter Rhoads, the son of a Redding Police Department employee. The Sheriff’s Office says the shooting involved a handgun and happened at a home on Pembroke Lane in the City of Shasta Lake Thursday afternoon. [...]