Foreclosure Rates up 25% Year-over-Year

MIAMI (AP) – More homeowners are being caught in the foreclosure net. New data show the number in October grew 25 percent nationally over the same month in 2007. The tracking firm RealtyTrac says more than 279,500 U.S. homes received at least one foreclosure-related notice in October, an increase of 5 percent over September. One [...]

Corning City Leaders Look at Theater Improvements

Talk may give way to action for Corning’s Theatre tonight. KPAY’s Bruce Lang tells us more.
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Gay Rights Supporters Could Turn to Voters to Overturn Prop. 8

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Gay rights groups in California plan to ask voters to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage they approved last week if legal challenges to Proposition 8 are unsuccessful. In an e-mail to supporters, Equality California executive director Geoffrey Kors said this week that he and other gay marriage advocates are aiming [...]

Pedestrian Dies from Injuries Following Oroville Accident

An Oroville pedestrian has died after being hit by a truck. The CHP says the vehicle was traveling on Lincoln Boulevard Wednesday afternoon, when the 50 year old pedestrian apparently failed to see the truck and stepped into the intersection. Officers say the driver hit his brakes, but was unable to stop before colliding with [...]

Manton Search Turns Up Pot and Guns

Drug agents have seized marijuana and guns from a Manton home. The NSI Cal-MMet team served a search warrant Wednesday at the Shasta County home and located multiple pounds of pot. One man was arrested. 62 year old Jerry Quesenberry is facing charges of marijuana cultivation and possession. He’s been booked into the Shasta County [...]

Shasta Investigators say Boy Shot Himself with Father’s Gun

SHASTA LAKE, Calif. (AP) – Shasta County investigators have determined that a Redding police officer’s son was the victim of an accidental shooting. They say 4-year-old Hunter Rhoads was alone in the master bedroom closet at his family’s Shasta Lake home when he accidentally shot himself in the head with his father’s handgun.