SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — Shasta County officials are helping people recognize the warning signs of suicide. On August 23, they held a safeTALK suicide prevention class on Market Street in downtown Redding. An instructor from Lotus Educational Services Inc., a Redding-based educational consulting agency, led the event, which the county hosts several times a year. […]
State Farm calls for increase in home insurance premiums in California State Farm is calling for an increase in home insurance premiums in California. At the same time, state data shows that homeless encampments and wildfires are affecting the insurance of California businesses. Fox – Ktvu Shasta County’s top planner is leaving to take a […]
The number of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers without power dropped to 620 as of 8:40 p.m. Saturday after a storm passed through the region, according to the company’s outage map. More than 2,000 customers were without power early Saturday evening after a rain and wind storm swept through Shasta County Saturday afternoon. The […]
Firefighters respond to a vegetation fire that broke out Saturday afternoon in the 1600 block of Lower Springs Road and Eureka Way west of Redding. The Lower Fire is burning at a moderate rate of spread. Multiple emergency responders, including aircraft, are on site where the fire is raging in the area of Highway 299 […]
Mandatory evacuation orders have been issued in Shasta County due to the Lower Fire burning in the area of Highway 299 west of Redding, the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office announced just before 5 p.m. Saturday. The evacuation orders have been issued for the following zones: SHS-2830, SHS-2820, SHS-6520, SHS-6530, SHS-6540, SHS-2850, SHS-2800, SHS-2870, KES-2790 Evacuation […]
