Damon Arthur

2 weeks ago | redding.com | Damon Arthur

Firefighters reported Wednesday afternoon that forward progress had been stopped on a grass fire that burned about 5-acre grass fire east of Redding. Ground crews working on the fire said no structures were threatened by the blaze, which was moving at a moderate rate of spread, according to emergency scanner traffic. The fire was reported shortly after 3 p.m. in the 8000 block of Quail Valley Drive, about a mile east of Airport Road and south of Highway 44.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Damon Arthur

Shasta County's Sherri Papini, widely known as a notorious kidnapping hoaxer, is being evicted from her home in Shingletown by an ex-boyfriend. Papini claims she made an agreement to purchase property on Woodridge Drive in Shingletown, but since she ended her relationship with Shawn Hibdon of Orland, that deal has fallen through and he wants her out of the house, according to court documents that name Papini and Hibdon. Hibdon sent Papini a letter on Jan.

4 weeks ago | redding.com | Damon Arthur

Shasta County's assistant registrar of voters was "terminated" from her position working for the County Clerk's Office by the new head of the department, who was appointed to the post just two weeks ago. Joanna Francescut, who made the announcement Tuesday, worked in the elections department for the past 17 years and was passed over for the position twice in the past two years, this year in favor of a Florida attorney with no elections department management experience.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Damon Arthur

An Anderson police officer is accused of using excessive force to detain a 14-year-old middle school student who was hospitalized with bleeding around his brain following a struggle with the officer, according to the family's lawyer. The boy "was unarmed, nonviolent, nonthreatening and had done nothing wrong," said Samantha Ting, an attorney from Sacramento who is representing the teen and his family.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Damon Arthur

Shasta County's Superior Court building in Redding will be closed for the rest of the week, due to a "water intrusion" problem that as of Monday was still unknown, a court official said. The courthouse will be closed to the public until Monday, May 19, Court Executive Officer Cody Stenderup said. Stenderup said there was a failure in the facility that caused water to get into the $175 million building, which opened in February 2024.