COVID-19 in Shasta County: Vaccine clinics open this weekend, closed Memorial Day

Here are the latest COVID-19 news and case numbers, hospitalizations and deaths in Shasta County — updated during the week of May 24-30.        Continue Reading at Redding.com.com here Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

Report: guards didn’t notice after killer beheaded cellmate

CORCORAN, Calif. (AP) — Shortly after the sadistic torture slaying and beheading of a convicted killer in a California prison, apparently at the hands of his cellmate, prison guards making their rounds reported that both men were alive, according to… Continue Reading at Bakersfield.com here Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

SJ mass shooting: Witness says gunman targeted those he worked directly with at VTA

Bertolet says the suspect would not have hurt him, as they had a cordial but if not close relationship. He says that was reflected in the way he picked his victims – it was deliberate, an he targeted those he worked with. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

Small earthquake shakes Orange County, other parts of Southern California

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake centered just east of Anaheim shook  Orange County and other parts of Southern California on Thursday, May 27, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was felt around 5:07 p.m. Its epicenter was about two-and-a-half miles east of Anaheim, the USGS reported. Its depth was reported to be about 3.3…

Man Arrested In Connection With Citrus Heights Shooting

CITRUS HEIGHTS (CBS13) – A suspected gunman has been arrested in connection to a shooting that happened in Citrus Heights earlier this month. Around 2:05 a.m. on May 16, a shooting incident was reported outside of a bar in the 7400 block of Auburn Boulevard. As officers arrived, a large fight had just ended, police…

Coronavirus tracker: California reported 1,112 new cases and 32 new deaths, May 26

In California, 1,112 new cases of the coronavirus were reported Wednesday, May 26, according to end-of-day totals on public health websites, bringing the total number of cases so far to 3,753,765. There were 32 new deaths reported statewide Wednesday for a total of 62,689 people who have died from COVID-19. The state reported 23 fewer…

Suspected Pittsburg meth dealer allegedly leads cops on chase, carjacks passing vehicle to get away

PITTSBURG — A 35-year-old Bay Point man who had been the subject of a raid by Contra Costa Sheriff investigators a month before was arrested on suspicion of carjacking and kidnapping a driver during a police chase last week, authorities said. The May 20 incident started when police showed up at a home on the…

3 People Injured In Arden Arcade Area After Vehicle Shot At, Crashes Into Tree

SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) – Three people have been taken to the hospital after their vehicle was apparently shot at in the Arden Arcade area. The shooting happened around 4:20 p.m. Thursday in the area of Fulton Avenue and Sierra Boulevard, according to a statement from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office. Three people were in traveling…

Tacoma officers face charges in death of Black man

By Gene Johnson | Associated Press SEATTLE — The Washington state attorney general on Thursday charged two Tacoma police officers with murder and another with manslaughter in the death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died after repeatedly telling them he couldn’t breathe as he was being restrained. Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed charges…

Murrieta veteran profiles Americans killed on D-Day

Robert “Red” Mulvanny retired from the U.S. Navy in 2002, after 33 years serving his country. But he’s not done supporting his fellow service members. Mulvanny is one of a team of more than 120 volunteers from 37 states profiling each of the 2,502 American service members who died on D-Day. And the Murrieta resident…

4,800 Square-Foot Ag Start-Up Incubator Facility Opens In Woodland

WOODLAND (CBS13) — It’s a first-of-its-kind in Northern California: a space designed to foster innovation in agriculture, food, and health fields as well as invite entrepreneurs to the area. “There is such a shortage of lab facilities here in the Capitol region,” said John Selep, who oversees Lab@AgStart on Main Street in Woodland. It’s a…

FBI raids two suspected fentanyl ‘distribution houses’ in San Leandro and Oakland, seizes ‘brick’ weighing a pound

OAKLAND — A wiretap operation by the FBI resulted in a May 25 raid on several locations associated with a suspected fentanyl trafficking ring, including two “distribution houses” in Oakland and San Leandro, authorities said in court records. In the San Leandro house, located on Washington Avenue, authorities seized a “brick” of suspected fentanyl weighing…

California prosecutors sue over rules that could free thousands of inmates early

By DON THOMPSON SACRAMENTO — Three-quarters of California’s district attorneys sued the state Wednesday in an attempt to block emergency rules that expand good conduct credits and could eventually bring earlier releases for tens of thousands of inmates. The lawsuit objects on procedural grounds, arguing that Corrections Secretary Kathleen Allison used the emergency declaration to…

Former Queen Mary operators accused of fraud, misrepresentation of finances

The Queen Mary’s current leaseholder and the owners of a recent operator have been accused of grossly mismanaging the historic ship, with the former facing allegations that it misrepresented its finances to Long Beach and the latter facing allegations that they fraudulently applied for and used loan money from the federal government, according to city…

Reward up to $310,000, search for road rage shooter who killed 6-year-old in Orange continues

A reward offered by a family searching for the killer of a 6-year-old who was shot on the 55 Freeway in Orange climbed to $310,000 after civic leaders and local businesses offered to add matching funds, officials said Wednesday, May 26. The family of Aiden Leos had initially put up $50,000 over the weekend in…

Families Torn Apart In San Jose Workplace Massacre

SAN JOSE (CBS13) – Investigators took down a large perimeter around the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail facility shooting scene Wednesday night, after nine employees were killed by their co-worker who also killed himself. The shooting erupted at 6:30 a.m. in the VTA railyard facility, and Santa Clara deputies declared the shooter down…

‘It’s Insane’: Child Costs Limit Growing Families, But What If Government Paid To Have Babies?

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in May that births dropped to a 42-year low in the United States. But what if the government paid you to have a baby? There are partisan talks in Congress about a monthly child allowance for parents, with one goal being to boost fertility…

‘Almost Brought Me To Tears’: Photographers Chase Moonbows At Yosemite National Park

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (CBS13) – A rare sight to see happens at Yosemite National Park every spring, but you have to be determined and patient if you want to catch it. Lunar rainbows, or Moonbows, happen between April and June. The rare atmospheric phenomena only occur during a full moon, when there’s enough light coming…

Man gets 25 years to life for fatal gang-related shooting in Long Beach

LONG BEACH — A Compton resident pleaded no contest Tuesday to first-degree murder for the 2014 shooting death of a man in Long Beach. Joe Anthony Avila, now 31, was immediately sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison following his plea, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Avila was charged…

Family members mourn loss of 6-year-old shooting victim Aiden Leos at vigil in Orange

Family of Aiden Leos gathered Tuesday evening for a vigil on the 55 Freeway overpass in Orange near where an assailant shot and killed the 6-year-old boy in an apparent road rage incident on Friday. Family members of 6-year-old Aiden Leos stand at a makeshift memorial on the Walnut Avenue overpass at the 55-freeway in…

COVID-19 vaccine progress impressive, but ‘herd immunity’ a long way off

Remember when COVID-19 vaccines were as elusive as your car keys on Monday morning and harder to snag than Rolling Stones tickets? The jabs started rolling out to more people in February and, after a slow start, California has clocked an impressive pace. On Feb. 16, according to state data, just 6.3 million doses had…

Call Kurtis: AAA Leaves Woman Stranded Overnight In Sierra

PIONEER (CBS13) – An Arnold woman who relies on AAA for roadside assistance, says they left her stranded in the sierra overnight. She called Kurtis to investigate. Carrie Stroble has AAA for peace of mind. But she says the roadside assistance company left her stranded overnight. “I had confidence that AAA would come and they…

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