Norm Ryan, a member of the City Council-appointed committee reviewing possible financing for a new Redding police station, has resigned after accusing city staff members of thwarting his efforts to consider all possible funding options for the building.

The Cottonwood man struck by a train in Red Bluff early Saturday was upgraded from critical to serious condition Monday at Mercy Medical Center in Redding, a Red Bluff police department spokesman said.

RED BLUFF -- A Cottonwood man remains in critical condition after being run over by a train just north of Breckenridge Street early Saturday, police said.

RED BLUFF — A Cottonwood man remains in critical condition after being run over by a train just north of Breckenridge Street early this morning, police said.

Rich Steele, Haven Humane Society’s director of operations for about three months, resigned May 2.  (Not to be confused with Norm Ryan, Haven’s CEO, who resigned last month after 1 year on the job.) Steele had no comment when I telephoned him at his home yesterday. However, Yvonne Preston, H

A 35-year-old Red Bluff man was sentenced today in Shasta County Superior Court to eight years in prison after being convicted in late February of recklessly evading police while leading officers in November on a seven-mile chase and making a U-turn on Interstate 5.

RED BLUFF -- Police here arrested 26-year-old Joseph Kigar on Sunday on suspicion of willful neglect of a child after police found his 3-year-old son wandering on Jackson Street in just a shirt and a soiled, leaking diaper.

RED BLUFF — An 18-year-old Red Bluff man was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of felony sexual assault and having sex with a minor, according to the Red Bluff Police Department.

RED BLUFF — Police here arrested 26-year-old Joseph Kigar Sunday on suspicion of willful neglect of a child after his 3-year-old son was found by police wandering on Jackson Street in just a blue shirt and a soiled, leaking diaper.

1. You are sitting in the sand at a beautiful beach. You are picking up sand and letting it run out between your fingers. Suddenly you feel something other than sand in your hand. What is it? A perfect agate.2. You are taking a walk along a road. Off to the side in some bushes you notice a cardboard bo

Tehama County and its three cities could lose a combined $770,870 for front-line law enforcement in fiscal 2008-2009 under budget proposals being considered in Sacramento.

Police arrested a 48-year-old Redding man Friday morning on suspicion of assaulting and robbing a 30-year-old Redding man who was found unconscious Thursday afternoon at Market and Fell streets.

Confession: A Catholic boy and a Jewish boy were talking and the Catholic boy said, "My priest knows more than your rabbi." The Jewish boy said, "Of course he does, you tell him everything." Baptis

Police arrested a 48-year old Redding man this morning on suspicion of assaulting and robbing a 30-year old Redding man who was found unconscious Thursday afternoon at Market and Fell streets.

Police are searching for a man who was wearing a clown mask when he robbed two people at gunpoint inside their Hilltop Drive motel room.

Police are searching for a man who was wearing a clown mask when he robbed two people at gunpoint inside their Hilltop Drive motel room.

VIENNA, Austria -- Police say Josef Fritzl left a lot of human wreckage in his wake: the daughter he imprisoned and raped for 24 years, the seven children he fathered with her and the wife whose life he shattered.

Three Shasta County deputy public defenders were arrested early Saturday morning on suspicion of starting a drunken ruckus with police officers at a Redding bar.

The following thefts and vandalism were reported to:

Parolee Kenneth Urbon Jr. fidgeted in a plastic lawn chair under the eaves of his mother’s home Tuesday as a Redding police officer stood nearby watching him squirm. Just months before his parole term expired, Urbon, 43, who has a history of drug-related convictions, was nervous.

Anderson police officers are investigating a reported sexual assault at Anderson High School.

Police are investigating an assault that seriously injured a Cottonwood man sometime Wednesday night between the parking lot at Wal-Mart and Park West Apartments, which sits just behind the Redding store.

Redding police on Monday arrested a 20-year-old man for reportedly spray-painting the image of a dog on the side of a commercial building near the Union Pacific Railroad tracks in the south-central part of town.

News item:Redding police on Monday arrested a 20-year-old man for reportedly spray painting a dog on the side of a commercial building near the Union Pacific Railroad tracks in the south-central part of town.So, did he spray paint on an actual dog that was on the side of a building? Or did he

Redding police on Monday arrested a 20-year-old man for reportedly spray painting a dog on the side of a commercial building near the Union Pacific Railroad tracks in the south-central part of town.

Redding police are looking for a white, male adult who is believed to have used a gun to rob another man on Boulder Creek Drive tonight.

RED BLUFF — Authorities on Sunday arrested a 43-year-old Red Bluff man on suspicion that he sexually abused two 14-year-olds at his South Olive Street home, the Red Bluff Police Department reported.

Police this morning are still looking for four men suspected of trying to mug a Redding man during the lunch hour Thursday in downtown.

With dry conditions predicted, Redding police expect classic car fans to start early on tonight's Kool April Nites Cruise.

With dry conditions predicted, Redding police expect classic car fans to start early on tonight's Kool April Nites Cruise. "We had people lining the streets last year as early as 1 or 2 p.m.," Redding police traffic unit Sgt. Mike Thomas said Thursday.

Police were looking for four men after an attempted lunchtime mugging Thursday in downtown Redding was broken up by a Shasta County marshal who was eating at a nearby restaurant.

Redding police say an Anderson identity thief, whom detectives called "Catch Me If You Can" because of her propensity to call detectives to chat with them like Leonardo DiCaprio's character in the 2002 film, was captured Thursday morning hiding in a car in Happy Valley.

Two Redding men who police suspect participated in a home invasion robbery Tuesday afternoon at an East Bonnyview Road home have been arrested.

RED BLUFF — Police arrested a 38-year-old Red Bluff man this afternoon with the help of a SWAT team after he reportedly pointed a rifle at two teenage girls while making threatening statements.

Two Redding suspects whom police suspect participated in home invasion robbery Tuesday afternoon at an East Bonnyview Road home have been taken into custody.

Redding Police say an Anderson identity thief, whom detectives called “Catch Me If You Can,” because of her propensity to call detectives to chat with them like Leonardo Dicaprio’s character in the 2002 film, was captured this morning hiding in a car in Happy Valley.

The driver of a car that drifted off of Placer Street wasn't injured when he nearly hit a tree, said Redding police officers at the scene.

Redding should expect to budget up to $38.3 million for a new police headquarters — assuming, optimistically, crews can start work by spring 2010, an architect told a citizens committee Tuesday.

Redding police made no arrests during a sobriety and driver's license checkpoint conducted Saturday evening, Sgt. Walt Bullington said.

A Redding man was cited during an undercover police operation in Caldwell Park on Saturday afternoon. The operation was conducted in Caldwell Park and the river trail parking lot at the east end of Quartz Hill Road, said Cpl. Bill Schueller of Redding Police.

A week after Haven Humane Society's top executive resigned, Redding police detectives have started an investigation at the request of the nonprofit group.

Police say several officers wielding batons and pepper spray were needed to subdue an 18-year-old Redding man who kidnapped his mother at putty-knife point and demanded she take him to a cell phone store.

A 29-year-old Redding woman was arrested by police this evening on suspicion of stabbing a male friend with a knife and screwdriver in a domestic violence incident.

Police say several officers wielding batons and pepper spray were needed to subdue an 18-year-old Redding man who kidnapped his mother at putty-knife point and demanded she take him to a cell phone store.

A Redding father who was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of cruelty to his 4-week-old daughter had his bail revoked Wednesday, Redding police investigator Kristen Fredrick said.

The Redding Police Department will conduct a sobriety and driver's license checkpoint on Saturday.

A Redding father who was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of cruelty to his 4-week-old daughter has had his bail revoked, Redding Police investigator Kristen Fredrick said today.

Redding can’t knock much off the price tag for a new police headquarters by refurbishing an old warehouse or leasing an office building, a pair of architects told a citizens committee on Tuesday.

A Redding father was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of cruelty to his 4-week-old daughter, who is recovering from bleeding in the brain, the Redding Police Department reported.

A Redding father was arrested today on suspicion of cruelty to his 4-week-old daughter who is recovering from bleeding in the brain, the Redding Police Department reported.