An enraged 14-year-old group home resident this morning reportedly stabbed an employee in the eye with a sharp stick after getting into an argument with her, according to a Police Department press statement.

Redding’s an opinionated town. Someone among its vocal residents must not share the apparently universal respect for Police Chief Peter Hansen.

Sheriff’s investigators have finished questioning witnesses to the July 18 drowning of an 11-year-old Redding girl and may announce today whether they will seek criminal charges against her father.

Rank-and-file Redding police Thursday rejected a City Council counteroffer on concessions, all but assuring the department will lose four officers to layoffs at year’s end.

An Anderson police officer Thursday was ordered to stand trial on charges he allegedly raped a woman he was taking to Shasta County jail after her arrest in late May.

Rank-and-file Redding police Thursday rejected a City Council counteroffer on concessions, all but assuring the department will lose four officers to layoffs at year’s end.

Rank and file Redding police have rejected a City Council counter-offer on concessions, all but assuring the department will lose four officers to layoffs at year’s end.

Redding police have identified the man on a bicycle who was hurt Sunday night when he reportedly swerved in front of a car.

An Anderson police officer was ordered today to stand trial on charges that he allegedly raped a woman he was taking to Shasta County jail following her arrest.

Police have arrested a Redding man suspected of stabbing another man Tuesday afternoon in a fight over medicinal cannabis growing at an Enterprise home.

Police have arrested a Redding man suspected of stabbing another man Tuesday afternoon in a fight over medicinal cannabis growing at an Enterprise home.

It would be a tough sale in Redding, of course, but I'm still surprised that nobody's even discussing the possibility of a tax increase to keep cops on the beat. Maybe a quarter-cent, with a firm sunset in, say, three...

RED BLUFF — Top-level employees including the city manager, police chief and human resources director will start paying their share of retirement contributions, the City Council’s latest step in shrinking a $1.4 million budget deficit.

A 43-year-old Redding man was stabbed in the abdomen during a scuffle outside his house early tonight.

A 45-year-old Redding man has been upgraded from critical condition to serious condition at Mercy Medical Center in Redding after police said he was intentionally run down Saturday afternoon by another Redding man following a dispute.

Police have arrested a man who they feared may have been trying to rob the Pine Street branch of Wells Fargo Bank in downtown Redding.

The "previous chief" became Redding's Chief of Police when he was only 21 years of age! This amazing feat made him the youngest chief in the entire United States. Then he took a leave of absence and joined the U....

After reconsidering an earlier decision to step down, Redding Police Chief Peter Hansen will keep his post at least one more year..

Police arrested a Redding woman this morning on suspicion of driving under the influence of prescription drugs after she backed her car into a Shasta County Public Works truck at a traffic light .

A man on a bike suffered minor injuries this morning after colliding with a motorist as he was riding in a crosswalk against traffic, according to Redding police.

A motorist Sunday night hit an unidentified man on a bicycle in east Redding when the cyclist swerved into the car’s path, according to a police department press statement.

With a little care, you can grow just about any crop you want in temperate Redding. Outside. Using no electricity. Yet our town boasts enough retail establishments selling hydroponic gardening gear to serve a colony on the moon. You can even see them advertising on billboards in town. Why is that? Of course

A 45-year-old Redding man is in critical condition today at Mercy Medical Center after police said he was intentionally run down Saturday afternoon by another Redding man following a dispute.

Watch your elected Redding City Council in action: Click here for video of the July 20 meeting’s lengthy discussion of

Redding police Saturday morning arrested a man who allegedly threatened to kill a grocery store employee Thursday with an ax.

Redding police this morning arrested a man who allegedly threatened to kill a grocery store employee on Thursday with an ax.

Commenter "not_an_expert" -- who sells himself short; he plainly knows more than most about the details of the city budget -- writes in response to yesterday's editorial with a common complaint about the City Council's priorities. The gist: The city...

Redding police have identified the man who threatened to kill a Holiday Quality Foods employee with an ax Thursday afternoon.

Redding police were unable to find a man who carried an ax through Holiday Quality Foods on Placer Street and attempted to strike a store employee with the tool today.

Redding police were unable to find a man who carried an ax through Holiday Quality Foods on Placer Street and attempted to strike a store employee with the tool today.

It’s not about respecting the police. It’s not about ideological agendas.

A Redding woman says vandals etched a swastika into her car and posted a “for sale” sign in front of her west Redding home in what police are calling a hate crime.

Tip for the day: When driving on a suspended license with an outstanding bench warrant out for you, it’s probably not a good idea to wave down a police officer to ask for directions.

A Redding woman says vandals etched a swastika into her car and posted a “for sale” sign in front of her West Redding home in what police are calling a hate crime.

RED BLUFF – Tip for the day. When driving on a suspended license and having an outstanding bench warrant out for you, it’s probably not a good idea to wave down a police officer to ask for directions.

A 3-2 Redding City Council majority this evening essentially rejected a concession from the city’s two police unions designed to postpone layoff of four police officers.

Last week I sat down with Redding Police Chief Peter Hansen to discuss the June flare-up in gang-related crimes. In last Tuesday’s

RED BLUFF - Police are investigating the Sunday morning shooting death of a 31-year-old Red Bluff man.

Two men who allegedly pointed a gun at an occupied car outside a Redding grocery store were arrested Friday evening in what police are calling a gang-related crime.

A 70-year-old Redding bicyclist suffered minor injuries today when he collided with a car at Yuba and Oregon streets, police said.

An off-duty California Highway Patrol officer walking the Sacramento River Trail pulled a gun today on a transient who allegedly threatened him, police said.

Red Bluff police forcibly removed a man who had been walking Tuesday evening in the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 amid moderate to heavy traffic.

RED BLUFF — Police are investigating the death today of a one-month-old baby.

Are traveling doctors who specialize in the lucrative niche of writing marijuana recommendations — licenses to smoke coveted both by genuinely afflicted patients and casual users who just want to avoid trouble with the police — running afoul of the canons of medical ethics? Maybe, but that’s between the

Anderson police responded to the Handi Spot market on Northway Street Sunday night for a report of at least seven people armed with knives about to fight.

A store security employee was slashed with a box cutter while trying to detain a shoplifter Saturday afternoon, Redding police said.

A suspected shoplifter allegedly used a box cutter to slash an agent who helped wrestle the man to the ground outside ShopKo in Redding on Saturday afternoon.

Two teenage runaways were booked into Shasta County juvenile hall Saturday after their campfire caused a small fire at the T.R. Woods Memorial Park in the Sunset Terrace neighborhood.

Redding police arrested a man and two women at a north side motel Friday night on suspicion of weapons possession and drug intoxication, according to a press statement.