Tehama County News

Information was compiled from the Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Red Bluff Police Department, Corning Police Department, CalFire and the California Highway Patrol.

ORLAND A 59-year-old Fortuna man's dog drowned Wednesday morning in the Angler's Cove area of Black Butte Reservoir when the man's car rolled into the water.

For those of us who have an interest in revisiting memories in our lives, we anxiously await the publication of Tehama County Memories published yearly by the Tehama County Genealogical and Historical Society.

Information compiled from the Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Red Bluff Police Department, Corning Police Department, CalFire and the California Highway Patrol.

A small earthquake has struck rural Northern California, but there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Good Morning, Red Bluff, the monthly Chamber networking program, continues Thursday, hosted by Countryside Cafe, 638 Washington St.

A man is dead and his father is injured after a fight Tuesday night in Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area.

With the Fourth of July now only 17 days away, everyone is reminded to purchase your "golden ticket" for a chance to win the $10,000 grand prize or up to $1,000 in an additional 47 prizes, based on the sale of 300 tickets at $100 each.

In Tehama County it is hard to pass up activities, especially popular during this challenging economic time to find out the activities that we can participate close to home.

Depending on the county, unemployment rates in the area both rose and fell from April to May, according to the California Employment Development Department figures.

As construction proceeds on the new US Bank site on Main Street in Red Bluff, Tehama County is suing the trucker who disposed of the remains of the former building for nearly $6.5 million dollars.

Yard sale The Tehama County Coalition of Poor and the Homeless will hold a yard sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at 13785 Trinity Avenue in Red Bluff.

The Tehama County Transportation Commission will have another $200,000 to allocate toward planning projects including the Los Molinos State Bond project, thanks to the latest release of funds from the California Department of Transportation.

LOS MOLINOS Los Molinos walnut and prune farmer Brad Call suffered minor burn injuries after his barn caught fire Wednesday on Highway 99E near Englehorn Road, but was doing fine Thursday, his wife, Larisa, said.

A 28-year-old Redding man pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Tehama County Superior Court to charges he raped a woman at the Triangle Motel on June 1. Paul Omar Bermudez was arrested June 1 after a 21-year-old woman reported to the Red Bluff Police Department he had raped her at the Montgomery Road motel around 12:30 that morning.

A 25-year-old Red Bluff man was stabbed in his hand and shoulder Saturday morning at the Palomino Room.

Storms in the area over the past few days have resulted in several lightning-caused fires in Tehama County, all of which were out by Thursday evening, said CalFire Capt.

Rummage sale set Red Bluff First United Methodist Church will be having its second Raise the Roof rummage sale to save the church.

Undersheriff Dennis Garton gets comfortable in his new office on Tuesday on Antelope Boulevard.

A plan to monitor groundwater levels and trigger appropriate responses if they drop was the focus Thursday night of a joint meeting of the Tehama County Board of Supervisors and Red Bluff, Corning and Tehama city councils.