Redding Metro News

Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 9:26 p.m. Two local firefighters returned home last week after helping battle thousands of wildfires burning throughout California .

Instead of pulling a cat from a tree, firefighter Adam Deem went for something a little wilder.

REDDING, Calif. - The president of a Northern California manufacturing company has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion for embezzling $850,000. Prosecutors say 61-year-old Peggy Witts issued duplicate ...

Veterinarian Kevin Willitts gently unwraps bandages from the paw of a bear cub, carefully treating the 6-month-old bruin's burns.

The last presidential visit to Redding came 45 years before George W. Bush returned aboard Air Force One on Thursday.

He landed in Redding around 2:30 p.m. he was greeted by Gov. Schwarzenegger and the mayor of Redding.

Aircraft of the 302nd Air Expeditionary Group began their 23rd day of aerial firefighting support missions July 18 in a coordinated effort to control wildfires in California.

Adam Deem was driving through burned brush in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest west of Redding when he spotted a black bear cub teetering oddly in the middle of the road.

RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. - An injured black bear cub is recovering after being rescued by a firefighter.

President Bush rides on Marine One past a fire line cut by firefighters during a tour of the California wildfires Thursday, July 17, 2008 in Redding, Calif.

President George W. Bush will visit Northern California today, stopping in Redding and then Fairfield, taking an aerial tour to inspect fire damage, and then attending a fundraising dinner in Napa.

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal judge ruled Friday that California's water systems threaten to push native, wild salmon into extinction, but stopped short of ordering any immediate water cutbacks farmers said would ...

Thursday, President Bush will see firsthand the damage from the recent wildfires in northern California.

John McCain and Barack Obama vow to reform the nation's defense procurement if elected president, yet each is unwilling to take a firm stand against the skyrocketing cost of a plum White House perk: the new ...

REDDING, Calif. - President Bush offered federal help and encouragement Thursday to some of the 25,000 firefighters working under a blazing sun to contain wildfires that make up the single largest fire event ...

The New York Times' Web site says at one building complex, soldiers have reported being shocked almost daily.

A blaze that destroyed dozens of homes in Butte County last month was intentionally set, Cal Fire officials said.

President Bush will be in California today for a briefing on the state's wildfires from state and local officials in Redding.

President George W. Bush is coming to Redding to survey damage from recent wildfires.

Fire officials say two Redding, Calif., men who were running lawn mowers in tinder-dry conditions will be charged and may be required to pay for the costs of putting out fires that burned several neighbors' ...