The Shasta County Coroner's Office identified two of five victims of a fatal head-on crash on Highway 299 near Whiskeytown Lake. Read More

The California Department of Transportation announced it will launch Highway 44 and Interstate 5 infrastructure projects in September-October 2026. Read More

CHP is investigating a deadly Highway 299 crash in Shasta County that killed 5 after a car crossed the center line. Read More

A Madera man was arrested near Redding after deputies found what they suspected was 40 pounds of methamphetamine in the vehicle he was driving. Read More

Interstate 5 motorists driving between north Redding and Shasta Lake could see more lanes, a separate lane for big rigs and less traffic congestion as early as 2029. The California Transportation ... Read More

Caltrans to make changes to Interstate 5 from north Redding to Shasta Lake. Read More

A big rig traveling the wrong way in I-5's northbound lane near Mount Shasta crashed into a bridge with its wheels hanging over the edge. Read More

A wildfire ignited near Interstate 5 between the Conant and Sims communities in northern Shasta County, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) announced.The fire, named ... Read More

A wildfire has ignited near Interstate 5 between the Conant and Sims communities in northern Shasta County, the U.S. Forest Service announced.The fire, named th ... Read More

A wildfire has ignited near Interstate 5 between the Conant and Sims communities in northern Shasta County, the U.S. Forest Service announced.The fire, named th ... Read More

MOUNT SHASTA, Calif. - According to California Highway Patrol - Mount Shasta, I-5 Northbound north of Sims Road, officers and fire personnel are on scene blocking the second lane. Read More

The advisory was active for Western Shasta County Mountains Above 3000 ft, Western Shasta County Foothills Between 1000-3000 ft, Shasta Lake Area and Interstate 5 Between 1000-3000 ft, South-Central ... Read More

Southbound Interstate 5 is blocked in Northern Shasta County just south of Flume Creek due to a solo big rig rollover. CHP and Caltrans are on scene working to clear the roadway. Caltrans said there ... Read More

A big rig crashed around 3 a.m. Friday in the southbound lanes of I-5 in the Sims area of Shasta County at Flume Creek. Read More

California's landscape is primarily flat with repetitive farmland for much of northbound Interstate 5 until the Pit River Bridge, when a steely overpass grants a fleeting but impressionable view of ... Read More

Caltrans is launching a $4 million dollar bridge maintenance project in Shasta County starting June 28. Read More

A Palo Cedro man died after a boat crashed into the shoreline at Lake Shasta, ejecting three passengers. Read More

Three people - the victim, a woman and a child - were ejected from the boat Thursday, according to the Shasta County Sheriff's Office. Read More

The warning had been issued for Western Shasta County Mountains Above 3000 ft, Western Shasta County Foothills Between 1000-3000 ft, Shasta Lake Area and Interstate 5 Between 1000-3000 ft, ... Read More

Judith Sheldon, the daughter of a Hollywood actress and movie director, and her husband, Wylie Sheldon, were found dead inside their car on Monday ... Read More

The warning was in place for South-Central Shasta County Including Redding Metro, Northern Sacramento Valley in Tehama County, Central Glenn County Including Interstate 5, Eastern Glenn County, Butte ... Read More

The pilot said he lost control about 200 feet above the water shortly after takeoff. Read More

Long-term lane closures and major delays are expected on Interstate 5 near the Shasta-Tehama County line due to scheduled bridge joint seal work on the Cottonwood Creek Bridge, starting after ... Read More

Two Jersey Mike's locations in Redding donated half of their sales Friday, May 29, to support the family of a 20-year-old Shasta Lake woman who was killed in a ... Read More

Shasta County motorists face 15-minute delays on Highway 299 near Buckhorn Summit as slide repair work continues into June. Read More

Drivers on Highway 89 from Mount Shasta to McCloud should see sporadic 30-minute delays through autumn due to construction. Read More

Caltrans is working on a 13.4-mile pavement project along State Route 89 between McCloud and I-5 near Mount Shasta through late October. Expect delays up to 30 minutes weekdays from ... Read More

The Shasta County Coroner's Office has identified the person killed in a crash on Highway 44 in Shingletown over the weekend. The coroner's office said they were dispatched to the area of Highway 44 ... Read More

Authorities have identified a motorcyclist who died following a crash on Friday evening near Interstate 5. According to the Shasta County Sheriff's Office, the decedent was identified as Monica Marie ... Read More

The Shasta County Sheriff's Office says that when deputies rounded the corner, they observed that the vehicle had crashed into a cluster of mailboxes and collided with an embankment in ... Read More

A 46-year-old Shasta Lake man died early Wednesday after a solo vehicle crash, the California Highway Patrol said. Read More

The California Highway Patrol - Northern Division's Major Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) is now the lead agency that is investigating the officer-involved shooting. Read More

A winter storm is expected to bring rain and snow to Northern California over the Presidents Day holiday. Motorists should be cautious of slick roads in the valley and potential snow on Interstate 5 ... Read More

Caltrans is leading emergency slip-out repairs on Interstate 5 near south Dunsmuir. They're partnering with a Northstate contractor for the repairs on I-5, about one mile north of the Shasta / Siskiyou ... Read More

California's foggy weather stretches from Bakersfield to Shasta County. Motorists driving Interstate 5, Interstate 80 and several highways may find visibility limited. Tips to remember when driving in ... Read More

A traffic accident has blocked northbound Interstate 5 at Balls Ferry Road in Shasta County, causing significant delays for motorists. Read More

A sergeant with the Shasta County Sheriff's Office tells Action News Now that a person was hit by a vehicle at a construction site in the area of Shasta Dam ... Read More

For road-trippers navigating Northern California, Black Bear Diner in Mt. Shasta provides the perfect interstate oasis. Conveniently located just off I-5, it offers accessibility without requiring a ... Read More

Two people were killed, including an 8-year-old, when a Ford SUV crashed in a remote area of Shasta County early Monday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash was reported just ... Read More

California Department of Transportation crews start on $4.5 million project to add and replace curve warning signs on Hwy 299, Hwy 44 and other roads. Read More

Caltrans announced it will begin work on Monday, Sept. 8 on a bridge maintenance project to provide needed repairs on 11 bridges in Shasta County, improving travel and facilitating goods movement. Read More

Motorists traveling on Shasta County and other highways in the Shasta Cascade region may face time delays during Labor Day weekend and next week, according to the California Department ... Interstate ... Read More

REDDING - Major bridge joint seal replacement work is necessary on Interstate 5 at Cottonwood Creek Bridge, approximately 15 miles south of Redding (near the Shasta / Tehama County Line), Cal Trans said ... Read More

REDDING, Calif. - Plans continue to move forward on the relocation of the Win-River Casino & Resort to a new location off of Interstate 5 in Redding. But last month, ... Read More

Major bridge joint replacement work is planned on Interstate 5 after Labor Day weekend at Cottonwood Creek Bridge, approximately 15 miles south of Redding (near the Shasta / Tehama County Line). Read More

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. - All northbound lanes on Interstate 5 at Fawndale, north of Redding, are closed on Thursday due to a big rig crash. The crash happened at 2:44 a.m. on Thursday on Interstate 5 ... Read More

The U.S. Forest Service closed several ... according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, west of Montgomery Creek and Round Mountain, and east of Interstate 5 at O'Brien. An ... Read More

People in Zone LKH-1448 - between Montgomery Creek and O'Brian / Interstate 5 - should prepare to evacuate if the county instructs them to do so, the sheriff's office said. Read More

A Shasta County sheriff's deputy is due in court next week for arraignment on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol. Read More

A vegetation fire in Shasta Lake near the city of Redding border west of Interstate 5 prompted evacuations before crews stopped forward progress early Friday aftenoon. The Shasta County Sheriff's ... Read More

The Shasta County Sheriff's Office has issued an evacuation order for the Pine Fire, which is burning along Interstate 5 in the area of Pine Grove Avenue and Cascade Boulevard. The evacuation order ... Read More

A vegetation fire in Shasta Lake near the city of Redding border west of Interstate 5 prompted evacuations before crews stopped forward progress early Friday aftenoon. The Shasta County Sheriff's ... Read More

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. -- Traffic is very slow on Interstate 5 north of O'Brien due to a truck fire that was reported just before 3:30 p.m. in the northbound lanes. Read More

Former US President Donald Trump has responded to the Air India crash in Ahmedabad, calling it 'terrible' and 'one of the worst in aviation history'. President Donald Trump signed a trio of ... Read More

The California Highway Patrol Northern Division Air Operations also joined in the search, deploying aircraft resources to look for Cardenas, but they were unable to locate him. Read More

The Juniper Fire in the Mount Shasta Subdivision is forcing some residents to evacuate and threatening structures between Interstate 5 and Highway 97. Read More

Northbound Interstate 5 at Salt Creek in Shasta County is currently blocked following an accident, according to Caltrans.Motorists are advised to expect delays ... Read More

Travel is becoming '?increasingly difficult as the temperatures drop this week,'? the California ... Mount Shasta and Yreka CHP offices reported multiple crashes this week due to winter weather ... Read More

Front Street, between Median Avenue and Grand River Avenue, will be closed to both motorist and non-motorist traffic from Tuesday, May 20, 2025, through Thursda ... Read More

Projects were approved Friday for funding to repair roads and create more safety, mobility and resiliency on state highways in Tehama, Lassen, Plumas, Shasta and Siskiyou Counties. Read More

SACRAMENTO - A California man who tried to evade arrest ... car chase before dumping his vehicle and fleeing into frigid Lake Shasta with what was later identified as a Yamaha 350LI underwater ... Read More

The Shasta County District Attorney's Office has filed charges against Sheila June Acker following a dramatic DUI traffic collision earlier this week. Acker, 68 ... Read More

A driver was arrested after allegedly pointing a rifle at a California Highway Patrol officer during a traffic stop just north of Redding on Interstate 5.Accor ... Read More

For over a century, geologists were baffled by the rolling mounds scattered across Northern California's Shasta Valley. Travelers along Interstate 5 can glimpse these unusual hills and ridges, often ... Read More

Residents and travelers in the area should expect to see smoke from Mount Shasta, Interstate 5, and the surrounding regions. Firefighters from the Shasta-Trinity National Forest and Cal Fire are ... Read More

Officers from the Shasta County Sheriff's Office compliance team conducted a traffic stop early Friday morning that resulted in a significant ... Read More

In the release, Sheriff Michael Johnson with the Shasta County Sheriff's Office says that his department has not received details of the investigation from the CHP or the unverified HIPPA-related ... Read More

Javier Medrano-Orellana of Oakland was transported to and booked into the Shasta County Jail with bail set at $1 million after authorities discovered more than 25 pounds of suspected ... Read More

The Siskiyou County Search and Rescue team partnered up with the Mount Shasta Climbing Rangers to rescue a Canadian backcountry skier who had crashed while skiing on Mt. Shasta and broke his leg at an ... Read More

Smoke from prescribed burns around Lake Shasta could affect the air quality ... service said in an announcement. Motorists on Interstate 5 and residents in Lakeshore and surrounding communities ... Read More

The Redding Rancheria is planning to build Shasta ... The new casino is slated to go up on land the tribe owns off Interstate 5, an area known as Strawberry Fields. There is no completion date ... Read More

Three stolen construction vehicles were recovered by the CHP on Thursday after a coordinated response with Mount Shasta CHP and local investigators. Read More

The Shasta Interagency Narcotics Task Force was involved in eight cases with agents seizing about 65 pounds of fentanyl in 2024, most of it from drug busts made along Interstate 5 as it passes ... Read More

A tragic crash on a remote stretch of Northern California's state Route 20 on Sunday claimed the lives of three horses and upended a young woman's rodeo dreams. Shasta Jameson-Green's three rodeo ... Read More

A winter storm arrived in Shasta and Siskiyou counties on Thursday, dropping snow from Redding to Yreka and causing delays on Interstate 5. Read More

A Siskiyou County Sheriff's Deputy made a significant drug discovery during a traffic stop on Interstate 5 near Mount Shasta today. Read More

Snow and ice from winter storms are closing parts of Interstate 5, causing spinouts and crashes, and prompting chain controls in Shasta and Siskiyou. Read More

After days of heavy rain in California, there's a chance the ... Storms could drop 14 inches of snow on Interstate 5 at Mount Shasta In Mount Shasta, 2 to 5 inches of snow are forecast for Tuesday ... Read More

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. - Caltrans has announced that all vehicles are being screened for chains on Interstate 5 northbound, approximately 10 miles north of Redding at Fawndale in Shasta County. Read More

A 45-year-old Mt. Shasta man is dead after an early morning incident on State Route 139 between Adin and Susanville. Read More

Firefighters are battling a structure fire that started just north of Redding on Friday evening. The fire began at approximately 4:45 p.m. at 13911 Blue Ridge Drive, near Mountain Gate, ... Read More

The Shasta County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) has identified the decedent of the fatal crash on Interstate 5 south of Riverside Avenue in Anderson that occured on S ... Read More

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. - Caltrans has issued an advisory for drivers traveling on Highway 299 due to a landslide that has reduced the highway to one lane near the Trinity / Shasta County line in Shasta ... Read More

Southbound Interstate 5 is experiencing significant delays due to two separate incidents. The interstate has been reduced to a single lane at Flume Creek due to ... Read More

Here's what you need to know: A Caltrans tow truck is surrounded by snow along a closed Interstate ... Shasta counties. Also closed was Highway 4 from the Mount Reba turnoff to Ebbetts Pass. Sarah ... Read More

On Wednesday afternoon, emergency crews from Cal Fire, Mount Shasta Fire Department, CHP Mount Shasta and McCloud Fire ... of Interstate 5 and State Route 89. RELATED: Highway 89 faces potential ... Read More

Interstate 5 motorists traveling north of Redding, and people visiting Lake Shasta, may smell smoke and see plumes from prescribed burns starting Sunday. The U.S. Forest Service is requesting ... Read More

For Siskiyou County and the Mount Shasta ... for the California Department of Transportation, said chain controls are expected to be in place at the higher elevations of Interstate 5 north of ... Read More

REDDING, Calif. - A big rig crash in Shasta County early Tuesday is blocking part of Interstate 5. Southbound I-5 is closed at Bridge Bay Road and one lane of northbound traffic is closed The big rig ... Read More