YREKA, Calif. —Two California Highway Patrol officers stepped in as heroes Monday. Roadways were covered in snow and chains were required Monday morning in Yreka. CHP officer Greg Perkins found a truck driver stuck on State Route 3 headed uphill. ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Over the weekend Oregon Dept. of Transportation was busy keeping the roadway safe. The agency said it’s continuing to do so, especially in higher elevations. An ODOT spokesperson told NBC5 News drivers could see anything from slush ...
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA — NBC5 News first told you about a redwood tree falling on Highway 199, killing two people from Yreka, last week. A northern California attorney tells us he’s seen this situation happen before, and it resulted in a ...
BALDWIN PARK, Calif. (NBC) – Some people will go the extra mile to use the carpool lane! The California Highway Patrol says it has pulled over a driver in Baldwin Park who had a very lifelike-looking dummy in the passenger ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — With temperatures nearing triple digits, a local nonprofit is opening its doors to people in need. Compassion Highway Project recently moved into its own building across from Hawthorne Park on East Main in Medford. While the organization ...
TRINITY COUNTY, Calif. – A missing hiker was found dead in northern California over the weekend. Daniel Komins was supposed to finish a five-day solo hiking trip in the Trinity Alps Wilderness on August 14. When he failed to return ...
YREKA, Cal. – A 28-year-old man hit a California Highway Patrol vehicle head-on Friday. Officers with CHP in Yreka said they got a call about a U.S. Veteran possibly experiencing a mental health crisis. They said he was driving at speeds well-over ...
MOUNT SHASTA, Ore. — Winter weather across the region caused major headaches for drivers Wednesday. It led to miles of big-rigs at a standstill on the side of Interstate 5 in both Jackson and Siskiyou County. “Most of the time, ...
WEED, Calif. – Multiple agencies from Siskiyou County responded to an officer-involved shooting just north of Weed. The preliminary investigation found a CHP officer in the area made a routine check of a vehicle stopped on the shoulder of I-5 ...
WINTON, Calif. – A California Highway Patrol officer was killed in the line of duty on Christmas Eve. At about 11:30 p.m. Officer Andrew Camilleri was stopped along with his partner on Interstate 880 southbound at the Winton, California onramp. ...