SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — A 49-year-old man from Oakland drowned Saturday afternoon while swimming in Shasta Lake, prompting a multi-agency search and recovery effort over the busy holiday weekend. According to the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office, deputies from the Boating Safety Unit (BSU) responded to a report of a possible drowning around 12:56 p.m. on July 4 near the shore of Old Man Campground, close to the Gooseneck and Beehive Campgrounds. Witnesses reported that Antonio

Castro was last seen on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, around 6 p.m., when he left the 19000 block of Lower Salt Creek Road in Lakehead to go kayaking. He did not return home, prompting family members to report him missing the following day. On Wednesday, June 3, deputies located Castro’s vehicle at the Lower Salt Creek Boat Launch. Later that morning, members of the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office Boating Safety Unit found an unoccupied kayak partially submerged in the Salt Creek

On January 7, 2026, 26-year-old inmate, Jordan David Lee Moore, jumped from the upper tier in his housing unit at the Shasta County Jail, sustaining non-life-threatening injuries. He received first aid and was transported to a local hospital. While at the hospital, Moore became non-compliant, attempted to escape, assaulted the two guarding correctional deputies, and challenged them to shoot him. Redding Police officers and hospital security assisted in subduing him after a br