Pedestrian dead after being hit by car on Yreka s Main Street
Siskiyou Daily News
A 70-year-old Yreka resident died after being struck by a car while crossing Yreka’s South Main Street near the Valero gas station Thursday evening.
The person’s name is being withheld until their family can be notified, according to Lt. Chris Betts in a press release from the Yreka Police Department.
The driver of the vehicle was a 43-year-old Siskiyou County woman who was not injured, YPD said.
After being called to the scene just before 6:30 p.m., officers found the pedestrian unresponsive in the roadway. Medical personnel were unable to revive the pedestrian, and he was pronounced deceased at the scene, Betts said in the release.
Update 10:55 a.m.
The southbound and northbound south Yreka off ramps on Interstate 5 are closed due to cars backed up from the vaccine clinic, according to scanner traffic.
Update 9:50 a.m.
The Siskiyou Public Health Department announced via Facebook that they ve run out of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for today s clinic, which is slated to begin at 10 a.m. There were 975 doses of the Pfizer vaccine set aside for today s clinic, which was planned from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. CHP-Yreka is letting individuals in cars who are already in line, or are arriving, know this information, according to the post.
Yreka man gets 12 years in prison for robbing man, forcing him from motel room
Siskiyou Daily News
A Yreka man convicted of robbery, false imprisonment and several other offenses stemming from a crime spree in the spring of 2019 was sentenced Tuesday to more than 12 years in prison.
Legal proceedings against Joseph Michael Kivett, 32, were drawn out for months, Andrus said, after he originally pled guilty in September of 2019, then later filed two motions to withdraw his pleas which were ultimately denied, said Siskiyou County District Attorney Kirk Andrus.
The crime spree began on March 13, 2019, when Kivett surprised a woman who was hanging out after midnight in a vehicle with his girlfriend, Stacy Phillips, Andrus explained. Phillips asked the woman what she thought of Kivett, before Kivett himself arose from where he was hiding in the back seat of the car and began to berate the victim.