REDDING, Calif. — With summer camping season just around the corner, the Bureau of Land Management will open Trinity River campgrounds along California State Highway 299, on Monday, May 5. Camp sites are available on a first-come, first-served basis, with campers depositing fees in campground collection boxes. The maximum stay is 14 days.

This year, reservations are available through Recreation.gov for half of the Douglas City Campground sites.

“These are beautiful spots to access the Trinity River for fishing, boating, swimming and other water sports,” said Jennifer Mata, manager of the BLM Redding Field Office. “Camping along the Trinity River is a great way for families to connect with nature and learn about the natural wonders to be found on our public lands.”

The Douglas City Campground, just west of Douglas City, offers 23 tent and trailer campsites and a riverbank beach. The site offers flush toilets, showers, and drinking water as well as picnic tables and campfire rings. The fee is $20 per site, per night, for a maximum of two vehicles, and $6 per night per vehicle for additional vehicles as space allows. Reservations for sites 9-19 are available on Recreation.gov.

The Junction City Campground, west of Junction City, offers 21 tent and trailer sites. It is a convenient site for travelers on State Route 299 between Redding and the coast. The smaller Steel Bridge Campground, about six miles east of Douglas City, has 11 camping sites and feels more secluded. Both campgrounds have vault toilets, and each site has a picnic table and a fire ring. There is no drinking water available at either site. The fee is $15 per site, per night, for a maximum of two vehicles and $6 per night per vehicle for additional vehicles.

Shasta campground, 7 miles northwest of the city of Shasta Lake, offers great access to the Chappie-Shasta Off-Highway Vehicle area in a beautiful setting along Keswick Reservoir. There are 27 tent and trailer campsites, vault toilets, drinking water, picnic tables and campfire rings. The fee is $20 per site, per night, for a maximum of two vehicles and $6 per night per vehicle for additional vehicles.

Details, including maximum trailer length for each campground, are available by telephoning the Redding Field Office, 530-224-2100, or by visiting online.

SUSANVILLE, Calif.  —  The Bureau of Land Management is offering an opportunity to live and work in a beautiful public land setting along the Susan River in Lassen County, as a camp host at a popular day use area.

The position at the Hobo Camp Day Use Area along the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail near Susanville runs from May 1 through the onset of winter weather in mid-November. A split summer/fall season could also be arranged for multiple hosts.

The BLM provides a site with all hookups for an RV or camp trailer. The camp host may receive a small stipend to help with living expenses. Duties include greeting visitors, providing information and completing light maintenance.

Anyone interested should contact Stan Bales at the BLM Eagle Lake Field Office, 530-257-0456, or at  sbales@blm.gov. Information is also available at www.volunteer.gov. A search feature provides links and application information.

A man from Washington, D.C., has learned his fate in the shooting death of a 13-year-old boy killed outside the shooter’s home in 2023.

Jason Lewis, 42, was sentenced to 12½ years in prison on Friday for the killing of Karon Blake, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced in a press release. Lewis was convicted in August of voluntary manslaughter, assault with a dangerous weapon, and firearm charges.

Police got into a shootout with several teenagers just outside a Six Flags on Saturday night, injuring a 15-year-old boy.

It happened just after 6 p.m. at the Six Flags Over Georgia in Cobb County. Authorities say about 500 or 600 teenagers began running through the park and brawling near the entrance. Security and Cobb County Police began clearing out the park when a group of teenagers fired shots at cops on a street just outside park property, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a press release. No officers were hit but a bullet struck an unoccupied Cobb County police car.