Shasta County sheriff’s Lt. Jerry Fernandez made the call around 9 p.m. on July 8, 2022, reporting on his way back to Redding from Napa County that his mission had been a success. “We got him,” ...

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To the editor: I read with interest the article in Sunday’s Times about using baby goats for delicious, tender tacos (“Roasted baby goat tacos hide in a rural street food row near San Bernardino,” Feb ...

Nov 7 (Reuters) - When Cedar the goat was sold at a county fair livestock auction in 2022 for $902, he was earmarked to be slaughtered and served at a barbecue, even as his sobbing 9-year-old owner ...

Every day for three months, Jessica Long’s young daughter walked and fed her goat, bonding with the brown and white floppy-eared animal named Cedar. But when it was time for Cedar to be sold and ...

California sheriff’s deputies have been forced to pay a girl’s family $300,000 after taking her pet goat and sending it to slaughter. Jessica Long purchased the goat, named Cedar, in 2022 for her ...

Jessica Long’s 9-year-old daughter brought the family’s goat, Cedar, to the Shasta District Fair and Event Center in Anderson, Calif., 150 miles north of Sacramento, last year to sell him for ...

Several weeks ago, the story of a young girl and her goat named Cedar made the rounds across a range of media outlets. The Los Angeles Times was the first publication to give the sad tale fresh life ...

A California girl was awarded $300,000 in a settlement with police who went out of their way to seize and butcher her beloved pet goat, according to reports. Jessica Long’s daughter — who was just 9 ...

Francisco Salinas, owner of El Lagunero, a taco stand, roasts goat meat near an auto body shop in unincorporated San Bernardino County. (William Liang / For The Times) To the editor: I read with ...