On November 13/14, a 44-year-old man, Kevin Janson Neal, went on a killing spree, shooting his wife and his neighbors. Neal then crashed his vehicle into a car, which killed and injured two people. Shortly afterwards, he engaged in a shootout with police officers, in which random people were harmed, including some children. One of the children was shot at Rancho Tehama Elementary School, a school within the Corning Union Elementary School District. Five people were killed and 18 others were wounded, some from bullets, and some from flying glass. Neal fatally shot himself after exchanging gunfire with a Corning police officer and a deputy sheriff who responded to the call after they briefly chased him and ultimately rammed him, in a vehicle he had stolen from one of his victims.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of, of which, of it is land and of it is water. Wired telephone numbers in this locale follow the pattern 585-xxxx. Rancho Tehama Airport, National Geographic Names Database feature ID 1653862, is located at in the same vicinity as other references to the community.
Demographics
2010
At the 2010 census Rancho Tehama Reserve had a population of 1,485, an increase from the population of 1,406 recorded in the 2000 census. The population density was 126.7 people per square mile. The racial makeup of Rancho Tehama Reserve was 1,181 White, 21 African American, 52 Native American, 21 Asian, 5 Pacific Islander, 102 from other races, and 103 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 214 people. The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized. There were 587 households, 143 had children under the age of 18 living in them, 289 were married couples, 63 had a female householder with no husband present, 42 had a male householder with no wife present. There were 37 unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 1 same-sex married couples or partnerships. 148 households were one person and 57 had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.53. There were 394 families ; the average family size was 2.96. The age distribution was 295 people under the age of 18, 110 people aged 18 to 24, 253 people aged 25 to 44, 509 people aged 45 to 64, and 318 people who were 65 or older. The median age was 48.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.7 males. There were 776 housing units at an average density of 66.2 per square mile, of the occupied units 476 were owner-occupied and 111 were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 6.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.7%. 1,150 people lived in owner-occupied housing units and 335 people lived in rental housing units.
