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Volume XVII Issue 191
Monday, May 5th, 2025
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Lassen College Hosting 3rd Annual
Chalk it Out Event Wednesday
Lassen College students and staff will spend Wednesday afternoon drawing and writing positive messages in chalk on sidewalks across the college’s campus to help celebrate Mental Health Awareness month.
Everyone is invited to visit the college on May 7th, from 2:00 until 4:00p.m., to grab some food, unleash their creativity, and share uplifting messages.
In its simplest terms, the event, which is held in front of the Creative Arts building at the college, is a colorful way to show support for mental health awareness.
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Enter to Win Tickets to This Friday’s Soroptimist Margarita Fest!
The Susanville Chapter of Soroptimist International will be holding their annual Margarita Fest Fundraiser this Friday, May 9th, and we have a pair of tickets to give away to a lucky SusanvilleStuff reader.
The event, as always, promises to deliver on the fun, with Margaritas to sample, a Salsa Contest, a silent auction, a Nacho Bar, a big raffle and live music by the band Timeless.
The Margarita Fest, held from 6:00 to 10:00p.m., in Jensen Hall at the fairgrounds, has attracted a growing number of attendees each year and is always a lot of fun.
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The T&C Team at Town and Country Real Estate are sponsoring the Salsa Contest, and entries will be judged May 8th at Smith Properties. All of the salsas entered will be served the following evening at the Margarita Fest. Cash prizes for award winning salsa are $100 for first and $50 for second place.
Soroptimist International of Susanville is a non-profit women’s organization with the sole purpose in bettering the lives of women and children in our local community and around the world.
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Each year the club’s dedicated members work diligently on contributing to our town through a multitude of service efforts which include $6,000 in scholarships and education awards, providing necessities for 5-6 families in need during the holiday season and supporting other local non-profits like Lassen Family Services and senior services programs.
The group also works closely with the young women and girls of the community – hosting empowerment workshops, and sponsoring the S-Club; a group of junior high, high school and college student community service clubs.
Tickets are $45 presale ($50 at the door) and include a ten-flavor margarita taster card, one full margarita or beer and nacho bar. You must be 21 to attend.
You can purchase tickets online at this link, at Lassen County Federal Credit Union or Margie’s Book Nook. You can find out more information by visiting the Soroptimists on Facebook.
The Soroptimists have partnered with Lassen Rural Bus to provide safe rides to and from the event within Susanville city limits.
Would you like to win a pair of tickets? Of course you would!
You can enter once per day, per email address, from now until midnight May 8th, to win a pair of tickets to Margarita Fest. We will announce the name of our ticket winner on May 9th. The more entries the better your odds of winning. Click here to head over to SusanvilleStuff for contest details and entry form.
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LCC Nursing and Soroptimists Present GLOW for 4th to 8th Grade Girls and Boys
In partnership with the Susanville Soroptimists, the Lassen College Nursing Students are excited to invite local boys and girls to the GLOW Project, which stands for Growth – Leadership – Optimism – Worth.
This interactive and fun-filled evening, being held May 8th at the college, is designed just for 4th through 8th graders, offering a unique space to connect, learn and grow.
This year’s event will be open to both boys and girls, with separate sessions for each group.
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As part of the nursing students’ pediatric course, this program allows them to engage with youth in our community and spark meaningful conversations around important real-life topics.
What’s on the agenda?
Through games, group discussions, and hands-on activities, participants will explore age-appropriate topics like:
- Setting healthy boundaries
- Learning positive coping skills
- Practicing self-care and hygiene
- Understanding personal safety
- Building self-worth and confidence
The goal of the evening is to create a safe, supportive environment where kids can share, ask questions and leave feeling empowered.
Check-In will be from 3:00 until 3:30p.m., dinner will be provided and the evening will end at 7:30.
Parents/Guardians are asked to sign in their participants upon arrival and return for pick-up promptly at 7:30.
Click to register: https://fs28.formsite.com/QY38aq/m5xnry6ku4/index
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Cal-FIRE Burn Permits Now Required in Lassen, Modoc and Plumas Counties
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Lassen-Modoc Unit has announced that, as of May 1st, all hazard reduction burning will require a permit in the counties of Lassen, Modoc and Plumas.
Burn permits must now be obtained online at https://burnpermit.fire.ca.gov/. Applicants can access the website to obtain a burn permit which involves watching a short educational video and submitting an application.
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The process provides the necessary information needed to conduct the burn safely, while minimizing the chance for fire escape. Permits must be in possession either by printed copy or digitally. Permits are valid beginning May 1st of each year and require annual renewal.
Permits are issued free of charge.
Property owners conducting hazard reduction burning are responsible for checking the burn day status by contacting their local air pollution control district. Burning can only be done on permissive burn days and within permissive burn hours as determined by the local Air Pollution Control District.
To find out if it is a permissive burn day or if burning is limited to specific hours, call the Cal-FIRE Lassen, Modoc, Plumas Air Pollution Control District (APCD) phone line at 1.530. 251.4403.
This phone number will direct you to the Lassen, Modoc, and Plumas County Air Pollution Control Districts for permissive burn day status and hours.
IMPORTANT: Normally, Cal-FIRE Burn Permits are only required for residents who live within the State Responsibility Area, or where Cal-FIRE has jurisdictional authority, however, in cooperation with local Fire Department Jurisdictions within Lassen, Modoc and Plumas Counties, all residents may apply for a Cal-FIRE burn permit to burn when permits are required.
Residents of the City of Susanville, and the City of Alturas must contact their respective Fire Department to obtain a burn permit as Cal-FIRE burn permits are not accepted within those jurisdictions. No burning is allowed within the City of Portola.
For Lassen County Residents: On October 22nd, 2024, the County of Lassen adopted Lassen County Code of Ordinances Chapter 9.17 regarding regulations for outdoor burning. These regulations are applicable to the unincorporated areas of the County of Lassen designated as Local Responsibility Area pursuant to Section 4125 of the California Public Resource Code.
Chapter 9.17 addresses the requirement to obtain burn permits as well as the suspension and restriction of burn permits as related to Proclamations issued by the Lassen County Fire Warden.
For information regarding Chapter 9.17 of the Lassen County code or ordinances, follow this link.
Hazard Reduction Guidelines are listed on the permit and must be followed at all times. As a reminder, always have a minimum 10-foot clearance down to bare mineral soil around all burn piles, a shovel and a water source available, and an adult present during burning.
Failure to follow these simple precautions may result in a citation and fines. For further information regarding residential burning or other fire safety tips visit your local Cal-FIRE Station or go to www.readyforwildfire.org.
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Agenda: May 7th, 2025 Susanville
City Council Meeting
The Susanville City Council will hold a regular meeting, May 7th, in City Council Chambers at 66 North Lassen Street.
The meeting will begin at 4:30p.m. Click here to download a printable agenda.
Reports and documents relating to each agenda item are on file in the Office of the City Clerk and are available for public inspection during normal business hours and at the meeting.
These reports and documents are also available at the City’s website.
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Building a Fire-Ready Future: This is
Wildfire Preparedness Week
Even here in northeastern California we now face a year-round wildfire threat. Wildfire Preparedness Week 2025, observed May 4th through the 10th, serves as a vital call to action for all Californians to take steps now to prepare and reduce wildfire risk at home and in our local communities.
Cal-FIRE and partners are intensifying their efforts to help communities prepare for the peak of the fire year through collaboration, innovation and public engagement.
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This year’s theme — “Building a Fire-Ready Future: Strengthening Our Defenses, Together” — underscores the collective responsibility of individuals, communities, and agencies to prepare for and defend against wildfire threats. Cal-FIRE continues to lead proactive wildfire mitigation through strategic fuel reduction, forest health initiatives, and an expanded grant program supporting private landowners, Fire Safe Councils, and Firewise Communities.
Cal-FIRE Director and Fire Chief Joe Tyler said, “Building a fire-ready future means working together— by doing your part to protect your property through home hardening efforts, creating defensible space, and creating an emergency plan for your family, you are helping first responders protect lives, property, and natural resources.”
This Wildfire Preparedness Week, Californians are urged to:
- Create defensible space, focus on Zone 0, the first five feet around your home.
- Harden structures against flying embers with ignition resistant building materials.
- Develop and practice a wildfire action plan so you are prepared when wildfire strikes.
- Stay informed with emergency alerts
- Pack a ‘go bag’ and be ready to evacuate.
“Wildfire safety begins with being prepared,” said State Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant.
“Protecting our homes and communities takes all of us – neighbors, local groups, and state agencies—working side by side to reduce risk and save lives.”
To learn more about wildfire safety and preparedness, visit www.ReadyForWildfire.org. CAL FIRE encourages Californians to access the Ready for Wildfire web-based FirePLANNER that includes local alerts, checklists for preparedness, evacuation plans, and other kits. To download the free app, visit https://plan.readyforwildfire.org/.
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A scene from the shore of Honey Lake in a Carnegie Astronomy
film documenting the 1930 eclipse expedition
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Thousands See solar Eclipse
Atmospheric Oddity Reported by North Island Navy Plane
May 5, 1930
Curious hundreds on hand at Honey Lake Science campsite;
Phenomena “shot” by cameras; lakeshore is “Landing Field.”
Scientists, military observers, movie news men, school children and hundreds of persons in the ordinary walks of life were present at a point near the edge of Honey Lake about seven miles east of Milford last Monday morning to witness a planetary phenomenon; a total solar eclipse.
Automobiles, four movie cameras, two naval airplanes, two refractory telescopes, spectrographs and an observation platform were only a part of the equipment used at the campsite of the scientists to record the various situations presented when moon passes between sun and earth.
Totality of the eclipse, throwing the countryside in almost total darkness, took place shortly after 11 a.m. and lasted only for a second and a half. The shadow which obscured the sun traveled at the rate of 1800 miles per hour.
Visible in the Pacific. The eclipse was first visible in the Pacific Ocean at a point some 500 miles south of Hawaii. At this place the eclipse was annular in form, the shadow not quite obscuring the sun totally, the moon appearing as a dark sphere within the outer edge of the sun. The eclipse became total shortly before the shadows reached California, remaining thus until it reached a point in Montana where it again became annular. The course of the phenomena was then traced through northeastern Canada where it disappeared in the North Atlantic. The path of the total eclipse was about a half mile wide on the face of the earth. This path started in a northeasterly direction from about 10 miles north of San. Francisco, over the southern tip of Honey Lake and thence to northwestern Nevada, southeastern Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Canada.
Crowd on hand. A large crowd was on hand when Lieutenant L. H. Gehres and chief photographer Lieutenant J. M. F. Haase of the North Island Naval Air Base at San Diego, comprising the chief section of the Navy’s eclipse observation force at Milford, touched the improvised landing field after attaining an elevation of 18,000 feet where they recorded, photographically, the actions of the sun and moon. Their plane, a navy biplane, equipped with one motor, was also fitted with a specially constructed camera. The navy fliers reported upon landing that a peculiar cloud formation, similar to a sky-writer’s trail, hovered around the 18,000-foot ceiling.
Lieut. Gehres, himself highly trained in astronomy, stated that he had never witnessed anything in the clouds to compare with this peculiar formation. He reported sighting the atmospheric oddity about a mile and a half south of the Honey Lake campsite. The flier-astronomer was of the opinion that the cloud formation, which he described as being extremely unusual, was probably due to the effect of the eclipse itself.
Gehres also stated that when flying through the formation of the clouds at this point the mist was so thick that it was almost impossible for him to see his instrument. Haase had his camera pointed directly at the eclipse white it was in totality and cranked feverishly the full time. He was of the opinion that he had obtained some remarkable “shots” of the phenomena. Both of the fliers were outfitted with electrically heated flying togs during their flight.
Movies made. Besides the scientific observers present on the shore of Honey Lake at the time of the eclipse there was also a battery of movie news photographers which microphoned the oddity. There was also a big Sikorsky naval observation plane besides the plane which carried Gehres and Haase. This was a two motored amphibian affair, carrying Lieutenant W. M. Harvey, two mechanics and a photographer. The entire squadron left the North Island base Friday.
A Ryan monocoupe, of the same type which carried “Lindy” to Paris on his epochal flight, bore two university scientists, who also made scientific studies on their flight.
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