If interested in Spider, or other adoptable animals at the Lassen County Animal Shelter, please call the staff at 530.257.9200.

Featured animals at the Lassen County Animal Shelter are available for adoption on a first-come-first-serve basis. According to California law, all adoptable dogs and cats must be spayed and neutered before leaving our facility. If interested in adopting an animal, please contact the shelter directly.

Current shelter hours during the COVID-19 pandemic are Monday through Friday, 9:00a.m. to 3:00p.m. Closed Saturday and Sunday. You can contact the shelter at 257-9200.

Are you ready for Halloween? Susanville Best of Broadway, brings to you, Frightmare at the Fair. October 27th thru 31st at the Lassen County Fairgrounds from 6:00 – 10:00p.m., offering a ‘NO’ Scare option from 6:00 – 7:00p.m., each day. Pre-Sale tickets are available for $8-$10 at Margie’s Book Nook, Forest Office Equipment, and Lassen County Chamber of Commerce.

Historic Uptown Susanville Association hosts its annual Safe and Sane Halloween, Monday, October 31st from 3:30 – 5:30p.m. Live entertainment, dance performances, pet costume contest, children’s costume contest, and loads of candy! This event is free to the community. For more information or to be a vendor, contact 530.250.7146.

Susanville Best of Broadway is holding auditions for their 2023 concert series, ‘Decades of Dreamers’. Auditions are open to all ages 6+ and all genders and skill levels; come prepared to sing a chorus of a song of your choice and allow an hour and a half for the audition process. Audition dates are October 30 from 10:00 – 2:00p.m., or November 6th from 12:00 – 4:00p.m., located at the Veteran’s Memorial Hall. For more information, visit www.susanvillebestofbroadway.org.

The 19th annual Honey Lake Hospice ‘Light Up A Life’ Tree Lighting will be held on Saturday, November 19th, 2022 at 6:30p.m., at the Methodist Fellowship Hall, 635 Cottage Street in Susanville. This one-hour heartwarming ceremony event takes place outdoors followed by an indoor reception with refreshments. Forms are available at Margie’s Book Nook and Plumas Bank; $10/Dove – Laminated Paper, $100/Perpetual Dove – Acrylic. For more information, contact Honey Lake Hospice at 530.257.3137.

Susanville Sunrise Rotary presents its 19th Annual Beer and Wine Tasting at Jensen Hall, Saturday, November 19th. Tickets are $35 per person which includes delicious appetizers and a commemorative glass; also offering a silent auction, no need to be present to win. Tickets are available from Susanville Sunrise Rotarians; for more information, contact Patty Gunderson at 530.310.2016.

Lassen Senior Services will be holding its 9th Annual Turkey Trot, Thursday, November 24 at 8:30a.m., located at 1700 Sunkist Drive in Susanville. The course is 3.1 miles and there will be prizes for the best costumes and the largest family group! Donations of non-perishable food or cash are appreciated. Let’s fill the pantry for our low-income seniors. For more information, contact 530.257.2113

Lassen Hoops will be opening registration! Online sign-ups will run from October 24 through November 18th and can be accessed at http://clubs.bluesombrero.com/lassenhoops. In-person sign-ups will be Wednesday, November 2nd and Tuesday, November 15th from 5:30 – 7:00p.m., at Susanville Pizza Factory. 3rd thru 6th grade boys and 3rd thru 8th grade girls are eligible to register.

Don’t forget to email with any upcoming event or swing by the Chamber Office at 1516 Main Street with any event posters!

From late tonight through Wednesday afternoon plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning and evening commutes.

Strong winds may result in tree damage and may create subzero wind chills along the foothills and ridgelines of the Sierra.

Now is the time to prepare an emergency kit for your home and car. If traveling consider alternate plans, remember to carry tire chains, extra food, water and clothing. Once the storm arrives, travel may be difficult or impossible for an extended period of time.

Then its going to get cold

The cold airmass will likely usher in the season’s coldest temperatures thus far. High temperatures will plummet some 15-20 degrees below average on Wednesday and Thursday – struggling to get out of the 30s in the Sierra valleys and 40s across western Nevada.

With northerly breezes still in place, it will feel brisk out, even during the afternoon hours.

Hard freezes are likely, particularly Thursday and Friday mornings as skies clear. Now is the time to complete winter protections for exposed irrigation equipment if you have not done so already.

“In an effort to keep trick-or-treaters and others in the Halloween spirit safe, The Susanville Police Department will have additional officers on patrol looking for drivers suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.”

The Susanville Police Department offers the following tips for families to be as safe as possible and share the road safely:

Drivers

• Slow down and watch out for more foot traffic in residential neighborhoods.

• Take extra time looking for trick-or-treaters at intersections and entering/exiting driveways.

• Never drive distracted or impaired.

• If you are heading to a local bar, restaurant or house party and plan to drink, bring the designated sober driver with you.

Parents and trick-or-treaters

• Make sure costumes fit to prevent trips and falls.

• Decorate costumes and bags/buckets with reflective tape.

• Have kids use flashlights or glow sticks to make it easier for drivers to see them.

• Walk on sidewalks, when available. Avoid darting into the street or crossing between parked cars.

• Stick to familiar, well-lit routes.

• Look both ways before crossing the street. Make eye contact with drivers before crossing in front of them.

Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The Original Southern Pacific Freight Yards, 1913

New Sidewalk and New Hotel

Large Amounts of Material is Being Assembled at Susanville

October 31, 1913

Susanville will be a division point. This has been settled beyond cavil by the commencement of a seven stall round house like the one at Colfax. Not only will this be built as soon as possible but a 6,000 barrel oil tank will be put up for the fueling of locomotives.

One of the most interesting things to be seen along the right of way in the neighborhood of town is the vast amount of material accumulated for the building of the road in advance.

Not only is this an assurance that the road will be pushed on to completion as soon as possible, but it is confidently asserted by those in a position to know that 50 miles of new road have been ordered built. There have been several surveying parties working in advance of the end of the road for several months and this is what they have been doing.

Strength is given to this rumor by the fact that the Utah Construction company is said to be buying large quantities of supplies for use in the spring. That they did not come here for one year’s work is certified by the character of the plant placed here and by the fact that they are not preparing to leave here now that the present contract is practically completed.

Enough ties are piled up in the yard to build several miles of road and the manner of piling them shows that they are expected to stay where they are for some time. There are also vast quantities of bridge and other railroad building material in the yard.

The round house is only a straw which shows the direction of the wind and it is a safe wager that the road will be pushed on into the Oregon country as rapidly as possible.

That the building of the road will mean much to Susanville is already proven and when a railroad population is added to the present one this will be a very busy little city.