Janesville News

Supervisor, wife escape house fire Posted on Tuesday, June 17 @ 10:40:45 PDT If it wasn't for their smoke alarm, District 1 County Supervisor Bob Pyle and his wife Vicki might not be alive today.

After tearing into the roof, the burglars discovered they needed a rope to reach the floor, so they slashed the flagpole cord in the front of the nearby Forest Service building.

Eighth-grade graduation schedule Posted on Monday, June 02 @ 12:56:51 PDT During the next two weeks, the Lassen Union High School District Board of Trustees will be welcoming the high school graduating class of ...

About 100 family members and friends gathered at the Lassen High School Student Center about 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 15, to bid a fond farewell to Elizabeth and Katie Morgan, two Janesville sisters who lost ...

By 8 p.m. on Friday, May 9, word was spreading that two Janesville teenagers died from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle accident on Bass Hill Road. via Lassen County Times & Westwood Pine P...

People who routinely float checks to stretch the money in their accounts might want to consider a different approach as electronic debits become more common. via The Janesville Gazette - Janesville, ...

“Hopefully everyone remembered to put their burn piles out today as well”

A white plume of smoke could be seen from much of Lassen County starting at 2:50 p.m. on Sunday, April 13, when a fire broke out just above the mountain monogrammed letter "L" near the Susanville Upper Indian ... via Lassen County Times & Westwood Pine P...

The last five buildings in a California ghost town have burned to the ground. The buildings in Gas Point, in southwestern Shasta County, were engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived early Tuesday. via KCOY-TV Santa Maria

“It's a no answer, realize that when you're making this decision. ... It's not that way in other counties, but in this county it's a fact of life because of your planning department. ... They kill any project that you require an EIR on.”

Developers of a proposed Janesville subdivision must study impacts on water, traffic, wildlife, archeology and the cumulative effects of building 33 new home sites. via Lassen County Times & Westwood Pine P...

“This is my 13th time in this race. I missed last year because they changed the date”

Ed Gann was thrilled that the Soroptimist Club was once again holding the Whale Walk and Run as the kickoff for the Fort Bragg Whale Festival Saturday. via Advocate-News

His letter was published in the local newspaper. Pride, responsibility and excitement, he wrote, were some of the traits basic training had instilled in him. via Lassen County Times & Westwood Pine P...

A reported 40-thousand customers are in the dark tonight in Lassen County after their power went out just before five this eveninig. via KOLO-TV Reno

“It might be a winner for us, for our fire-safe councils, to be able to, as we divert carbon into cogeneration, that we may be able to sell those carbon credits to Hewlitt Packard, or somebody, and bring money in”

Merchants had to close down for nearly two weeks. Since there were no crews or equipment to dig out the main transportation routes, residents had to ban together and shovel their way around town. via Lassen County Times & Westwood Pine P...

“Just during the week of Thanksgiving, the Shasta Area Chapter responded to three home fires and provided emergency assistance to four families”

REDDING Firefighters from several Lassen County agencies teamed up last month to raise money for the local Red Cross through its Fill the Boot campaign and raised a total of $10,842, exceeding the group's goal ... via Red Bluff Daily News

Since the Moonlight Fire decimated roughly 65,000 acres of wildland in both the Plumas and Lassen National forests, there has been an increase in the number of bear sightings in residential areas. via Lassen County Times & Westwood Pine P...

“We would be the first NOPE program in California and would be called NOPE of Lassen County”

All members were given a flag to be hung at their doorsteps. To signify the effort, members were encouraged to place candles in their window sills and ring toll bells at 7:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve. via Lassen County Times & Westwood Pine P...

Town Hall meeting will inform public about bear problem in Janesville Posted on Wednesday, November 21 @ 12:56:34 PST The bear problem in Janesville is the subject of a Town Hall meeting set for 7 p.m. on ... via Lassen County Times & Westwood Pine P...

Four Lassen County school districts have received grant money from the California Instructional School Garden Program Grant. via Lassen County Times & Westwood Pine P...

FALL CRAFT SHOW THIS FRIDAY & SATURDAY Historic Uptown Susanville Association is hosting a Fall Craft Festival in the uptown district this Friday and Saturday. via Lassen County Times & Westwood Pine P...

Personal use woodcutting is allowed with a permit, all day in Zones 1 and 2, on the Plumas National Forest . via Mercury-Register