Fall Color Tour on the Lassen National Forest

Snow Removal Reminder from the Police Department

Winter weather is just around the corner, and the Susanville Police Department wants to remind you that it is once again time to prepare for winter snow removal throughout the city. The City of Susanville currently has an ordinance that becomes effective whenever there is three inches of snow or ice on any part of [...]

Officials Investigating Inmate Death as Homicide

According to the California Department of Corrections, officials at High Desert State Prison are investigating the October 18th death of inmate Ivan Mejia as a homicide. Mejia, 26, was serving a 60-years-to-life sentence for first-degree murder. The Department of Corrections reports that Mejia’s cellmate is the main suspect and has been placed in the Administrative [...]

Westwood Traffic Stop Yields Major Drug Arrest

A traffic stop ended with one man in jail yesterday after a Lassen County Deputy Sheriff pulled over an all-terrain vehicle on a street in Westwood. According to the Sheriff’s Department the Deputy, prior to stopping the all-terrain vehicle, knew the driver Michael Hammontree had a suspended driver’s license. After pulling over the ATV the [...]

BLM: High Rock Wild Horse Roundup Completed

The first phase of the High Rock Complex Wild Horse Roundup is complete and a small group of horses will be reintroduced to their home range tomorrow, October 20th. These animals are the first to be sent back to help ensure a healthy population in the Bitner Herd Management Area, part of the Bureau of [...]

Chief Atkinson Explains Carbon Monoxide Rules

According to a release from Susanville Chief of Police Jeff Atkinson, over the last few days the department has been answering inquiries regarding letters received by citizens relating to Senate Bill 183 and new Carbon Monoxide detector rules. Carbon Monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas that is produced from heaters, fireplaces, furnaces and many types of appliances [...]

Sheriff’s Office to Hold Town Hall Meetings

Over the next few weeks Lassen County Sheriff Dean Growdon will be meeting with residents at town hall meetings throughout the county to provide information and discuss impacts of the recently implemented Public Safety Realignment, and how it is going to affect our criminal justice system in Lassen County. According to the California Department of [...]

Sheriff Growdon Offers Safe Prescription Disposal

You may or may not be surprised to learn that the most abused drugs in America are the ones you can find in many medicine cabinets. We’ve heard that same fact repeated as a catch phrase over the last few years but what do the studies really say? Rates of prescription drug abuse in the [...]

Fall Color Tour on the Lassen National Forest

The fall colors are returning for their annual display in Northeastern California and the Almanor Ranger District of the Lassen National Forest will be offering you a chance to see them up close with an interpretive driving tour next Friday, October 21st. Participants will have the opportunity to not only view fall colors, but to [...]