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1 week, 6 days ago

Missing US man found after 25 years, family shocked at what they discover next

A US man, who went missing nearly 25 years ago, was found by his family after his photograph appeared in a news article. According to the Lassen County Sheriff’s Department, Manizak had served three years in county prison for his conviction, but the circumstances surrounding his disappearance raised questions. The report quoted Captain Mike Carney from the sheriff’s department, who …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Man was missing for 25 years until someone saw his picture in the paper

LA Times

After 25 years, a family will be reunited with their missing relative thanks to a USA Today article and gumshoe police work. On Friday, a woman called the Lassen County Sheriff’s Office to say she was sent an article about an unidentified patient in Los Angeles. She believed the man pictured in the article was her brother who was reported …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

To boost recycling, California will fund 250 new sites for returning beverage containers

LA Times

At the Burbank Recycling Center, a bundle of aluminum cans are packed and ready to be sold on July 26, 2019. Responding to a shortage of places to recycle cans and bottles, state officials announced that residents in 30 counties, including Los Angeles County, are getting modernized recycling centers or completely new ways to turn their beverage containers into cash. …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Heat waves, wildfires and now … snow? California endures a summer of extremes

Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An unusually cold weather system from the Gulf of Alaska interrupted summer along the West Coast on Saturday, bringing snow to mountains in California and the Pacific Northwest and prompting the closure of part of a highway that runs through a national park. Parts of Highway 89 through Lassen Volcanic National Park in California were shut down …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Heat, erratic winds and possible lightning could complicate the battle against California wildfire

Associated Press

CHICO, Calif. — Firefighters battling California’s largest wildfire of the year are preparing for treacherous conditions entering the weekend, when expected thunderstorms may unleash fire-starting lightning and erratic winds that could erode progress made over the past week. “Crews are being flown into access areas that have been hard to reach because of long drive times and steep, rugged terrain.” …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Park fire flares up as crews scramble to contain 360,000-acre blaze

LA Times

Cal Fire firefighter Nick Martinez puts out hot spots from the Park fire near Forest Ranch, Calif., on Saturday. “We’re kind of at the mercy of the weather, the fuel and the topography — those are the three driving factors of any fire,” said Jay Tracy, a spokesperson for the incident. California ‘Firenado’ swirls up from explosive Park fire north …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Lassen Volcanic National Park: California's spectacular alternative to Yosemite

BBC

Lassen Volcanic National Park: California's spectacular alternative to Yosemite Getty Images Yosemite may get all the attention, but a road trip to Lassen's otherworldly landscape offers a hit of jaw-dropping natural beauty – without the crowds. If Yosemite is the Disneyworld of California's national parks, Lassen Volcanic National Park is the county fair. "People don't quite know what's here other …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Severe blizzard warning for Mammoth, Tahoe: ‘Not the time to gamble with ... your family’s lives’

LA Times

A rare blizzard warning was issued for the Sierra Nevada, including ski resorts at Mammoth Mountain and around Lake Tahoe, as officials urged people to avoid travel during treacherous weather Thursday through Sunday. “Whiteout conditions are very disorienting, so this is not the time to gamble with you or your family’s lives, especially over a planned weekend ski vacation.” Total …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Former criminology professor pleads guilty to igniting four wildfires in 2021

LA Times

A former college criminal justice instructor pleaded guilty Thursday to three counts of arson, including for igniting wildfires in 2021 behind firefighters who were already battling one of the largest California blazes. Gary Stephen Maynard, 49, admitted to setting four fires in the summer of 2021, according to the U.S. attorney’s office: the Cascade fire, the Everitt fire, the Ranch …

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1 year, 2 months ago

One of California’s riskiest volcanoes has been seeing more earthquakes. Is an eruption coming?

LA Times

A scalding-hot pool of mineral water is shown at the Long Valley Caldera in 2019 near Mammoth Lakes. That’s according to Caltech researchers who have been studying the Long Valley Caldera, which includes the Mammoth Lakes area in Mono County. Montgomery-Brown, an expert on the Long Valley Caldera who is now with the USGS’ Cascades Volcano Observatory, said the most …

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2 years, 1 month ago

California voters elect Gov. Gavin Newsom to a second term

LA Times

California voters Tuesday handed Gavin Newsom a second term as governor, choosing the incumbent over Brian Dahle, an unfamiliar Republican state senator from Lassen County who struggled to compete with the Democratic political heavyweight. Newsom and his political team fought a shadow campaign to keep all other well-known Democrats off the 2021 recall ballot and succeeded, giving the governor an …

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2 years, 2 months ago

2022 California governor's voter guide: Newsom vs. Dahle

LA Times

GAVIN NEWSOM Newsom’s political career began in 1996 when then-Mayor Willie Brown appointed him to San Francisco’s Parking and Traffic Commission and the following year to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Democrats at the Capitol also heeded his call this year to extend operations at Diablo Canyon, reversing an agreement environmental groups drove six years ago to shut down …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Yellowstone National Park May Take Years To Recover From Floods, Costing Billions

News 18

Created in 1872 as the United States was recovering from the Civil War, Yellowstone was the first of the national parks that came to be referred to as America’s best idea. “I don’t think it’s going to be smart to invest potentially, you know, tens of millions of dollars, or however much it is, into repairing a road that may …

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2 years, 6 months ago

California primary sends Newsom, Republican Brian Dahle to November governor’s race

LA Times

Gavin Newsom took a large step toward reelection Tuesday after crushing a crowded field of scarcely known challengers in California’s statewide primary, and will face off against a conservative Northern California Republican, state Sen. Brian Dahle. Treasuring diversity, defending democracy, and protecting our planet.” “Name one thing that’s working great in California, other than our great weather,” state Sen. Brian …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Woman stranded for 6 days in Northern California forest survives off yogurt and snow

LA Times

Lassen is seen near Lassen National Forest, where a woman was stranded for six days this month before being rescued, authorities said. A Northern California woman who was rescued this month after spending six days stranded on a remote dirt road near Lassen National Forest survived by eating yogurt and snow, authorities said. The pair took a dirt road that …

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2 years, 8 months ago

California utility to pay $55 million for massive wildfires

The Independent

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3 years, 3 months ago

California recall election results closely linked to COVID-19 vaccination rates

LA Times

The results in California’s historic recall election are in, and Gov. A closer look at the county-level results, which are still preliminary as late-arriving mail ballots are tallied, reveals a strong relationship between the governor’s support and COVID-19 vaccination rates, according to a data analysis by The Times. The data reveal a clear divide by geography along the two measures, …

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3 years, 3 months ago

California fires are burning at higher elevations than ever, creating new dangers

LA Times

The setting sun is obscured by burned trees and a pall of smoke from the Dixie fire near Janesville. That extreme behavior may partially explain why the Caldor fire was able to jump the granite ridge overlooking the Tahoe basin, Abatzoglou said, noting that parched fuels and hot conditions are providing more “real estate” for fire to progress into higher …

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3 years, 4 months ago

California's Dixie Fire Is Now The 2nd Largest In State History

NPR

California's Dixie Fire Is Now The 2nd Largest In State History Enlarge this image toggle caption Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images The Dixie Fire in Northern California, which has destroyed hundreds of buildings and whole communities, is now considered the second largest recorded wildfire in state history. In total acreage burned, the Dixie Fire has …

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3 years, 6 months ago

California’s prison boom saved this town. Now, plans to close a lockup are sparking anger and fear

LA Times

When Mike O’Kelly was a boy, this was a timber town. “It’s going to devastate the whole community,” said Gary Bridges, a Lassen County supervisor and third-generation logger. “The closure of the two state prisons was included in the Governor’s budget plan prior to the pandemic as a result of various criminal justice reforms, many of which were approved by …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Santa Barbara County among 5 joining orange tier as California’s reopening continues

LA Times

Five more counties have moved into the orange tier of the state’s COVID-19 reopening system — continuing a sustained and sweeping unlocking of the economy as case rates remain low and vaccinations ramp up. Over the last week, California has reported an average of 2,359 new COVID-19 cases per day — an 11.3% decrease from two weeks ago, according to …

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3 years, 10 months ago

More California restaurants, cinemas, gyms could reopen this week as COVID-19 cases drop

LA Times

Catie Fee, left, and Vivi Kirsh talk while practicing social distancing in downtown Davis in April. An additional seven California counties could be eligible to leave the state’s most restrictive tier next week — Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, El Dorado, Napa, Lassen and Modoc counties. An eighth county, Sierra County, could be eligible to leave the state’s …

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4 years, 2 months ago

For Yosemite day-trippers, it’s no reservation, no problem as of Nov. 1

LA Times

Yosemite National Park will reopen to drive-up traffic on Nov. 1, dropping the day-use reservation system that has limited access since June. When the park reopened Friday, Yosemite management also reopened most of Yosemite Valley’s North Pines and Lower Pines campgrounds along with half of the Upper Pines campground, which had been open for much of the summer. In the …

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4 years, 4 months ago

California Gets Fire Tornadoes amid Extreme Heatwave, Residents Share Terrifying Visuals

News 18

California on Saturday witnessed a strange sight amid intensified heatwave as a fire tornado formed during a wildfire near Chilcoot. #2020 #HeatWave pic.twitter.com/aYCSSe1IZb— Brad Everett Young August 16, 2020 image of the fire tornado in Lassen Co., CA today. pic.twitter.com/jr9zj89tTh— Morgan Fuld August 16, 2020 First ever fire tornado today in cali and giant lightning storm in Santa cruz 2020 …

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Missing US man found after 25 years, family shocked at what they discover next

Man was missing for 25 years until someone saw his picture in the paper

To boost recycling, California will fund 250 new sites for returning beverage containers

Heat waves, wildfires and now … snow? California endures a summer of extremes

Heat, erratic winds and possible lightning could complicate the battle against California wildfire

Park fire flares up as crews scramble to contain 360,000-acre blaze

Lassen Volcanic National Park: California's spectacular alternative to Yosemite

Severe blizzard warning for Mammoth, Tahoe: ‘Not the time to gamble with ... your family’s lives’

Former criminology professor pleads guilty to igniting four wildfires in 2021

One of California’s riskiest volcanoes has been seeing more earthquakes. Is an eruption coming?

California voters elect Gov. Gavin Newsom to a second term

2022 California governor's voter guide: Newsom vs. Dahle

Yellowstone National Park May Take Years To Recover From Floods, Costing Billions

California primary sends Newsom, Republican Brian Dahle to November governor’s race

Woman stranded for 6 days in Northern California forest survives off yogurt and snow

California utility to pay $55 million for massive wildfires

California recall election results closely linked to COVID-19 vaccination rates

California fires are burning at higher elevations than ever, creating new dangers

California's Dixie Fire Is Now The 2nd Largest In State History

California’s prison boom saved this town. Now, plans to close a lockup are sparking anger and fear

Santa Barbara County among 5 joining orange tier as California’s reopening continues

More California restaurants, cinemas, gyms could reopen this week as COVID-19 cases drop

For Yosemite day-trippers, it’s no reservation, no problem as of Nov. 1

California Gets Fire Tornadoes amid Extreme Heatwave, Residents Share Terrifying Visuals