Volume XVI Issue 160

Friday, March 15th, 2024

While en route to the scene, a vehicle description was broadcast to units. A Lassen County Deputy Sheriff observed the suspected vehicle and made a high-risk stop.

“Four subjects occupied the vehicle. One of the passengers fled from the vehicle in a possible attempt to draw officers to chase him. Officers stayed with the vehicle and detained the three left behind.”

According to the police report a search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of two firearms – one 9mm Semi-Automatic and one .38 Caliber Revolver.

An area search was conducted for the passenger who fled from the vehicle, and he was found behind a residence and identified as 21-year-old Susanville resident Daniel Bear Merino-Valdez.

The subject was subsequently arrested and cited for obstruction/delaying/resisting a peace officer.

“One of the victims, having a handgun pointed at them, was brought to the scene and positively identified the vehicle and two occupants as being responsible for pointing a gun.”

19-year-old Noah Daniel Del Llano was arrested for assault with a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle and conspiracy to commit a crime.

The second person arrested was identified as 20-year-old Susanville resident Kyjuan Lee Castro. He was arrested for Conspiracy to commit a crime and carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle.

“We want to thank the witnesses and members of the Lassen County Sheriff’s Office for their assistance in bringing this incident to a successful conclusion quickly and safely.”

Tasting Kits at the show will be $10. Entry Fee to participate in the Chili Cook-Off is $35.

Along with the chili there will be a live band and a cornhole tournament put on by the Lassen County Baggers.

Want to Enter? Click here to download an entry form or visit the Lassen County Chamber Office or call (530) 257-4323.

Is your property eligible for this service? In 2023 and 2024, assistance will be available to help vulnerable, disabled, or low-income communities within Lassen County create good Defensible Space.

Lassen Fire Safe Council’s Defensible Space Program includes no-cost property assessments and treatment of eligible properties. Eligible properties are those properties that are located within low-income communities, disadvantaged communities, or are owned by a senior citizen, disabled person, or veteran within a High or Very High Severity Rating area.

LFSC’s staff is working on implementing this program.

For now, they have sign-up sheets circulating throughout the Firewise communities. If you or someone you know is interested in our upcoming program go to https://www.lassenfiresafecouncil.org/landowner-sign-up or give the Fire Safe staff a call at 1.530.250.4449 or stop by 1825 Main Street for in-person sign-ups.

Job seekers are advised to ‘dress for success’ and to bring extra copies of their resume. AFWD is available to assist with resume writing and review.

Please call our Susanville Office at 1.530.257.5057 or visit www.afwd.org to chat directly with an AFWD representative for assistance or for more information about the event.

If you are a local employer with job openings available in Lassen County and surrounding areas and would like to participate in this event, please visit https://bit.ly/LassenJobFair24 for more information and to register.

Cost to participate for private sector employers is $75, non-profit and government employers $50.

Registration for employers is limited so please register now. Employers with questions should call Amy Retterath at 530-257-5057 x 309 or email aretterath@ncen.org.

The Susanville AFWD Office is located at 1626 Main Street, Suite B.

“The Lassen County High School Show is intended to showcase any mediums of art from all high school age students from all high schools/charter schools in Lassen County,” explains Arts Council Vice President and Programming Director Jolene Arredondo.

“We are always trying to reach out to artists outside Susanville and this show, every year, tries to get the local charter schools and high schools to participate – not just Lassen High.”

Art must be ready for display for the exhibit, which is scheduled to begin April 15th. Artwork will hang in the gallery from April 15th through May 4th.

The Arts Council will be collecting artwork on April 1st.

If you have questions, please call the Arts Council at 1.530.257.5222 or email info@lassencountyartscouncil.org.

There will be alternative casting for matinee performances.

Tickets, which are $15 presale, or $20 at the door, are available now at Margie’s Book Nook, Zaengle’s Floor and Home, and online at susanvillebestofbroadway.org.

Highway 395 near Doyle in 1953 from an Eastman Studio postcard

Uranium Depot at Doyle is Being Sought

Purchase, Milling Center is Proposed

March 15, 1955

A recommendation that the federal government builds a uranium purchasing and milling depot at Doyle has been introduced in the California state assembly.

Now in committee is a house resolution by Assemblywoman Pauline Davis (D-Portola) requesting Congress to provide the facility on the basis of recent discoveries of high-grade uranium in contiguous Nevada areas, the Lassen Advocate reports.

A depot in Doyle would be convenient to the Sierra Ordnance Depot centrally located in the exploration area and would provide a relatively safe and dispersed location from the national defense standpoint, the Davis proposal states.

If the assembly approves the resolution, requests for the depot construction will be made directly to President Eisenhower, Senate President Nixon, House Speaker Rayburn and each California senator and representative.

There are no uranium deposits in Nevada or California at present.