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March 12, 2010 — The race for the two vacant seats on the Susanville City Council has finally kicked into high gear, with a total of nine people taking out papers to become eligible in the June 8 election.   

As of March 12, 2010, six people have returned with the required signatures and paperwork necessary to qualify for the election ballot, while five have yet to file. The deadline to gain the required signatures and file with the city has been extended to Wednesday, March 17.

Read more: City elections heat up

March 9, 2010 — A recommendation of probation was denied for Justin Gene Lord, of Susanville, and he was sentenced to two years in state prison for a felony charge of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury.    

He was also sentenced to one year in jail concurrent to his two year sentence for a misdemeanor  charge resisting a peace officer in 2008.

Read more: Man sentenced to two years in prison on an assault with deadly weapons charge

March 9, 2010 — Two veteran employees and one former employee of the Lassen Municipal Utility District filed a complaint against the district last month in the United District Court for the Eastern District of California alleging violation of civil rights, gender discrimination and retaliation for protected activity.

In particular, the suit also alleges sexual harassment, retaliation, failure to prevent sexual harassment, threats of violence in the workplace, discharge in violation of public policy, violation of California Labor Code Section 1102.5, violation of 42 U.S.C. Section 9610(a), retaliation 42 U.S.C Section 2000e-3, employment action in violation of public policy, violation of U.S.C. Section 6971 and violation of California Labor Code 6971.

Read more: Utility district employees file discrimination suit

March 9, 2010 — Most of us alive today probably aren’t old enough to remember the good old days of World War II and those fantastic United Service Organization shows for the troops, but local residents have an opportunity to relive that nostalgic era when the Susanville Elks Lodge sponsors USO Night on Saturday, March 20.    

Cocktails will be served at 5:30 p.m., dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. and the show — a presentation reminiscent of a World War II-era USO show with songs from the 1940s provided by the Susanville Repertoire Company — begins at 7:30 p.m.

Read more: World War II style USO show honors veterans, Boy Scouts