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Boards hold joint meeting

Aug. 17, 2010 — A joint meeting with the Lassen Union High School District Board of Trustees and the Lassen Community College Board of Trustees signifies a goal of cultivating a relationship between the two entities.

The boards met on Tuesday, Aug. 10 at Diamond Mountain Charter High School for a joint discussion on a variety of items.

Bats force evacuation of county building

Aug. 17, 2010 — After a bat tested positive for rabies, the county building at 720 Richmond Road was evacuated and services have been temporarily relocated.

Mel Brawley, director of LassenWORKS and Community Social Services, said the bat was hanging on top of a ceiling panel between the facility’s original ceiling and a suspended ceiling.

Local children go to Salvation Army camp

Aug. 17, 2010 — For many, this season means summer camp and 49 children had the opportunity to escape Lassen County for a week to Camp Del Oro sponsored by the Salvation Army.

Their excitement was palpable as they stood in line in front of the Susanville Salvation Army, waiting for the charter bus to pick them up.

Sheriff's department in pursuit of home invasions suspects in Graeagle

8/12/2010

11:00 a.m. Update

The remaining suspect in the Reno home invasions has been apprehended on Maidu Trail in Graeagle just minutes ago. We will have more information as it becomes available.

10:30 a.m. Update

Exclusive interview by cell phone with Plumas County Sheriff Greg Hagwood from the scene:

He reports the incident began with a burglary at an unoccupied home in Washoe County. When the burglars realized that law enforcement had surrounded the home, they hot wired a 2009 Ford Shelby Cobra Mustang in the garage and crashed through the garage door, nearly striking law enforcement personnel. Hagwood called the action "desperate' and said it indicated a real "propensity for violence."

Stolen in the burglary were numerous semi- and fully automatic weapons. Officials recovered one weapon near Nervino/Beckwourth that they believe was discarded.

A high-speed chase ensued, leading to Graeagle, where, at around 8 a.m. this morning two female suspects were apprehended and the vehicle was recovered. A male suspect is still at large and considered armed and dangerous. Hagwood asked residents to avoid travel in the area of the search, near Yonkalla and Wishram. Traffic through Graeagle is unaffected. The sheriff also asked residents to lock their houses and vehicles, as the suspect is considered adept at stealing cars.

Drive-by shooting injures one woman

Aug. 10 2010 — Drive-by shootings are something that makes the nightly news in metropolitan cities, not small, rural towns like Susanville, Calif.

However, within in five days of a man being shot in the leg by a known assailant, a woman was shot around 9:40 p.m., on Wednesday, Aug. 4, when a car headed down her normally quiet street and one of the passengers shot at her home. The bullet broke her window and grazed her left shoulder.

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