A SusanvilleStuff Reader Opinion submitted by Greg Sanders All National Forests belong to you and if you live in Plumas, Shasta, Butte, Tehama or Lassen County, the Lassen National Forest holds a special meaning. It is in your backyard. You are lucky to have the US Forest...

Lassen County Public Health’s Tobacco Use Reduction Program is always working towards making Lassen County a tobacco and smoke-free environment. Currently, our focus is on providing education and working with local governance to strengthen the Lee Law to include businesses licensed to sell tobacco. The...

'Public Safety and Rehabilitation?' - Don’t be Fooled By: Stacey L. Montgomery, Esq. Lassen County District Attorney California Attorney General Kamala Harris recently released alarming report detailing how violent crime in California is on the rise, increasing 10% over the last year. According to the report, violent crimes...

by Dean F. Growdon Lassen County Sheriff - Coroner Lassen County Citizens, I have joined with the other 57 California Sheriff’s in opposition of Proposition 47. Despite being referred to as the “Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act” this measure will make our schools and neighborhoods less safe. Many crimes...

By Brian Dahle Assemblyman 1st Assembly District When I walked through the lots of ash and rubble where so recently thriving neighborhoods had stood in the City of Weed, it was humbling to be reminded how much can change with a spark and a turn...

Submitted by Lassen County's Public Health Tobacco Use Reduction Program   On August 20th, 2014 our Susanville City Council voted to include electronic smoking devices (e-cigarettes, vape pens, e-shishas, e- hookahs and others) in the City’s no-smoking policy. This action clarifies that electronic smoking devices are...

By Brian Dahle Assemblyman 1st Assembly District There’s an old saying that the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, but the second-best time is now. The same holds for building reservoirs. California is enduring its worst drought in 200 years, by some measures....

By Brian Dahle Assemblyman 1st Assembly District We don't ask Caltrans to hold bake sales so it can repair highways. We don't force the Port of Long Beach to sell raffle tickets to buy new cargo cranes. California recognizes that the critical backbones of commerce...