LMUD Outage - Eagle Lake Area Lassen Municipal Utility District is reporting an outage in the Eagle Lake area as of 12:26p.m. Customers in Eagle Lake and surrounding areas will be without power for approximately 45 minutes from that time. Crews are making emergency repairs. Please check...

Updated 4:33 - Lassen Municipal Utility District is reporting that power has been restored to customers system-wide. If your power is still out, you are asked to call LMUD at 257-4174. ___________________________________ LMUD Outage - July 9th 3:35p.m. Lassen Municipal Utility District is reporting a system-wide outage. At around...

Dr. Bateson, Susanville's resident meteorological expert, checks in with frighteningly low precipitation totals for the month April. Despite April beginning at 103% of average the numbers quickly dropped with hardly any rainfall to speak of. "We had only .45 of an inch in precipitation in April for a...

Dr. Bateson sends us this photo of the moon taken during the lunar eclipse in the early hours of April 4th. Bateson took the photo at around 5:00a.m. Saturday with his 85mm refractor in less than ideal viewing conditions. "The top of the moon never did go dark completely even if it...

Dr. Bateson sends us this neat photo of the Horsehead Nebula and the surrounding area, taken from his observatory on March 9th. The photo is a single 6-minute exposure taken with Bateson's IR modified Nikon D-90 through a Televue 85mm apochromatic refractor. The Bateson Observatory is a private observatory near...

Dr. Bateson sends us this neat photo of the Horsehead Nebula and the surrounding area, taken from his observatory on March 9th. The photo is a single 6-minute exposure taken with Bateson's IR modified Nikon D-90 through a Televue 85mm apochromatic refractor. The Bateson Observatory is a private observatory near...

Customers of Plumas Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative have been without power for most of the day as crews battle high winds and heavy rain. According to PSREC spokesperson Donna Mills, "As of 3 p.m. 2/6/15, PSREC's system-wide outage is expected to last until at least 3...

LMUD Outage - Affecting All Customers Updated - 11:06a.m. LMUD updated customers with the following message: "Due to the severity of the wind the LMUD and the PG&E systems have substantial damage. We are expecting an extended outage. More info as available." ------------------------- Lassen Municipal Utility District is...

It's a busy morning for fire, rescue and utility personnel as they deal with a variety of emergencies across Lassen County. Strong gusty winds are responsible for downed power lines, uprooted trees and an early morning vegetation fire near the old Bailey Ranch on Honey Lake....

Dr. Bateson, Susanville's resident meteorological expert, checks in this morning with precipitation totals for January, a month he describes as, "very dry and dismal." "I recorded only .03 inches of precipitation and that’s only 1% of the monthly average," said Bateson. "That only brings us to 12.12 inches for...

LMUD Outage - Circle Drive Area Lassen Municipal Utility District is reporting an outage in the Circle Drive area near the golf course which is currently affecting 15-20 power customers. According to the utility's Facebook page this outage was caused by heavy winds blowing a tree into...