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A crew of 160 firefighters effectively contained 25% of the fire as of Friday morning. The cause of it is still under in ...
Overnight, firefighters worked to gain 25% containment of the fire, now mapped at 259 acres, according to Cal Fire's latest report. With the increased containment, the Lassen County Sheriff's Office ...
A new wildfire was reported today at 2:28 p.m. in Lassen County, California. R-5 Fire has been burning on private land. At this time, the containment status is unknown and the cause of the fire ...
Rescuers located a missing 60-year-old hiker and his dog in the wilderness near Beauty Lake in the Caribou Wilderness of ...
July 24, 2025 – Lassen County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on Saturday, July 18, 2025, the Lassen County Sheriff’s ...
Officials at a Lassen County prison are investigating an inmate’s death as a homicide, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Two inmates, Luis Alvarez, 30 ...
An estimated 60% of staff at the California Correctional Center and High Desert Prison live in Lassen County, Egan said. The rest commute from neighboring counties and across the Nevada border.
LASSEN COUNTY (CBS13) - Firefighters are battling a large wildfire in far Northern California. The fire is burning off Willard Creek Road, west of Susanville.
Initial location: Lassen County, Calif. Fire type: Wildfire Fire name: Sunnyside A new wildfire was reported today at 3:34 p.m. in Lassen County. Sunnyside Fire has burned one acre of private land.
A Lassen County judge was removed from office Thursday after California's judicial watchdog agency concluded that his years of hostility and vindictiveness toward lawyers and court staff made him ...
The county began reopening businesses May 11 under state guidance that sets limits of fewer than one case per 10,000 residents in the past two weeks. Lassen County exceeded that limit with more ...