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Plumas County family struggles to get father's military records | Call Kurtis
PORTOLA – Laura Allen says after months of trying to get her father's military service records from the Veterans Administration, she still didn't have them. The DD Form 214 is proof of military service given when a veteran is discharged. It's needed to apply for military benefits including military burials.CBS13 has learned that there is a backlog to process military service records. But, in case you need the documents immediately for a military funeral, for instance, there are ways to speed up those requests. When Gary Pearson signed his enlistment papers in 1955, he wrote a blank check for his life...
Update on Highway 36/A-13 project
Caltrans is progressing construction operations on the A-13 at Highway 36 Safety Project, near Chester from just east of Bailey Creek Bridge to just east of County Road A-13 in Plumas County. The safety project includes the construction of a traffic circle (roundabout). Constructing the roundabout includes removing the existing...
Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship Launches Mountains to Meadows Trailfest September 19-22, 2024
QUINCY, CA — Quincy-based Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship is launching a new outdoor festival this fall called Mountains to Meadows Trailfest, a four-day celebration of trails and community to benefit the work of the Stewardship. Trailfest will be held September 19-22, 2024 at the Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds in Quincy,...
PG&E provides update on the Thompson Fire and power outages
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - PG&E has provided an update on the Thompson Fire and power outages. PG&E de-energized distribution and transmission power lines in and near the burn area of the Thompson fire on Tuesday as the fire progresses. They did this for firefighter safety and because heavy smoke was impacting transmission lines.
Nearly 3,600 without power in Plumas County
PLUMAS COUNTY, Calif. — More than 3,600 PG&E customers in Plumas County are without power due to an outage Tuesday evening. The number is down from 8,000 earlier in the evening. According to PG&E, the outage was reported around 2:40 p.m. It's not clear what caused the outage at...
Forest Service update on Rainbow Family Gathering
Here’s the July 1, U.S. Forest Service update on the Rainbow Family Gathering. In the afternoon of June 29, the Rainbow Family moved to a new location on the Beckwourth Ranger District of the Plumas National Forest approximately 12 miles north of Beckwourth, California. The new location is near the intersection of Forest Road 28N01 and 26N70 in an area that has been used as a fire camp in the past.
Emergency declared as 13K residents evacuated by Thompson Fire in Northern California
BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. — A spokesperson for PG&E states they turn off distribution and transmission power lines in and near the burn area for firefighter safety although Paul Moreno says, some of the transmission lines also serve power to Plumas County. This caused about 10,000 PG&E customers in Plumas County to be impacted until restored later Tuesday night.
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