🌱 Whiskeytown prescribed burn brings smoke advisory for French Gulch

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• Whiskeytown prescribed burn brings smoke advisory for French Gulch

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 67 and low of 38 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 63, low: 44.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy, showers around, with a high of 49 and low of 40 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Prescribed burn underway near Whiskeytown Lake (krcrtv.com) — French Gulch is among the communities where officials warned smoke could be visible from a roughly 600-acre prescribed burn near Whiskeytown Lake. The work aims to reduce brush and dead vegetation, but its current status is unclear: the report published Wednesday lists Tuesday, Nov. 10, as the scheduled final day.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday November 11

• Office hours with a small business expert at the Burney library
  Burney Library, 37116 Main St, Burney
  10:00 am
• Nutcracker Magical Christmas Ballet →
  Cascade Theatre, 1731 Market St, Redding
  7:00 pm

Thursday November 12

• Redding Chamber Greeters with Oakdale Heights Assisted Living
  Redding Chamber of Commerce, 101 Quartz Hill Rd., Redding
  8:00 am
• Girls Basketball Game 6-8th (Home) vs. Uprep
  Boulder Creek Elementary School, 505 Springer Dr, Redding
  4:00 pm
• Swan Lake - Symphony of Lights →
  Cascade Theatre, 1731 Market St, Redding
  7:00 pm

Saturday November 14

• California Chocolate Expo →
  Red Lion Hotel Redding, 1830 Hilltop Dr, Redding
  11:00 am

Wednesday November 18

• Office hours with a small business expert at the Redding library
  Redding Library, 1100 Parkview Ave., Redding
  10:00 am
• Girls Basketball Game 6-8th (@ Parsons) vs. Parsons
  Parsons Junior High, 750 Hartnell Ave, Redding
  4:00 pm

Saturday November 28

• Lewiston Fireworks & Bridge Lighting →
  Lewiston CA
  3:00 pm

Friday December 4

• Pink Martini →
  Cascade Theatre, 1731 Market St, Redding
  7:30 pm

Sunday December 6

• Andy Grammer →
  Cascade Theatre, 1731 Market St, Redding
  7:00 pm

Tuesday December 15

• Star Entertainment presents: The Music of Hans Zimmer & Others →
  Cascade Theatre, 1731 Market St, Redding
  8:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Neighbors, we hit a big milestone: 1,500 miles of powerlines moved underground.
  One clear purpose: safety. PG&E reached its 1,500th mile in October, since the program began in 2021. That’s like a trench from San Francisco to… (Nextdoor )

• Trinity County California posted a job opening for Correctional Deputy Sheriff/Dispatcher I/II in Weaverville. Apply here.
• Trinity Alps Unified School District posted a job opening for Head Soccer Coach in Weaverville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near French Gulch here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Shasta Lake

• Nearly 5,000 Acres of Prescribed Fire Are Set to Light This Week Around Shasta Lake and McCloud (activenorcal.com)
• Latest election results for key Redding, Shasta County races (redding.com)
• California has one ballot counting trouble spot. Its the one run by an election denier (krcb.org)

Redding

• Redding Homes Move off the Market Faster as New Listings Rise (newsbreak.com)
• High school volleyball: 12 Northern Section teams reach CIF state playoffs (redding.com)
• Redding eyeing more cuts to vacant city jobs to shore up budget (redding.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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