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🌱 Prescribed burns leave smoky air around Graeagle and Portola

Graeagle, California Patch AM: a 3 min read

Hey there, Graeagle! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Prescribed burns leave smoky air around Graeagle and Portola
  • A Graeagle painter brings her lookout experience to the gallery

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

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Sunny, nice and warm, with a high of 70 and low of 27 degrees.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and nice, temps: high: 66, low: 34.
  • Friday: Cooler; rain in the afternoon, with a high of 49 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Local Prescribed Burns Bring Smoke and Unhealthy Air (themountainmessenger.org) — Prescribed burns left smoke between Graeagle and Portola Monday morning, with Graeagle monitors showing diminished air quality and Portola reaching unhealthy levels for sensitive groups. Plumas National Forest suspended Tuesday’s burning because of poor smoke dispersal conditions, but said operations could resume Wednesday or Thursday if conditions allowed.
   

• 'Light & Shadow,' lookout art show in Quincy this month (plumassun.org) — Graeagle painter and Wild Pines owner Liz Swindell is sharing work inspired by a stay at Black Mountain Lookout in a November exhibition in Quincy. Her paintings join Lorraine Nielsen’s fiber art at Capitol Arts Gallery, 525 Main St., offering two interpretations of the same forest setting.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Feather River College posted a job opening for Purchasing Student Assistant in Quincy. Apply here.
  • Plumas Unified School District posted a job opening for Elementary Teacher - Quincy Elementary School - .50 FTE in Quincy. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Graeagle here.

🗞 Nearby News

Portola

  • Calpine Elks to honor veterans Nov. 11 (plumassun.org)
  • PUSD reports 2025-26 financial status (plumassun.org)
  • Football Preview: Santa Monica and Santiago Both Put Up Big Numbers Last Time Out + Official Tickets (maxpreps.com)

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Quincy

  • Quincy Trojans face playoff opponent Escalon tonight (plumassun.org)

Ok Graeagle! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

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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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Graeagle

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