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🌱 Prescribed burns bring unhealthy air to Portola

Portola, California Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Portola! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Prescribed burns bring unhealthy air to Portola
  • Portola veterans invited to free dinner tonight
  • School-owned land in Portola heads toward a public sale

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

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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) — Smoke from prescribed burns pushed Portola’s air quality into the unhealthy-for-sensitive-groups range Monday morning, before conditions improved that afternoon. Burning near Delleker was suspended Tuesday because smoke was unlikely to disperse well, but could resume Wednesday or Thursday. Forest officials acknowledged smoke settling overnight in Portola and nearby low-lying areas.
   

• Calpine Elks to honor veterans Nov. 11 (plumassun.org) — Local veterans can gather for a free appreciation dinner today, Nov. 11, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Calpine Elks Lodge, 72192 Highway 70 in Portola. Spouses or caregivers also eat free, while additional guests accompanying a veteran pay $10. Speakers will represent Plumas Rural Services and county veterans services.
   

• PUSD reports 2025-26 financial status (plumassun.org) — A vacant school-owned parcel at Third and Pacific streets in Portola is headed for a public sale process, with a bid hearing scheduled for Nov. 18 in Greenville. The county education board authorized offering the 0.220-acre property, but final consideration will follow the hearing. The board also plans to fill Portola’s vacant representative seat in January.
   

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-- 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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