🌱 What Red Bluff’s PFAS legal move could mean for your water

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In today's newsletter:

• What Red Bluff’s PFAS legal move could mean for your water
• How firefighters stopped Red Bluff’s 12-acre Red Fire in minutes
• How a Red Bluff teen’s 1970s superhero spoof became a full production

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 93 and low of 64 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Hot; windy in the morning, temps: high: 97, low: 63.
• Friday: Hot with sunshine, with a high of 99 and low of 63 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Red Bluff to vote on hiring lawyers to fight forever chemicals found in city's groundwater (actionnewsnow.com) — Red Bluff’s City Council is set to vote Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. on hiring a team of attorneys to investigate PFAS “forever chemicals” found in city groundwater and pursue potential cost recovery. The move could help fund expensive new treatment systems required by federal and state regulations while protecting the city’s drinking water long term.
   

• Cal Fire, Tehama County firefighters battle 12-acre Red Fire near Red Bluff (krcrtv.com) — Fire crews quickly stopped the spread of a 12-acre vegetation fire near Red Bank and Lowery roads in Red Bluff on Tuesday afternoon, and had it 50% contained by 2:21 p.m. Cal Fire and Tehama County firefighters say the blaze, dubbed the Red Fire, did not continue advancing after their rapid response.
   

• Holy farcical, CaptainMan! (newsreview.com) — Red Bluff–raised artist Steve Ferchaud is bringing his campy superhero spoof CaptainMan back to the stage, decades after it first debuted in Red Bluff in 1978. The new production, co-directed with Theatre on the Ridge’s Judy Clemens, runs June 4–21 in Paradise and draws on Ferchaud’s lifelong love of comics, classic Batman episodes, and tongue‑in‑cheek mystery stories.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Still looking for a good home with a Yard for 4 yr old Kane, large, strong and really sweet.
  He lives in an apartment and doesn't get out enough he needs a loving home with a large yard. He has not been around other animals but has been… (Nextdoor Lassen View)
• Can anyone tell me what kind of animal is making these holes?
  It not like a gopher because the dirt does not surround the hole. The holes are just straight down and very deep. (Nextdoor Dairyville)

• The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Kitchen Designer in Red Bluff. Apply here.
• Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Merchandising Sales Associate in Red Bluff. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Red Bluff here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Corning

• Corning Police Chief Bassett announces retirement, Sergeant Curiel steps in (krcrtv.com)

Anderson

• Forester (uga.edu)
• Anderson police set DUI checkpoint Tuesday night at undisclosed location (krcrtv.com)
• Haven Humane waives fees June 6 for California Adopt-a-Pet Day (actionnewsnow.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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