🌱 How a new CAL FIRE grant will reshape wildfire defenses near McCloud

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In today's newsletter:

• How a new CAL FIRE grant will reshape wildfire defenses near McCloud

Also on today's calendar: Crossing Over with Psychic Medium John Edward live in Redding! .

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Periods of rain, with a high of 52 and low of 39 degrees.
• Wednesday: Periods of rain, temps: high: 52, low: 39.
• Thursday: Cloudy, afternoon rain, with a high of 52 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• CAL FIRE Funding Drives 84 Projects for Reducing Wildfire Risk and Enhancing Protection (susanvillestuff.com) — McCloud is set to benefit from new CAL FIRE grant funding, supporting a 375-acre Fuels Management and Forest Stewardship Project that includes mastication, thinning, and a ridgeline shaded fuel break in Siskiyou County. The project is one of 84 wildfire prevention efforts statewide, aimed at reducing hazardous fuels and improving community safety before the next fire season.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in McCloud

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday January 7

• Crossing Over with Psychic Medium John Edward live in Redding!
  Red Lion Inn & Suites Redding, 536 E Cypress Ave, Redding
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday December 21

• ❄️⛄️McCloud Winter Fest 2025: Polar Express Movie
  McCloud Mercantile Hotel , 241 Main St , McCloud
  2:30 pm
• MCCLOUD WINTER FEST 2025: Polar Express Movie - December 21st — Visit Mount Shasta
  McCloud Mercantile Hotel , 241 Main St , McCloud
  2:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Redwood Gallery: Watercolor Roots: 4-Part Foundations Series
  Redwood Gallery , 209 N Mt Shasta Blvd , Mt Shasta
  6:00 pm
• 🫶🏻Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting: 3-in-1 Group
  701 Lassen Ln , Mt Shasta
  8:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Solstice Heart Opening: A Cacao Ceremony & Sound Journey
  Soul Connections Community Center , 329 N Mt Shasta Blvd , Mt Shasta
  5:00 pm
• Winter Solstice Seasonal Ceremony
  HeartBloom Yoga , 5905 Sacramento Ave , Dunsmuir
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Winter Solstice Ceremony Quantum Sound Journey with Bodhi Starwater
  Soul Connections , 329 N Mt Shasta Blvd , Mt Shasta
  4:00 pm
• 🫶🏻Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting: Saturday Sisters
  534 Everitt Memorial Hwy , Mt Shasta
  6:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Surround Sound
  Crystal Tones® , 201 N Mt Shasta Blvd , Mt Shasta
  5:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Mount Shasta

• I-5 in California's North State is home to big marijuana busts (redding.com)

Weed

• Darkest Days Before the Coming Dawn (siskiyou.news)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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