Mineral California

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Upcoming Events

Wed. Dec. 3 at 2 PM at Water District: Cards & Cookie Exchange

Sat. Dec. 6 at 1 PM at Park HQ: Wreath Making Workshop

Sat. Dec. 6 at 8 PM: Shuffleboard at Lassen Mineral Lodge Bar

Sun. Dec. 7 at 10 AM at Mineral Lodge: Weekly Breakfast Club and Ornament Making Just After

Sat. Dec. 13 at 8 PM: Shuffleboard at Lassen Mineral Lodge Bar

Sun. Dec. 14 at 10 AM at Mineral Lodge: Weekly Breakfast Club

Fri. Dec. 19 at Plum Valley Elementary School: Holiday Performance

Sat. Dec. 20 Starting at School: Christmas Caroling Through Cool Air

Wed. Dec. 30 at 8:00 PM Mineral Lodge: New Year's Eve Celebration

Mineral Parade 2025 · Friday, Nov 28 📸Shared album · Tap to view!

Mineral Holiday Parade and Tree Lighting - A Success!

Friday, November 28, 2025 4:00 PM

Setup Starting 3:00 PM at School; End at Mineral Lodge for Tree Lighting

The tradition is back! What a wonderful event with many participants, people along the street throughout Cool Air cheering on the parade participants and the Tree Lighting at Mineral Lodge with Hot Cocoa for all! Thanks to Jan Gravier for bringing the tradition back, which was especially appreciated by all of the new families with children and those who remember the parade from the past.

The Fire Truck from Payne's Creek opened the parade, followed by Linda with the California flag with Lisa and family following with the Mineral Flyers float. Honorary Mayor and Grand Marshal Pam represented Mineral driving her tractor. Family members from both the Mineral Lodge and Mill Creek Resort were in the Parade, along with quite a few community members who joined along. Cheryl pushed her well lighted snow shovel (yes, the entire way!) Santa, Mrs. Claus and the Chief Elf were a big hit pulling up the end of the parade and stopping at Mineral Lodge for photos afterwards. Thanks to Lefty for serving as Rudolph and driving them!

Over at Mineral Lodge, we gathered to light the tree, take pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus and the Chief Elf and have Hot Cocoa. Santa's family was present, representing the 2nd, 3rd and 4th generations since their grandfather/father founded the Church Camp!

Thanks to Kamile for making the float signs, Max for the glow sticks, Lisa for the backdrops, Lassen Mineral Lodge Restaurant for the delicious Hot Cocoa, Rachael, Brandy and Avery for making sure the tree got up and Lefty for carrying on the tradition of his father by lighting it. Thanks for so many people coming out to be in and support the Parade and also to support the Lassen Mineral Lodge by filling up the restaurant throughout Thanksgiving, Friday and the weekend. It makes a big difference and is greatly appreciated!

Winners of the Lodge gift certificates for the float entries were the Claus Family, Mill Creek Resort (with their family truck with tree, rocking chair and family members) and Cheryl, dutifully pushing her decorated snow shovel - ready for the season!

As always, a big thanks to the extended Glenn Family for everything they do for all of us in Mineral, during the holidays and all year long.

See you next Thanksgiving weekend on Friday at 4 PM!

View the photos here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/8GUZ7TDgpoq3eyUE6

"We didn't know so many people were in Mineral!" Thanks everyone for coming out to line the streets of Cool Air and cheer on the parade!

Honorary Mayor and Parade Grand Marshal Pam

Chief Elf Karen, Santa Smokey and Mrs. Jan Claus

Lefty After Lighting the Tree, As His Father Used To

DECEMBER 2025

December 2025 Calendar

Download the Calendar Here

Also find printed copies at the Lassen Mineral Lodge Store (when available)

Plum Valley Elementary School Holiday Performance

Friday, December 19, 2025

Plum Valley Elementary School

Let's show support for our closest active school! Come out to cheer on the students in their Holiday Performance.

Mineral Cards & Cookie Exchange

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 2:00 PM

Water District Building, Mineral, California

It has become a festive tradition to do a cookie exchange each year at Mineral Cards. Bring cookies to share and plan to take a variety home! Come to play and eat and take home some sweet treats!

Optionally, bring/drop off holiday gifts for up to 15 children age 4-10 at Plum Valley Elementary School.

Wreath Making Workshop

Saturday, December 6, 2025 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Location TBA

Famous for our beautiful trees, Mineral is adorned during the late Fall with natural wreaths. Join the wreath making workshop to make your own this year. Feel free to bring supplies, but they are also provided. No charge. Recently the annual workshop has been held at the Park HQ, but as the date approaches, the location will be posted here on the site and on flyers once confirmed.

Ornament Making Workshop After Breakfast Club

Sunday, December 7, 2025 11:00 AM

Lassen Mineral Lodge Restaurant

Let's make some ornaments after breakfast!

Bring materials and/or use those provided.

Breakfast Club Starts 10:00 AM

Breakfast Served Until 11:00 AM

Christmas Caroling

Saturday, December 20, 2025 5:30 PM

Meet at School Area & Caravan to Locations

Dress in traditional caroling garb or come as you are! The voices of Mineral are the most beautiful when singing together at traditional Christmas Caroling. Depending on the weather, we will walk or drive (if icy) to locations throughout Mineral to sing songs. Lyrics will be provided.

New Years Eve Candlelight Dinner

December 31, 2025 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Lassen Mineral Lodge Restaurant

Join to celebrate the end of 2025 and the anticipation of 2026 with our Mineral family!

REGULAR GATHERINGS

Regular Gatherings in Mineral

Shuffleboard at the Lodge on Saturday Nights

Breakfast Club at the Lodge on Sunday Mornings

Mineral Cards at the Water District Building Every Other Tuesday

NEWS

West Lassen Headwaters Decision Notice maps.pdf

West Lassen Headwaters Project Update

From Bella Bledsoe at Sierra Institute

Please see the letter below from the Lassen National Forest sharing the signed Decision Notice for the West Lassen Headwaters Project. I’ve attached the letter from Forest Supervisor Rick Hopson, along with the Decision Notice and supporting materials.

Sierra Institute for Community and Environment

https://sierrainstitute.us/

"All, a huge accomplishment, about 8 years of research, field work, planning and persistence to bring to conclusion. Allows LNF to move forward with project and activities as funds are available for our area. " - Jim Richardson

surgeon-general-social-connection-advisory.pdf

How the Mineral Community Stays Healthy and Happy

According to the the Surgeon General's Advisory (2023), "Loneliness is far more than just a bad feeling—it harms both individual and societal health. It is associated with a greater risk of cardiovascular disease, dementia, stroke, depression, anxiety, and premature death. The mortality impact of being socially disconnected is similar to that caused by smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day,4 and even greater than that associated with obesity and physical inactivity. And the harmful consequences of a society that lacks social connection can be felt in our schools, workplaces, and civic organizations, where performance, productivity, and engagement are diminished. Given the profound consequences of loneliness and isolation, we have an opportunity, and an obligation, to make the same investments in addressing social connection that we have made in addressing tobacco use, obesity, and the addiction crisis. This Surgeon General’s Advisory shows us how to build more connected lives and a more connected society."

The residents and visitors know that community helps to keep us healthy and happy. We do our best to carry on traditions, establish new ones, conserve our wilderness, preserve our buildings and support each other through community events, helping each other and gathering frequently. Please, join us. We would love to share our friendship with you, too.

Pick Up Your Free Community Art Postcards at the Mineral Post Office

Stop by to see the latest free Community Art Postcards for you to pick up. While you're at the Post Office, pick up some stamps! Thank you to the Tehama County Arts Council and California Arts Council for a grant supporting the Mineral Art Postcard Project.

Find the Latest Events on the Mineral Google Calendar

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Support the Local Volunteer Fire Department - Some T-Shirts and Hats Still Available

Email mineralcalifornia@gmail.com with size inquiries.

Memorials Section on Website

Send information for our memorials section so we can add Mineral's past residents to the site.

View the New Memorials Section

THE LOCALS

Visit the 2025 News Page | Subscribe here to the Mineral California Community Emails | View the Weather Forecast

GET-TOGETHERS

DINING: Mineral Lodge Restaurant is open daily at 8 AM throughout the summer season and weekends only after Halloween weekend.
BAR NIGHT: The Mineral Lodge bar opens on Saturday nights between 8:30 and 9 PM
BREAKFAST CLUB: Sunday mornings starting around 10 AM at the Mineral Lodge Restaurant; breakfast served until 11 AM
CARDS: Every other Wednesday at 2 PM in the Mineral County Water District Building during the Winter and 6 PM during the Summer.

UPCOMING EVENTS

See the Mineral California Google Calendar for future events.

SERVICES & UTILITIES

WATER: Consider applying to be on the Board. The Board's next monthly meeting is the second Tuesday of each month at 4 PM. Visit as a member of the public to see what it's like.. Click here for recent MCWD news and contact information.
TELEPHONE: Challenges with the Frontier phone service continues.. Click here to submit your comments on a wireless company that let a cell phone outage here continue for more than a week taking over our land lines. Also, see the News Tracking page for more details about intermittent landline outages of the 595 exchange earlier this year. It would seem that Mineral's ability to communicate with the outside world is all to often precarious.
PG&E: Outages? Let them know.PG&E contacts: General info 800-743-5000; North Valley Planned Outages Coord.: 530-634-6476.
ROADS: Potholes are being filled and will soon be sealed. Hwy. 172 will be completely closed between Mineral and Hole-in-the-Ground Road near Mill Creek starting on Monday, June 9th, until sometime in December for safety reasons. Log trucks and heavy equipment will be removing several thousand dead trees burned in the Park Fire. The road has been repaved as a result and looks great!

GOVERNANCE

COUNTY SUPERVISORS: The Tehama County BOS meets on Tuesdays at 9 AM. View the BOS calendar here. Add to your calendar here.
BATTLE CREEK WATERSHED PUBLIC MEETINGS: The Battle Creek Watershed Conservancy hosted two public meetings in Manton and online on May 19th and 20th. The first was a Technical Team meeting largely focused on Chinook Salmon recovery data from the Bureau of Reclamation's Battle Creek Salmon & Steelhead Restoration Project. The second focused on various parts of the US Forest Service's West Lassen Headwaters Project, one of which involves targeted spraying of 7 herbicides (including formulations of glyphosate) to prevent recurrence of invasive plants throughout 10,000 acres in Plumas, Shasta, and Tehama Counties slated for re-forestation following the Dixie and Park Fires. For organizational context and specifics on these projects, click here. A report has been issued since and information is available on the News page of the website and the Firewise board at the mall in front of the Campground.

New Mineral Signs!

Thanks to Lefty and Jodi, Mineral has new signs!

In 2024, community members and visitors Lassen welcomed the sign "Mineral Gateway to Mt. Lassen" which also notes elevation of 4918. The sign can be found on the North side of the 36 Highway on the "Snow Hill" just before Lassen Mineral Lodge restaurant.

Now as of 2025, visitors to the Cool Air area, south of the 36, are welcomed by the Cool Air sign, indicating Est. 1928. Not only does it look great, but we're learning about our neighborhoods, too!

Listen to Jodi talk about the process of the creation of the signs at the 2025 Mineral Community Walk.

Want one for your area? Talk to Lefty.

2025 Community News Page

Visit the 2025 News Page for the Latest Mineral News

Visit the 2025 News Page

Phone Landline Outages

Landline outages are being tracked on the main news page.

Visit the Main News Page

The Mineral Raking Club

Let's rake! If you would like support picking up pine cones, sticks and pine needles to make Mineral more resilient to fire embers, visit the Breakfast Club on Sunday mornings or email mineralcalifornia@gmail.com.

News Updates: June 2024 | July 2024 | August 2024 | Fall/Winter 2024 | 2025

EDUCATION

The History of Mineral, California on Mineral California Community Website.pdf

Trees of Mineral California on Mineral California Community Website.pdf

Conservation in Mineral and LVNP on Trees of Mineral on Mineral California Community Website.pdf

CALENDAR AND NEWSLETTER

Add the Mineral California Google Calendar to Your Calendar

Add the Google Calendar to your calendar or visit by viewing below, or clicking on the upper right hand corner icon to pop out the calendar.

Live Newsletter on Website

To get Mineral community members information as quickly as possible, the www.mineralcalifornia.com website is now functioning as a live newsletter. Visit the News Page. Send news to mineralcalifornia@gmail.com and let's work together to share information.

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IN MEMORIAM

A new memorial page honors our friends and neighbors who are gone, but not forgotten. It often takes time to get obituary information, so thank you for your patience as we gather and update information. Please send information about memorials (past or present) to mineralcalifornia@gmail.com.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Mineral / Mill Creek Firewise USA Community Program

Mineral California has a community-led Firewise Group focused on preserving Mineral, headed by Jim Richardson. Here find helpful resources linked.

Mineral and Mill Creek 2025 Certificate.pdf

About Firewise

Visit www.mineralcalifornia.com/firewise

2025 Firewise Certificate

What is Firewise? Presentation

Firewise Community Toolkit

Fire Safety

Seasonal Wildfire Prep

Home Preparedness

Emergency Supply Kit

About Defensible Space

Welcome to Mineral, California!

Defensible Space Support

Lightning Tracker App

Morgan Summit LiveCam

Welcome to Mineral, California, USA

The community of Mineral is nestled in the pines surrounding Highway 36 at 4,918 feet elevation. The Mineral Post Office and Mineral Lodge stand on the Highway, inviting visitors to Lassen National Park to stop for a bit and to come back and stay in the motel or campground. Community members, whether year-round, seasonal or visiting for a few days, enjoy nature, community, privacy, independence, conservation and preservation. We hope you feel at home here in the forests of Mineral, California.

Local Venues

Lassen Mineral Lodge Restaurant & Motel and Volcano Campground

38348 Hwy 36 E, Mineral, CA 96063

Store Open Daily; Restaurant Open Daily Starting Memorial Day Weekend 8 - 2:30, 5 - 8 During Week and 8 - 8 on Weekends; plus Saturday Night

Community Breakfast Gathering Sundays 10 am+

(530) 595-4422 Website Facebook Page Map

Mill Creek Resort

40271 CA-172, Mill Creek, CA 96061

(530) 595-4449 Website Online Store

The Highlands Resort

Frank's Grill

41500 CA-36, Mill Creek, CA 96061

Open 8-8 Fridays - Sundays

Map

The Highlands Restaurant and Resort

41515 CA-36 East, Mill Creek, CA 96061

(530) 595-3388 Website Map

Frequently Used Links

News Subscribe to Mineral California News via Email Find Past Newsletters Google Calendar Red Bluff Daily News

Local Lost & Found Mineral Weather Forecast National Park Press Releases

Nature Lassen Volcanic National Park USDA Forest Service at Lassen

Preparedness Prepare for Wildfire Clear Defensible Space Prepare for Evacuation Prevent Bear Problems

Notifications Sign Up for Emergency Notifications Sign Up for PG&E Notifications Park's Planned Fires & Lightning Strikes

Permits Forest Permits Residential Burn Permits Woodcutting Permits

Tracking Air Quality CAL FIRE Active First Frost Park Fires USGS Earthquakes Tree Census Park Bear Sightings Maps

Jobs Mineral Jobs Sierra Institute Jobs National Park Jobs USDA Forest Service Jobs USA Jobs State Jobs CAL FIRE Jobs Tehama County Career Opportunities

Power Outages Contact PG&E for Customer Service Issues Check for Outages & Compensation Forms

Volunteer

Do you want to help to plan Events in Mineral or Contact the Website admins? Email mineralcalifornia@gmail.com

Mineral Post Office

At the Post Office

Order stamps here, and you'll be supporting Mineral's post office.

Did you know that the local Mineral Post Office is supported by revenue? That's why residents and visitors alike often order their postage stamps from Mineral's Post Office throughout the year for their personal and business postage needs. Thank you for helping to keep the Post Office open in Mineral!

Need a Good Book?

Stop in and visit the community book exchange. You might also find magazines and games, too! Share books taking room on your shelf, too.

U.S. Post Office at Mineral, CA

Zip Codes: 96061, 96063

Address: 38450 State Highway 36 E, Mineral, CA 96063

Hours: Weekdays 7:30AM–12PM, 12:30–2PM

Phone: (530) 595-3372 or (800) 275-8777

Prepare for Wildfire

THANK YOU!

CAL FIRE, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WATER DISTRICTS, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS, FIRE VOLUNTEERS, WATER VOLUNTEERS, COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS , MINERAL LODGE , CAL FIRE PUBLIC INFO. OFFICERS AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO HELPED FIGHT THE FIRE AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORS DURING THE JUNE 2018 LANE, STOLL & NEIGHBORING FIRES.

Mineral, California, USA

www.mineralcalifornia.com

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