Download the February 2026 Calendar Here
Note: Board Games is on Sunday, February 15, 2026 although mistakenly printed the week after on an earlier version of the calendar.
We will be celebrating Valentines Week throughout the events all week long. Starting with making Valentines through two card games, a chili cook-off, the Valentines Day Candlelight Dinner, shuffleboard at the Saloon and ending with Breakfast Club and an afternoon of board games, hopefully you will feel loved!
All Ages Decorate and Craft
10 AM - Breakfast Club / Noon + - Decorate and Crafts
Join us for the community Breakfast Club and stay after to decorate cookies and make valentines for your loved ones and yourself! No charge for decorating and crafting. Food from menu available.
Saturday, February 14, 2026
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Enjoy a cozy afternoon by the fire with family and friends, complete with s'mores stations to satisfy your sweet tooth. This event isn't just about fun - it's about giving back!
Look for the Mill Creek Resort Booth!
Saturday, February 14, 2026
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP for reservations starting at 5:00 PM at Lassen Mineral Lodge Restaurant for Candlelight Dinner.
Sunday, February 15, 2026
10:00 AM+
Lassen Mineral Lodge Restaurant
Join us for breakfast starting at 10:00 AM when community members get together. Breakfast is served until 11:00 AM. Stay and catch up with neighbors. Enjoy the beautiful Mineral scenery out the windows and the community of being with each other.
All Ages Decorate and Craft
10 AM - Breakfast Club / Noon + - Decorate and Crafts
Join us for the community Breakfast Club and stay after to decorate cookies and put together Easter Baskets and goods for Easter Baskets for the nearby school kids and our upcoming Bingo event! No charge for decorating and crafting. Food from menu available.
At Lassen Mineral Lodge Restaurant & Saloon
6:00 PM Dinner (Optional) / 7:00 PM Bingo (Free)
Join us for Mineral Bingo this Friday of Easter Weekend! Optionally, enjoy a buffet dinner and stay for free BINGO! Feel free to bring prizes to share, but they are not required.
West of Lassen Mineral Lodge
Noon 12:00 PM
Hop over to the Snow Hill to CAREFULLY look for trash and sledding debris to throw away. This is the time of year that lots of guests visit Mineral and leave debris along with their lilfe long memories. Started in 2022 by Eric, residents started cleaning up the hill at their own risk, with their own trash bags and treading carefully. Wear strong shoes that you don't value or can wash and walk carefully as the ground is very wet and very muddy with lots of tiny canyons throughout. Join at your own risk! It's actually quite fun to see what people have left. Items of value can be returned to Mineral Lodge for their Lost and Found box.
Lassen Mineral Lodge Restaurant
10:00 AM Breakfast Club
Come by, no reservations necessary.
Noon+ Easter Brunch
Reservations requested for Brunch. Reservations start at Noon and go through 5:00 PM.
Plum Valley Elementary School Raising Money Selling See's Candy
Support our local elementary school by purchasing See's Candy for Valentine's Day from their current campaign:
https://www.yumraising.com/store/valentines-day-2026-plum-valley-elementary-school-97a7/AmbVan8626
Frontier is Joining the Verizon Family
Is Frontier becoming Verizon? According to their website: "Frontier is now a Verizon company, bringing better value and more choices to millions more customers across the country. By integrating Frontier’s 100% fiber-optic network with Verizon’s industry-leading Fios and mobility assets, the company now has an expanded reach of over 29 million fiber passings across 31 states and Washington, D.C. With the greater availability of premium home internet and mobility services, customers have exclusive access to new services, savings and value they can’t get anywhere else." Their recent email to customers stated: "The reliable Frontier experience you count on every day will continue without disruptions and your plan will remain the same — that's the same great service and customer support, plus no changes to your bill or how you pay. What is changing is your exclusive access to new services, savings and value you can't get anywhere else." Their email directs us to learn more on their website: https://frontier.com/verizon-customer
Community Preservation Advisory Group
Proprietors of several local buildings have asked for support in identifying funding for significant improvements. As opportunities are being identified, it would be helpful to review a preservation plan and get community feedback in support of these efforts. If you would like to be on the community preservation advisory group with monthly online calls, please email mineralcalifornia@gmail.com indicating your interest.
Photos
New photo albums are added periodically to the https://www.mineralcalifornia.com/about/photos page. Check in to see the latest.
Find the Latest Events on www.mineralcalifornia.com
Regular Events:
Every Other Wednesday 2:00 PM: Mineral Cards (Rummy) at Water District
Every Thursday 1:00 PM+: Magic the Gathering Cards at Water District
Saturdays 8:00 PM: Shuffleboard at Lassen Mineral Lodge Saloon
Sundays 10:00 AM: Breakfast Club at Lassen Mineral Lodge Restaurant
1st or 2nd Sunday of the Month: 10:00 AM Breakfast Club + After, Crafts at Lassen Mineral Lodge Restaurant
3rd Sunday of the Month: 10:00 AM Breakfast Club + After, Board Games at Lassen Mineral Lodge Restaurant
Winter Events:
Jan. 24 for BINGO & Snowman Contest Hosted by Mill Creek Resort at Mill Creek Resort
Feb. 8 at 10:00 AM Breakfast Club + After, Valentines Crafts at at Lassen Mineral Lodge Restaurant
Feb. 14 at Noon Chili Cook-Off at Chester Creek (Look for the Mill Creek Resort Booth!)
Feb. 14 5:00 PM+ Valentines Candlelight Dinner at Lassen Mineral Lodge Restaurant (RSVP)
Feb. 15 at 10:00 AM Breakfast Club + After, Play Board Games at Lassen Mineral Lodge Restaurant
Mar. 8 at 10:00 AM Breakfast Club + After, "Help the Easter Bunny" Easter Basket Supplies Prep for School Kids & Bingo Favors and Prizes at Lassen Mineral Lodge Restaurant
Mar. 15 at 10:00 AM Breakfast Club + After, Play Board Games at Lassen Mineral Lodge Restaurant
Spring Events:
Mar. 20 First Day of Spring
Apr. 3 at 6:00 PM Easter Weekend BINGO at Lassen Mineral Lodge Restaurant
Apr. 4 at Noon Annual Volunteer Clean the Snow Hill of Debris (Weather Permitting)
Apr. 5: Easter Buffet at Lassen Mineral Lodge Restaurant (RSVP)
Apr. 19 at 10:00 AM Breakfast Club + After, Play Board Games at Lassen Mineral Lodge Restaurant
Apr. 25 at 11:00 AM+ Hand to The Land: Spring Gathering Conservation Day at Mill Creek Resort
Summer Events:
These dates to be confirmed; reply with any updates.
Jun. 21: First Day of Summer
Jul. 4: Firewise & Homeowners Meetings
Jul. 5: VFD Pancake Breakfast at Mill Creek Resort
Jul. 11: Mineral Wildflower Festival at Lassen Mineral Lodge - New!
Aug. 8: Dark Skies in Mineral Festival at Lassen Mineral Lodge - New!
Sep. 5: Mineral Community Walk
Monthly S'mores and Crafts at Volcano Campground
Find more tentative events planned for this Summer on the Mineral Google Calendar.
Location: 38292 Scenic Ave., Mineral, CA 96063
The game is played at the Mineral Water Building with reservations and permission from the Water Board.
Join Us for Some Frantic Multiplayer MTG Fun!
Hosted by Dale of Curiosities at the Water Building in Mineral, this weekly Magic the Gathering card game will take place on Thursdays and go 1 PM - 8 PM. Guest can join for all or part of the time. Guests are welcome to bring snacks to share.
Join us any time during the event, and play as much as you like. Whether you are an experienced Magic player, someone who is just looking to learn how to play, or somewhere in between, this free event is right for you! New players and learners welcome! We have extra decks, if anyone needs one to play. If you complete one game of Commander, you will also receive a free Tarkir Dragonstorm play booster! Limit one pack per player. Luckily, the local experts will help new players!
Learn to Play Magic the Gathering (MTG)
Watch this Video to Learn to Play
More information at:
https://magic.wizards.com/en/formats/commander
Mineral now has two card games! Mineral Rummy continues with it's 40th year in Mineral during 2026 on every other Wednesday at 2:00 PM (Winter) and 6:00 PM (Summer). Magic the Gathering will now take place weekly on Thursdays.
NEXT: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15 2026
After Breakfast Club at 10 AM
Lassen Mineral Lodge Restaurant
Join the Mineral community to play board games at the Lassen Mineral Lodge Restaurant on Sundays at Noon. A variety of games will be available to play with groups or your own friends and family.
Food is available from the menu all day.
Mineral Cards at the Water District Building Every Other Wednesday
2:00 PM (6:00 PM in the Summer)
Magic: the Gathering Casual Game at the Water District Building Thursdays
1:00 PM (All or Part of Time) - 8:00 PM
Mineral Board Games
3rd Sunday of the Month
Noon
After Breakfast Club
February 12, 2026
6:00 PM
22630 Antelope Blvd., Red Bluff, CA 96080
The Antelope Elementary School District Board of Trustees will discuss placing a school improvement bond measure on the June 2026 ballot at their upcoming February meeting. Please join to learn more.
www.antelopeschools.org
Summer 2026 GS4, GS5, GS6, GS7, and GS8 seasonal bio tech position announcement opening 1/5/26
Please apply share these USA Jobs announcement for 2026 seasonal biological technician positions! This announcement covers opportunities at multiple amazing parks in the Pacific West Region, including of course, LAVO!!
USAJOBS - Job Announcement - GS 4 and GS 5 positions
USAJOBS - Job Announcement – GS 6, GS 7, and GS 8 positions
Here are a couple of important things to note:
This is for ALL bio tech positions: vegetation, wildlife, and fisheries.
Each announcement opens 1/5/26 to the first 450 applicants or until 01/19/2026 whichever comes first. Nancy strongly recommends getting resumes in on Day 1!
Read the entire announcement carefully before applying…there are changes from previous years, for example resumes longer than two single-sided pages will not be accepted.
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.
Email mineralcalifornia@gmail.com with size inquiries.
Send information for our memorials section so we can add Mineral's past residents to the site.
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.
SHUFFLEBOARD/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
DECORATE AND CRAFTS: Monthly after Breakfast Club on Sunday at Noon, join for seasonal sweets Decorating and Crafts.
BOARD GAME DAY: The third Sunday of the month at Noon, after Breakfast Club, stay and play board games throughout the afternoon.
MINERAL CARDS (Rummy): Every other Wednesday at 2 PM in the Mineral County Water District Building during the Winter and 6 PM during the Summer.
MAGIC THE GATHERING CARDS: Every Thursday between 1:00 PM and 8:00 PM in the Mineral County Water District Building
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.
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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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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.
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
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!
Stop in and visit the community book exchange. You might also find magazines and games, too! Share books taking room on your shelf, too.
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
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