News Staff Cal Fire’s Fire and Resource Assessment Program, or FRAP, has launched the California Vegetation Burn Severity Online Viewer, an interactive map showing wildfire impact on vegetation statewide. It displays burn severity data for California wildfires over 1,000 acres from 2015 to 2023, with annual updates. More at fire.ca.gov.
PG&E is launching a new initiative, the PG&E Match My Payment Program, allocating $50 million to existing and new financial assistance programs. This initiative aims to assist eligible customers in settling past-due energy bills and prevent service disconnections. Under the program, qualifying low- to moderate-income customers can receive a dollar-for-dollar match from PG&E for past-due … Read more
Emergency personnel responded to a major gas leak in downtown Ukiah on Monday, after a construction crew struck a six-inch gas main while road grading. Roads were closed, power shut down, and several blocks were evacuated as a precaution. Access to the area was reopened around 8 pm Monday. This was the second time in … Read more
The Western Region Town Hall will hold its next meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, at the Habematolel community center, 9460 Main St. There will be discussion with the energy program manager of the Northern Rural Energy Network, which is part of the Lake Area Planning Council, and there will be discussions about Clearlake water quality, the WRTH … Read more
The Lakeport City Council meets this evening and will hear a presentation from Sonoma Clean Power regarding the possibility of expanding their Community Choice Aggregation program, or the CCA program, into Lake County, which would allow local government to procure cleaner, more affordable energy for their communities. The council will also consider the Martin & … Read more
The Lakeport Board of Supervisors meets tomorrow morning and will discuss this year’s community and economic development projects eligible for a Community Development Block Grant. The board will consider an annual marketing report from the Lake County Tourism Improvement District. The board will also consider a temporary pause on issuing permits for commercial cultivation of … Read more
A camper caught fire on Bell Springs Road, near Highway 101, Sunday morning, igniting a vegetation fire. The blaze spread quickly, leading to a multi-agency response from Mendocino and Humboldt counties. Fire crews encountered an “unstable male subject” linked to the camper. Laytonville Fire, Salmon Creek Fire, Cal Fire, dozers, strike teams, Cal Fire Copter … Read more
The Central Region Town Hall meets this evening at 6 p.m. at the Lucerne Alpine Senior Center. Agenda items include updates from Vice Chair Austin Pratt regarding the District 3 MAC Alliance and an update from Supervisor EJ Crandell.
A residential structure fire on Marcy Circle in Lower Lake on Sunday, dubbed the Marcy Fire, spread into surrounding wildland. Firefighters arrived at the scene near the 11800 block of Marcy Circle to find a single-story residence fully involved and flames spreading to nearby grasslands. Aerial support, including four firefighting aircraft, assisted ground crews in … Read more
A heat advisory continues for the Northwestern and Southeastern Mendocino County Interior, including Leggett, Willits, Hopland, Calpella, Ukiah, Talmage, Redwood Valley, Potter Valley, and Laytonville through this evening.