News Staff The Lakeport City Council at its regular meeting tomorrow evening at 6, will hear a report on the Lake Area Planning Council’s progress on the formation of a rural regional energy network, which would take advantage of available energy efficiency programs. The council will also consider formalizing a spending plan for State and Local Fiscal … Read more
At its meeting tomorrow morning at 9, the Lake County Board of Supervisors is expected to pass a resolution that will postpone cannabis tax payments and will hear a report from the president and chief executive officer of the Rural County Representatives of California, or RCRC and will discuss several committee and board appointments.
Residents of new senior apartments were finally able to move into their new digs after the building was completed last month. The building on West Gobbi Street had been given a temporary certificate of occupancy in December, providing 30 affordable apartments for seniors. The complex has a variety of energy efficiency and sustainability features, including … Read more
Janice Hawthorne Timm of Ukiah got an up close and personal look at the what it’s like to be on a popular game show when she competed on “Jeopardy” on Wednesday. Timm has worked as a music educator and choral director for many years. The final Jeopary question was “what is Bangladesh” which she was … Read more
The cities of Clearlake and Lakeport as well as school boards, special districts, and water and fire districts all have positions that expire at the end of the year. Anyone who wishes to run for a county office must file a declaration of candidacy form and nomination papers starting Febuary 14 and no later than … Read more
A facility that will be Lake County’s only inpatient residential treatment facility for women only has been given final approval by the county. Hilltop Recovery Services Leandra’s House received it’s conditional use permit on the 13th. The facility is adjacent to Hilltop Recovery’s Inpatient Residential treatment center for men on Catholic Church Road in Clearlake … Read more
Last weekend, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team conducting a training session at Lake Mendocino, making base camp on the east side of the Lake at Bushay Campground. According to the Ukiah Daily Journal, each day featured different situations and assessment and implementation of procedures to operate efficently and safely.
A citizen’s commission gave a presentation to the City Council on the possibility of changing the name of the city on Tuesday. The issue of the city’s name comes from the history of the city, which was named after confederate General Braxton Bragg. Fort Bragg was responsible for the attempted genocide involved in the removal … Read more
A project to raise awareness of the Monarch Butterfly may result in a mural in downtown Ukiah. Last year the city council adopted former Mayor Juan Orozco’s pledge encouraging preservation of the Monarch and the Mendocino Arts Council raised money to create a mural and put out a call for submissions. Danza Davis’ simple depiction … Read more
Lake County Health officials earlier in the week gave the county board of supervisors an update on the COVID-19 situation, stating that a local surge is likely in the next month or so. According to the Lake County News, Dr. Charlie Evans, an ER physician, along with new Health Services Director Jonathan Portney, advised that … Read more