News Staff The Clearlake City Council meets at 6 p.m. on Thursday and will hear a presentation on the city’s Blue Zone Certification. The Blue Zones project encourages healthy changes within the community. The council will also hear a presentation by Administrative Services Director/City Clerk Swanson and Charlotte White, the city’s new recreation and events coordinator. The … Read more
Mendocino County is facing a $17 million budget shortfall as it starts planning for next year’s budget. The county anticipates needing $4.2 million in one-time funds to close out the current fiscal year. Various cost-saving ideas are being considered. County staff has been instructed to draft a budget that doesn’t rely on one-time funds to … Read more
A new study could help increase the water supply at Lake Mendocino. State, local, and tribal officials and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers met late last week to form a cost-sharing partnership for the Coyote Valley Dam General Investigation Study. The $3 million federally funded study will assess the prospects of greater water supply … Read more
Work has gotten underway again on infrastructure upgrades in the Gobbi, Main, and Orchard Street projects. On East Gobbi, water main construction between Orchard Avenue and Main Street is expected to take about six weeks. On Main Street, water main tie-ins are finished, and concrete crews will build new sidewalks and ramps on both sides … Read more
The Lake County Board of Supervisors meets today and will consider a proposal to study energy rate costs for Lake County if it were to join a community choice aggregator. Sonoma Clean Power has presented a preliminary estimate showing that rates in Lake County could go down, so the board is considering an updated feasibility … Read more
Church officials have announced that the Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa is accepting bids for the 127-year-old St. Francis Church in Hopland. It is hoped the building will be converted into a community center. Vintner John Fetzer has said that he, Golden Pig owner Julie Golden, and others in Hopland are behind a fledgling drive … Read more
The Central Region Town Hall meets this evening at 6 pm and will discuss acceptance of an update from Public Services Director Lars Ewing and the Department of Water Resources. The town hall will also hear an update on the Lake Area Planning Council’s Regional Transportation Plan.
The Lakeport City Council meets tomorrow evening and will consider a final subdivision map for the Parkside affordable housing project, located in an area newly designated by Cal Fire as the highest fire hazard severity zone, get an update on a pedestrian improvement project set to start this spring.
CAL FIRE’s Mendocino Unit will conduct a prescribed burn of about 1000 acres beginning April 28 through May 9th on Shamrock Ranch, east of Highway 101 and southeast of Laytonville in northern Mendocino County. Smoke and aircraft may be visible in the area, including from Highway 101.
Lake County’s Superintendent of Schools has made a statement regarding the Trump Administration’s call on states to adhere to its new policies, including the fact that federal school funding will be contingent on the exclusion of DEI programs in the state. Superintendent Brock Falkenberg has stated that the value of supporting all students is embedded … Read more