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Congressman Mike Thompson announced this week that $19 million he requested for Tribal Health Programs in California to purchase power generators was included in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies’ Fiscal Year 2022 spending legislation. Tribal Health Programs in the Fifth Congressional District that stand to benefit if this funding is … Read more

Sundays in the Park with free music at Todd Grove Park in Ukiah returns this weekend. Instead of six concerts, there will be four this summer. Hot Buttered Rum, will bring their Progressive Bluegrass Folk sound on Sunday starting at 6PM.

Pacific Gas and Electric officials announced a major initiative to bury power lines in areas of California where the wildfire risk is the highest. The initiative would involve burying 10,000 miles of power lines over a ten-year period. It would represent the largest such effort in the U.S. to harden the system and mitigate wildfire … Read more

The Clearlake Police Department served a search warrant this week at a large marijuana grow in the 2800 block of Pamela Lane. It was in response to complaints and concerns about water use. Officers also discovered the operation is using stolen power and found unprotected power lines and outlets with large amounts of brush around … Read more

A woman from Clearlake was arrested for setting fires in the Lower Lake area. Last Sunday night, deputies responded to the 9000 block of Lake Street in Lower Lake after getting a report of a woman setting fires in the area. The fires were approximately 50 feet from each other and approximately 12 square feet … Read more

The Lake County Tourism Improvement District board of directors has hired its first executive director. Brian Fisher, a Kelseyville hospitality business owner, has resigned from the board to fill the new role. The LCTID board of directors are taking applications to fill the vacant position on the board.

The Lake County Board of Supervisors has approved a resolution that urges community members to continue to wear masks while indoors at public places. The recommendation is in response to the rise in COVID-19 cases in the county. Public Health reports that current weekly cases are at the highest numbers since the end of January … Read more

The California Department of Social Services reports the Food and Nutrition Service has authorized a Timely Reporting Waiver for CalFresh Households who lost food due to the Broiler Fire Incident in Mendocino County. Households in Redwood Valley, who lost food in the fire or due to the resulting power outages, will be given additional time … Read more

Mendocino County’s Cannabis Program will open the Phase One and Two Cultivation Reapplication Portal on August 2nd at 12:00AM. The Portal is for commercial cannabis cultivators with applications under review and will be available for 90 calendar days. If you are a Phase One or Two applicant, and have not been notified that you are … Read more

The Lake County Chamber of Commerce announced Laura McAndrews Sammel as their new chief executive officer. She has been serving as chief financial officer and executive human resource and leadership coach at Combs Consulting. She will begin serving in her new role in mid August.