Governor Newsome’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force has launched a first of its kind interagency treatment dashboard. According to TheRecordBee, the dashboard displays the size and location of state and federal forest and landscape resilience projects in the state. The hope for the program is that a complete treatment area database will allow for … Read more
The California Highway Patrol Northern Division Clearlake office welcomes another officer this week. Officer David Robinson graduated on Sept. 1. Robinson is from Stonyford in Colusa County. Officer Robinson now goes into in-filed training with experienced officers for the next four months.
The Lake County Board of Supervisors meets this morning and at that meeting the board will swear in the new Public Health Officer, Dr. Noemi C. Doohan. The public hearing for the county’s final recommended budget for fiscal year 2023/2024 will be held on Sept. 19.
Power was out for approximately 1,100 PG&E customers in Northern Mendocino and Southern Humboldt counties overnight. Power went down just before 11 pm. Around 11:30 PG&E reported power had been restored to around 700 customers. As of early morning this morning, there appeared to be around 500 customers in the southern part of Clearlake still … Read more
A “be on the lookout” order for the person suspected of starting a brush fire in Cloverdale with an incendiary device continues. The suspect was though to be driving north on Highway 101 when last seen on Sunday night around 9 pm. The grass fire was located south of Cloverdale near the intersection of Dutcher … Read more
The Mendocino County Community Services district held its month meeting at the end of August. During the public hearing portion of the meeting, members of the communiyt asked that the MCCSD provide recordings of its meetings. Currently, notes taken by the district secretary are the only record of the meeting. Public comment also included question … Read more
The Lakeport Economic Development Advisory Committee meets Wednesday at 7:30 am. There will be three short information presentations, planning for the Business Walk program this fall, and updates on LEDAC and city projects. The chief of police will discuss the homelessness and mental illness town hall meeting later this month and National Night Out and … Read more
The Lake County Board of Supervisors meets tomorrow morning at 9 am and will welcome the county’s new Public Health Officer. According to TheLakeCountyNews, Dr. Noemi C. Doohan was hired last month after a long search. Also, the public hearing for the county’s final recommended budget for fiscal year 2023-24 has been postponed until the … Read more
Students at Anderson Valley Service Learning Team, an after school program aimed at junior and senior high school students could be close to getting funding for a skate park. The students presented their case in Sacremento, asking to build a skate park on land next to the Community Park under the auspices of the Community … Read more
A grand jury report on various topics including sex trafficking has been unanimously approved by the Clearlake police chief and the city council. TheLakeCountyNews reports Clearlake Police Chief Tim Hobbsthanked the grand jurors for their efforts in completing the report, noting it was very detailed and contained a lot of good information.