The Lakeport City Council meets this evening and will hear a presentation from Sonoma Clean Power evaluating the feasibility of expanding their Community Choice Aggregation program, or the CCA program, into Lake County. The council will also consider the adoption of the city’s Active Transportation Plan. The Council will also consider measures to address delinquent … Read more
Peaceful protests were held all over the region on Saturday as part of Indivisible and the 50501 Project’s No Kings Day of Defiance. In Lakeport, roughly 1200 rallied downtown, the fourth such protest held this year. The demonstration was among the largest recorded in Lake County in the past few decades. The protest event was … Read more
More details on the death of a Clearlake teen. Andrew Robert, 14, was part of a group that had gone to Hidden Valley Lake for an outing. Robert’s backpack was found near Big Beach, containing his clothing and shoes, which led searchers to believe that he had entered the water. A candlelight vigil in his … Read more
Peaceful protests were held all over the region on Saturday as part of Indivisible and the 50501 Project’s No Kings Day of Defiance. In Lakeport, roughly 1200 rallied downtown, the fourth such protest held this year. The demonstration was among the largest recorded in Lake County in the past few decades. The protest event was … Read more
After a fire last week at a home in the area of Gurley Lane in Mendocino, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office reports that the body of a female person found in the home has not been identified. The fire destroyed the home, and although the fire investigator from the Ukiah Valley Fire Authority said there … Read more
The National Weather Service in Eureka reports temperatures across Northern California will climb sharply this week, with inland areas like Middletown, Trinity Center, and Covelo expected to reach 90 to 96°F by Wednesday before a cooler air mass moves in. Ukiah, Laytonville, and Hoopa are expected to see their hottest stretch by midweek. Inland residents … Read more
The Catholic nun who spearheaded the creation of Ukiah’s Plowshares center for the homeless and helped foster expanded social justice ministries in Mendocino County has died. Sister Jane Kelly passed last Saturday at the Alma Via Nursing home in San Francisco. She was 95. Family members said Sister Kelly was driven by a sense of … Read more
Lake Area Planning Council (LAPC), the Regional Transportation Planning Agency for Lake County, has joined with 3 other Northern California entities to launch a new energy efficiency initiative in Lake and 16 other rural Northern California Counties to reduce energy consumption and costs. The Northern Rural Energy Network has hired a consultant to conduct a … Read more
The newly formed Round Valley Prescribed Burn Association held its kickoff burn at the end of May, setting a controlled fire to 55 acres of grass just outside of town. The Covelo Volunteer Fire Department and CalFire identified the airport as the ideal location. The burn had a large attendance, with around 70 people on … Read more
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services, or OES, held a seasonal briefing to coordinate and strengthen interagency readiness for the approaching fire season. The session on Thursday saw 54 representatives from federal, state, county, city, tribal, and non-governmental organizations. For local resources and tips on being fire-ready, go to ready.lakecountyca.gov.