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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Citizens Caring for Clearlake, a nonprofit, all-volunteer network created to rid Clearlake of litter and blight, will be meeting with Northshore groups to share their techniques for community cleanup.
CC4C said it shares “the gratifying experience of promoting and sustaining the beauty of Clearlake through education and volunteer action all the while creating new friendships and having fun.”
The group will speak to the Lucerne Area Town Hall, which will meet beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in the Rose Room at the Lucerne Alpine Senior Center, 3985 Country Club Drive, at the corner of 10th and Country Club.
It also is expected to be featured at an upcoming meeting of the East Region Town Hall in Clearlake Oaks.
While most of CC4C’s clean ups are done in the city of Clearlake, they do venture outside of the city and are happy to share our experiences with all of Lake County to beautify all around the lake.
CC4C’s large volunteer community helps in whatever way they can, when they can. Some who are not able to walk the streets or creek beds are able to contribute in other ways: creating fliers and helping out at fundraising events, helping educate the community and planting flowers are just some examples.
Volunteers are all ages, from all backgrounds and have one common goal – clean up and beautify the community.
CC4C also works in conjunction with the Clearlake Public Works department, city leaders, city and county code enforcement, C&S Waste Solutions, local schools and others as part of the clean up effort.
“Our vision is to create a pristine and beautiful environment supported by the entire community of Clearlake, but ideally to clean up all of Lake County,” the group said.
Join them at the upcoming town hall meetings around the lake where CC4C volunteers will share stories, answer questions about how they began and continue to operate, and informing the public how to start groups in their own communities to work together.
All are invited to attend to get information or possibly be involved in starting a local group to begin clean ups.
For more information about CC4C, call 707-995-0940, visit the group's Web site or Facebook page.https://www.facebook.com/Citizens-Caring-4-Clearlake-723850547734518/?__tn__=%2Cd%2CP-R&eid=ARDtMK_fHiJbFFO8o-41g8oJEvEWIjz-LpZtPZinI72qCDG4o191u5IOqFosVsBI9btpNws0ZiT1_ruo
CC4C said it shares “the gratifying experience of promoting and sustaining the beauty of Clearlake through education and volunteer action all the while creating new friendships and having fun.”
The group will speak to the Lucerne Area Town Hall, which will meet beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in the Rose Room at the Lucerne Alpine Senior Center, 3985 Country Club Drive, at the corner of 10th and Country Club.
It also is expected to be featured at an upcoming meeting of the East Region Town Hall in Clearlake Oaks.
While most of CC4C’s clean ups are done in the city of Clearlake, they do venture outside of the city and are happy to share our experiences with all of Lake County to beautify all around the lake.
CC4C’s large volunteer community helps in whatever way they can, when they can. Some who are not able to walk the streets or creek beds are able to contribute in other ways: creating fliers and helping out at fundraising events, helping educate the community and planting flowers are just some examples.
Volunteers are all ages, from all backgrounds and have one common goal – clean up and beautify the community.
CC4C also works in conjunction with the Clearlake Public Works department, city leaders, city and county code enforcement, C&S Waste Solutions, local schools and others as part of the clean up effort.
“Our vision is to create a pristine and beautiful environment supported by the entire community of Clearlake, but ideally to clean up all of Lake County,” the group said.
Join them at the upcoming town hall meetings around the lake where CC4C volunteers will share stories, answer questions about how they began and continue to operate, and informing the public how to start groups in their own communities to work together.
All are invited to attend to get information or possibly be involved in starting a local group to begin clean ups.
For more information about CC4C, call 707-995-0940, visit the group's Web site or Facebook page.https://www.facebook.com/Citizens-Caring-4-Clearlake-723850547734518/?__tn__=%2Cd%2CP-R&eid=ARDtMK_fHiJbFFO8o-41g8oJEvEWIjz-LpZtPZinI72qCDG4o191u5IOqFosVsBI9btpNws0ZiT1_ruo
NICE, Calif. – A Willits man suffered major injuries early Tuesday when his car collided head-on with a semi and then hit a pickup truck.
Duane Roork, 57, was flown to an out-of-county hospital after the wreck, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office.
The other drivers involved, Jose Gomez, 29, of Williams and Thomas York, 50, of Clearlake Oaks, both suffered minor injuries, the CHP said.
The CHP said that the crash occurred at 7:50 a.m. on Highway 20 east of Lakeshore Boulevard in Nice.
Roork was driving a blue 2009 Toyota Corolla westbound on Highway 20 at approximately 50 miles per hour, while Gomez was driving a 2012 Kenworth T660 semi truck towing a trailer eastbound at approximately 45 miles per hour. York was driving a white 2012 Dodge Ram pickup at 50 miles per hour westbound, directly behind Roork’s Toyota, the CHP said.
For reasons that the CHP said are yet to be determined, Roork allowed his vehicle to veer across the solid double yellow lines into the eastbound lane and directly in the semi truck’s path.
Gomez attempted to avoid Roork’s Toyota by turning to the right, but couldn’t prevent the head-on crash, the CHP said.
The crash pushed Roork’s Toyota across the westbound lane, where it hit York’s pickup. The CHP said Roork’s car came to rest on its wheels on the highway’s north shoulder, while the semi stopped partially up the north embankment to the east of the car. York’s pickup truck also ended up on the north shoulder.
The CHP said all three drivers were wearing their seat belts.
Roork sustained major injuries including a broken ankle and punctured lung and was airlifted by a REACH air ambulance to Kaiser Hospital in Vacaville, the CHP said.
Gomez had a complaint of pain to the left side of his hip and York had neck and lower back pain. The CHP said both were treated at the scene for minor injuries and released.
The CHP said it appeared that fatigue was a contributing factor in the wreck. The collision’s cause still remains under investigation.
The crash initially blocked both lanes of the highway, and it took several hours to remove the Toyota and semi from the scene.
The crash left a large trail of debris on the north side of the highway and across the road. A Caltrans plow truck helped remove broken glass and car parts from the highway.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lakeport’s Library Park, closed last month due to the winter storms and the resulting flooding, is expected to remain out of public use for an extended time due to the continuing high water and the need to make repairs.
Lakeport Public Works Director Doug Grider told the Lakeport City Council on Tuesday night that as the floodwaters have been receding, the city has been opening more closed areas around the city.
That included, earlier on Tuesday, lifting the last portion of the closure on Lakeshore Boulevard, which had been covered by floodwaters and large amounts of debris during the height of the storms. On Tuesday, Lakeshore Boulevard’s southbound lane between Lange and Giselman streets reopened; the northbound lane had been reopened on March 13.
The Esplanade Street area, closed to the public on Feb. 27, remains blocked off to the public while waters continue to cover that street.
Also on Feb. 27, the city closed Library Park, which had been flooded and sustained wave intrusion from heavy winds, just as it had in early 2017. It has remained closed since then.
Grider told the council that repairs to the park may be delayed further if there is more rain this week, as has been forecast.
Despite park closure signs, people continue to walk through the park, and are causing damage, he said.
“The ground is so saturated right now that people are actually destroying the grass by walking on it,” he said.
There is a very muddy trail around the park’s centerpiece gazebo. Grider said that, by walking on the grass, people are pushing the grass down under the mud.
He said there also is lake water contamination on the playgrounds, noting there is a lot of “bad stuff” in floodwaters.
As happened in 2017, the playground’s wood chips have been washed away or destroyed, and Grider’s department is trying to streamline the process to replace the wood chips in the playground.
On Tuesday, Grider said the larger of the park’s two playgrounds still had a foot of water in it, and he anticipated it’s going to be “a little while” before all of the water is gone.
Grider said that the goal is to have the park fully reopened by Memorial Day weekend.
One of the challenges for the park is underground water intrusion. With the old seawall having been destroyed from wave action in the early 2017 storms, “the water is coming right in” and isn’t being held back, Grider said.
Since the 2017 storms, Grider and his staff have been working through the lengthy process with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to get the funds for the seawall’s replacement, which will be a metal sheet pile wall.
Grider said it’s hoped that a sheet pile wall will help protect the park from the kind of underground water intrusion that it is undergoing now.
City Manager Margaret Silveira said Tuesday night that the engineering for the new wall is now under way.
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LUCERNE, Calif. – The Lucerne Area Town Hall will meet this week and get updates on the Lucerne Hotel, consider the county’s lack of response to the group’s request for sale proceeds from the hotel to be used for community projects, discuss bathroom closures at area parks and hear a presentation on garbage cleanup efforts.
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in the Rose Room at the Lucerne Alpine Senior Center, 3985 Country Club Drive, at the corner of 10th Avenue.
On the agenda is a presentation from Citizens Caring for Clearlake representative Barbara Christwitz who will share information about how her organization has worked successfully to address illegal dumping and blight in Clearlake. She also will offer advice on how to set up a similar program in Lucerne.
Former District 3 Supervisor Denise Rushing will provide an update on the Lucerne Hotel and details about New Paradigm College. The county finalized its sale of the building last month to the Earthways Foundation, which along with the Romero Institute is proposing to locate the new college in the building.
The town hall sent the county a request in January that a portion of the $2.5 million in proceeds from the building’s sale be used for the community, in particular, the dredging of the harbor at Lucerne Harbor Park, and the county has so far not agreed. That matter also will be discussed.
In other business, the council will consider options for reopening public restrooms in parks along the Northshore. Brian Powers, project and park superintendent for Lake County Public Services, has been invited and has agreed to attend.
The appointed council members are acting Chair Kurt Mckelvey, Dani Primas and John Jensen.
The full agenda is below.
1. Pledge of allegiance
2. Roll call and approval of minutes for regular meetings on Jan. 17 and Feb. 21, and special meeting on Feb. 9.
3. Public input: Up to three minutes per citizen to provide input on any item not on the agenda but is within the council’s jurisdiction. The council chair can extend the time to accommodate the topic if needed but cannot discuss it until it is noticed on a future agenda.
4. Appointment of officers
5. Subcommittee reports and recommendations
- Subcommittee to draft letter regarding local crime concerns.
- Subcommittee to review and make recommendations regarding updates to bylaws.
- Subcommittee to discuss and make recommendations regarding California Public Utilities Commission water rate proceeding.
6. Notification of open seats, call for applications
7. Presentation: Citizens Caring for Clearlake representative, Barbara Christwitz to share information about how CC4C works and setting up similar program in Lucerne.
10-15 minutes: Q&A after
8. Presentation: New Paradigm College progress, Denise Rushing will provide an update on the Lucerne Hotel and details about New Paradigm College.
10-15 minutes: Q&A after
9. Consider options to reopen public restrooms in town parks. Brian Powers, project and park superintendent for Lake County Public Services, has acknowledged and agreed to attend.
10. Consider submitting op ed to local media to set the record straight about recent Record-Bee editorial misrepresentation of economic stimulus of the Lucerne Hotel purchase and failure to acknowledge that LATH had previously issued resolution A0001 to the county on Jan. 9, 2019, requesting proceeds from the sale of the Lucerne Hotel be reinvested in Lucerne with the harbor dredging as the first priority during a meeting at which two Record-Bee writers were present.
11. Consider county’s lack of response to LATH resolution A0001 submitted to the county on Jan. 9, 2019, requesting the proceeds from the sale of the Lucerne Hotel be reinvested in the town of Lucerne with the harbor dredging as the first priority.
12. Consider future agenda items and need for additional scheduled meetings to complete housekeeping.
Adjournment
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in the Rose Room at the Lucerne Alpine Senior Center, 3985 Country Club Drive, at the corner of 10th Avenue.
On the agenda is a presentation from Citizens Caring for Clearlake representative Barbara Christwitz who will share information about how her organization has worked successfully to address illegal dumping and blight in Clearlake. She also will offer advice on how to set up a similar program in Lucerne.
Former District 3 Supervisor Denise Rushing will provide an update on the Lucerne Hotel and details about New Paradigm College. The county finalized its sale of the building last month to the Earthways Foundation, which along with the Romero Institute is proposing to locate the new college in the building.
The town hall sent the county a request in January that a portion of the $2.5 million in proceeds from the building’s sale be used for the community, in particular, the dredging of the harbor at Lucerne Harbor Park, and the county has so far not agreed. That matter also will be discussed.
In other business, the council will consider options for reopening public restrooms in parks along the Northshore. Brian Powers, project and park superintendent for Lake County Public Services, has been invited and has agreed to attend.
The appointed council members are acting Chair Kurt Mckelvey, Dani Primas and John Jensen.
The full agenda is below.
LUCERNE AREA TOWN HALL AGENDA
1. Pledge of allegiance
2. Roll call and approval of minutes for regular meetings on Jan. 17 and Feb. 21, and special meeting on Feb. 9.
3. Public input: Up to three minutes per citizen to provide input on any item not on the agenda but is within the council’s jurisdiction. The council chair can extend the time to accommodate the topic if needed but cannot discuss it until it is noticed on a future agenda.
4. Appointment of officers
5. Subcommittee reports and recommendations
- Subcommittee to draft letter regarding local crime concerns.
- Subcommittee to review and make recommendations regarding updates to bylaws.
- Subcommittee to discuss and make recommendations regarding California Public Utilities Commission water rate proceeding.
6. Notification of open seats, call for applications
7. Presentation: Citizens Caring for Clearlake representative, Barbara Christwitz to share information about how CC4C works and setting up similar program in Lucerne.
10-15 minutes: Q&A after
8. Presentation: New Paradigm College progress, Denise Rushing will provide an update on the Lucerne Hotel and details about New Paradigm College.
10-15 minutes: Q&A after
9. Consider options to reopen public restrooms in town parks. Brian Powers, project and park superintendent for Lake County Public Services, has acknowledged and agreed to attend.
10. Consider submitting op ed to local media to set the record straight about recent Record-Bee editorial misrepresentation of economic stimulus of the Lucerne Hotel purchase and failure to acknowledge that LATH had previously issued resolution A0001 to the county on Jan. 9, 2019, requesting proceeds from the sale of the Lucerne Hotel be reinvested in Lucerne with the harbor dredging as the first priority during a meeting at which two Record-Bee writers were present.
11. Consider county’s lack of response to LATH resolution A0001 submitted to the county on Jan. 9, 2019, requesting the proceeds from the sale of the Lucerne Hotel be reinvested in the town of Lucerne with the harbor dredging as the first priority.
12. Consider future agenda items and need for additional scheduled meetings to complete housekeeping.
Adjournment
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) and Rep Jared Huffman (CA-02) announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has granted an extension for the Direct Temporary Housing Program which provides affordable housing for homeowners and renters who had their homes destroyed in the October 2017 fires.
Thompson and Huffman wrote to FEMA asking for an extension earlier this month.
“Affordable and available housing was already a problem across our region before the tragic October 2017 fires and the destruction of homes and property has exacerbated that shortage. That’s why I wrote to FEMA asking for an extension of the Direct Temporary Housing Program for survivors who lost their homes,” said Thompson. “I’m glad that FEMA has granted this extension so that survivors can continue to get this essential federal resource as they rebuild and transition to permanent housing solutions. I will continue fighting to deliver every federal dollar and resource throughout our recovery process.”
“I’m glad to see that FEMA acted swiftly to extend this needed housing assistance,” said Huffman. “While this progress on the ground is encouraging, we still have a long way to go to achieve security for our fire survivors. I will keep fighting with my colleagues in Congress for services and funding until full recovery is achieved for our community."
The Direct Temporary Housing Program has been extended for pre-disaster owners to July 10, 2019, and to May 10, 2019, for pre-disaster renters.
This extension has been granted to all survivors of the declared disaster for fires that occurred between Oct. 8, 2017, and Oct. 31, 2017, which include the Sulphur fire in Clearlake and Clearlake Oaks.
Thompson and Huffman wrote to FEMA asking for an extension earlier this month.
“Affordable and available housing was already a problem across our region before the tragic October 2017 fires and the destruction of homes and property has exacerbated that shortage. That’s why I wrote to FEMA asking for an extension of the Direct Temporary Housing Program for survivors who lost their homes,” said Thompson. “I’m glad that FEMA has granted this extension so that survivors can continue to get this essential federal resource as they rebuild and transition to permanent housing solutions. I will continue fighting to deliver every federal dollar and resource throughout our recovery process.”
“I’m glad to see that FEMA acted swiftly to extend this needed housing assistance,” said Huffman. “While this progress on the ground is encouraging, we still have a long way to go to achieve security for our fire survivors. I will keep fighting with my colleagues in Congress for services and funding until full recovery is achieved for our community."
The Direct Temporary Housing Program has been extended for pre-disaster owners to July 10, 2019, and to May 10, 2019, for pre-disaster renters.
This extension has been granted to all survivors of the declared disaster for fires that occurred between Oct. 8, 2017, and Oct. 31, 2017, which include the Sulphur fire in Clearlake and Clearlake Oaks.
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A police officer shot and killed one of two aggressive dogs that injured a pedestrian and then attacked and mauled a Clearlake Animal Control officer on Tuesday morning.
The Clearlake Police Department said that at approximately 8:41 a.m. Tuesday officers were dispatched to Olympic Drive and Cottonwood Street on a report of aggressive dogs.
It was reported that a woman was walking on the sidewalk in front of 14380 Olympic Drive when two dogs described as pit bulls approached her in an aggressive manner, police said.
A citizen who was passing by observed what was happening, stopped and offered the woman a ride in his vehicle to escape from the impending attack, according to the report.
Police said a male pedestrian walking in the area was not as fortunate and was bitten by one of the dogs. The man suffered a minor injury but was able to leave the scene and received first aid.
A police officer arrived on scene and called for assistance from an Animal Control officer, who arrived on scene and began trying to secure the dogs.
While trying to get the animals under control, the Animal Control officer lost her footing and fell to the ground.
Police said the dogs began attacking the Animal Control officer, causing multiple punctures and lacerations.
The police officer at the scene fired a single shot from her service weapon at one of the dogs, fatally wounding it and stopping the attack. The other dog was contained.
Medical personnel were summoned to the scene and the Animal Control officer was transported to the hospital for treatment. The department’s report said the Animal Control officer was later released from the hospital.
The names of the Animal Control officer and police officer are not being released at this time, according to Clearlake Police Chief Andrew White.
Both dogs were removed from the scene and are currently in the custody of Animal Care and Control.
The owner of the dogs has been identified and the investigation is ongoing.
Chief White said the female police officer is not on administrative leave due to the shooting, which applies only if she had discharged her weapon at a person, per department policy.
The department’s policy also allows for destruction of an animal “in circumstances where the animal reasonably appears to pose an imminent threat to human safety and alternative methods are not reasonably available or would likely be ineffective.”
The Clearlake Police Department said it is thankful for the passerby who helped the woman from the original call escape from the impending attack.
The Clearlake Police Department said that at approximately 8:41 a.m. Tuesday officers were dispatched to Olympic Drive and Cottonwood Street on a report of aggressive dogs.
It was reported that a woman was walking on the sidewalk in front of 14380 Olympic Drive when two dogs described as pit bulls approached her in an aggressive manner, police said.
A citizen who was passing by observed what was happening, stopped and offered the woman a ride in his vehicle to escape from the impending attack, according to the report.
Police said a male pedestrian walking in the area was not as fortunate and was bitten by one of the dogs. The man suffered a minor injury but was able to leave the scene and received first aid.
A police officer arrived on scene and called for assistance from an Animal Control officer, who arrived on scene and began trying to secure the dogs.
While trying to get the animals under control, the Animal Control officer lost her footing and fell to the ground.
Police said the dogs began attacking the Animal Control officer, causing multiple punctures and lacerations.
The police officer at the scene fired a single shot from her service weapon at one of the dogs, fatally wounding it and stopping the attack. The other dog was contained.
Medical personnel were summoned to the scene and the Animal Control officer was transported to the hospital for treatment. The department’s report said the Animal Control officer was later released from the hospital.
The names of the Animal Control officer and police officer are not being released at this time, according to Clearlake Police Chief Andrew White.
Both dogs were removed from the scene and are currently in the custody of Animal Care and Control.
The owner of the dogs has been identified and the investigation is ongoing.
Chief White said the female police officer is not on administrative leave due to the shooting, which applies only if she had discharged her weapon at a person, per department policy.
The department’s policy also allows for destruction of an animal “in circumstances where the animal reasonably appears to pose an imminent threat to human safety and alternative methods are not reasonably available or would likely be ineffective.”
The Clearlake Police Department said it is thankful for the passerby who helped the woman from the original call escape from the impending attack.