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LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Main Street Association, sponsor of the Lamp Posts of Life, will dedicate three new light posts this weekend.
The new lamp posts will honor Janel Chapman, Jillian Billester, and Bill Sr. and Byron Whipple.
The dedication ceremony also will include the mural dedication on Saturday, May 26.
The mural of Clear Lake on Third and Main Street by artist Gloria de la Cruz is the first in a series of murals planned by the Lakeport Main Street Association.
The event will follow the parade on Main Street, starting at 11 a.m. and is part of the Memorial Day weekend celebration.
The dedication will also include the Downtown Memorial Street Tree Program on Main Street. Small plaques honoring Lake County residents have been placed at the base of each tree and have been dedicated to Andre and Edith Aldeghi, Ronald R. Woods, Pilar Luchsinger White, Ryan Rees White Russell and Robert White, Dr. Perry F and Melia Bella Gayaldo, Honorable Arthur H. Mann and Dr. Judith E. Luchsinger, Margaret Neal and Loni, The Carroll and Talia Families, Floyd and Betty Lou Surber, Charlie Kittleson, John D. Thompson, Gloria Hatt, Keeling-Barnes Family Foundation, John Fulton, Shalean Smith, Andrew Bernard and Rebecca, Elizabeth Luchsinger, Clara, Alina, Holly, Drs. Consuelo Luchsinger Palutis and Christopher P. Palutis, Doug and Tina Scott, Betty and Buzz Kahn, Jim and Janet Eustis, Hillside Powersports & Marine, and Maria Reyes.
The Lakeport Main Street Association has a long history of its dedication to supporting downtown Lakeport.
The beauty of the trees and lamp post add to the city’s history with these dedications honoring its residents.
The new lamp posts will honor Janel Chapman, Jillian Billester, and Bill Sr. and Byron Whipple.
The dedication ceremony also will include the mural dedication on Saturday, May 26.
The mural of Clear Lake on Third and Main Street by artist Gloria de la Cruz is the first in a series of murals planned by the Lakeport Main Street Association.
The event will follow the parade on Main Street, starting at 11 a.m. and is part of the Memorial Day weekend celebration.
The dedication will also include the Downtown Memorial Street Tree Program on Main Street. Small plaques honoring Lake County residents have been placed at the base of each tree and have been dedicated to Andre and Edith Aldeghi, Ronald R. Woods, Pilar Luchsinger White, Ryan Rees White Russell and Robert White, Dr. Perry F and Melia Bella Gayaldo, Honorable Arthur H. Mann and Dr. Judith E. Luchsinger, Margaret Neal and Loni, The Carroll and Talia Families, Floyd and Betty Lou Surber, Charlie Kittleson, John D. Thompson, Gloria Hatt, Keeling-Barnes Family Foundation, John Fulton, Shalean Smith, Andrew Bernard and Rebecca, Elizabeth Luchsinger, Clara, Alina, Holly, Drs. Consuelo Luchsinger Palutis and Christopher P. Palutis, Doug and Tina Scott, Betty and Buzz Kahn, Jim and Janet Eustis, Hillside Powersports & Marine, and Maria Reyes.
The Lakeport Main Street Association has a long history of its dedication to supporting downtown Lakeport.
The beauty of the trees and lamp post add to the city’s history with these dedications honoring its residents.
NORTH COAST, Calif. – The former employee who embezzled $34,160 from the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office from August 2016 through October 2017 was sentenced to local prison on Tuesday morning.
Melissa Alcala Alvarez (Perez), age 28, of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, was sentenced in the Mendocino County Superior Court to 76 months in local prison, according to the Mendocino County District Attorney’s Office.
In April Alvarez entered guilty pleas at her arraignment, as Lake County News has reported.
She was charged with stealing public funds over a 16-month period from August of 2016 to November 2017 while she worked as a financial analyst and handled cash receipts.
Her overall sentence was "split" between 18 months incarceration and 58 months on mandatory supervision, which is a realignment form of parole. At the end of the hearing, the defendant was handcuffed and remanded into custody, the Mendocino County District Attorney’s Office reported.
Local prison, also known locally as realignment county prison, was created in October 2011 when the Legislature passed the realignment laws, laws which removed 500 felonies from state prison eligibility in an effort to reduce state prison crowding.
However, by requiring defendants convicted of one or more of the 500 felonies to serve any prison sentence imposed in the county jails resulted in overcrowding in most, if not all of the county jails across the state.
By prearrangement, it is believed that Alvarez will be serving her jail time in a jail facility outside of Mendocino County.
With good time and work time credits pegged at 50 percent, she will have to serve at least 9 months in jail before being released to mandatory supervision, officials said.
The prosecutor who argued for a prison sentence on behalf of the people on Tuesday morning was District Attorney David Eyster. Sheriff Tom Allman also addressed the court.
The investigating law enforcement agencies were the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office and the District Attorney's Office’s own investigators.
The sentence was imposed by Mendocino County Superior Court Judge Ann Moorman.
MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – On Monday, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) announced that he has named the entire Middletown High School Leadership Class as the 2018 Student Leaders of the Year in Lake County.
“These students represent the best about our district, even at such a young age, and I am proud to recognize and celebrate their accomplishments in naming them 2018 Student Leaders of the Year.” said Thompson. “Please join me in congratulating these students for their incredible work!”
“I met with these students after they wrote to me asking what they could do to help prevent gun violence. Inspired by their passion and willingness to engage on this issue, I was pleased to name each and every student in the class as the Lake County Student Leaders of the Year,” he said.
The students Thompson is honoring are Kassandra Agapoff, Ellie Bazzano, Abbey Brown, Noah Brown, Treeanna Brownfield, Cade Browning, Aaliyah Cerveny, Casey Chicoine, Thomas Cook, Rose Duncan, Jack Farres, Alyssa Ferguson, Andrea Garcia, Julisa Garcia, Victor Guzman, Colton Hall, Kenna Harbison, Alyssa Hart, Yasamine Heidary, Amy Herrmann, Luke Holt, Jon Hoogendoorn Jr., Dimitrios Imbrunetti, Kaylee McKenney, Willard Morris, Trey O’Neill, Tyler Olson, Shea Rockwell, Taelor Roderick, Veronica Rosales, Alessandra Diaz, and Kyle Pryor-Landman.
Students were nominated and chosen based on their academic achievements, leadership among fellow students, engagement in the community, and overall contributions to the county.
They were honored at a ceremony in Vallejo.
Thompson represents California’s Fifth Congressional District, which includes all or part of Contra Costa, Lake, Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties.
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake City Council this week will consider a new city welcome sign and a resolution calling a November municipal election.
The council will meet in closed session at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 24, to discuss the police chief appointment, negotiations for property at 14130 Tuli Lane and two potential cases of litigation before the public portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at 14050 Olympic Drive.
The meeting will include presentations of the Clearlake Police Department’s crime mapping system, a proclamation declaring May 13 to 19 as Law Enforcement Appreciation Week, a plaque to retiring Police Chaplain Larry Fanning and Gina Lyle-Griffin of Lake County Health Services on tobacco prevention and education.
Under council business, the council will receive the final design of the Rotary Club of Clear Lake’s new welcome sign on Highway 53 at Lakeshore Drive and adoption of Resolution No. 2018-19 calling for a general municipal election on Tuesday, Nov. 6, for two council members and city treasurer.
The council also will consider authorizing the finance director to execute a financing contract with Caterpillar Financial Services for essential road equipment and amending the 2017-18 budget to provide funding for the acquisition.
Also on Thursday, the council will review and approve the city’s tobacco-free workplace policy.
Items on the consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are warrant registers; minutes of the meetings on April 12 and 26; consideration of continuing the declaration of local emergency issued on Oct. 9, 2017, and ratified by council action on Oct. 12, 2017; and consideration of Resolution No. 2018-17, approving a temporary street closure for the 61st annual Fourth of July Parade on June 30.
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The council will meet in closed session at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 24, to discuss the police chief appointment, negotiations for property at 14130 Tuli Lane and two potential cases of litigation before the public portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at 14050 Olympic Drive.
The meeting will include presentations of the Clearlake Police Department’s crime mapping system, a proclamation declaring May 13 to 19 as Law Enforcement Appreciation Week, a plaque to retiring Police Chaplain Larry Fanning and Gina Lyle-Griffin of Lake County Health Services on tobacco prevention and education.
Under council business, the council will receive the final design of the Rotary Club of Clear Lake’s new welcome sign on Highway 53 at Lakeshore Drive and adoption of Resolution No. 2018-19 calling for a general municipal election on Tuesday, Nov. 6, for two council members and city treasurer.
The council also will consider authorizing the finance director to execute a financing contract with Caterpillar Financial Services for essential road equipment and amending the 2017-18 budget to provide funding for the acquisition.
Also on Thursday, the council will review and approve the city’s tobacco-free workplace policy.
Items on the consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are warrant registers; minutes of the meetings on April 12 and 26; consideration of continuing the declaration of local emergency issued on Oct. 9, 2017, and ratified by council action on Oct. 12, 2017; and consideration of Resolution No. 2018-17, approving a temporary street closure for the 61st annual Fourth of July Parade on June 30.
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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A man found not guilty earlier this year in an animal cruelty case has been arrested after he had a physical confrontation with police in which he assaulted officers.
James Harley Miranda, 40, was arrested Sunday on a number of battery and drug charges, according to Sgt. Elvis Cook of the Clearlake Police Department.
Cook said that on Sunday at 1:30 a.m. officers responded to the area of Lakeshore Drive and Highway 53 for a male subject who was acting erratic, yelling and chasing vehicles. Clearlake Police Dispatch had received several calls regarding the male.
Sgt. Cook and Officer Mauricio Barreto arrived in the area and contacted a male later identified as Miranda. Cook said Miranda was acting erratic and was screaming irrational statements.
As soon as officers arrived on scene, Miranda became combative, came toward the officers and started to assault them. Cook said Miranda grabbed one officer by the throat and started to punch and kick at the officers as they tried to take him into custody.
In addition to assaulting the officers, Miranda was grabbing at the officers’ gear, Cook said.
At that point, Officer Mark Harden and his K9 partner "Zip" arrived on scene to assist. Cook said Officer Harden gave Miranda several orders to comply, with negative results.
Officer Harden deployed Zip who apprehended Miranda. Cook said Miranda started to comply, however when officers went to place him into handcuffs, he became combative and assaulted the officers again.
Cook said the officers, along with Zip, were able to get Miranda into custody.
Miranda was placed under arrest for obstructing a peace officer, battery on a peace officer, being under the influence of a controlled substance and disorderly conduct-drugs, Cook said.
Cook said Miranda was transported to the Lake County Jail, where he was booked on the charges, with bail set at $15,000. Booking records indicated that Miranda is to be arraigned on Tuesday.
In January a jury found Miranda not guilty of animal cruelty by torture and being under the influence of methamphetamine in a case involving his dog, Cocoa, who had been found dead on the side of Highway 53 in September by a passing motorist.
The dog had been tied to a dolly and muzzled, which Miranda said was necessary because the dog – who he said had been hit by a car – was snapping at him. He said he had gone to try to find help, and by the time he returned an animal control officer had picked up Cocoa’s body.
One of the key pieces of evidence that is believed to have led to Miranda’s acquittal was a veterinarian’s examination of Cocoa’s body, which found she had injuries consisting with being struck by a vehicle.
UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Be sure to reserve Sunday, June 10, for the Lake County Land Trust’s annual Spring Celebration and Fundraiser.
Picture a sunny spring afternoon in a beautiful, shaded setting, a generous selection of delicious hors d'oeuvres and wine, lovely music playing, water fountains sparkling, ... all while supporting conservation of Lake County's remarkable natural lands.
Lynne and Bernie Butcher, proprietors of the Tallman Hotel and Blue Wing Saloon, host this wonderful event held in the garden area of the hotel and restaurant facility in Upper Lake.
The Butchers generously donate all services and hors d'oeuvres with proceeds benefiting the Land Trust's conservation work and public programs.
The event will feature Lake County wines, hors d’oeuvres and live music and will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. with tickets costing $50 per person.
All funds raised at the annual spring event will support the Lake County Land Trust and its many projects in Lake County, including preservation of the Clear Lake shoreline and operation of the trust’s Rodman Preserve near Upper Lake and Rabbit Hill Park in Middletown.
The event will provide time to enjoy the company of fellow land trust supporters and to visit with Land Trust board members and hear about updates on the Land Trust’s local projects.
Reservations are required and can be made by calling 707-262-0707 or emailingThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Payment in advance is requested or you can make reservations and pay online by going to the Land Trust’s Web site at www.lakecountylandtrust.org and click on “Spring Celebration Tickets.” or mail payment to P.O. Box 1017, Lakeport, CA 95453.
The Lake County Land Trust is a local nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of open space and natural habitats in Lake County.
Founded in 1994, the Land Trust owns and operates the Rodman Preserve near Upper Lake and the Rabbit Hill Park in Middletown; the trust co-manages the Boggs Lake Preserve with The Nature Conservancy, and holds two conservation easements on important natural areas in the county.
A major project of the trust is preserving the shoreline of Clear Lake between the Clear Lake State Park and Lakeport and now holds fee title to a 30 plus acre parcel called the Melo wetland area which the trust purchased in 2016 with locally raised funds and a grant from the California Wildlife Conservation Board.
Picture a sunny spring afternoon in a beautiful, shaded setting, a generous selection of delicious hors d'oeuvres and wine, lovely music playing, water fountains sparkling, ... all while supporting conservation of Lake County's remarkable natural lands.
Lynne and Bernie Butcher, proprietors of the Tallman Hotel and Blue Wing Saloon, host this wonderful event held in the garden area of the hotel and restaurant facility in Upper Lake.
The Butchers generously donate all services and hors d'oeuvres with proceeds benefiting the Land Trust's conservation work and public programs.
The event will feature Lake County wines, hors d’oeuvres and live music and will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. with tickets costing $50 per person.
All funds raised at the annual spring event will support the Lake County Land Trust and its many projects in Lake County, including preservation of the Clear Lake shoreline and operation of the trust’s Rodman Preserve near Upper Lake and Rabbit Hill Park in Middletown.
The event will provide time to enjoy the company of fellow land trust supporters and to visit with Land Trust board members and hear about updates on the Land Trust’s local projects.
Reservations are required and can be made by calling 707-262-0707 or emailing
Payment in advance is requested or you can make reservations and pay online by going to the Land Trust’s Web site at www.lakecountylandtrust.org and click on “Spring Celebration Tickets.” or mail payment to P.O. Box 1017, Lakeport, CA 95453.
The Lake County Land Trust is a local nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of open space and natural habitats in Lake County.
Founded in 1994, the Land Trust owns and operates the Rodman Preserve near Upper Lake and the Rabbit Hill Park in Middletown; the trust co-manages the Boggs Lake Preserve with The Nature Conservancy, and holds two conservation easements on important natural areas in the county.
A major project of the trust is preserving the shoreline of Clear Lake between the Clear Lake State Park and Lakeport and now holds fee title to a 30 plus acre parcel called the Melo wetland area which the trust purchased in 2016 with locally raised funds and a grant from the California Wildlife Conservation Board.