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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – On Tuesday, the Clearlake Police Department’s newest officer was sworn in.
Officer Cali Batz, 20, took her oath from interim Police Chief Tim Celli.
“To my knowledge, at age 20, Officer Batz is the youngest officer that the Clearlake Police Department has ever hired, but she has shown herself to be very mature and capable of handling this position and responsibility and I believe she will be an excellent officer,” said Celli.
City Manager Greg Folsom added, “We continue to add quality officers to our police department and we are pleased to have Officer Cali Batz join our Clearlake team.”
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake City Council this week will discuss hiring new staff to complete road work and consider appointments for the new year.
The council will meet in closed session at 5:30 p.m. to discuss one case of potential litigation before the public portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
Under council business, council members will consider adding four employee positions to Measure V, the city’s road tax, to establish a complete dirt road grading crew.
Finance Director Chris Becnel’s report to the council explains that the financial impact would range between $192,000 and $212,000.
Other items on the Thursday agenda include the mayor’s 2018 appointments, consideration of appointing council members as representatives to the League of California Cities Redwood Empire Division and presentation of certificates of appreciation to Christmas parade volunteers.
Items on the consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are warrant registers; minutes of the council meetings on Sept. 28, Oct. 5, Oct. 12, Oct. 18 and Oct. 26; consideration of the award of contract for real estate and marketing services; consideration of continuing the declaration of local emergency issued on Oct. 9 and ratified by council action on Oct. 12; annual calendar of council meetings; approval of the Fair Political Practices Commission Form 806 reporting public official appointments.
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The council will meet in closed session at 5:30 p.m. to discuss one case of potential litigation before the public portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
Under council business, council members will consider adding four employee positions to Measure V, the city’s road tax, to establish a complete dirt road grading crew.
Finance Director Chris Becnel’s report to the council explains that the financial impact would range between $192,000 and $212,000.
Other items on the Thursday agenda include the mayor’s 2018 appointments, consideration of appointing council members as representatives to the League of California Cities Redwood Empire Division and presentation of certificates of appreciation to Christmas parade volunteers.
Items on the consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are warrant registers; minutes of the council meetings on Sept. 28, Oct. 5, Oct. 12, Oct. 18 and Oct. 26; consideration of the award of contract for real estate and marketing services; consideration of continuing the declaration of local emergency issued on Oct. 9 and ratified by council action on Oct. 12; annual calendar of council meetings; approval of the Fair Political Practices Commission Form 806 reporting public official appointments.
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On Tuesday night California Attorney General Xavier Becerra – joined by the attorneys general for Maine, Maryland and Minnesota, as well as the University of California, individual Dreamers and other plaintiffs – obtained a preliminary injunction against the Trump Administration over its decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.
The ruling in the District Court for the Northern District of California blocks the Trump Administration’s rescission of DACA while the underlying case continues.
The court determined that the merits of California’s case are strong, that there would be immediate harm if the administration’s plan to terminate DACA were to proceed, and that the public interest is served by prohibiting the administration from ending DACA before the legal issues are ruled on.
“Dreamers’ lives were thrown into chaos when the Trump Administration tried to terminate the DACA program without obeying the law,” said Attorney General Becerra. “Tonight’s ruling is a huge step in the right direction. America is and has been home to Dreamers who courageously came forward, applied for DACA and did everything the federal government asked of them. They followed DACA’s rules, they succeeded in school, at work and in business, and they have contributed in building a better America. We will fight at every turn for their rights and opportunities so they may continue to contribute to America.”
In November 2017, Becerra filed a motion seeking this preliminary injunction against the Trump Administration over its decision to end DACA.
In that motion, Becerra set forth the federal government’s violations of the United States Constitution and federal laws designed to ensure that our government treats everyone fairly and transparently.
California and the other plaintiffs in this action have continued to emphasize that terminating the program is causing irreparable harm to DACA recipients as well as to the states and communities in which they live.
In July 2017, Attorney General Becerra led 20 attorneys general in sending a letter to President Trump urging him to maintain and defend DACA.
In the letter, the attorneys general explained how DACA has benefited their states and the nation as a whole and called on Trump to fulfill his public commitment to Dreamers, whom he called “incredible kids” who should be treated “with heart.”
Roughly a quarter of all DACA grantees, more than 200,000 young people, live in California.
All 20 of the signatories to this letter have since joined lawsuits challenging the Trump Administration’s rescission of DACA.
The ruling in the District Court for the Northern District of California blocks the Trump Administration’s rescission of DACA while the underlying case continues.
The court determined that the merits of California’s case are strong, that there would be immediate harm if the administration’s plan to terminate DACA were to proceed, and that the public interest is served by prohibiting the administration from ending DACA before the legal issues are ruled on.
“Dreamers’ lives were thrown into chaos when the Trump Administration tried to terminate the DACA program without obeying the law,” said Attorney General Becerra. “Tonight’s ruling is a huge step in the right direction. America is and has been home to Dreamers who courageously came forward, applied for DACA and did everything the federal government asked of them. They followed DACA’s rules, they succeeded in school, at work and in business, and they have contributed in building a better America. We will fight at every turn for their rights and opportunities so they may continue to contribute to America.”
In November 2017, Becerra filed a motion seeking this preliminary injunction against the Trump Administration over its decision to end DACA.
In that motion, Becerra set forth the federal government’s violations of the United States Constitution and federal laws designed to ensure that our government treats everyone fairly and transparently.
California and the other plaintiffs in this action have continued to emphasize that terminating the program is causing irreparable harm to DACA recipients as well as to the states and communities in which they live.
In July 2017, Attorney General Becerra led 20 attorneys general in sending a letter to President Trump urging him to maintain and defend DACA.
In the letter, the attorneys general explained how DACA has benefited their states and the nation as a whole and called on Trump to fulfill his public commitment to Dreamers, whom he called “incredible kids” who should be treated “with heart.”
Roughly a quarter of all DACA grantees, more than 200,000 young people, live in California.
All 20 of the signatories to this letter have since joined lawsuits challenging the Trump Administration’s rescission of DACA.
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The community is invited to a memorial service for Lake County’s last Pearl Harbor survivor, who died late last month.
Wilbur Kenneth “Bill” Slater, 93, died on New Year’s Eve at his home in Lakeport, as Lake County News has reported.
The memorial service will take place at noon on Sunday, Jan. 14, at the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association’s Memorial Mast in Library Park, 200 Park St. in Lakeport.
Slater was a 17-year-old sailor aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania, which was in dry dock at the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, when the Japanese attacked on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941.
Slater and his fellow sailors aboard the Pennsylvania were among the first to return fire on the Japanese, despite a broken ammunition hoist and other challenges that morning.
In his later years, he and his wife, Helen, would make their home in Lakeport. He became a fixture at Pearl Harbor Survivors Association meetings.
That group was responsible for establishing the memorial mast in Lakeport, where Slater’s life will be celebrated this weekend.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Forecasters issued a flood advisory in addition to the flash flood watch in effect for Lake County due to steady – and, at times, heavy – rainfall on Monday.
The flash flood watch was set to expire at 4 a.m. Tuesday, with the flood advisory in effect through 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
National Weather Service observation stations around Lake County recorded the following rainfall totals for the 24-hour period ending at 3 a.m. Tuesday. The measurements are in inches:
– Boggs Mountain: 3.55.
– Cache Creek near Lower Lake: 2.57.
– High Valley near Glenhaven: 1.85.
– Indian Valley Reservoir: 1.87.
– Kelseyville: 2.81.
– Lakeport: 1.77.
– Sulphur fire burn area near Mira Vista road: 2.15.
– Upper Lake: 2.10.
– Whispering Pines: 4.56.
The updated Lake County forecast calls for rainfall during the day on Tuesday, with chances of showers at night.
Rain is again expected on Wednesday, tapering off by Wednesday night, with no rain in the forecast again until Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday.
The weather conditions on Monday resulted in a closure of Anderson Springs Road near the activity center and the closure of the Dry Creek Cutoff at the lower water crossing near Middletown, according to the Lake County Public Works Department.
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The flash flood watch was set to expire at 4 a.m. Tuesday, with the flood advisory in effect through 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
National Weather Service observation stations around Lake County recorded the following rainfall totals for the 24-hour period ending at 3 a.m. Tuesday. The measurements are in inches:
– Boggs Mountain: 3.55.
– Cache Creek near Lower Lake: 2.57.
– High Valley near Glenhaven: 1.85.
– Indian Valley Reservoir: 1.87.
– Kelseyville: 2.81.
– Lakeport: 1.77.
– Sulphur fire burn area near Mira Vista road: 2.15.
– Upper Lake: 2.10.
– Whispering Pines: 4.56.
The updated Lake County forecast calls for rainfall during the day on Tuesday, with chances of showers at night.
Rain is again expected on Wednesday, tapering off by Wednesday night, with no rain in the forecast again until Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday.
The weather conditions on Monday resulted in a closure of Anderson Springs Road near the activity center and the closure of the Dry Creek Cutoff at the lower water crossing near Middletown, according to the Lake County Public Works Department.
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MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – In its first meeting of 2018, the Middletown Area Town Hall is set to elect its new board leadership, get the “State of the County” and hear project updates.
MATH will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, at the Middletown Community Center, 21256 Washington St.
Meetings are open to the community, and offer the opportunity for additional public input on items not included on the agenda.
On Thursday District 1 Supervisor Moke Simon will give the annual “State of the County” to the group.
Lake County Community Development Director Bob Massarelli will give an update on the proposed resort project on the Langtry Farms property, and also will report on the Planning Department backlog and road repairs in Anderson Springs.
MATH also will hold its annual election of officers.
In other business, there will be a discussion about the Brown Act and conflict of interest and a proposed Valley fire memorial.
The MATH Board includes Chair Claude Brown, Vice Chair Linda Diehl-Darms, Secretary Fletcher Thornton, and members Lisa Kaplan and Gregg Van Oss.
MATH – established by resolution of the Lake County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 12, 2006 – is a municipal advisory council serving the residents of Anderson Springs, Cobb, Coyote Valley (including Hidden Valley Lake), Long Valley and Middletown.
Meetings are subject to videotaping.
For more information emailThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Email Elizabeth Larson atThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Follow her on Twitter, @ERLarson, or Lake County News, @LakeCoNews.
MATH will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, at the Middletown Community Center, 21256 Washington St.
Meetings are open to the community, and offer the opportunity for additional public input on items not included on the agenda.
On Thursday District 1 Supervisor Moke Simon will give the annual “State of the County” to the group.
Lake County Community Development Director Bob Massarelli will give an update on the proposed resort project on the Langtry Farms property, and also will report on the Planning Department backlog and road repairs in Anderson Springs.
MATH also will hold its annual election of officers.
In other business, there will be a discussion about the Brown Act and conflict of interest and a proposed Valley fire memorial.
The MATH Board includes Chair Claude Brown, Vice Chair Linda Diehl-Darms, Secretary Fletcher Thornton, and members Lisa Kaplan and Gregg Van Oss.
MATH – established by resolution of the Lake County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 12, 2006 – is a municipal advisory council serving the residents of Anderson Springs, Cobb, Coyote Valley (including Hidden Valley Lake), Long Valley and Middletown.
Meetings are subject to videotaping.
For more information email
Email Elizabeth Larson at