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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The fall employment picture showed improvement on the local, state and national levels, according to the latest jobs data.
The California Employment Development Department’s report on the state’s unemployment picture said the jobless rate in Lake County was 5.3 percent in October, down from a revised 5.4 percent in September, and below the year-ago estimate of 6.2 percent.
California’s overall unemployment rate in October was 4.9 percent, down from 5.1 percent in September and 5.3 percent in October 2016, the state reported.
On the nationwide level, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in October unemployment was at 4.1 percent, down from 4.2 percent in September and 4.8 percent in October 2016.
In Lake County, total farm jobs declined by 30 percent, while total nonfarm jobs grew slightly by 0.9 percent.
Subcategories that showed growth include government, 3.5 percent; service producing, 1 percent; and educational and health services, 0.6 percent.
Lake County’s October unemployment rate ranked it No. 40 out of the state’s 58 counties. Neighboring counties were ranked as follows: Colusa, 8.6 percent, No. 56; Glenn, 5.5 percent, No. 41; Mendocino, 3.9 percent, No. 17; Napa, 3.4 percent, No. 8; Sonoma County, 3.3 percent, No. 6; and Yolo, 4.3 percent, No. 21.
San Mateo County continued to hold onto the No. 1 ranking for lowest unemployment, 2.5 percent. Imperial remained at No. 58 with a 20-percent rate.
On the state level, the Employment Development Department said in October that California’s employers added 31,700 nonfarm payroll jobs. California has now gained a total of 2,673,700 jobs since the economic expansion began in February 2010.
The state reported that the unemployment rate is derived from a federal survey of 5,100 California households.
Nonfarm payroll jobs in the state totaled 16,860,300 in October, according to a survey of
71,000 California businesses measures jobs in the economy. The year-over change, October 2016 to October 2017, showed an increase of 256,800 jobs, up 1.5 percent.
The federal household survey showed an increase in the number of employed Californians over the month and the year, and estimated the number of Californians holding jobs in October was 18,406,000, an increase of 97,000 from September, and up 261,000 from the employment total in October of last year.
The report said the number of unemployed Californians was 952,000 in October – down by 35,000 over the month, and down by 63,000 compared with October of last year.
The Employment Development Department’s payroll employment report on wage and salary jobs in the nonfarm industries of California totaled 16,860,300 in October, a net gain of 31,700 jobs from September. The report said that followed a revised gain of 50,300 jobs in September.
The Employment Development Department also reported that there were 299,272 people receiving regular Unemployment Insurance benefits during the October survey week. That compares with 312,933 in September and 323,124 in October of last year.
At the same time, the state said new claims for Unemployment Insurance were 42,114 in October, compared with 39,575 in September and 44,808 in October of last year.
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The California Employment Development Department’s report on the state’s unemployment picture said the jobless rate in Lake County was 5.3 percent in October, down from a revised 5.4 percent in September, and below the year-ago estimate of 6.2 percent.
California’s overall unemployment rate in October was 4.9 percent, down from 5.1 percent in September and 5.3 percent in October 2016, the state reported.
On the nationwide level, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in October unemployment was at 4.1 percent, down from 4.2 percent in September and 4.8 percent in October 2016.
In Lake County, total farm jobs declined by 30 percent, while total nonfarm jobs grew slightly by 0.9 percent.
Subcategories that showed growth include government, 3.5 percent; service producing, 1 percent; and educational and health services, 0.6 percent.
Lake County’s October unemployment rate ranked it No. 40 out of the state’s 58 counties. Neighboring counties were ranked as follows: Colusa, 8.6 percent, No. 56; Glenn, 5.5 percent, No. 41; Mendocino, 3.9 percent, No. 17; Napa, 3.4 percent, No. 8; Sonoma County, 3.3 percent, No. 6; and Yolo, 4.3 percent, No. 21.
San Mateo County continued to hold onto the No. 1 ranking for lowest unemployment, 2.5 percent. Imperial remained at No. 58 with a 20-percent rate.
On the state level, the Employment Development Department said in October that California’s employers added 31,700 nonfarm payroll jobs. California has now gained a total of 2,673,700 jobs since the economic expansion began in February 2010.
The state reported that the unemployment rate is derived from a federal survey of 5,100 California households.
Nonfarm payroll jobs in the state totaled 16,860,300 in October, according to a survey of
71,000 California businesses measures jobs in the economy. The year-over change, October 2016 to October 2017, showed an increase of 256,800 jobs, up 1.5 percent.
The federal household survey showed an increase in the number of employed Californians over the month and the year, and estimated the number of Californians holding jobs in October was 18,406,000, an increase of 97,000 from September, and up 261,000 from the employment total in October of last year.
The report said the number of unemployed Californians was 952,000 in October – down by 35,000 over the month, and down by 63,000 compared with October of last year.
The Employment Development Department’s payroll employment report on wage and salary jobs in the nonfarm industries of California totaled 16,860,300 in October, a net gain of 31,700 jobs from September. The report said that followed a revised gain of 50,300 jobs in September.
The Employment Development Department also reported that there were 299,272 people receiving regular Unemployment Insurance benefits during the October survey week. That compares with 312,933 in September and 323,124 in October of last year.
At the same time, the state said new claims for Unemployment Insurance were 42,114 in October, compared with 39,575 in September and 44,808 in October of last year.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Thanksgiving weekend, traditionally one of the busiest travel times in America, can also be one of the deadliest on the roadways.
To help motorists avoid tragedies, the California Highway Patrol will have all available officers on patrol during a Maximum Enforcement Period, or MEP.
The MEP begins at 6:01 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 22, and continues through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 26.
During the MEP, CHP officers will educate motorists and enforce traffic safety laws throughout the state to ensure everyone has a safe holiday.
Not wearing a seat belt can be a fatal decision in a collision. According to the CHP’s 2016 Thanksgiving MEP data, among the 27 people killed in collisions within CHP jurisdiction, 14 were not wearing a seat belt.
Research shows that wearing a seat belt is one of the simplest things people can do to stay safe when traveling in a vehicle.
“Whether you are driving across the street or across the country for your Thanksgiving gathering, it is imperative to wear your seat belt,” CHP Acting Commissioner Warren Stanley said. “Wearing a seat belt is essential every day of the year, but we do not want to have festivities ruined as a result of people not buckling up for their trip.”
The CHP is also partnering with seven other state law enforcement agencies across the nation for the Thanksgiving weekend for the “Interstate 40 Challenge.”
The annual campaign focuses on the 2,500-mile stretch of interstate that runs from North Carolina through Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, ending in Barstow.
The CHP will be educating and enforcing traffic safety laws during this challenge. During past challenges, California has not seen a single fatality on I-40.
To help motorists avoid tragedies, the California Highway Patrol will have all available officers on patrol during a Maximum Enforcement Period, or MEP.
The MEP begins at 6:01 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 22, and continues through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 26.
During the MEP, CHP officers will educate motorists and enforce traffic safety laws throughout the state to ensure everyone has a safe holiday.
Not wearing a seat belt can be a fatal decision in a collision. According to the CHP’s 2016 Thanksgiving MEP data, among the 27 people killed in collisions within CHP jurisdiction, 14 were not wearing a seat belt.
Research shows that wearing a seat belt is one of the simplest things people can do to stay safe when traveling in a vehicle.
“Whether you are driving across the street or across the country for your Thanksgiving gathering, it is imperative to wear your seat belt,” CHP Acting Commissioner Warren Stanley said. “Wearing a seat belt is essential every day of the year, but we do not want to have festivities ruined as a result of people not buckling up for their trip.”
The CHP is also partnering with seven other state law enforcement agencies across the nation for the Thanksgiving weekend for the “Interstate 40 Challenge.”
The annual campaign focuses on the 2,500-mile stretch of interstate that runs from North Carolina through Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, ending in Barstow.
The CHP will be educating and enforcing traffic safety laws during this challenge. During past challenges, California has not seen a single fatality on I-40.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, or USACE, has established a debris removal information line for property owners affected by last month’s devastating wildfires in Northern California.
The number for the USACE Debris Removal Information Line is 877-875-7681 and will be staffed from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day.
USACE has received a debris removal/management mission from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, in Lake, Mendocino, Napa and Sonoma counties following the October 2017 California Wildfires as the primary agency for Emergency Support Function #3 (Public Works and Engineering).
Phase I, the removal of hazardous household waste, was conducted by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control.
Phase II, removal of ash and debris, required property owners to complete a right-of-entry, or ROE, form granting government contractors access to residential lots.
Property owners in Lake, Mendocino, Napa and Sonoma counties who have submitted their ROEs to the county can call the Debris Removal Information Line to speak with USACE staff about debris removal operations on their properties.
E-mail addresses have also been established for questions about debris removal in each county:
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Property owners who wish to make changes to the ROE or withdraw their ROE and opt-out from the federal/state consolidated debris removal program must contact their city or county.
The number for the USACE Debris Removal Information Line is 877-875-7681 and will be staffed from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day.
USACE has received a debris removal/management mission from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, in Lake, Mendocino, Napa and Sonoma counties following the October 2017 California Wildfires as the primary agency for Emergency Support Function #3 (Public Works and Engineering).
Phase I, the removal of hazardous household waste, was conducted by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control.
Phase II, removal of ash and debris, required property owners to complete a right-of-entry, or ROE, form granting government contractors access to residential lots.
Property owners in Lake, Mendocino, Napa and Sonoma counties who have submitted their ROEs to the county can call the Debris Removal Information Line to speak with USACE staff about debris removal operations on their properties.
E-mail addresses have also been established for questions about debris removal in each county:
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Property owners who wish to make changes to the ROE or withdraw their ROE and opt-out from the federal/state consolidated debris removal program must contact their city or county.
NORTH COAST, Calif. – A Lakeport man has been arrested for driving under the influence following a crash in Petaluma on Saturday night that killed one of his passengers and injured another.
Teodulo Francisco Tovar Jr., 29, was arrested for the crash, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Santa Rosa Area office.
The CHP said that at 11:40 p.m. Saturday Tovar Jr. was driving his 2002 Chrysler Sebring Convertible on US-101 southbound, south of the Petaluma Boulevard South overcrossing when, for unknown reasons, he traveled off the main portion of the US-101 and into the active construction zone adjacent to the right shoulder at the Kastania Gas and Shop.
Despite several “road closure” barricade signs present, Tovar traveled along the partially constructed roadway for approximately 1.8 miles until he struck the concrete bridge abutment for the partially constructed San Antonio Creek Bridge, the CHP said.
There is a 30-foot gap of roadway surface and an open trench just prior to the bridge abutment and the CHP said Tovar’s vehicle careened off the roadway, head on into the abutment.
The CHP said Tovar had been traveling with another male from Lakeport and his mother, Veronica April Anderson, 57, also of Lakeport.
The male passenger sustained fatal injuries as a result of the wreck and was pronounced deceased by Novato Fire Department personnel, the CHP said.
Anderson sustained major injuries and was transported to Marin General Hospital for treatment, according to the CHP.
Tovar also sustained major injuries and was taken to Marin General Hospital. The CHP said Tovar’s injuries are very serious and he is listed grave condition.
The Chrysler Sebring sustained major front end damage and was eventually towed by Cloverdale Tow for Evidence, the CHP reported.
Upon contacting Tovar, the CHP said its officers detected the odor of alcohol on his person. Tovar also admitted to consuming alcohol and smoking marijuana earlier in the day.
At 3:40 p.m. on Sunday, Tovar was placed under arrest for felony DUI and manslaughter, the CHP said.
The CHP said Tovar’s injuries are serious and he is still undergoing medical treatment at Marin General.
Teodulo Francisco Tovar Jr., 29, was arrested for the crash, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Santa Rosa Area office.
The CHP said that at 11:40 p.m. Saturday Tovar Jr. was driving his 2002 Chrysler Sebring Convertible on US-101 southbound, south of the Petaluma Boulevard South overcrossing when, for unknown reasons, he traveled off the main portion of the US-101 and into the active construction zone adjacent to the right shoulder at the Kastania Gas and Shop.
Despite several “road closure” barricade signs present, Tovar traveled along the partially constructed roadway for approximately 1.8 miles until he struck the concrete bridge abutment for the partially constructed San Antonio Creek Bridge, the CHP said.
There is a 30-foot gap of roadway surface and an open trench just prior to the bridge abutment and the CHP said Tovar’s vehicle careened off the roadway, head on into the abutment.
The CHP said Tovar had been traveling with another male from Lakeport and his mother, Veronica April Anderson, 57, also of Lakeport.
The male passenger sustained fatal injuries as a result of the wreck and was pronounced deceased by Novato Fire Department personnel, the CHP said.
Anderson sustained major injuries and was transported to Marin General Hospital for treatment, according to the CHP.
Tovar also sustained major injuries and was taken to Marin General Hospital. The CHP said Tovar’s injuries are very serious and he is listed grave condition.
The Chrysler Sebring sustained major front end damage and was eventually towed by Cloverdale Tow for Evidence, the CHP reported.
Upon contacting Tovar, the CHP said its officers detected the odor of alcohol on his person. Tovar also admitted to consuming alcohol and smoking marijuana earlier in the day.
At 3:40 p.m. on Sunday, Tovar was placed under arrest for felony DUI and manslaughter, the CHP said.
The CHP said Tovar’s injuries are serious and he is still undergoing medical treatment at Marin General.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Forecasters are predicting chances of rain through much of Thanksgiving week.
The National Weather Service said a weather system that moved in overnight is expected to bring rain throughout the day on Monday and on Monday night.
Conditions are expected to clear on Tuesday and Wednesday, with a slight chance of showers during the day on Thanksgiving, according to the forecast.
Chances of rain are expected to increase on Thursday night, with the potential for more rain through Sunday, the National Weather Service reported.
The National Weather Service’s rainfall total estimates predict amounts ranging from about a tenth of an inch in southern Lake County to more than an inch of rain in the higher mountain areas in the northern portion of the county.
The forecast also calls for winds of up to 8 miles per hour during the day on Monday.
Temperatures this week will range from daytime highs into the high 60s down to nighttime lows in the high 40s.
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The National Weather Service said a weather system that moved in overnight is expected to bring rain throughout the day on Monday and on Monday night.
Conditions are expected to clear on Tuesday and Wednesday, with a slight chance of showers during the day on Thanksgiving, according to the forecast.
Chances of rain are expected to increase on Thursday night, with the potential for more rain through Sunday, the National Weather Service reported.
The National Weather Service’s rainfall total estimates predict amounts ranging from about a tenth of an inch in southern Lake County to more than an inch of rain in the higher mountain areas in the northern portion of the county.
The forecast also calls for winds of up to 8 miles per hour during the day on Monday.
Temperatures this week will range from daytime highs into the high 60s down to nighttime lows in the high 40s.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport City Council this week will consider ordinances related to commercial marijuana operations and personal cultivation.
The council will meet in closed session to discuss labor negotiations and a potential case of litigation beginning at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21, before convening in open session at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
Community Development Director Kevin Ingram will introduce the new ordinance to permit and regulate commercial marijuana, or cannabis, operations, with a public hearing to be set for Dec. 19.
Ingram also will present to the council an ordinance amending current rules permitting and regulating personal cannabis cultivation, with a Dec. 19 public hearing also to be set for that ordinance, which Ingram has reported is necessary due to changes in state law.
In other business, the council will consider a budget adjustment for an additional $25,000 for the purchase for the Public Works Department of a 10-wheeler dump truck and authorize the city manager to sign the associated purchase order and purchase agreement.
Police Chief Brad Rasmussen also will ask the council to authorize the city manager to sign a purchase order and supporting documents to buy two fully equipped 2018 Dodge Charger police vehicles Thurston Auto along with mobile audio visual units.
City Manager Margaret Silveira will present to the council amendments to Application No. 2017-015 for the Lakeport Main Street Association to close Main Street between Second and Third streets at 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 24 until the conclusion of the Dickens’ Faire event on Saturday, Nov. 25.
Items on the consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are ordinances; minutes of the council’s regular meeting on Nov. 7; the Nov. 14 warrant register; adoption of the proposed resolution accepting construction of the Downtown Tree Installation Project by Neary Landscape Inc. and authorize the filing of the notice of completion; reject Claim No. 2017-005, filed by Laurel Garabiles, as recommended by REMIF; and receive and file draft minutes of the Nov. 6 Measure Z Advisory Committee.
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.
The council will meet in closed session to discuss labor negotiations and a potential case of litigation beginning at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21, before convening in open session at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
Community Development Director Kevin Ingram will introduce the new ordinance to permit and regulate commercial marijuana, or cannabis, operations, with a public hearing to be set for Dec. 19.
Ingram also will present to the council an ordinance amending current rules permitting and regulating personal cannabis cultivation, with a Dec. 19 public hearing also to be set for that ordinance, which Ingram has reported is necessary due to changes in state law.
In other business, the council will consider a budget adjustment for an additional $25,000 for the purchase for the Public Works Department of a 10-wheeler dump truck and authorize the city manager to sign the associated purchase order and purchase agreement.
Police Chief Brad Rasmussen also will ask the council to authorize the city manager to sign a purchase order and supporting documents to buy two fully equipped 2018 Dodge Charger police vehicles Thurston Auto along with mobile audio visual units.
City Manager Margaret Silveira will present to the council amendments to Application No. 2017-015 for the Lakeport Main Street Association to close Main Street between Second and Third streets at 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 24 until the conclusion of the Dickens’ Faire event on Saturday, Nov. 25.
Items on the consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are ordinances; minutes of the council’s regular meeting on Nov. 7; the Nov. 14 warrant register; adoption of the proposed resolution accepting construction of the Downtown Tree Installation Project by Neary Landscape Inc. and authorize the filing of the notice of completion; reject Claim No. 2017-005, filed by Laurel Garabiles, as recommended by REMIF; and receive and file draft minutes of the Nov. 6 Measure Z Advisory Committee.
Email Elizabeth Larson at
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