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LUCERNE, Calif. – Two teenagers were injured – one of them seriously – in a Halloween-night crash involving two vehicles in Lucerne.
The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office said the crash occurred at approximately 7:17 p.m. Tuesday on Highway 20 at Ninth Street, near the entrance to Lucerne Harbor Park, where a trunk or treat Halloween event was taking place.
The CHP said Salina Benitez, 23, of Lucerne was driving a 2010 Ford Fusion with 4-year-old Edgar Benitez in the car with her. She had stopped at the intersection of Highway 20 and Ninth Street and was preparing to make a left turn.
At the same time, Jessee Graham, 21, of Biggs was driving a 2003 Dodge Neon westbound on Highway 20 just east of Ninth Street. The CHP said Graham’s passengers included 19-year-old Christopher Cagle of Olivehurst, 17-year-old James Teel of Yuba City and 19-year-old Ethan Major of Marysville.
The CHP said Benitez proceeded to make a left turn from Ninth Street onto Highway 20, directly in the path of Graham's Dodge Neon, with the left front of the Ford colliding with the front of the Dodge.
Following the collision, both vehicles came to rest within the intersection of Highway 20 and Ninth Street, the CHP said.
Cagle suffered major head trauma and was transported by REACH air ambulance to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, the CHP said. The report said he was not using his seat belt.
Teel, who was wearing his seat belt, complained of injury to his neck and was transported by Northshore Fire ambulance to Sutter Lakeside Hospital in Lakeport for treatment of minor injuries, according to the report.
The rest of the individuals involved were uninjured. The CHP said all of them were wearing seat belts.
Driving under the influence is not suspected to be a factor in this collision, the CHP said.
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The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office said the crash occurred at approximately 7:17 p.m. Tuesday on Highway 20 at Ninth Street, near the entrance to Lucerne Harbor Park, where a trunk or treat Halloween event was taking place.
The CHP said Salina Benitez, 23, of Lucerne was driving a 2010 Ford Fusion with 4-year-old Edgar Benitez in the car with her. She had stopped at the intersection of Highway 20 and Ninth Street and was preparing to make a left turn.
At the same time, Jessee Graham, 21, of Biggs was driving a 2003 Dodge Neon westbound on Highway 20 just east of Ninth Street. The CHP said Graham’s passengers included 19-year-old Christopher Cagle of Olivehurst, 17-year-old James Teel of Yuba City and 19-year-old Ethan Major of Marysville.
The CHP said Benitez proceeded to make a left turn from Ninth Street onto Highway 20, directly in the path of Graham's Dodge Neon, with the left front of the Ford colliding with the front of the Dodge.
Following the collision, both vehicles came to rest within the intersection of Highway 20 and Ninth Street, the CHP said.
Cagle suffered major head trauma and was transported by REACH air ambulance to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, the CHP said. The report said he was not using his seat belt.
Teel, who was wearing his seat belt, complained of injury to his neck and was transported by Northshore Fire ambulance to Sutter Lakeside Hospital in Lakeport for treatment of minor injuries, according to the report.
The rest of the individuals involved were uninjured. The CHP said all of them were wearing seat belts.
Driving under the influence is not suspected to be a factor in this collision, the CHP said.
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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – A San Jose man has been arrested for drunk driving following a crash that injured him and his passenger on Halloween night.
Eric James Bembry, 35, was arrested for two felony counts of driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury for the solo-vehicle wreck, which the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office said occurred at 10:20 p.m. Tuesday.
The report said that at approximately 10:27 p.m. CHP Dispatch received a call of a solo-vehicle traffic collision with unknown injuries on Highway 175 near Harrington Flat Road.
CHP officers responded to the scene and located a silver 2010 Ford Fusion approximately 50 feet down a steep downhill embankment, the report said. The vehicle had major rollover, front end and side damage.
The CHP said its officers contacted Bembry and his passenger, 21-year-old Kelseyville resident Kashi Shiva Arbeeny, at the scene. Bembry, the registered owner of the vehicle, was determined to have been driving at the time of the collision.
The investigation determined that Bembry was driving the Ford eastbound on Highway 175, west of Harrington Flat Road, at an unknown speed when the crash occurred, the CHP said.
Due to Bembry’s level of intoxication, the CHP said he allowed the vehicle to leave the roadway and continue down the embankment.
The vehicle overturned multiple times before hitting a tree, the CHP said.
Arbeeny, who was sitting in the right front seat restrained by a lap/shoulder harness, was transported to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital via air ambulance to be treated for his injuries, which included a broken right arm, according to the CHP.
Bembry, who was wearing a lap/shoulder harness, sustained minor injuries, the CHP said.
The CHP placed Bembry under arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol before he was transported to Sutter Lakeside Hospital in Lakeport for treatment of his injuries, the report said.
The crash took place less than 10 minutes after another solo-vehicle DUI wreck which occurred on Highway 175 at Red Hills Road. The CHP said that crash also led to an arrest.
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Eric James Bembry, 35, was arrested for two felony counts of driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury for the solo-vehicle wreck, which the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office said occurred at 10:20 p.m. Tuesday.
The report said that at approximately 10:27 p.m. CHP Dispatch received a call of a solo-vehicle traffic collision with unknown injuries on Highway 175 near Harrington Flat Road.
CHP officers responded to the scene and located a silver 2010 Ford Fusion approximately 50 feet down a steep downhill embankment, the report said. The vehicle had major rollover, front end and side damage.
The CHP said its officers contacted Bembry and his passenger, 21-year-old Kelseyville resident Kashi Shiva Arbeeny, at the scene. Bembry, the registered owner of the vehicle, was determined to have been driving at the time of the collision.
The investigation determined that Bembry was driving the Ford eastbound on Highway 175, west of Harrington Flat Road, at an unknown speed when the crash occurred, the CHP said.
Due to Bembry’s level of intoxication, the CHP said he allowed the vehicle to leave the roadway and continue down the embankment.
The vehicle overturned multiple times before hitting a tree, the CHP said.
Arbeeny, who was sitting in the right front seat restrained by a lap/shoulder harness, was transported to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital via air ambulance to be treated for his injuries, which included a broken right arm, according to the CHP.
Bembry, who was wearing a lap/shoulder harness, sustained minor injuries, the CHP said.
The CHP placed Bembry under arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol before he was transported to Sutter Lakeside Hospital in Lakeport for treatment of his injuries, the report said.
The crash took place less than 10 minutes after another solo-vehicle DUI wreck which occurred on Highway 175 at Red Hills Road. The CHP said that crash also led to an arrest.
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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – A Cobb woman was arrested following a solo-vehicle wreck near Kelseyville on Halloween night.
Alaina Elizabeth Austin, 21, sustained minor injuries in the crash, which occurred at 10:12 p.m. Tuesday, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office.
The CHP said Austin was driving a 2017 Chevrolet Camaro eastbound on Highway 175 west of Red Hills Road.
Due to Austin’s intoxication, she allowed the Camaro to drift off the north roadway edge of Highway 175, hitting a power pole and then a wire fence before coming to rest north of the roadway, the CHP said.
Austin was transported via a Kelseyville Fire ambulance to Sutter Lakeside Hospital in Lakeport, the CHP said.
There is a suspicion that alcohol and drugs were a factor in this collision, and the CHP said Austin was placed under arrest. Her booking sheet showed she was charged with misdemeanor DUI.
Austin’s crash occurred less than 10 minutes before another DUI-related crash – which also resulted in an arrest – took place nearby on Highway 175, as Lake County News has reported.
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Alaina Elizabeth Austin, 21, sustained minor injuries in the crash, which occurred at 10:12 p.m. Tuesday, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office.
The CHP said Austin was driving a 2017 Chevrolet Camaro eastbound on Highway 175 west of Red Hills Road.
Due to Austin’s intoxication, she allowed the Camaro to drift off the north roadway edge of Highway 175, hitting a power pole and then a wire fence before coming to rest north of the roadway, the CHP said.
Austin was transported via a Kelseyville Fire ambulance to Sutter Lakeside Hospital in Lakeport, the CHP said.
There is a suspicion that alcohol and drugs were a factor in this collision, and the CHP said Austin was placed under arrest. Her booking sheet showed she was charged with misdemeanor DUI.
Austin’s crash occurred less than 10 minutes before another DUI-related crash – which also resulted in an arrest – took place nearby on Highway 175, as Lake County News has reported.
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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Local and state firefighters moved fast to contain two fires in Clearlake on Wednesday – one in wildland and another in a structure.
The first fire was reported just before 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to the south of the Eastlake Landfill, with both flames and smoke seen by the original reporting party, according to dispatch reports.
Lake County Fire Chief Willie Sapeta, the incident commander, told Lake County News that the fire was located east of 36th Avenue and Wilkinson Road, with firefighters accessing it off of 31st Avenue.
According to radio reports, it took firefighters a little more than 10 minutes to access the fire, but once there it took them 20 minutes to a half hour to fully contain it, with line all around the fire, said Sapeta.
Sapeta said Lake County Fire and Cal Fire responded, with resources at the scene including five engines, two crews, a dozer and aircraft.
Altogether, the fire burned two and a half acres, Sapeta said.
He said the cause remains under investigation.
Sapeta said Lake County Fire and Cal Fire – with mutual aid coming from Northshore Fire’s Clearlake Oaks station – would later respond to a fire that damaged a shed and a singlewide mobile home.
That fire, which occurred in the 6200 block of Old Highway 53, was dispatched just before 8 p.m., according to radio reports.
A shed caught fire and extended into the mobile home, said Sapeta.
“It was kept at bay by neighbors with garden hoses until we got there,” he said.
The fire did not destroy the mobile home but did damage one bedroom and its contents, with the residents temporarily displaced until it can be repaired, according to Sapeta. There were no injuries.
At about the same time, firefighters got a call of a fire alarm going off at Adagio Apartments on Olympic Drive, Sapeta said.
Once they responded, Sapeta said they found there was no fire at the apartment complex.
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The first fire was reported just before 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to the south of the Eastlake Landfill, with both flames and smoke seen by the original reporting party, according to dispatch reports.
Lake County Fire Chief Willie Sapeta, the incident commander, told Lake County News that the fire was located east of 36th Avenue and Wilkinson Road, with firefighters accessing it off of 31st Avenue.
According to radio reports, it took firefighters a little more than 10 minutes to access the fire, but once there it took them 20 minutes to a half hour to fully contain it, with line all around the fire, said Sapeta.
Sapeta said Lake County Fire and Cal Fire responded, with resources at the scene including five engines, two crews, a dozer and aircraft.
Altogether, the fire burned two and a half acres, Sapeta said.
He said the cause remains under investigation.
Sapeta said Lake County Fire and Cal Fire – with mutual aid coming from Northshore Fire’s Clearlake Oaks station – would later respond to a fire that damaged a shed and a singlewide mobile home.
That fire, which occurred in the 6200 block of Old Highway 53, was dispatched just before 8 p.m., according to radio reports.
A shed caught fire and extended into the mobile home, said Sapeta.
“It was kept at bay by neighbors with garden hoses until we got there,” he said.
The fire did not destroy the mobile home but did damage one bedroom and its contents, with the residents temporarily displaced until it can be repaired, according to Sapeta. There were no injuries.
At about the same time, firefighters got a call of a fire alarm going off at Adagio Apartments on Olympic Drive, Sapeta said.
Once they responded, Sapeta said they found there was no fire at the apartment complex.
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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The city of Clearlake has issued an update on the latest developments in the beginning steps of recovery from the Sulphur fire.
The local assistance center, or LAC, was opened on Oct. 18 to provide information and
assistance to the community. It stayed open until Friday, Oct. 27.
The LAC has transitioned to a disaster recovery center, or DRC, staffed by various state and federal representatives.
Individuals seeking assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the US Small Business Administration, California Office of Emergency Services, Department of Motor Vehicle, State Supplemental Grant Program, contractor licensing or veteran services can go to the DRC located at the Clearlake Community Center (senior center), 3245 Bowers Ave. Hours of operation are currently 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week.
During the week of Oct. 23, teams from the Department of Toxic Substances Control were in the area of the Sulphur fire completing a household hazardous waste cleanup in advance of the heavy debris cleanup, as Lake County News has reported.
Teams cleared sites of remaining household hazardous waste, such as propane tanks, compressed gas cylinders and solvents.
On Wednesday teams contracted with the US Army Corps of Engineers began the debris removal process on properties that have authorized a right of entry for cleanup.
To participate in the program, a “right of entry” form will be required to be signed by the property owner allowing the state to clean the property.
Right of entry forms and more information about the debris removal program are available online at http://wildfirerecovery.org/debrisremoval/right-of-entry/.
The program is voluntary, but the requirement to promptly clean your property of debris is not.
A Lake County Housing Task Force has been established to identify housing needs for those who lost a primary residence during the Sulphur fire. If you are in need of temporary housing, please contact Clearlake City Hall at 707-994-8201 so that resources can be identified to assist in housing you in the community.
“It is important that people return the right of entry forms as soon as possible to expedite the cleanup of our city and keep contamination of the lake to a minimum,” said City Manager Greg Folsom. “It is also very important to let us know if you have a need for intermediate housing due to the fire so that we can work with local, state, and federal agencies to provide that housing in our community.”
The Clearlake City Council will discuss these and other updates at its next meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at City Hall, located at 14050 Olympic Drive.
The local assistance center, or LAC, was opened on Oct. 18 to provide information and
assistance to the community. It stayed open until Friday, Oct. 27.
The LAC has transitioned to a disaster recovery center, or DRC, staffed by various state and federal representatives.
Individuals seeking assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the US Small Business Administration, California Office of Emergency Services, Department of Motor Vehicle, State Supplemental Grant Program, contractor licensing or veteran services can go to the DRC located at the Clearlake Community Center (senior center), 3245 Bowers Ave. Hours of operation are currently 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week.
During the week of Oct. 23, teams from the Department of Toxic Substances Control were in the area of the Sulphur fire completing a household hazardous waste cleanup in advance of the heavy debris cleanup, as Lake County News has reported.
Teams cleared sites of remaining household hazardous waste, such as propane tanks, compressed gas cylinders and solvents.
On Wednesday teams contracted with the US Army Corps of Engineers began the debris removal process on properties that have authorized a right of entry for cleanup.
To participate in the program, a “right of entry” form will be required to be signed by the property owner allowing the state to clean the property.
Right of entry forms and more information about the debris removal program are available online at http://wildfirerecovery.org/debrisremoval/right-of-entry/.
The program is voluntary, but the requirement to promptly clean your property of debris is not.
A Lake County Housing Task Force has been established to identify housing needs for those who lost a primary residence during the Sulphur fire. If you are in need of temporary housing, please contact Clearlake City Hall at 707-994-8201 so that resources can be identified to assist in housing you in the community.
“It is important that people return the right of entry forms as soon as possible to expedite the cleanup of our city and keep contamination of the lake to a minimum,” said City Manager Greg Folsom. “It is also very important to let us know if you have a need for intermediate housing due to the fire so that we can work with local, state, and federal agencies to provide that housing in our community.”
The Clearlake City Council will discuss these and other updates at its next meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at City Hall, located at 14050 Olympic Drive.
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The city of Lakeport’s Measure Z Advisory Committee will meet next week to get an update on projects and expenses to be funded by the sales tax.
The meeting will take place beginning at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
Measure Z is the one-cent sales tax that city residents approved last November
The only agenda item for the Nov. 6 meeting is a project update from staff on the status of items listed in the Fiscal Year 2017-18 Recommended Uses and Projects adopted by the Lakeport City Council in the 2017-18 Budget.
The items listed include three police vehicles, a dump truck, asphalt roller, Kubota all-purpose vehicle, street repair material, playground structure, upgraded tables and trash receptacles for Library Park, City Hall customer service upgrades, increases to police operational costs, additional Public Works/Roads Department employees, Beach Street overlay, Giselman paving and budgeted surplus for reserve.
Those items total approximately $1,122,000; the recommended Measure Z share is $842,000, according to the city budget.
The committee’s citizen members include Annette Hopkins, Susan King, Dennis Rollins, Nathan Speed and Tim Wynacht, and staffers, City Manager Margaret Silveira, Finance Director Nick Walker and City Clerk/Secretary Kelly Buendia.
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The meeting will take place beginning at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
Measure Z is the one-cent sales tax that city residents approved last November
The only agenda item for the Nov. 6 meeting is a project update from staff on the status of items listed in the Fiscal Year 2017-18 Recommended Uses and Projects adopted by the Lakeport City Council in the 2017-18 Budget.
The items listed include three police vehicles, a dump truck, asphalt roller, Kubota all-purpose vehicle, street repair material, playground structure, upgraded tables and trash receptacles for Library Park, City Hall customer service upgrades, increases to police operational costs, additional Public Works/Roads Department employees, Beach Street overlay, Giselman paving and budgeted surplus for reserve.
Those items total approximately $1,122,000; the recommended Measure Z share is $842,000, according to the city budget.
The committee’s citizen members include Annette Hopkins, Susan King, Dennis Rollins, Nathan Speed and Tim Wynacht, and staffers, City Manager Margaret Silveira, Finance Director Nick Walker and City Clerk/Secretary Kelly Buendia.
Email Elizabeth Larson at
110617 Measure Z Advisory Committee agenda packet by LakeCoNews on Scribd