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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – I want to provide an update for District 1 residents who remain concerned about reports that the Tubbs Fire may move north toward Middletown.
I was able to put eyes on the Tubbs Fire last night, with the help of the tremendous people from CAL FIRE. Right now, the lines and the plans they have in place are holding well, and the winds are cooperating.
As District 1 Supervisor, please know that I am in constant communication with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and CAL FIRE. Currently, we remain under an Advisory, which is not a full evacuation. Response teams are using every resource available to them to ensure these fires do not advance.
With Mother Nature’s help, we are optimistic the Tubbs Fire will be contained, and never reach our side of the mountain.
We are deeply appreciative and grateful for the outstanding work of so many over the past week. Our firefighters have been truly remarkable.
If evacuation is required, please rest assured that we will get the word out through appropriate channels.
Please continue to focus your attention on Nixle, CAL FIRE, the Lake County Office of Emergency Services and Lake County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook posts, and other reliable communications.
Again, CAL FIRE Chief Greg Bertelli consistently reminds us, “There is a difference between information and intelligence.”
I will personally continue to monitor the best intelligence available, and any need to evacuate will be communicated in a timely manner.
If evacuation is ultimately required, we ask that you proceed in an orderly fashion, and follow the specific instructions of your emergency response officials.
Advisory: Evacuation advisory for Spring Valley, Clearlake Oaks has been lifted.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff's Office has issued an advisory notice that all evacuation notices for Spring Valley in Clearlake Oaks have been lifted.
New Long Valley Rd remains restricted to one way traffic until all fire apparatus can be removed.
Fire crews will remain on scene in the area throughout the night.
CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – Firefighters have stopped the forward progress of a wildland fire that began early Saturday morning in Spring Valley.
The Long fire began on Spring Valley Road off of Highway 20, five miles east of Clearlake Oaks, was first reported just before 5 a.m., as Lake County News has reported.
By late Saturday morning, Cal Fire reported that firefighters had stopped the fire’s forward progress.
Just before 11 a.m., the fire was 100 acres, with containment at an estimated 10 percent, Cal Fire said.
That acreage estimate was rolled back to about 41 acres just before noon, according to reports at scene.
Initially resulting in an evacuation notice to residents of Spring Valley and New Long Valley, at about 9 a.m. Saturday the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said Spring Valley was no longer in immediate danger.
As a result, the mandatory evacuation and shelter in place orders have been lifted, according to Lt. Corey Paulich.
Residents of Spring Valley as well as residents located to the west of New Long Valley Road to Highway 53 are currently under an evacuation advisory, Paulich said. An evacuation advisory is not a mandatory evacuation.
He said residents are advised to gather their medications, pets and important papers. Residents should be prepared to leave the area with little notice. If the situation worsens the sheriff’s office will issue a mandatory evacuation notice.
Paulich said it’s anticipated that New Long Valley Road will be reduced to one-way controlled traffic for most of the day.
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The Long fire began on Spring Valley Road off of Highway 20, five miles east of Clearlake Oaks, was first reported just before 5 a.m., as Lake County News has reported.
By late Saturday morning, Cal Fire reported that firefighters had stopped the fire’s forward progress.
Just before 11 a.m., the fire was 100 acres, with containment at an estimated 10 percent, Cal Fire said.
That acreage estimate was rolled back to about 41 acres just before noon, according to reports at scene.
Initially resulting in an evacuation notice to residents of Spring Valley and New Long Valley, at about 9 a.m. Saturday the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said Spring Valley was no longer in immediate danger.
As a result, the mandatory evacuation and shelter in place orders have been lifted, according to Lt. Corey Paulich.
Residents of Spring Valley as well as residents located to the west of New Long Valley Road to Highway 53 are currently under an evacuation advisory, Paulich said. An evacuation advisory is not a mandatory evacuation.
He said residents are advised to gather their medications, pets and important papers. Residents should be prepared to leave the area with little notice. If the situation worsens the sheriff’s office will issue a mandatory evacuation notice.
Paulich said it’s anticipated that New Long Valley Road will be reduced to one-way controlled traffic for most of the day.
Email Elizabeth Larson at
CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – A new wildland fire began early Saturday morning in the Spring Valley community.
The Long fire on Spring Valley Road off of Highway 20, five miles east of Clearlake Oaks, was first reported just before 5 a.m., according to reports from Cal Fire and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
About an hour after dispatch, the sheriff’s office ordered residents in the Spring Valley and New Long Valley areas to evacuate to the Spring Valley Community Center, located on Wolf Creek Road, or to shelter in place because of the fire.
Cal Fire Division Chief Greg Bertelli said significant resources have been assigned to the fire and that they are making good progress.
However, he said they are not out of the woods yet on the firefighting effort.
The sheriff’s office said at around 7:20 a.m. that the fire is burning west and away from the Spring Valley community, with several fire units on scene fighting the fire.
At that point, the sheriff’s office was continuing to order residents in the area to shelter in place.
Early estimates put the fire at about 20 acres, but Bertelli estimated at around 7:45 a.m. that the fire potentially was going to be more than 50 acres.
He said wind speeds in the area are expected to peak at about 9 a.m. Saturday.
More information will be posted as it becomes available.
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 Long fire on Spring Valley Road off of Highway 20, five miles east of Clearlake Oaks, was first reported just before 5 a.m., according to reports from Cal Fire and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
About an hour after dispatch, the sheriff’s office ordered residents in the Spring Valley and New Long Valley areas to evacuate to the Spring Valley Community Center, located on Wolf Creek Road, or to shelter in place because of the fire.
Cal Fire Division Chief Greg Bertelli said significant resources have been assigned to the fire and that they are making good progress.
However, he said they are not out of the woods yet on the firefighting effort.
The sheriff’s office said at around 7:20 a.m. that the fire is burning west and away from the Spring Valley community, with several fire units on scene fighting the fire.
At that point, the sheriff’s office was continuing to order residents in the area to shelter in place.
Early estimates put the fire at about 20 acres, but Bertelli estimated at around 7:45 a.m. that the fire potentially was going to be more than 50 acres.
He said wind speeds in the area are expected to peak at about 9 a.m. Saturday.
More information will be posted as it becomes available.
Email Elizabeth Larson at
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – On Friday authorities lifted the remaining Sulphur fire evacuations for residents of Clearlake and Clearlake Oaks as firefighters continued their push to fully contain the incident.
Cal Fire’s end-of-day report on the fire, burning since early Monday morning, put the containment up to 60 percent, with the size remaining at 2,500 acres.
Conditions had improved enough in the Sulphur fire area on Friday afternoon that the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and the city of Clearlake were able to lift the remaining evacuations hours ahead of schedule.
The Sulphur fire is being managed by Cal Fire’s Incident Management Team 4 as part of the Mendocino Lake Complex, which also includes the Redwood fire in Redwood and Potter valleys.
Cal Fire said the Redwood fire, which also began on Monday, was at 34,000 acres with 20 percent containment on Friday night. Eight deaths have been confirmed in that incident so far.
One thousand structures remain threatened on the complex, and 314 homes and 167 minor structures have been destroyed by both fires, according to Cal Fire.
Officials have reported 168 structures – including 136 residences – were destroyed in the Sulphur fire alone, as Lake County News has reported. A map of the destroyed properties is below.
Cal Fire said resources assigned to the entire two-county complex include 2,230 personnel, 134 engines, 24 water tenders, 15 helicopters, 64 hand crews and 40 bulldozers.
The entire Mendocino Lake Complex is expected to be contained by Nov. 1, Cal Fire said.
Other large fire incidents continue to actively burn in neighboring Napa and Sonoma counties.
The Southern LNU Complex in Napa and Solano counties has burned 48,228 acres and is 45-percent contained. Cal Fire said it has destroyed 234 structures and is threatening another 5,000.
Resources committed to the Southern LNU Complex include 1,724 personnel, 172 engines, 18 water tenders, 21 helicopters, 24 hand crews and 23 dozers.
The Central LNU Complex burning in Napa and Sonoma counties since Sunday night has burned 92,370 acres and resulted in 17 deaths, according to Cal Fire.
That incident includes the Tubbs fire, 35,270 acres and 44-percent contained; the Pocket fire, 10,996 acres and 5-percent contained; and the Nuns fire, 46,104 acres and 10 percent contained.
Cal Fire said that group of fires is threatening 33,943 structures and has so far destroyed 2,107.
There are approximately 2,901 firefighting personnel, 321 engines, 43 water tenders, 12 helicopters, six air tankers, 59 hand crews and 62 dozers working that complex, Cal Fire reported.
Full containment on the Central LNU Complex is estimated to take place by Oct. 20, based on Cal Fire’s Friday report.
The causes of all of the region’s fires remain under investigation, Cal Fire said.
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.
Cal Fire’s end-of-day report on the fire, burning since early Monday morning, put the containment up to 60 percent, with the size remaining at 2,500 acres.
Conditions had improved enough in the Sulphur fire area on Friday afternoon that the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and the city of Clearlake were able to lift the remaining evacuations hours ahead of schedule.
The Sulphur fire is being managed by Cal Fire’s Incident Management Team 4 as part of the Mendocino Lake Complex, which also includes the Redwood fire in Redwood and Potter valleys.
Cal Fire said the Redwood fire, which also began on Monday, was at 34,000 acres with 20 percent containment on Friday night. Eight deaths have been confirmed in that incident so far.
One thousand structures remain threatened on the complex, and 314 homes and 167 minor structures have been destroyed by both fires, according to Cal Fire.
Officials have reported 168 structures – including 136 residences – were destroyed in the Sulphur fire alone, as Lake County News has reported. A map of the destroyed properties is below.
Cal Fire said resources assigned to the entire two-county complex include 2,230 personnel, 134 engines, 24 water tenders, 15 helicopters, 64 hand crews and 40 bulldozers.
The entire Mendocino Lake Complex is expected to be contained by Nov. 1, Cal Fire said.
Other large fire incidents continue to actively burn in neighboring Napa and Sonoma counties.
The Southern LNU Complex in Napa and Solano counties has burned 48,228 acres and is 45-percent contained. Cal Fire said it has destroyed 234 structures and is threatening another 5,000.
Resources committed to the Southern LNU Complex include 1,724 personnel, 172 engines, 18 water tenders, 21 helicopters, 24 hand crews and 23 dozers.
The Central LNU Complex burning in Napa and Sonoma counties since Sunday night has burned 92,370 acres and resulted in 17 deaths, according to Cal Fire.
That incident includes the Tubbs fire, 35,270 acres and 44-percent contained; the Pocket fire, 10,996 acres and 5-percent contained; and the Nuns fire, 46,104 acres and 10 percent contained.
Cal Fire said that group of fires is threatening 33,943 structures and has so far destroyed 2,107.
There are approximately 2,901 firefighting personnel, 321 engines, 43 water tenders, 12 helicopters, six air tankers, 59 hand crews and 62 dozers working that complex, Cal Fire reported.
Full containment on the Central LNU Complex is estimated to take place by Oct. 20, based on Cal Fire’s Friday report.
The causes of all of the region’s fires remain under investigation, Cal Fire said.
Email Elizabeth Larson at
LAKEPORT, Calif. – For the third time this year, authorities reported that a mountain lion has been spotted within the Lakeport city limits.
The Lakeport Police Department reported that it received a report of a mountain lion that was spotted at around 3 p.m. Friday in the in the 900 block of Page Drive
Specifically, the mountain lion was seen in the forested area between Page Drive and 19th Street, and was reported to be traveling west toward Highway 29, police said.
The lion was not acting aggressive but, as a precaution, police decided to make the public aware of the sighting.
Mountain lions are common in Lake County but rarely spotted in the populated area of the city.
However, this is the third time this year a mountain lion has been reported during daylight hours in the city.
In September, a mountain lion was seen running across Lakeshore Boulevard to the field adjacent to Lakeport Elementary School, prompting a lockdown across the entire Lakeport Unified School District campus, as Lake County News has reported.
In June a city employee reported seeing a young adult mountain lion in the Forbes Creek drainage south of the fairgrounds baseball fields and west of the Lakeport Public Works yard.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife offers the following tips for living in and staying safe in mountain lion country.
- Don’t feed deer; it is illegal in California and it will attract mountain lions.
- Deer-proof your landscaping by avoiding plants that deer like to eat. For tips, request “A Gardener’s Guide to Preventing Deer Damage” from the agency’s offices.
- Trim brush to reduce hiding places for mountain lions.
- Don’t leave small children or pets outside unattended.
- Install motion-sensitive lighting around the house.
- Provide sturdy, covered shelters for sheep, goats and other vulnerable animals.
- Don’t allow pets outside when mountain lions are most active – dawn, dusk and at night.
- Bring pet food inside to avoid attracting raccoons, opossums and other potential mountain lion prey.
- Do not hike, bike, or jog alone.
- Avoid hiking or jogging when mountain lions are most active – dawn, dusk, and at night.
- Keep a close watch on small children.
- Do not approach a mountain lion.
- If you encounter a mountain lion, do not run; instead, face the animal, make noise and try to look bigger by waving your arms; throw rocks or other objects.
- Pick up small children.
- If attacked, fight back.
- If a mountain lion attacks a person, immediately call 911.
For more information visit https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Keep-Me-Wild/Lion.
The Lakeport Police Department reported that it received a report of a mountain lion that was spotted at around 3 p.m. Friday in the in the 900 block of Page Drive
Specifically, the mountain lion was seen in the forested area between Page Drive and 19th Street, and was reported to be traveling west toward Highway 29, police said.
The lion was not acting aggressive but, as a precaution, police decided to make the public aware of the sighting.
Mountain lions are common in Lake County but rarely spotted in the populated area of the city.
However, this is the third time this year a mountain lion has been reported during daylight hours in the city.
In September, a mountain lion was seen running across Lakeshore Boulevard to the field adjacent to Lakeport Elementary School, prompting a lockdown across the entire Lakeport Unified School District campus, as Lake County News has reported.
In June a city employee reported seeing a young adult mountain lion in the Forbes Creek drainage south of the fairgrounds baseball fields and west of the Lakeport Public Works yard.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife offers the following tips for living in and staying safe in mountain lion country.
- Don’t feed deer; it is illegal in California and it will attract mountain lions.
- Deer-proof your landscaping by avoiding plants that deer like to eat. For tips, request “A Gardener’s Guide to Preventing Deer Damage” from the agency’s offices.
- Trim brush to reduce hiding places for mountain lions.
- Don’t leave small children or pets outside unattended.
- Install motion-sensitive lighting around the house.
- Provide sturdy, covered shelters for sheep, goats and other vulnerable animals.
- Don’t allow pets outside when mountain lions are most active – dawn, dusk and at night.
- Bring pet food inside to avoid attracting raccoons, opossums and other potential mountain lion prey.
- Do not hike, bike, or jog alone.
- Avoid hiking or jogging when mountain lions are most active – dawn, dusk, and at night.
- Keep a close watch on small children.
- Do not approach a mountain lion.
- If you encounter a mountain lion, do not run; instead, face the animal, make noise and try to look bigger by waving your arms; throw rocks or other objects.
- Pick up small children.
- If attacked, fight back.
- If a mountain lion attacks a person, immediately call 911.
For more information visit https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Keep-Me-Wild/Lion.