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NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT A CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION
AND NOTICE OF PROPOSED MINOR USE PERMIT
BY THE LAKE COUNTY ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Lake County Zoning Administrator of the County of Lake, State of California, will consider approving Minor Use Permit 17-15 with no public hearing if no written request for a public hearing is submitted by 5:00 P.M., May 10, 2017 to the Community Development Department, Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport, California. Should a timely request for hearing be filed, a public hearing will be held on May 17, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. in Conference Room C, 3rd Floor of the Courthouse.
Minor Use Permit 17-15. Owner: Vincent and Sheila Schneider. Project: In accordance with Lake County Code to allow 1,152 square foot Collectors Storage Building. Location: 20868 Jerusalem Grade, Lower Lake, APN 136-031-26. Project planner: Michalyn DelValle, (707) 263-2221 or
Copies of the application, environmental documents, all reference documents, and staff reports associated with each project are available for review through the Community Development Department, Planning Division; Telephone (707) 263-2221.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Robert Massarelli, Director
By: ____________________________________
Michalyn DelValle, Principal Planner
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Parks and Recreation Commission will hold a regular meeting on Thursday, May 4.
The meeting will begin at 3 p.m. in the conference room at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
Agenda items include reports on Library Park after the flood, activities at Westside Community park and the Westshore Pool.
There also will be updates on grant funds and costs for signage for the downtown walking path.
Commission members are Ann Blue, Kipp Korr, Suzanne Lyons, Suzanne Russell and Cindy Ustrud.
KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The Kelseyville Business Association will present the inaugural Lake County Baconfest on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 18.
The event will take place from noon to 5 p.m. in downtown Kelseyville.
For just $25, dad and an engaging panel of celebrity judges with names like Stephanie Green, Congressman Mike Thompson and Anthony Farrington will taste original bacon based recipes from top Lake County chefs Julie Hoskins, Rosey Martin and Jeremy Zabel, along with Woodland College culinary team, Saw Shop Gallery Bistro and Suzie Q’s Donuts.
To help you wash down your bacony treats, Kelsey Creek Brewery, O’Meara Brothers Brewery and St. Helena Brewery will be serving up an outstanding selection of cold beers and many of the Kelseyville wineries will delight your taste buds with their locally produced wines.
The ever-amazing Jim Williams and the Hip Replacements will have Dad up and dancing before you can say, “More beer please?”
Organizers are looking to have culinary art and crafts on hand – such as pictures of fruits or veggies, aprons, or locally made jams, salsas, pickles or beans, sausage or cheese.
If you are a restaurant or culinary enthusiast who would like to dazzle the judges and serve up bacon flavored magic to 300 or so of your closest friends, if you would like to purchase a sponsorship or reserve a space to sell your arts and crafts, call Ron at 707-245-8402.
Visit the site online at www.beerwineswine.com .
LAKEPORT, Calif. – Authorities have filed criminal charges against a former resident of a Lakeport apartment complex for the fire in August that killed another resident and injured several others.
Tracey Renee Morales, 62, is facing felony charges of involuntary manslaughter and recklessly causing a fire, according to Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen.
Rasmussen said the charges stem from the investigation’s conclusion that Morales was smoking while using an oxygen tank, which led to the fire on the evening of Sunday, Aug. 21, at the Lakeview Senior Housing complex, located at 525 Bevins St.
Deborah Dianne Dowdy, 53, died in the fire and four other residents also were injured, including a woman who had to be flown out-of-county for burns and three treated locally for smoke inhalation, as Lake County News has reported.
When fire and police arrived at the scene of the fire on Aug. 21, they began evacuating the residents out of the two-story, 36-unit complex.
Witnesses told police that they had seen Dowdy outside, but firefighters would later find her body in an elevator during a sweep of the building. Rasmussen said they still don’t know why she had gone back inside the complex.
The rest of the residents of the complex, managed by Rural Communities Housing Development Corp. of Ukiah, were displaced for months while the extensive damage from the fire was repaired, with city officials working to help find them temporary housing. Rasmussen said they were finally able to return home last last year.
Rasmussen said Lakeport Police and Lakeport Fire investigators, assisted by investigators from Northshore Fire, Lake County Fire and Cal Fire, conducted a cause and origin and criminal investigation of the circumstances of the fire and Dowdy’s death.
He said they concluded that the fire started due to Morales’ negligence.
In March, the Lakeport Police Department presented the final investigation reports to the Lake County District Attorney’s Office which confirmed that it filed felony charges of involuntary manslaughter and recklessly causing a fire against Morales.
On Thursday, a Lake County Superior Court judge issued an arrest warrant for Morales on the charges, Rasmussen said.
On the same day, at the request of the Lakeport Police Department, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office located Morales in that county and issued her a notice to appear in Lake County Superior Court to answer to the charges, according to Rasmussen.
Rasmussen said Morales was not booked into jail at that time due to a medical issue.
Morales is required to appear on the case in Lake County Superior Court on June 20, Rasmussen said.
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UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Upper Lake High School’s robotics team put in a golden performance in San Jose this past weekend, bringing home the school’s second state championship in mobile robotics technology in five years.
The winning team of juniors Jovany Martinez and Jacob Kalawaia won gold for their performance in the competition, said Upper Lake High robotics teacher Gary Madison.
“We’re super proud of them this year,” Madison said.
Upper Lake’s second team of Andrew Brackett and JT Claunch finished fifth in the competition.
Madison said all of the students worked very hard to prepare for the competition.
The competition is organized by SkillsUSA, which serves middle school, high school and college or postsecondary students who are preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations, including health occupations.
There are 18,000 SkillsUSA chapters and 52 state and territorial associations. SkillsUSA’s current membership – including students and alumni – is estimated by the organization to total more than 394,000 people.
Madison said Upper Lake High has its own SkillsUSA chapter, with all 18 of his students competing in the finals for the North Coast Region, also known as SkillsUSA Region 1, which extends from the Oregon border to San Jose.
Three two-person teams from Upper Lake High qualified for the state competition, held from Thursday through Sunday in San Jose. However, Madison said he could only afford to send the top two teams.
Madison said this is Martinez’s second year at state competition and Kalawaia’s first.
Upper Lake was neck-and-neck through much of the robotics competition with Downey High School, said Madison.
However, in the end, Madison said Kalawaia and Martinez came out on top thanks to their excellent work on the overall project – putting a robot through a complex course – and the fact that their engineering notebook was so good.
Upper Lake High’s win over Downey High is all the more impressive when considering that Downey is a Southern California high school with enrollment estimated at more than 4,100 students, compared to Upper Lake, which is reported to have just under 300 students.
Madison, who has been the high school’s computer teacher since 1993 – when there were just two ancient Apple 2E computers with big floppy disks tucked into a room down a hallway – now has a classroom filled with computers and flat panel screens, and another room with equipment for the robotics class and the school’s print shop.
On a given day, his students can be found doing creative work that ranges from designing video games to building models with a 3-D printer.
Under Madison’s leadership, the robotics program is now in its seventh year.
One of the students’ current projects is building an underwater robotic submarine that will feature two cameras. The sub has a PVC pipe structure and is roughly the size of a small dog house.
Madison’s students already are looking at next year’s competition, using YouTube videos posted about some of the challenges they will face.
One of his teams also won the state competition in 2012, with those student traveling to Kansas City to compete in the national competition, he said.
Madison said they didn’t place in that event in 2012, but he’s hopeful that Kalawaia and Martinez will do so this time.
While he had the state competition worked into his budget, the trip to Louisville, Ky., June 19 to 24 for the national competition isn’t, so they’re seeking sponsors and donations, as the trip is expected to exceed $5,000.
Anyone who wishes to donate to the robotic team’s trip to the national competition can contact Upper Lake High School at 707-275-2338 or send checks for the trip to the school at 675 Clover Valley Road, Upper Lake, CA 95485.
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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Two Clearlake residents were arrested on Saturday after being found in possession of a concealed weapon, with one of the individuals also found to have cocaine that appeared to have been packaged for sales.
Arrested in the case were 43-year-old Danyeala Elisabeth Marquez and William Dannell Shaw, 33, according to Sgt. Travis Lenz of the Clearlake Police Department.
Just after 1:40 a.m. on Saturday Clearlake Police Officers responded to B&B Light House Bar, located in the 5800 block of Old Highway 53, to look for a subject with outstanding arrest warrants who was possibly at the bar, said Sgt. Lenz.
Once on scene, officers approached the north entrance to the bar, which faces the patio and parking lot. Lenz said he responded to the east entrance, which leads toward Old Highway 53, in the event the wanted subject attempted to flee from arriving officers.
From Lenz’s position at the rear door he was able to see into the bar through the windows. Two subjects, later identified as Shaw and Marquez, ran from the north side of the bar to the middle near the bar counter top. Lenz said it appeared they were aware of officer’s arrival and had run into the bar to collude in criminal activity.
Lenz said he watched Shaw lift his shirt, exposing a black pistol which he had concealed in the front waistline of his pants.
Shaw removed the pistol from his waistline and handed it to Marquez. Marquez then concealed the pistol in the waistline of her pants, covering it with her sweatshirt to conceal it, according to Lenz.
After viewing the firearm transfer, Lenz said he made entry into the bar and took hold of Marquez, detaining her in handcuffs.
During this time, Shaw fled out of the north entrance to the patio, where he was met by Officer Leonardo Flores, who detained him in handcuffs, Lenz said.
After removing the firearm from Marquez’ person, it was discovered the magazine contained 10 live 40 caliber cartridges, according to Lenz.
He said both subjects were placed under arrest at that time.
During a search incident to arrest, Shaw was found to be in possession of numerous plastic tie off bags containing cocaine, which were packaged in a manner commonly used in the sale of narcotics, Lenz said.
Shaw is a convicted felon and so is prohibited from possessing the firearm or the ammunition, according to Lenz.
Lenz said Shaw later was booked into the Lake County Jail on charges of carrying a concealed firearm on his person in a public place, possession of an unregistered firearm, felon in possession of a firearm, felon in possession of ammunition, possession of a controlled substance while in possession of a firearm, conspiracy to commit a crime, and possession of narcotics for sales.
Marquez was later booked into the Lake County Jail on charges of carrying a concealed firearm on her person in a public place, possession of an unregistered firearm, and conspiracy to commit a crime, Lenz said.
Lenz said the wanted person originally sought was not located at the bar and it was determined she left just prior to the officers' arrival.
Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact Sgt. Lenz at 707-994-8251, Extension 311.