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LUCERNE, Calif. – Capstone projects created by the graduating seniors at Marymount California University’s Lakeside Campus will be showcased on Monday, April 24, from 6 to 9 p.m.
Community members are invited to stop by to view the projects, which students will be on hand to discuss.
The showcase will be held at the campus of MCU Lakeside, 3700 Country Club Drive in Lucerne.
Capstone is a year-long senior project that demonstrates mastery of the program learning outcomes through an original work of research.
The primary focus of the project is to address a need in the community. Capstone students have chosen projects that appeal to their own interests and opportunities to contribute to resolving a community issue.
The capstone project is planned to resolve the problem, and also contributes to the academic preparation and personal growth of the student.
Marymount California University, Lakeside, offers upper division degree-completion courses in liberal arts, psychology and business management.
Applications are being accepted for the fall 2017 semester. Courses are both hybrid (meeting every-other-week) and online.
For information call or email Enrollment Coordinator Kathy Windrem at
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – A crash on Sunday night at the Colusa and Lake County line claimed one life and resulted in injuries for four others.
The two-vehicle crash occurred on Highway 20 just inside Colusa County at 5:50 p.m. Sunday, according to a report from the California Highway Patrol’s Williams office.
A 19-year-old Riverside man died in the crash, the CHP said.
The CHP said the Riverside resident was driving a 2007 Hyundai eastbound on Highway 20, just east of the Lake County line, as 52-year-old Chad Evans of Elk Grove was driving his 2015 Ford westbound.
The Hyundai’s driver lost control of the vehicle and crossed into the westbound lane in front of Evans’ Ford, resulting in the front of the Ford hitting the right side of the Hyundai, the CHP reported.
As a result of the crash, the CHP said the Hyundai’s driver succumbed to his injuries at the scene. The CHP was withholding the young man’s name pending notification of his family.
Chad Evans and the passengers in his Ford were injured in the wreck. The CHP said Chad Evans sustained moderate injuries, as did 39-year-old Allison Evans, with an 8-year-old boy suffering major injuries and a 6-year-old girl having moderate injuries.
All four were transported to St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake for treatment, the CHP said.
The CHP said all of the individuals involved in the wreck were wearing their safety equipment.
The collision remains under investigation by the Williams CHP office.
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SACRAMENTO – State Controller Betty T. Yee announced that her team has added tens of thousands of properties to her online database as a result of a new law.
The expansion allows the State Controller’s Office to identify and locate more owners of U.S. savings bonds and military awards held in safe deposit boxes.
The controller is currently safeguarding the contents of more than 138,000 safe deposit boxes turned over to the state.
Prior to a new law sponsored by Controller Yee (Chapter 297, Statutes of 2015), the State Controller’s Office could only notify and publicize the name of the person reported as owning a safe deposit box.
However, items in safe deposit boxes often have different names on them, such as U.S. savings bonds held in the names of children and grandchildren.
Under the new law, the controller now can notify potential owners of U.S. savings bonds or military awards contained within safe deposit boxes.
“Each day, my team is returning hundreds of thousands of dollars to people who had not known it was missing. Expanding the unclaimed property database provides greater opportunity for U.S. savings bonds and military awards to be returned to their rightful owners,” said Controller Yee, the state’s chief fiscal officer. “Search your name at claimit.ca.gov to see if the state is safeguarding any of your forgotten funds or lost family heirlooms.”
The controller is currently safeguarding over 75,000 U.S. savings bonds with an estimated value of more than $31.6 million in matured bonds.
Established in 1959, California’s unclaimed property law requires banks, corporations and other entities to report and transfer property to the State Controller’s Office when there has been no activity for a certain period of time, generally three years.
In addition to safe deposit box contents, common types of unclaimed property are bank accounts, life insurance benefits, uncashed checks, wages and stocks.
The controller protects this lost property and works to reunite it with the rightful owners. Potential owners can search for unclaimed property on the controller’s free online database at http://claimit.ca.gov or call 800-992-4647.
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Green Party will hold its monthly meeting on Sunday, April 23.
The meeting will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. at Round Table Pizza, 821 11 St. in Lakeport.
There will be no host food and beverages.
All meetings will now be held on the fourth Sunday of the month.
This meeting will feature Jenna Goodman, Green Party candidate for lieutenant governor from Napa.
Also a movie about single payer health care will be shown. "FixIt" is 38 minutes long and talks about a private businessman who discovers that health care premiums are wrecking his bottom line and how he starts promoting single payer as a solution.
If anyone wants to be on the agenda please email to
COBB, Calif. – The Cobb Area Council will hold its regular monthly meeting this week and get updates on area roads and Internet service.
The meeting will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Little Red Schoolhouse/Cobb Mountain Lions Club, 15780 Bottle Rock Road.
Agenda items include a presentation from Lake County Public Works Director Scott De Leon on Cobb area streets and roads and mutual benefit districts.
The group also will hear a presentation from AT&T on broadband and cell service in the Cobb community.
There also will be an announcement regarding state road funding deadlines.
Other items on the agenda include reports from the treasurer and the council committees, and public and board comments.
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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The Lake Family Resource Center will host the eighth annual Kelseyville Olive Festival, a celebration of the mighty olive and the local community, on Sunday, April 30.
The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Chacewater Winery and Olive Mill, 5625 Gaddy Lane, Kelseyville.
This free and family-friendly event highlights olive and olive oil products and offers a wide range of vendor booths and activities for all ages.
In addition to vendors selling a range of food and arts/crafts, there will be children’s activities, such as face painting and hula-hooping.
There also will be an art contest, olive oil judging, a raffle, an olive pit spitting contest, and other activities.
For adults over the age of 21, several local wineries will be pouring wine, and Lake County’s own Mount St. Helena Brewing Co. will be serving beer. Wrist bands for access to wine and beer cost $20.
All proceeds from this event go to Lake Family Resource Center, a nonprofit organization supporting and strengthening families in Lake County.
The organization operates the county’s only domestic violence shelter and only Early Head Start program for children aged 0 to 3 years old, and operate the 24-hour Community Crisis Line and the Rape Crisis Center.
They provide counseling services for adults and children in addition to fire recovery counseling.
Key partners in the Kelseyville Olive Festival are Chacewater Winery and Olive Mill and Rosa d’Oro Vineyards who provide key support.
Other sponsors include Catspaw Vineyard and Stacie Marie Essentials. Supporting wineries and breweries are Boatique Winery, Chacewater Winery and Olive Mill, Eagle Distributing Co, Kaz Winery, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Mount St. Helena Brewing Company, Olof Cellars, Rosa d’Oro Vineyards, Smiling Dogs Ranch and Steele Wines.
Learn more at www.lakefrc.org/kof or on Facebook @KelseyvilleOliveFestival.