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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office is concerned about the introduction of new and exotic pests.
The agency’s pest detection program is a comprehensive insect trapping program to detect pests before they become established.
Traps are placed, starting May 1, and monitored throughout the county, until the end of October, for the presence of exotic pests such as Mediterranean fruit fly, oriental fruit fly, melon fruit fly, gypsy moth and Japanese beetle.
These exotic insect pests are difficult and costly to manage once they have been established.
In 2017, the Agricultural Commissioner’s Office will also be placing traps in vineyards for the European grapevine moth and a limited number of traps for vine mealybug.
Grape growers are highly encouraged to place traps within their vineyards for vine mealybug and bring them to the Agricultural Commissioner’s Office to be inspected by staff members.
For more information on the trapping program or to inquire about vine mealybug traps please contact the Agricultural Commissioner’s Office at 707-263-0217.
CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – The Clearlake Oaks boat launch has now been deemed safe for public use after receding water levels and clearing of debris by county parks crews.
The following County boat launch facilities and parks remain closed:
– Lakeside County Park;
– Rodman Slough.
For more information contact the Parks and Recreation Department at 707-262-1618.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A local animal rescue organization is asking for the community’s help in keeping it on the road in order to save more pets.
Since 2004, Orphan Dog – led by Karen Schaver of Lakeport – has saved the lives of thousands of dogs.
The group takes in dogs from shelters in Lake and several other counties, as well as those surrendered directly to it by individuals.
Another of its initiatives, “Fix Lake County,” involves raising funds for spay and neuter clinics for the pets of low-income county residents.
But its latest fundraising effort is one of more immediate need: Schaver said they’re aiming to raise $30,000 for a new transport van.
The group’s current vehicle – which has more than 160,000 miles on it – has recently required thousands of dollars’ worth of repairs, leading the rescue to decide a replacement is in order, she said.
Schaver drives the vehicle thousands of miles each year, from trips around the county to pick up animals, to outreach for spay and neuter services, to transporting pets to out-of-county adoption events.
That current van has rescued more than 1,200 dogs and taken another 1,000 dogs to be donated, has traveled more than four counties on a weekly basis and through five states, Orphan Dog reported.
New and reliable transport also is needed as Orphan Dog has upcoming spay and neuter clinics that it has organized, with a major event planned for two days in June. If that event goes well, Schaver hopes to hold another in October.
After posting about the need for a new van on her organization’s Facebook page this weekend, Schaver received an outpouring of support – from good ideas for fundraising and looking for a new vehicle, to donations.
By Monday evening the organization reported that it had raised more than $5,800, and was just a few hundred dollars short of meeting a goal that would earn it a $2,000 match.
On the Orphan Dog Facebook page, Schaver thanked supporters for giving her group hope during a challenging situation.
The group still has a long way to go in securing its new van, and is asking community members to help them keep moving forward toward that goal.
To donate or to learn more about Orphan Dog, its mission and available animals, visit http://www.orphandog.org/ and follow it on Facebook.
Donations can be made on the organization’s Web site via PayPal or by sending a check to Orphan Dog, P.O. Box 662, Lakeport, CA 95453.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Anna Fiorina Hess will talk about her family’s World War II experiences in a free program on Saturday, March 25.
The program will begin at 2 p.m. at the Lakeport branch of Lake County Library, located at 1425 N. High Street.
Californians are aware of the relocation of Japanese-Americans during World War II, but a less well-known event in Britain forced Italians residing there into internment as enemy aliens.
Scotland residents Andy and Kathy Bertellotti and their toddler daughter Aida, now termed “enemy aliens,” were sent to internment, where their daughter Anna was born.
Other relatives still in Italy faced the horrors of war directly. Andy’s brother Tommy joined the Resistenza in Italy and their teen-aged sister Bruna became a refugee with their parents. Bruna narrowly escaped death in the massacre at Sant’ Anna.
Hess has complied those experiences into a historical novel, “Born in Internment,” which she will have available for purchase in conjunction with her talk.
She describes her book this way: “Woven amongst the pain are wee Anna’s stories of playing in the rubble of war, a love story and the companionship of a black man and a white man. From the ashes of war arise love, resilience and a cautious peace.”
Light refreshments will be served. For more information please call the library at 707-263-8817.
The Lake County Library is on the Internet at http://library.lakecountyca.gov and Facebook at www.facebook.com/LakeCountyLibrary .
Jan Cook works at the Lake County Library.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A wet and windy late-winter storm system is moving over Northern California, and it’s expected to bring with it at least a few inches of rain before another weather system arrives later this week.
The National Weather Service said the first of the storm systems, which arrived on Monday, is expected to extend through Wednesday.
The storm could bring with it thunderstorms on Tuesday afternoon, as well as hail, with rain decreasing on Wednesday, when the specific forecast calls for a break in the rain in Lake County through to Thursday night.
Forecasters predict that the next storm system will moves across Northern California beginning on Friday, bringing with it the potential for wetter and colder conditions, along with wind, into Monday.
The forecast calls for wind gusts on Tuesday as high as 25 miles per hour. Rainfall amounts are expected to total up to an inch and a half through Wednesday.
After a stretch of warmer temperatures, Lake County is expected to see the temperatures drop through early next week, with nighttime temperatures dropping into the high 30s and daytime temperatures into the low 50s.
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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 17-02 with no public hearing if no written request for a public hearing is submitted by 5:00 P.M., March 29, 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 April 5, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in Conference Room C, 3rd Floor of the Courthouse.
Minor Use Permit 17-02. Location: 2550 Soda Bay Road, Lakeport, APN 008-010-46. Owner: Bess Giannakakis. Project: In accordance with Lake County Code to remodel an existing structure operate a commercial kitchen for a catering business. Project planner: Byron Turner, (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: ____________________________________
Byron Turner, Principal Planner