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NORTH COAST, Calif. – Caltrans reports that the following road projects will be taking place around Lake County and the North Coast during the coming week.
Included are Mendocino County projects that may impact Lake County commuters.
LAKE COUNTY
Highway 29
– Valley fire recovery work from the Lake/Napa County line to Hidden Valley will continue. One-way traffic control will be in effect from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.
Highway 53
– AT&T has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for utility repairs near Kugelman Street beginning Wednesday, Jan. 11. One-way traffic control will be in effect from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.
Highway 175
– Valley fire recovery work from the junction of Routes 29/175 in Middletown to Loch Lomond will continue. One-way traffic control will be in effect from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.
MENDOCINO COUNTY
Highway 1
– PG&E has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for utility repairs near Ocean View Drive on Friday, Jan. 6. One-way traffic control will be in effect from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.
– Repairs at the Albion River Bridge will continue on Monday, Jan. 9. One-way traffic control will be in effect from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.
– PG&E has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for utility repairs from Ocean Drive to the junction of Routes 1/20 on Tuesday, Jan. 10. One-way traffic control will be in effect from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.
Highway 101
– Routine maintenance near Frog Woman Rock will continue. Northbound traffic will be restricted to one lane 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Motorists should anticipate minor traffic slowdowns.
– Emergency slide repairs just south of Standish-Hickey State Park will continue. One-way traffic control with a temporary signal will be in effect 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.
– Emergency slide removal near Piercy will continue. Traffic will be reduced to one lane in both directions 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Motorists should anticipate minor traffic slowdowns.
The Caltrans Traffic Operations Office has reviewed each project and determined that individual project delays are expected to be less than the statewide policy maximum of 30 minutes, unless noted otherwise above.
For information pertaining to emergency roadwork or for updates to scheduled roadwork, please contact the California Highway Information Network (CHIN) at 1-800-GAS-ROAD (1-800-427-7623).
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – On Tuesday, Jan. 10, from noon to 6 p.m., the Lake County Campus of Woodland Community College will be host an open house.
The event is tailored towards the entire community in order to inform you of the programs and services available on the campus. “Many changes have occurred on the campus over the course of the past few years and this is a great way to renew our connection with those that we serve,” said Bruno Sabatier, outreach specialist of Lake County Campus.
Throughout the day, a variety of departments will be making presentations about their programs and classes being offered to students of the campus.
There will be presentations from the culinary arts, business and economics, counseling, water treatment, welding, astronomy, biology, drug and alcohol counseling, and human services departments.
There also will be two workshops assisting with college and financial aid applications.
Many rooms will be open all day for walk-ins for questions and answers and other information such as culinary arts, business lab, biology lab, early childhood education, the learning center and the campus library.
More information will be available as well with booths ranging from the Associated Students club to the Veteran’s Affair programs for the students.
Other booths include the Extended Opportunity Programs and Services, Disabled Students Programs and Services, WorkForce Lake, Cal Fire and Marymount.
The Lake County Campus is thrilled with the forward progress that the county is experiencing and wants to ensure that the county is aware of all the advantages that the campus offers to continue pushing the forward progress even further.
“We are here to serve the needs of our community, and we are excited to be a part of the solution,” said Pamela Bordisso, a campus counselor.
For more information please call Lake County Campus at 707-995-7900, visit the campus at 15880 Dam Road Extension in Clearlake, or visit the campus online at http://lcc.yccd.edu .
California’s State Highway system has more than 12,000 bridges, and since the 1971 Sylmar earthquake, Caltrans’ Seismic Retrofit Programs have focused on seismically retrofitting bridges and bridge expansion joints throughout the state.
In this Caltrans News Flash, learn what Caltrans has done to prepare for large scale earthquakes at major interchanges and bridge structures.
You also will see what Caltrans does when a quake of magnitude 5.0 or larger occurs.
The current Seismic Retrofit Programs have been focused on identifying and retrofitting existing bridges statewide, bringing them up to the latest seismic safety retrofit standards established to prevent collapse during future earthquakes.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – With Northern California having just come through a series of storms bringing snow and rain, forecasters are predicting more heavy weather ahead for the weekend.
The National Weather Service said an “atmospheric river” will bring more rain and high-elevation snow beginning on Saturday, which rainfall and snowfall expected to be heaviest across the region on Sunday and Monday.
Atmospheric rivers are narrow regions on the atmosphere that transport most of the water vapor outside of the tropics, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Forecasters said it will be a once in a five- to 10-year storm for areas near or north of I-80 and a once in a 10- to 25-year storm for areas south of I-80, with some areas of the North State to experience flooding of rivers such as last occurred in December 2005.
In the Sierras, precipitation levels are expected to be twice January's monthly average, the National Weather Service reported.
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch for parts of the region, including the northern third of Lake County, that's in effect from late Friday night through Saturday evening.
Areas of the Coastal Range about 5,000 feet are expected to see moderate to heavy snowfall of 8 to 10 inches during that time period the winter storm watch is in place, the National Weather Service said.
Elevations between 3,500 and 5,000 feet are expected to receive 3 to 6 inches of now, the agency said.
The specific Lake County forecast calls for showers to return on Friday and continue through to Wednesday, which chances of snow on Saturday and Sunday north of Upper Lake.
The recent rains have local streams running high, which has contributed to Clear Lake's level, now at almost three times its depth at this time last year.
On Wednesday evening, the lake was at nearly 3.90 feet Rumsey, the special measure used just for Clear Lake. That's compared to 1.36 feet Rumsey on the same date a year ago, 2.5 feet Rumsey on Jan. 4, 2015, and 5.1 feet Rumsey reported on Jan. 4, 2014.
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NORTH COAST, Calif. – The Mendocino County Sheriff's Office issued an update on the successful rescue of three young men trapped in the snow in the Mendocino National Forest on Tuesday.
Rescued during the operation were Alexander Winters, 19, of Ukiah; Tyler Bennetto, 25, of Willits; and Jesse Jones, 18, of Redwood Valley, according to Sgt. Andrew Porter.
At 10:30 a.m. Tuesday the Lake County Sheriff's Office notified the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office that they had received notification that a vehicle with three people – Winters, Bennetto and Jones – was stuck in the snow on US Forest Route M-1, just north of the Hull Mountain, Porter said.
Porter said the information relayed to the Mendocino County Sheriff's office indicated that the motorists had become stuck on Monday.
After obtaining GPS coordinates, the Lake County Sheriff's Office determined that the location of the stranded motorists was in Mendocino County, Porter said.
Due to the remote location, coupled with the snowfall and incoming weather front, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office reached out to the California Office of Emergency Services to request additional resources to rescue the motorists, according to Porter.
Under the mutual aid system, Porter said Cal Fire and South Lake County Fire District in Middletown deployed a Snowcat, a specialized tracked vehicle for traveling in deep snow along with a rescue crew to assist.
At approximately 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Snowcat and crew were under way driving up Hull Mountain on US Forest Route M-1, Porter said.
Porter said members of the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office, Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue, and Lake County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue maintained a remote command post near the Gravelly Airport north of Lake Pillsbury.
The Snowcat was able to get within a mile of the stranded motorists before experiencing mechanical problems, Porter said.
While the mechanical problems were being resolved, the rescue crew was able to walk the remaining distance to extricate the motorists back to the Snowcat. Porter said the Snowcat was then able to return to the base camp.
No injuries were reported and all the motorists were rescued, Porter said.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – A pilot escaped injury in a Wednesday afternoon small plane crash at the Napa County Airport.
The crash, which involved only one plane, occurred just before 2:30 p.m. at the airport, located in Napa, according to Cal Fire Capt. Leah Simmons-Davis.
Simmons-Davis said Cal Fire/Napa County Fire responded with three engine companies, one volunteer company, a helicopter and a total of 14 personnel. Medical and law enforcement personnel also were on scene.
The aircraft was a small personal use airplane that crashed in an apparent attempt to take off from the airport, Simmons-Davis said.
The plane landed into a levee adjacent to the airport, with part of the landing gear submerged in water, Simmons-Davis said. The aircraft suffered major damage.
Simmons-Davis said the pilot was the only occupant, and there were no injuries.
She said the crash will be investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board.