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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake Planning Commission, meeting jointly as the Parks and Recreation Committee, is meeting to discuss the master plan for Austin Park.
The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
The main agenda item is the review of the master plan for the park.
The draft plan, which can be seen below, was completed by Melton Design Group.
It offers a site analysis, includes design options and a preliminary site plan, sums up three public workshops held on the park and gives an outline of the plan's implementation.
Also included is a draft estimated cost of construction, which puts all phases at around $4.2 million.
Commissioners are expected to offer comments and a possible recommendation, but no formal action is being requested by city staff on Tuesday.
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UPPER LAKE, Calif. – A 3.1-magnitude earthquake was reported in the Upper Lake area early Monday morning.
The quake was reported at 12:59 a.m., according to the US Geological Survey.
It was centered 13 miles north northeast of Upper Lake and 24 miles east northeast of Ukiah, at a depth of about 8 miles, the agency reported.
The coordinates given for the quake place it within the boundaries of the Mendocino National Forest.
The epicenter also appears to be only a few miles from the epicenter of a 5.1-magnitude quake that occurred on Aug. 9, as Lake County News has reported.
For the Monday quake, the US Geological Survey received seven shake reports from four zip codes: Upper Lake, Kelseyville, San Francisco and Berkeley.
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Gov. Jerry Brown and First Lady Anne Gust Brown hosted the 85th Annual Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony Monday evening on the West Steps of the State Capitol.
“It’s that special time of the year – Christmas,” said Gov. Brown. “It reminds us of the time of peace, forgiveness and good times.”
This year’s tree is a 60-foot-tall white fir from Latour Demonstration State Forest located near Redding in Shasta County, the fifth Capitol Christmas tree to come from a state forest managed by Cal Fire on behalf of the public.
The tree is decorated with 900 hand-crafted ornaments made by children and adults with developmental disabilities who receive services and support from the state’s development centers and 21 nonprofit regional centers.
This year, the governor and first lady lit the Capitol Christmas tree with 7-year-old twin boys, Alex and Alan Rosales of Los Angeles. It is illuminated by approximately 10,000 ultra-low wattage LED lights.
Kitty O’Neal of KFBK Radio emceed the ceremony, which also featured performances by the California Army National Guard’s DET 1, 40th Infantry Division Band, Brass Quintet, the Governor’s Own; students from the Oakland Military Institute and Oakland School for the Arts; Mariachi Puente; and St. Paul’s Baptist Church Choir.
LAKEPORT, Calif. – United Christian Parish will host “The Joy of Christmas Concert” on Sunday, Dec. 11.
The concert will begin at 4:30 p.m.
All are welcome to the free concert.
Goodies will be served after the performance.
United Christian Parish is located at 745 Brush St., Lakeport.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake's List toy drive for Clayton fire survivors has issued an updated list of items needed in the final days of the effort.
The toy drive continues until Dec. 12, with distribution planned on Dec. 18.
Organizers are looking to collect new, unwrapped gifts.
Items they are requesting include toy horses, Barbie sets, basketballs, play makeup, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse toys, doll houses, Disney movies, warm clothing for newborns (hats, socks, etc.), comic books, Legos, Pokemon items, music CDs, helmets, perfume, gift cards for clothing (not Walmart), a fuzzy pink piggy bank, two The Weeknd posters, girls shoes (size one and a half), scooter (for a girl), bean bag chair, anything basketball-related, jewelry, books and board games (teen/young adult), baseball items (SF Giants), fishing pole and bait, Monopoly game, Captain America, Harry Potter (movies/ books/etc.), Wii U Games, Jurassic World, Star Wars and Minecraft (figures or wall torch).
There are six locations in different communities around the county where toys can be dropped off during the drive:
• Clearlake: Clearlake Paper Co., 14935 Olympic Drive.
• Clear Lake Riviera: Riviera Foods, 9730 Soda Bay Road, Kelseyville.
• Lakeport: Kingdom Games, 301 N. Main St.
• Lower Lake: Spruce Grove Storage, 11360 Spruce Grove Road.
• Lucerne: Lakeview Market, 6084 Highway 20.
• Middletown: Funtopia Toys, 21163 Calistoga Road.
For those who wish to mail a donation, items can be mailed to P.O. Box 524, Clearlake, CA 95422.
For additional information, visit www.facebook.com/LakesList/ .
LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club recently visited the student garden at Lower Lake taught by Lisa Rogers, environmental science and gardening teacher to all K-7 students at Lower Lake Elementary School.
The group entered the garden by ducking through a wire trellis with low-hanging gourds that may end up as future art projects.
The children were sitting around a bench getting ready to make holiday decorations out of sticks and ribbon. All were quite enthusiastic and welcomed club members with a “thank you” banner and a “flower” fan with words of appreciation.
The club then was given a tour of the school by Rogers and students Alee and Regan of their vegetables, flowers and herb gardens. Jaxson also presented the block raised bed that his dad built.
All of the children were quite proud of their achievements. When asked what part of the gardening they liked best, they said “all of it.”
As club members left, the children were working on painting rocks. One rock was painted “Bee Nice” and a smiley face on the other side.
The portable classroom and all of its contents for Rogers' classes were damaged by the Clayton fire. All of it has to be removed. Also their garden shed completely burned down with all gardening materials.
The Lakeshore Lions Club has replaced the shed and Rogers anticipates the damaged portable classroom will be removed and replaced sometime next summer.
In the meantime, classes continue and they make do. The children are resilient and enthusiastic about gardening. Rogers said it is hard to keep the vegetables since the children keep eating them.
The Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club has donated $2,000 to this student garden as well as another $2,000 to seven other youth gardens located in Kelseyville, Lakeport, Cobb, Lower Lake High School and Upper Lake.
These donations were made possible through the “Hidden Gardens of Lake County” garden tour this spring and the support of the people of Lake County.
The Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club is a member of the Mendo-Lake District of the California Garden Club Inc.-Pacific Region and National Garden Clubs Inc. For more information call Dana at 707-275-3500.