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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Plans are under way for a new garden tour and landscaping challenge taking place in 2017.
Citizens Caring 4 Clearlake, www.CC4CL.org , a nonprofit organization working under the umbrella of NCO Volunteer Network to beautify Clearlake through community action, is planning the Gems of Clearlake Garden Tour to showcase the talents of local gardeners on April 8, 2017.
Anyone interested in allowing their yard to be included in future garden tours is asked to contact the CC4C Landscaping Committee at 707-701-3554.
In conjunction with the garden tour, CC4C is issuing a landscaping challenge to the citizens and businesses of Clearlake.
Anyone who has an inclination to create or improve a garden spot, and wishes to participate, should send a dated “Before” photograph to CC4C Landscape Challenge, c/o 14225 Ridge Rd., Clearlake, CA 95422, no later than Oct. 1, 2016, to enter. Include contact information. Send email entries to
Categories are most creative, most improved, best use of recycling and drought tolerant.
First prize will be $250. There also will be second and third place prizes, honorable mentions and every contestant who completes the challenge will receive a prize for participating. Participants are encouraged to photograph their “during” efforts, also, for possible publication.
Dated “after” photos must be received by May 1, 2017, and the winner will be selected by June 1, 2017.
Clearlake is a wonderful place to grow as a community. Let’s get to work to show just what we can accomplish together.
LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Cal Fire's evening update as of 8 p.m. Sunday listed the size of the Clayton fire at 3,000 acres, with 5 percent containment and 10 structures destroyed.
The current damage cost estimate is $1,500,000.
No injuries have been reported.
According to Cal Fire the fire is burning aggressively towards the north, crossing Morgan Valley Road and Cache Creek, and is impacting the communities of Lower Lake and Clearlake. St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake has been evacuated.
The fire behavior remains intense and additional resources arrived throughout the day. Structures are threatened and currently mandatory evacuations are in place while structure defense continues.
The fire area terrain is grassy oak woodland, heavy brush with difficult access. Areas evacuated include Clayton Creek Road, all of Morgan Valley Road, North Spruce Grove Road to Jerusalem Grade Road,l Highway 53 at the Highway 29 junction north to Highway 20 with advisory evacuations for Jerusalem Grade Road.
Road Closures: Clayton Creek Road at Highway 29, all of Morgan Valley Road to the Napa County line, North Spruce Grove Road and junction of Spruce Grove Rd and Jerusalem Grade South Spruce Grove Road off Highway 29.
Resources assigned to the fire include 122 engine/truck companies, 22 water tenders, 15 volunteer companies, 24 fire crews, seven helicopters, 107 overhead personnel and 22 bulldozers, six air tankers and a total of 1,044 personnel.
Earlier in the day power lines in Clearlake were deenergized resulting in the closure of the Highlands Senior Center.
Three evacuation centers remain open: Kelseyville High School, 5480 Main St., 707-279-4923, Twin Pine Casino, 22223 Highway 29, Middletown, 800-564-4872; and the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 3500 Hill Road East, Lakeport, 707-263-6002.
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Lower Lake, Calif -- The Lake county sheriff's office reports the following Konocti Unified School District schools will be closed on Monday, August 15, 2016.
Due to fire activity Lower Lake High, Lower Lake Elementary, Carle, Konocti Education Center, Burns Valley, Pomona, East Lake and Clearlake Crea
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – With the Clayton fire approaching, St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake has been closed and patients are being evacuated, and authorities have closed a stretch of Highway 29 near Lower Lake.
The Clayton fire was at 2,000 acres, with 5-percent containment Sunday afternoon, according to Cal Fire.
Hospital officials confirmed Sunday afternoon that the facility – located on 18th Avenue in Clearlake – had been closed due to the fire.
“All patients are being transferred to Sutter Lakeside Hospital in Lakeport. St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake will remain closed until further notice,” the hospital said in a statement.
Radio reports indicated that about 16 or 17 patients needed to be transported from the hospital, with not enough fire resources available to have the patients and staff shelter in place. Due to stretched resources, authorities were calling for ambulances from around the county to help with the transports.
Shortly after the hospital confirmed the evacuation, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said that, due to the fire activity in Lower Lake, Highway 29 was closed between Spruce Grove North and Bell Park, with traffic rerouted.
On Sunday the fire's growth – it was jumping roads and containment lines – necessitated an increasing number of evacuations in and around Lower Lake as well as part of the Avenues area in Clearlake.
Lake County Sheriff Brian Martin also declared an emergency due to the fire, as Lake County News has reported.
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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Fire officials said the Clayton fire near Lower Lake burned more acreage overnight.
The fire, burning since just before 5 p.m. Saturday, had reached 1,400 acres and was 5-percent contained by Sunday morning, according to Cal Fire.
Cal Fire said four residences have been destroyed.
On Sunday morning Cal Fire said the fire has a rapid rate of spread and volatile fire activity, with crews preparing for a challenging and intense fire fight. The fire is burning in grassy oak woodland, with heavy brush and difficult access.
With structures continuing to be threatened by the fire, evacuation orders remained in effect on Sunday morning. Red Cross is operating a shelter at the Highlands Senior Center in Clearlake.
Shortly after 4:30 a.m. Sunday, the Lake County Sheriff's Office ordered additional mandatory evacuations on all of Morgan Valley Road to Butte Rock Ranch Road in Lower Lake due to the fire.
Cal Fire said the resources assigned Sunday include 500 personnel, 43 fire engines, 15 fire crews, eight dozers, eight water tenders, four helicopters and three airtankers.
In addition to Cal Fire, cooperating agencies include fire districts from around Lake County, the United States Forest Service, the Lake County Sheriff's Office and the California Highway Patrol.
Cal Fire said the fire's cause remains under investigation.
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