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LAKEPORT, Calif. – A late Friday afternoon crash outside of Lakeport resulted in minor injuries and caused major traffic delays.
The two-vehicle occurred at around 4:30 p.m. Friday on Highway 29 near Ackley Road, south of the intersection with Highway 175, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The CHP said a vehicle was on fire with a person trapped.
One person was transported to Sutter Lakeside Hospital with minor injuries, the CHP said.
The crash caused serious delays on Highway 29 and Highway 175, according to reports from the scene.
Authorities had to divert traffic around the scene and onto Soda Bay Road, the CHP said.
Additionally, witnesses said traffic coming off of the Hopland Grade was being sent onto Main Street in Lakeport.
The CHP said that the roadway was reopened shortly before 5:30 p.m., which was just after Lakeport Fire units cleared the scene.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Forecasters are calling for heavy storms this weekend and into next week, and have issued a flash flood watch for Lake County and other parts of the North Coast as a result.
The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement and a flash flood watch for areas including Lake County on Thursday.
The agency said a major pattern change – toward much wetter weather – is about to arrive.
The forecast predicts a “parade of storms” for the next week and beyond that could lead to rock slides, small stream flooding, downed trees and power outages, as well as chances of hail and thunderstorms in some areas.
A weaker storm system is anticipated to pass over the region on Friday, bringing with it as much as three-quarters of an inch of rain, according to the Lake County specific forecast.
A much stronger system is expected on Saturday, when between 1 and 2 inches of rain may fall in Lake County, the forecast said.
That prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flash flood watch that will be in effect from 4 p.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday for the Valley, Rocky and Jerusalem fire areas.
Gusty winds also are forecast on Saturday, ranging into the high 20s, with gusts into the high 30s.
Forecasters predict light to moderate precipitation continuing Sunday, Monday and through next week.
Temperatures in Lake County over the coming week are expected to range into the low 40s at night and into the low 60s during the day, according to the forecast.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Among the pit bulls available for adoption at Lake County Animal Care and Control this week is “Monkey.”
He's a handsome gray and white pit bull with some brindle markings.
Besides being a good-looking, friendly guy, Monkey is a goofball.
He's extremely playful and enjoys time romping in the play yard with friends.
Monkey is in kennel No. 9, ID No. 4498.
To fill out an adoption application online visit http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Animal_Care_And_Control/Adopt/Dog___Cat_Adoption_Application.htm .
Lake County Animal Care and Control is located at 4949 Helbush in Lakeport, next to the Hill Road Correctional Facility.
Office hours are Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday. The shelter is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Visit the shelter online at http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Animal_Care_And_Control.htm .
For more information call Lake County Animal Care and Control at 707-263-0278.
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“The children are listening,” Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-3) told his fellow Representatives during a special order hour on Tuesday about the issue of bullying in our schools and in our politics.
“Today, I rise to shed light on the epidemic of bullying in our schools, and the harmful effects it has on our nation’s children. Bullying is the reason that 160,000 American children do not go to school each day because they cannot endure another day of verbal and physical attacks from their peers. All too often horrific shootings on our school campuses are done by students who have been bullied,” he said.
Last year, 70 percent of students admitted they witnessed bullying in their school and more than 20 percent of teenagers report that they have been bullied or victimized by their peers.
What’s more, more than 80 percent of LGBTQ youth were bullied last year because of their sexual orientation and more than half of Muslim students have experienced religion-based bullying at school.
“Unfortunately the presidential campaign has descended into political discourse that is vulgar and demeaning personal attacks. What we are seeing and hearing from people who want to be our leader is schoolyard bullying. Unfortunately this political discourse is legitimizing this sort of behavior. The children are listening and they are going to copy it,” said Garamendi.
“Bullying harms people. Their lives are disrupted. They can become fearful and depressed. Individuals who are bullied sometimes strike out in acts of violence, both self-inflicted and against others. We need to take actions that help our children understand the result of bullying, and teach our students to express their feelings constructively and communicate with each other in the spirit of caring and compassion,” he added.
Congressman Garamendi is a founding director of Operation Respect, a national movement against bullying dedicated to creating respectful, safe, and compassionate climates of learning that are free of bullying and prejudice.
Operation Respect is currently active in 22,000 schools across the United States.
Part of Operation Respect’s efforts include disseminating its “Don’t Laugh At Me Program,” which includes a series of interactive videos and songs that help teachers and elementary students alike address the issue of bullying in their classrooms.
LAKEPORT, Calif. – An Upper Lake man has been arrested for robbery, theft and other charges after he threatened a Northshore couple and took boats and tools from their home.
Cory Lynn Bush, 41, was taken into custody Thursday morning, according to Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
Shortly after 7 a.m. Thursday, Lake County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence located in the 4000 block of E. State Highway 20 in Nice for a report of a prowler, Brooks said.
He said Central Dispatch advised that the subject could be seen by the homeowner going back and forth from the backyard to their boat.
While the deputies were still responding, the homeowner told Central Dispatch she thought the subject was now inside the house attacking her husband. She said the subject had threatened both her and her husband with a screwdriver, according to Brooks' report.
Upon arrival, the deputies contacted the homeowners, who said they had confronted the subject, later identified as Bush, Brooks said.
Brooks said the husband found and confronted Bush, who was inside his garage. When he yelled at Bush, he said Bush turned towards him with his arm raised and appeared to be holding a screwdriver or a knife.
The homeowner tried to step away from Bush and fell to the ground. Brooks said Bush then ran out the side door of the residence toward the pier.
Brooks said the homeowner said he watched as Bush got into their 22-foot Crownline boat, started it and took off across the lake towards Lakeport.
After Bush stole the boat the homeowner discovered that he was also missing a kayak, multiple power tools, an outboard motor and additional items from the garage, Brooks said.
At 8 a.m. Thursday Bush was located with the boat and stolen property in a canal behind Sears, which is located at 2570 S. Main St. in Lakeport, according to Brooks.
Brooks said Bush admitted to stealing the boat, the kayak, outboard motor and multiple tools. Central Dispatch advised that Bush was currently on probation out of Mendocino County for grand theft.
Bush was arrested for robbery, burglary, possession of stolen property, grand theft and for violating his probation, and transported to the Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked on the charges, Brooks said.
MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Despite the continuing impacts of the Valley fire on both the south county's people and landscape, the EcoArts: Lake County Sculpture Walk exhibition will go on in 2016 and take up the challenge of using art to tell new and poignant stories.
EcoArts will open in the Middletown County Trailside Park on June 5 with a reception beginning at 10 a.m.
The 107-acre park which has, for many years, been the exhibit's annual home burned in the Valley fire last year.
Despite the damage, the park will again play host to the sculpture walk.
Organizers said that this year's exhibit will be “exceptionally challenging but also an immense opportunity.”
The park is located off Dry Creek Cutoff on Highway 175 approximately a mile north of Middletown.
The Sculpture Walk exhibit itself is located along the center trail of the park and runs along approximately one third of a mile of trail once dotted with trees, shrubs and meadows.
There are two parts to the Sculpture Walk this year. Firstly, with the annual exhibit, organizers have decided to go “back to our roots” and focus on stewardship and a more disciplined approach to the Ecological and environmental part of our annual sculpture walk art.
Organizers hope there will be works that help address the devastation of the park through creative, thought provoking problem solving.
The second part of the Sculpture Walk has to do with the fires. The community has lived through and understands the tragedies of the past year. A special “tribute to our resiliency” section will acknowledge the collective experiences the community went through during the fires.
Community members are invited to join in providing artwork for this special section. Whether a professional artist or someone who has never made a work before, if you have been impacted by the fires and created an artwork that speaks to you, EcoArts would like to consider your work for the “tribute to resiliency” section of the Sculpture Walk.
Nine of 10 directors of EcoArts and Middletown Art Center lost their homes. The park venue is burned. But, part of processing and healing can be through creation.
EcoArts encourages you to create and to view creations.
For more information and applications please visit www.EcoArtsLakeCounty.org .
