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UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The Tallman Hotel and Blue Wing Saloon Restaurant in Upper Lake have announced the lineup for their ninth annual Blue Wing Blues Festival, which takes place Aug. 7 through 9.
Details of a followup show on Labor Day, Sept. 7, will be announced shortly.
Headliners this year include the Ford Blues Band with Volker Strifler, Harriet Lewis and the Family Band, and Rick Estrin and the Nightcats. Blues guitar legend Bernie Pearl from Los Angeles will open each of the shows.
Starting at 6:30 p.m. each evening, these top blues musicians will perform on the veranda of the Hotel with the audience gathered in the intimate garden between the Hotel and Restaurant.
“It’s a nice time of day and a great spot to enjoy world-class music,” said owner Bernie Butcher. “With a top quality barbecue dinner thrown in with the price of admission, it’s a great value for music lovers.”
Opening each evening of the August dates is LA-based blues guitarist Bernie Pearl accompanied by Mike Berry on bass.
Pearl is a fixture on the Los Angeles blues scene with his solo performances, his band backing all the big names in the area and as host of a popular all-blues radio station.
The Ford Blues Band will headline opening night on Friday, Aug. 7. Led by veteran bluesman Patrick Ford on drums, the band includes Mark Ford on harp and vocals, Dewayne Pate on bass and features German-born Volker Strifler on guitar and vocals.
Volker and his band have won several blues awards, Ford’s solo releases on Blue Rock’It Records have been bestsellers, and Pate is one of the most sought after session men on the West Coast. Together they make for one of the most skillful and intriguing bands on the blues scene today.
Headlining the show on Saturday, Aug. 8, is the dynamic soul, blues and jazz vocalist Harriet Lewis with her “Family Band” including backup vocalists.
Originally from Philadelphia of Jamaican Heritage, Lewis began singing in her Baptist church at the age of 12 and has been perfecting her craft ever since.
She has performed as lead or backup vocals on some 13 CDs. Now residing in California, Lewis has traveled widely in Europe, particularly Germany where, in 1995, she won an award as “Best Soul, Blues and Jazz Singer in Europe.”
Rick Estrin and the Nightcats top the bill on Sunday, Aug. 9.
Estrin ranks among the very best harmonica players, singers and songwriters in the blues world today. His quick wit and signature look – coiffed hair, pencil-thin mustache and sharp attire – add even more color to his performances.
Backing Estrin are virtuoso musicians in their own rights. Kid Andersen is a fiery showman on guitar together with Lorenzo Farrell on bass and keys and J. Hansen on drums.
Tickets are limited to 100 each evening and may be purchased directly at the Tallman Hotel, located on Main Street in Upper Lake, or by calling the hotel reception desk at 707-275-2244, Extension 0.
Ticket prices are $50 each plus tax if purchased in advance and $55 each at the gate.
More information including the barbecue menus for each night can be found at www.tallmanhotel.com/concerts .
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The 73rd quilt block on the Lake County Quilt Trail is “Friends of the Library” designed by library technician, Jan Cook, who has been a quilter for 40 years.
Lakeport Library is located at 1425 N. High St. in Lakeport.
Cook’s design incorporates four friendship stars and an open book.
The four red stars represent Lake County’s four public libraries and the support the libraries get from Friends of the Lake County Library.
The open book symbolizes the library’s information-sharing function for the people of Lake County.
Red in the block represents the warmth and cheer of friendship. Light blue from Lake County Library cards represents Clear Lake and Lake County’s clear skies.
Friends made all of Lake County’s early libraries possible when individuals, civic improvement clubs and library committees banded together to form libraries in their towns.
Lakeport’s library committee started the town’s first library in 1907 in the Levy Building.
The committee applied for and received a Carnegie grant to open Lakeport’s Carnegie building in 1918.
Upper Lake’s first library was housed in J.N. League’s store for two years before Harriet Lee Hammond and the Upper Lake Women’s Protective Club provided the Harriet Lee Hammond Library in 1916. The Hammond Library will celebrate its centennial in 2016.
Chauncey W. Gibson made it possible for Middletown to have a temporary library in 1929 and a
permanent one in 1930, which is now the Gibson Museum and Cultural Center.
The Park Study Club founded the Redbud Library on Golf Avenue in Clearlake in the 1960s.
These four independent town libraries formed the Lake County Library system in the 1970s.
In 1986 Lakeport’s new library, the headquarters of the Lake County Library system, opened at 1425 N. High St.
New modern libraries have replaced the older buildings in Clearlake and Middletown.
The Friends of the Lake County Library continues the tradition of community support for libraries and literacy in Lake County.
The Lake County Library is on the Internet at http://library.lakecountyca.gov and the Friends of the Lake County Library can be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-the-Lake-County-Library/96465282133 .
The Lake County Quilt Trail is an agricultural and tourism project designed to promote community pride.
The 4-foot by 4-foot quilt block was drawn and painted by the Lake County Quilt Trail team, a group of dedicated quilters, graphic artists, painters, writers, carpenters and a videographer.
For more information about the Lake County Quilt Trail visit www.lakecountyquilttrail.com or check out the group's Facebook page.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Hundreds of firefighters are at the scene of a wildland fire that began burning Wednesday afternoon near Lake Berryessa, prompting evacuations.
The Wragg fire was first reported in 7700 block of Highway 128 at Wragg Canyon Road in Napa and Solano counties just before 2:30 p.m., according to Cal Fire.
Officials said the fire was sparked by a vehicle crash.
The agency's most recent update on the fire, issued at 5 p.m., stated that it had burned 700 acres in two and a half hours, with no containment.
At 6:40 p.m., Cal Fire updated the size estimate to 1,000 acres, with 5 percent contained.
Structures are threatened in the Mix Canyon area, and evacuations are in effect in the area of Cold Canyon, including the Canyon Creek Campground, Cal Fire said. Hikers also are being evacuated.
Highway 128 is closed in the fire area, according to Cal Fire.
An estimated 300 firefighters are on scene, Cal Fire said, along with 16 fire engines, 10 fire crews, six air tankers, four helicopters, 11 dozers, five water tenders, three volunteer companies and five overhead/command personnel.
Officials said the fire is traveling rapidly through the area's brush-covered, rugged and steep terrain.
Firefighters are being challenged by erratic winds and difficult access as they work on perimeter control and containment, according to Cal Fire.
In addition to Cal Fire, agencies on scene include Napa County Fire, Winters Fire Protection District, the Napa County Sheriff's Office, the California Highway Patrol and the Napa County Roads Department.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The candidacy filing period is now open for numerous seats on local special district and education governing boards that will appear on the Nov. 3 ballot, according to the Lake County Registrar of Voters Office.
The filing period for the following offices ends at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, Registrar Diane Fridley reported.
College, board of education or school district governing boards
– Mendocino-Lake Community College District: Trustee Area Nos. 1, 3 and 4, one vacancy each (file in Mendocino County); Trustee Area No. 7, one vacancy (file in Lake County).
– Lake County Board of Education: Trustee Area No. 1, one vacancy; Trustee Area No. 2, one vacancy.
– Kelseyville Unified School District: Three vacancies.
– Lakeport Unified School District: Three vacancies.
– Lucerne Elementary School District: One full term, one two-year unexpired term.
– Upper Lake Union Elementary School District: Two vacancies.
– Upper Lake Union High School District: Two vacancies.
Special district board of directors
– Kelseyville Fire Protection District: Two vacancies.
– Lake County Fire Protection District: Three vacancies.
– South Lake County Fire Protection District: Three full terms, one two-year unexpired term.
– Anderson Springs Community Services District: Two vacancies.
– Butler-Keys Community Services District: Three vacancies.
– Adams Springs Water District: Two full terms, one two-year unexpired term.
– Buckingham Park Water District: Two full terms, one two-year unexpired term.
– Callayomi County Water District: Two full terms, one two-year unexpired term.
– Clearlake Oaks County Water District: Three full terms, one two-year unexpired term.
– Cobb Area County Water District: Two vacancies.
– Konocti County Water District: Two full terms, one two-year unexpired term.
– Scotts Valley Water Conservation District: Divisions I and III, one vacancy each division, full terms; Division II, one vacancy, two-year unexpired term.
– Upper Lake County Water District: Three vacancies.
– Villa Blue Estates Water District: Three vacancies, two-year terms.
For more information, call the Lake County Registrar of Voters Office at 707-263-2372, or stop by the office, located in Room 209 on the second floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A 3.2-magnitude earthquake was reported in the Cobb area on Tuesday evening.
The US Geological Survey said the quake occurred at 7:55 p.m.
The quake's epicenter was located 1 mile west of Cobb and 11 miles southwest of Clearlake, at a depth of a mile and a half, the survey reported.
Shake reports were submitted to the US Geological Survey from Kelseyville, Middletown, Healdsburg and Napa, from the Bay Area and from as far away as Hydesville – 223 miles from the epicenter.
A magnitude 3 earthquake was reported 3 miles northwest of The Geysers geothermal steamfield on Monday, the US Geological Survey reported.
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NORTH COAST, Calif. – Mendocino County health officials reported Tuesday that the first human case of West Nile virus in that county since 2014 has been confirmed.
Officials said it is unclear whether the patient was infected with the virus within Mendocino County, as the patient reported being bitten by mosquitoes while out of state during the incubation period.
The patient is recovering, according to the report.
Earlier this week, the California Department of Public Health reported that the state's first West Nile virus death of this year occurred in Nevada County, where a senior citizen died of the virus.
No other human cases of the virus have been reported this year statewide, according to the California West Nile virus Web site, www.westnile.ca.gov .
West Nile virus is transmitted to humans and animals through the bite of an infected mosquito.
A person or animal that has been infected by West Nile virus may have no symptoms of illness or they could become severely ill.
Severe symptoms occur in less than 1 percent of those persons infected by West Nile virus. Symptoms can include high fever, headache, neck stiffness, disorientation, tremors, coma, convulsions, muscle loss, numbness, paralysis and vision loss. These symptoms can last several weeks and neurological effects may be permanent.
Mild symptoms occur in up to 20 percent of persons infected with West Nile virus and include fever, headache, body aches, nausea, vomiting and sometimes swollen lymph glands or a rash on the chest, stomach and back.
Persons with these symptoms can feel ill for a few days, while others may feel ill for several weeks. Approximately 80 percent of those who are infected with West Nile virus do not have any symptoms at all and do not feel ill.
Individuals over 50 years of age are at a higher risk to develop serious symptoms if they are infected with West Nile virus.
To avoid becoming infected with West Nile virus, avoid spending time outdoors at dawn and dusk when mosquitoes are most active; wear long pants and long-sleeved shirts when outdoors and use insect repellent; eliminate all sources of standing water to reduce mosquito breeding; and repair or replace torn screens on windows and doors to prevent mosquitoes from entering your home.