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UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The community of Upper Lake is in the midst of preparing for its late spring Wild West Day celebration.
The event will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 6, on Upper Lake's historic Main Street.
The Northshore Fire Protection District, Upper Lake Community Council and Northshore Business Association are sponsoring the event, which they say will be filled with family fun.
The day will include a pancake breakfast, parade, costume contest, children's carnival, street faire, tri-tip barbecue, Western skits by The Blue Canyon Gang, strawberry ice cream, live music and more.
For more general information about the event, contact Debbie, 707-275-2000; for vendor information, contact Byron, 707-275-9515; or for details on the morning parade, email
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Beginning on Friday, May 1, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, will require a burn permit for any outdoor open burning in State Responsibility Areas (SRA) in several of its units.
The units include:
– Mendocino;
– San Mateo - Santa Cruz;
– Santa Clara - serving Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara and areas west of I-5 in Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties;
– Sonoma-Lake-Napa - serving Sonoma, Lake, Napa and portions of Solano, Yolo, and Colusa counties.
State Responsibility Areas are generally the unincorporated, rural, grass, brush and timber covered lands.
Individuals who conduct open burning must keep the fire size within the issued permit requirements, at all times.
All open burning permit requirements include continual monitoring of the fire by an adult, a minimum clearance of at least 10 feet to bare mineral soil around the fire, adequate control resources (tools, water, etc.) and do not burn on a windy day.
Failure to maintain control of an open fire will result in the permit being voided and the permit holder charged with the possibility of being responsible for fire suppression cost, civil damages and fines.
Cal Fire burn permits are in addition to any air quality control district and local fire agency permits.
Cal Fire chiefs remind local residents, “Open burning requires local landowners, to do their due diligences to insure they are meeting all conditions set forth by authorizing agencies prior to conducting an open burn.”
For more information on burn permits or wildland fire safety, residents can contact their local Cal Fire facility or visit www.fire.ca.gov .
In the wake of the announcement that Corinthian Colleges Inc. will close all of its California campuses, state officials said Monday they will assist students across California who have been impacted by the closure decision.
The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office said assistance is available for students who had attended Corinthian Colleges Inc. – including WyoTech, Everest or Heald College.
In conjunction with other state and federal agencies, the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, said it is working to assist students who have been affected by the recent regulatory actions involving Corinthian Colleges Inc., or CCI.
In 2013, California Attorney General Kamala Harris filed a complaint alleging that CCI intentionally targeted low-income, vulnerable Californians through deceptive and false advertisements and aggressive marketing campaigns that misrepresented job placement rates and school programs.
The complaint alleged that CCI deployed these advertisements through persistent Internet, telemarketing and television ad campaigns.
The complaint further alleged that Corinthian executives knowingly misrepresented job placement rates to investors and accrediting agencies, which harmed students, investors and taxpayers.
On April 9, Harris and eight other state attorneys general sent a letter to the federal Department of Education urging the federal government to immediately relieve the debt burden of thousands of students who attended Heald College and other CCI campuses.
“Corinthian continued to deceive its students to the end,” said Harris. “Closure of these campuses should help students get out from under the mountains of debt Corinthian imposed upon them through its lies.”
Harris added, “Federal and state regulators rightly acted to prevent taxpayer dollars from flowing to Corinthian, which preyed on the educational dreams of vulnerable people such as low-income individuals, single mothers and veterans by misleading students and investors about job placement rates and course offerings. My office will work closely with our state and federal partners to ensure that students get the relief they deserve, providing them with a new path to achieve their educational goals and rebuild their lives.”
Current students attending Corinthian’s WyoTech, Everest or Heald College campuses can visit www.oag.ca.gov/Corinthian to find information on eligibility for debt relief, available resources and the closure status of a specific campus.
Students also are encouraged to utilize an interactive tool created to help current and former Corinthian students learn more about their rights and how to protect them, which can be found at http://www.oag.ca.gov/corinthiantool .
Students will be prompted to answer a series of questions, which will result in a personalized resource sheet that can be downloaded or emailed for future reference.
The personal resource sheet will provide students with information about types of relief they may be eligible for, as well as information on local organizations that can provide help and advice regarding their legal rights and educational options.
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UPPER LAKE, Calif. – A 3.4-magnitude earthquake hit near Upper Lake early Monday evening, with reports coming in from residents who felt it around the county.
The quake occurred at 5:53 p.m., according to the US Geological Survey.
It was centered 11 miles northeast of Upper Lake, 22 miles north northwest of Clearlake and 25 miles east northeast of Ukiah, at a depth of about 8.4 miles, the US Geological Survey reported.
Shake reports were filed online with the US Geological Survey by residents of Clearlake, Kelseyville, Lakeport, Lucerne, Nice and Upper Lake.
Those who felt the quake described it as a quick jolt that rocked furniture and homes, according to posts on the Lake County News Facebook page.
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UPPER LAKE, Calif. – A man who swung a machete at several Upper Lake residents was arrested on Sunday for assault with a deadly weapon.
Devin Ray Walker, 23, was taken into custody early Sunday afternoon, according to a report from Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
At approximately 12:18 p.m. Sunday deputies responded to a residence located in the 1400 block of E. State Highway 20 in Upper Lake for a report of a man swinging a machete at people, Brooks said.
As deputies arrived at the address, Brooks said they observed a male subject – later identified as Walker – with a machete.
When a deputy told Walker to stop, he threw the machete in the opposite direction of the deputy. Brooks said Walker then ran toward the area he had thrown the machete, which was out of view from the deputy.
Deputies pursued Walker as he continued to run until he entered a canal and swam across toward the Reclamation Cutoff. Brooks said Walker was apprehended a short time later, approximately one mile from where the incident started.
Witnesses told deputies that Walker had set up a tent on their property without permission. They had asked him to leave several times, which he refused, Brooks said.
Just prior to contacting the sheriff’s office, they moved all of his belongings towards the front of their property and told him again that he had to leave, Brooks said.
Brooks said Walker became extremely upset and started yelling incoherently. Walker then armed himself with a machete and began to swing it at several people while chasing them.
Walker was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, resisting arrest and for an unrelated warrant, and was transported to the Lake County Jail and booked, Brooks said.
Jail records showed that Walker's bail was set at $25,000, with a tentative court date set for Tuesday. He remained in custody on Monday evening.
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Symphony will once again pay homage to moms with its popular annual Mother's Day symphony concert, set for Sunday, May 10.
The concert will be held at 3 p.m. at the Soper Reese Theater, 275 S. Main St., Lakeport.
It’s become a tradition in the last few years that the annual Mother’s Day concert of the 70-plus piece Lake County Symphony will tilt toward lighter fare than the usual classical music, and this year’s program will be no exception, according to the orchestra’s conductor John Parkinson.
The concert is sponsored by the Lake County Symphony Association, the nonprofit volunteer group that funds the symphony.
Program selection leans heavily on the music of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II and the orchestra joins the rest of the nation in saluting the 60 year anniversary of their music in the film “The Sound of Music.”
Unfortunately Hammerstein was not there for the movie’s release, having died of cancer shortly after the play’s theater opening four years earlier.
Parkinson also has chosen selections from the duo’s other Broadway blockbusters including “The King and I” and “Oklahoma,” as well as music from Frank Loesser’s “Guys and Dolls,” “West Side Story” by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, and “Phantom of the Opera” by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Hollywood, too, is not overlooked, with selections from the Columbia Pictures movie “Oliver” and Disney’s popular animated feature “Frozen.”
As is traditional with the Lake County Symphony – and indeed most orchestras of its type – the program will open with a performance of the Symphony Association Youth Orchestra conducted by Sue Condit.
She is maintaining the show business theme, with her young players performing a piece from the Paramount television series “Star Trek, The Next Generation,” entitled “The Inner Light,” and composed by James Kazik.
In the movie Captain Picard plays it on a brass Ressikan flute similar to a penny or tin whistle. In the youth concert the solo version will be played on a concert flute by Ethan Jones.
The final piece will be the theme music from Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” written by Klaus Badelt and arranged by Ted Ricketts.
Admission to the concert is $25 for general admission or $20 for symphony association members.
In addition there will be a full rehearsal at 11 a.m. to which youths under 18 are admitted free, with others paying only $5.
Because of the popularity of the annual Mother’s Day concert, advance reservations are suggested.
They can be made online at www.soperreesetheatre.com or by calling 707-263-0577.