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California State Parks graduated 30 cadets, including 29 rangers and one lifeguard, on Friday, April 28, who will "Live the Parks Life" in the country's largest state park system.
Since the Basic Visitor Services Training, or BVST, Academy began on Sept. 19, 2022, this class’ members has stayed committed to their responsibility as keepers of the state's most valuable natural and cultural resources as they advance to the next stage of their careers.
“Integrity is the foundation of law enforcement … graduates have a commitment to public service, dedicating themselves to our natural and cultural resources and the communities that enjoy these lands and waters,” said State Parks Director Armando Quintero before the graduating class. “You must be willing to put yourself and your own safety at risk to protect the safety of others … I hope that your careers are rewarding, your lives are rich with community and love, stay safe and I look forward to seeing you in the parks.”
After spending 32 weeks in the academy, the cadets received their badges and formally became State Park Peace Officers with their family, friends, and department staff serving as their audience both in person in Paradise, California and remotely.
As peace officers, they will serve, protect, and educate visitors to California’s 280 state parks, while protecting the state’s most significant natural and cultural resources.
This year’s class of 30 cadets was chosen from a field of more than 400 applicants.
Graduates of this class will be stationed throughout the state, such as in the Northern Buttes Districts — which includes Lake County — along with the Sierra, Bay Area, Central Valley, San Diego, and Inland Empire districts.
Cadet training included lessons in strategic communication, physical arrests, investigations, search and rescue operations, defensive tactics, de-escalation, and firearms use.
Cadets also received training in visitor services, public education and interpretation, park resource protection and management, and first aid.
Students are mentally, morally, emotionally, and physically prepared to enter and successfully complete the Field Training Officer Program, which consists of 13 weeks of on-the-job training.
Want to 'Live the Parks Life'?
State Parks is currently accepting applications for the 2024 State Parks Peace Officers Cadet Academy exam. The deadline to apply is Saturday, June 10.
For more information on the academy and minimum requirements, including frequently asked questions and a general timeline of the recruitment cycle, please visit www.LiveTheParksLife.com and click on the “State Park Peace Officer Cadet Selection Process” link.
Interested applicants can also email
LAKEPORT, Calif. — The Lakeport City Council this week is set to consider a contract amendment to expand a road study and get updates on coming events.
The council will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, to discuss a case of anticipated litigation by Jonathan Ohlen before the public portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
The agenda can be found here.
The council chambers will be open to the public for the meeting. Masks are highly encouraged where 6-foot distancing cannot be maintained.
If you cannot attend in person, and would like to speak on an agenda item, you can access the Zoom meeting remotely at this link or join by phone by calling toll-free 669-900-9128 or 346-248-7799.
The webinar ID is 973 6820 1787, access code is 477973; the audio pin will be shown after joining the webinar. Those phoning in without using the web link will be in “listen mode” only and will not be able to participate or comment.
Comments can be submitted by email toThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . To give the city clerk adequate time to print out comments for consideration at the meeting, please submit written comments before 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2.
The council on Tuesday will present a proclamation designating May 1 to 7 as Youth Week, and receive presentations on the Public, Educational and Governmental, or PEG, channel and the upcoming Shakespeare at the Lake event.
Public Works Director Ron Ladd will seek the council’s support for the first amendment to the city’s professional services agreement with WMH.
In the fall, the city hired WMH for the Lakeport Boulevard at Bevins Street project study report equivalent for an amount not to exceed $147,014, with a goal of using the study to assist with the new courthouse development in an alternative to the state’s proposed plan impacting the intersection at Lakeport Boulevard and Larrecou Lane.
“Through the process we have learned that such a study will not be impactful to the Courthouse Development and feel returning to a complete study of Lakeport Blvd. corridor will serve the City more sufficiently in our traffic improvement needs,” Ladd wrote in his report to the council.
“The expanded scope being considered tonight is to include the SR29 on and off ramps into the study. While increasing the cost of the study, the expanded scope will provide a more comprehensive evaluation of the corridor and provide cost estimates that future development will be required to contribute to for their fair share of traffic improvements to the corridor,” Ladd wrote.
The expanded contract will cost the city $157,986, according to Ladd’s report.
Under business, City Manager Kevin Ingram will ask the council to adopt a proposed resolution revising the City of Lakeport Legislative Policy to include reference to the League of California Cities 2023 state and federal advocacy priorities.
Also on Tuesday, Assistant City Manager/Finance Director Nick Walker will ask the council to execute a services agreement with OpenGov for permitting, licensing and procurement software.
On the consent agenda — items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote — are ordinances; minutes of the regular council meeting on April 18; approval of application 2023-013, with staff recommendations, for the 2023 Walk for Life; receipt and filing of of the draft minutes of the April 19 Measure Z Advisory Committee meeting; and receipt and filing of the illegal fireworks operations plan.
Email Elizabeth Larson atThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Follow her on Twitter, @ERLarson, or Lake County News, @LakeCoNews.
The council will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, to discuss a case of anticipated litigation by Jonathan Ohlen before the public portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
The agenda can be found here.
The council chambers will be open to the public for the meeting. Masks are highly encouraged where 6-foot distancing cannot be maintained.
If you cannot attend in person, and would like to speak on an agenda item, you can access the Zoom meeting remotely at this link or join by phone by calling toll-free 669-900-9128 or 346-248-7799.
The webinar ID is 973 6820 1787, access code is 477973; the audio pin will be shown after joining the webinar. Those phoning in without using the web link will be in “listen mode” only and will not be able to participate or comment.
Comments can be submitted by email to
The council on Tuesday will present a proclamation designating May 1 to 7 as Youth Week, and receive presentations on the Public, Educational and Governmental, or PEG, channel and the upcoming Shakespeare at the Lake event.
Public Works Director Ron Ladd will seek the council’s support for the first amendment to the city’s professional services agreement with WMH.
In the fall, the city hired WMH for the Lakeport Boulevard at Bevins Street project study report equivalent for an amount not to exceed $147,014, with a goal of using the study to assist with the new courthouse development in an alternative to the state’s proposed plan impacting the intersection at Lakeport Boulevard and Larrecou Lane.
“Through the process we have learned that such a study will not be impactful to the Courthouse Development and feel returning to a complete study of Lakeport Blvd. corridor will serve the City more sufficiently in our traffic improvement needs,” Ladd wrote in his report to the council.
“The expanded scope being considered tonight is to include the SR29 on and off ramps into the study. While increasing the cost of the study, the expanded scope will provide a more comprehensive evaluation of the corridor and provide cost estimates that future development will be required to contribute to for their fair share of traffic improvements to the corridor,” Ladd wrote.
The expanded contract will cost the city $157,986, according to Ladd’s report.
Under business, City Manager Kevin Ingram will ask the council to adopt a proposed resolution revising the City of Lakeport Legislative Policy to include reference to the League of California Cities 2023 state and federal advocacy priorities.
Also on Tuesday, Assistant City Manager/Finance Director Nick Walker will ask the council to execute a services agreement with OpenGov for permitting, licensing and procurement software.
On the consent agenda — items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote — are ordinances; minutes of the regular council meeting on April 18; approval of application 2023-013, with staff recommendations, for the 2023 Walk for Life; receipt and filing of of the draft minutes of the April 19 Measure Z Advisory Committee meeting; and receipt and filing of the illegal fireworks operations plan.
Email Elizabeth Larson at
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Board of Supervisors this week will present proclamations, continue to discuss proposed updated guidelines for cannabis-related growing structures and consider appointments to the town hall created to replace the Lucerne Area Town Hall.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 2, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
The meeting can be watched live on Channel 8, online at https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx and on the county’s Facebook page. Accompanying board documents, the agenda and archived board meeting videos also are available at that link.
To participate in real-time, join the Zoom meeting by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 992 0357 0657, pass code 740734. The meeting also can be accessed via one tap mobile at +16699006833,,99203570657#,,,,*740734#.
All interested members of the public that do not have internet access or a Mediacom cable subscription are encouraged to call 669-900-6833, and enter the Zoom meeting ID and pass code information above.
Beginning at 9:04 a.m., the board will present several proclamations.
Those proclamations will recognize May 5 as Lake County Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People, May 2023 as National Foster Care Awareness Month, May 1 to 7 as Elks Youth Week and Wildfire Preparedness week.
At 1:30 p.m. the board will continue a public hearing on a draft ordinance relating to exempt agricultural building permitting for temporary hoop structures for horticulture and crop protection.
In an untimed item, the board will consider appointments to the Community Visioning Forum, Central Region Town Hall, the latter the new group formed to replace the Lucerne Area Town Hall, which the Board of Supervisors chose to dismantle.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: Approve continuation of proclamation of the existence of a local emergency due to pervasive tree mortality.
5.2: Adopt proclamation designating the week of May 1 to 7, 2023, as Wildfire Preparedness Week.
5.3: Approve continuation of proclamation declaring a Clear Lake Hitch Emergency.
5.4: Adopt proclamation designating May 1 to 7, 2023, as Elks Youth Week in Lake County.
5.5: Approve the continuation of the proclamation declaring a shelter crisis urgency due to the current need for sheltering for those experiencing homelessness during the weather and temperature patterns that the county of Lake has been experiencing.
5.6: Adopt proclamation recognizing May 5, 2023, as Lake County Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People.
5.7: Approve Board of Supervisors minutes for April 18, 2023.
5.8: Adopt resolution approving the California Department of Public Health's Emergency Preparedness, Hospital Preparedness Program, and pandemic influenza grant contract for fiscal years 2022 to 2027 in the amount of $1,818,136 and authorize the department head to sign CDPH Form 1229: Grant funding agreement and Exhibit F: Federal terms and conditions.
5.9: Adopt resolution approving a request from Lake County Health Services to submit a renewal application for the California Department of Public Health Immunization Assistance Program for FY 2022-2027 in the Amount of $1,446,633.66 and authorizing the director of Health Services to sign.
5.10: Approve continuation of an emergency declaration for drought conditions.
5.11: Approve continuation of a local emergency by the Lake County Sheriff/OES director for the January 2023 Atmospheric River Event.
5.12: Approve continuation of proclamation of the existence of a local emergency due to low elevation snow and extreme cold.
5.13: Authorize the Public Services director to sign the notice of completion for work performed under the agreement with R & B Electronics Security-Electrical Contracting for the Hill Road Correctional Facility Tower Electronics Security Upgrade Project.
5.14: Adopt proclamation designating the month of May 2023 as National Foster Care Awareness Month.
5.15: Adopt resolution to approve agreement between Lake County Adult Services and California Department of Aging in the amount of $142,500 and authorize the department head to sign the agreement.
5.16: Approve Administrative Encroachment Permit #23-17 — Temporary closure of a portion of Clear Lake near Buckingham Homes Association office from May 19 to 21, 2023, for the 2023 Buckingham Test and Tune Boat and Car Show.
5.17: Sitting as the Board of Directors of the Lake County Watershed Protection District, approve the memorandum of understanding: Implementation of the Westside Sacramento Integrated Regional Water Management Plan for the Westside Subregion of the Sacramento River Funding Area, and authorize the chair to sign.
TIMED ITEMS
6.2, 9:03 a.m.: Pet of the Week.
6.3, 9:04 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation recognizing May 5, 2023, as Lake County Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People.
6.4, 9:05 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation designating the month of May 2023 as National Foster Care Awareness Month.
6.5, 9:06 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation designating May 1 to 7, 2023, as Elks Youth Week in Lake County.
6.6, 9:07 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation designating the week of May 1 to 7, 2023 as Wildfire Preparedness Week.
6.7, 9:10 a.m.: Consideration of a resolution amending the master fee schedule for departmental services rendered by the county.
6.8, 11:30 a.m.: Review and consideration of travel and reimbursement policy.
6.9, 1 p.m.: Consideration of Lake County PEG Board annual presentation.
6.10, 1:30 p.m.: Public hearing, continued from April 18 and 25, consideration of draft ordinance amending Chapter 5 of the Lake County Code relating to exempt agricultural building permitting for temporary hoop structures for horticulture and crop protection.
UNTIMED ITEMS
7.2: Consideration of a letter of support for a cooperative agreement between the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) Ukiah Field Office and the Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance (TERA).
7.3: Consideration of the following advisory board appointments: Community Visioning Forum, Central Region Town Hall.
7.4: Consideration of resolution approving agreements for the purchase of right of way for the South Main Street — Soda Bay Road Improvement Project and authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute the purchase agreements of behalf of the county of Lake.
ASSESSMENT APPEALS
8.1: Consideration of withdrawal on the following assessment appeal applications: a) No. 12-2021 Wells Fargo Bank; and b) 60-2020, 61-2020, 62-2020, 20-2021, 21-2021 H&S Energy.
8.2: Consideration of request by the appellant to continue the following assessment appeal applications: a) No. 22-2021 WorldMark; and b) No. 16-2021 Tesla Energy; and c) 13-2021 and 14-2021 Safeway Inc. to the Nov. 7, 2023, Board of Supervisors meeting at 10 a.m.
8.3: Consideration of stipulation on the following assessment appeal applications: a) No. 68-2020 WorldMark; and b) No. 18-2020 H&S Energy.
8.4: Consideration of the following assessment appeal application: No. 15-2021 Lakeport Post Acute.
CLOSED SESSION
9.1: Public employee evaluation: Health Services Director Jonathan Portney.
Email Elizabeth Larson atThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Follow her on Twitter, @ERLarson, or Lake County News, @LakeCoNews.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 2, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
The meeting can be watched live on Channel 8, online at https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx and on the county’s Facebook page. Accompanying board documents, the agenda and archived board meeting videos also are available at that link.
To participate in real-time, join the Zoom meeting by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 992 0357 0657, pass code 740734. The meeting also can be accessed via one tap mobile at +16699006833,,99203570657#,,,,*740734#.
All interested members of the public that do not have internet access or a Mediacom cable subscription are encouraged to call 669-900-6833, and enter the Zoom meeting ID and pass code information above.
Beginning at 9:04 a.m., the board will present several proclamations.
Those proclamations will recognize May 5 as Lake County Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People, May 2023 as National Foster Care Awareness Month, May 1 to 7 as Elks Youth Week and Wildfire Preparedness week.
At 1:30 p.m. the board will continue a public hearing on a draft ordinance relating to exempt agricultural building permitting for temporary hoop structures for horticulture and crop protection.
In an untimed item, the board will consider appointments to the Community Visioning Forum, Central Region Town Hall, the latter the new group formed to replace the Lucerne Area Town Hall, which the Board of Supervisors chose to dismantle.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: Approve continuation of proclamation of the existence of a local emergency due to pervasive tree mortality.
5.2: Adopt proclamation designating the week of May 1 to 7, 2023, as Wildfire Preparedness Week.
5.3: Approve continuation of proclamation declaring a Clear Lake Hitch Emergency.
5.4: Adopt proclamation designating May 1 to 7, 2023, as Elks Youth Week in Lake County.
5.5: Approve the continuation of the proclamation declaring a shelter crisis urgency due to the current need for sheltering for those experiencing homelessness during the weather and temperature patterns that the county of Lake has been experiencing.
5.6: Adopt proclamation recognizing May 5, 2023, as Lake County Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People.
5.7: Approve Board of Supervisors minutes for April 18, 2023.
5.8: Adopt resolution approving the California Department of Public Health's Emergency Preparedness, Hospital Preparedness Program, and pandemic influenza grant contract for fiscal years 2022 to 2027 in the amount of $1,818,136 and authorize the department head to sign CDPH Form 1229: Grant funding agreement and Exhibit F: Federal terms and conditions.
5.9: Adopt resolution approving a request from Lake County Health Services to submit a renewal application for the California Department of Public Health Immunization Assistance Program for FY 2022-2027 in the Amount of $1,446,633.66 and authorizing the director of Health Services to sign.
5.10: Approve continuation of an emergency declaration for drought conditions.
5.11: Approve continuation of a local emergency by the Lake County Sheriff/OES director for the January 2023 Atmospheric River Event.
5.12: Approve continuation of proclamation of the existence of a local emergency due to low elevation snow and extreme cold.
5.13: Authorize the Public Services director to sign the notice of completion for work performed under the agreement with R & B Electronics Security-Electrical Contracting for the Hill Road Correctional Facility Tower Electronics Security Upgrade Project.
5.14: Adopt proclamation designating the month of May 2023 as National Foster Care Awareness Month.
5.15: Adopt resolution to approve agreement between Lake County Adult Services and California Department of Aging in the amount of $142,500 and authorize the department head to sign the agreement.
5.16: Approve Administrative Encroachment Permit #23-17 — Temporary closure of a portion of Clear Lake near Buckingham Homes Association office from May 19 to 21, 2023, for the 2023 Buckingham Test and Tune Boat and Car Show.
5.17: Sitting as the Board of Directors of the Lake County Watershed Protection District, approve the memorandum of understanding: Implementation of the Westside Sacramento Integrated Regional Water Management Plan for the Westside Subregion of the Sacramento River Funding Area, and authorize the chair to sign.
TIMED ITEMS
6.2, 9:03 a.m.: Pet of the Week.
6.3, 9:04 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation recognizing May 5, 2023, as Lake County Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People.
6.4, 9:05 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation designating the month of May 2023 as National Foster Care Awareness Month.
6.5, 9:06 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation designating May 1 to 7, 2023, as Elks Youth Week in Lake County.
6.6, 9:07 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation designating the week of May 1 to 7, 2023 as Wildfire Preparedness Week.
6.7, 9:10 a.m.: Consideration of a resolution amending the master fee schedule for departmental services rendered by the county.
6.8, 11:30 a.m.: Review and consideration of travel and reimbursement policy.
6.9, 1 p.m.: Consideration of Lake County PEG Board annual presentation.
6.10, 1:30 p.m.: Public hearing, continued from April 18 and 25, consideration of draft ordinance amending Chapter 5 of the Lake County Code relating to exempt agricultural building permitting for temporary hoop structures for horticulture and crop protection.
UNTIMED ITEMS
7.2: Consideration of a letter of support for a cooperative agreement between the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) Ukiah Field Office and the Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance (TERA).
7.3: Consideration of the following advisory board appointments: Community Visioning Forum, Central Region Town Hall.
7.4: Consideration of resolution approving agreements for the purchase of right of way for the South Main Street — Soda Bay Road Improvement Project and authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute the purchase agreements of behalf of the county of Lake.
ASSESSMENT APPEALS
8.1: Consideration of withdrawal on the following assessment appeal applications: a) No. 12-2021 Wells Fargo Bank; and b) 60-2020, 61-2020, 62-2020, 20-2021, 21-2021 H&S Energy.
8.2: Consideration of request by the appellant to continue the following assessment appeal applications: a) No. 22-2021 WorldMark; and b) No. 16-2021 Tesla Energy; and c) 13-2021 and 14-2021 Safeway Inc. to the Nov. 7, 2023, Board of Supervisors meeting at 10 a.m.
8.3: Consideration of stipulation on the following assessment appeal applications: a) No. 68-2020 WorldMark; and b) No. 18-2020 H&S Energy.
8.4: Consideration of the following assessment appeal application: No. 15-2021 Lakeport Post Acute.
CLOSED SESSION
9.1: Public employee evaluation: Health Services Director Jonathan Portney.
Email Elizabeth Larson at
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Wildfire Preparedness Week is taking place this year from May 1 to 7.
Cal Fire and its partner agencies will host five statewide events throughout the week to raise awareness on what individuals and communities can do to help protect against the threat of wildfires.
By preparing well in advance of a wildfire and taking steps now to reduce wildfire risks, you can dramatically increase your safety, the safety of your community, and the survivability of your home.
The focus of these events is to raise awareness and encouraging families and communities to take a hands-on approach in wildfire preparedness, including how state, federal and local public safety organizations are preparing for the 2023 fire year, the importance of fuel reduction and vegetation management projects, and ways the public can prepare for wildfire now through home hardening and defensible space.
“As we continue to deal with the impacts of climate change, we want to encourage Californians to be prepared for this fire year,” said Cal Fire Chief Joe Tyler. “This past winter’s historic rainfall resulted in enormous growth of fuel that will likely result in fast moving grass fires throughout the state. It is vital that California’s residents take the necessary steps to prepare themselves in the case of wildfire.”
On Sept. 6, 2022, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB-179, the Budget Act of 2022, which provides more than $1.3 billion over the next two years to accelerate forest health and wildfire resilience projects throughout the state.
With these new investments, the Newsom Administration has committed more than $2.8 billion to the Governor’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan.
Through grants to regionally based partners and collaborators, Cal Fire seeks to significantly increase fuels management including hazardous fuels reduction, the conservation and restoration of forests, and the treatment of degraded areas.
Firefighting alone cannot protect us. Californians have an important role in preventing wildfires as well as preparing for the upcoming wildfire season.
Now is the time to ensure adequate defensible space around homes and buildings, make homes more fire resistant and have an emergency preparedness/escape plan. This is especially important since approximately 25 percent of the state’s responsibility area are in a high or very high-severity fire zone.
Thousands of communities depend on smart planning and prevention tools such as protective fuel breaks, defensible space around homes, and home hardening for their safety and survival. These tools work together to build more fire-resilient communities.
Californians can learn about all aspects of wildfire safety and preparedness, including how to obtain local alerts, checklists for preparedness, evacuation planning, and more at www.ReadyForWildfire.org.
Cal Fire and its partner agencies will host five statewide events throughout the week to raise awareness on what individuals and communities can do to help protect against the threat of wildfires.
By preparing well in advance of a wildfire and taking steps now to reduce wildfire risks, you can dramatically increase your safety, the safety of your community, and the survivability of your home.
The focus of these events is to raise awareness and encouraging families and communities to take a hands-on approach in wildfire preparedness, including how state, federal and local public safety organizations are preparing for the 2023 fire year, the importance of fuel reduction and vegetation management projects, and ways the public can prepare for wildfire now through home hardening and defensible space.
“As we continue to deal with the impacts of climate change, we want to encourage Californians to be prepared for this fire year,” said Cal Fire Chief Joe Tyler. “This past winter’s historic rainfall resulted in enormous growth of fuel that will likely result in fast moving grass fires throughout the state. It is vital that California’s residents take the necessary steps to prepare themselves in the case of wildfire.”
On Sept. 6, 2022, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB-179, the Budget Act of 2022, which provides more than $1.3 billion over the next two years to accelerate forest health and wildfire resilience projects throughout the state.
With these new investments, the Newsom Administration has committed more than $2.8 billion to the Governor’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan.
Through grants to regionally based partners and collaborators, Cal Fire seeks to significantly increase fuels management including hazardous fuels reduction, the conservation and restoration of forests, and the treatment of degraded areas.
Firefighting alone cannot protect us. Californians have an important role in preventing wildfires as well as preparing for the upcoming wildfire season.
Now is the time to ensure adequate defensible space around homes and buildings, make homes more fire resistant and have an emergency preparedness/escape plan. This is especially important since approximately 25 percent of the state’s responsibility area are in a high or very high-severity fire zone.
Thousands of communities depend on smart planning and prevention tools such as protective fuel breaks, defensible space around homes, and home hardening for their safety and survival. These tools work together to build more fire-resilient communities.
Californians can learn about all aspects of wildfire safety and preparedness, including how to obtain local alerts, checklists for preparedness, evacuation planning, and more at www.ReadyForWildfire.org.
The California Highway Patrol has announced the graduation and deployment of nine new canine teams.
After months of intensive training, the teams were certified last week during a ceremony at the Canine Training Facility on the CHP Academy grounds.
“These loyal and brave public servants play a critical role in supporting the mission of the Department,” said CHP Commissioner Sean Duryee. “Canines have a keen sense of smell that helps them detect items that a human officer cannot, such as narcotics and explosives. Both the canine and their handler’s skills are refined during the hundreds of hours of intense training, ensuring the teams are prepared to serve throughout the state.”
The graduates consist of six patrol and narcotics detection canine teams and three explosives detection canine teams, all of which meet the guidelines set by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
The newest team members include four Belgian Malinois, two Dutch shepherds, and three German shepherd dogs. Once graduated, the CHP will have a total of 51 teams deployed throughout the state.
Each canine’s partner, or handler, is an experienced CHP officer with experience ranging from five to 22 years.
The officers represent six of the CHP’s eight geographic regions, including Valley, Golden Gate, Southern, Border, Coastal and Inland Division.
Once deployed, the handlers will spend a minimum of eight hours every week completing scenario-based training with their canines to ensure the highest level of peak performance in the field.
The CHP uses canines to perform a variety of tasks, including detecting human scent, contraband, and explosives.
The CHP canines are also used to assist allied agencies in apprehending criminals, detecting explosives or drugs, and in locating at-risk missing persons.
CLEARLAKE, Calif. — Praises of Zion Church in Clearlake is presenting a special “Cinco de Mayo” event for the community.
The event will be held Saturday, May 6, from noon to 4 p.m. in the parking lot of Praises of Zion Church, located at 3890 Emile Ave.
Organizers encourage everyone in the county to come together to celebrate the cultural differences of our community.
There is plenty of parking and seating for eating. The event is open to the public.
This is a family friendly event.
There will be a short presentation at noon on the history of Cinco de Mayo in both Spanish and English. They will have a short devotional before the fun and activities begin.
The event will feature a free bouncy house and slide for the children, free games and crafts for the kids, face painting, and live music in both Spanish and English.
Children can hit the piñata and dive for candy. A food truck with authentic Mexican food will have items for sale.
There will be a traditional Mexican fruit and snow cone vendor also.
The church will have drinks, baked goods and raffle prizes for sale, and will be open during the event for those who may need prayer, for both Spanish and English-speaking attendees.
If you need more information, please call Praises of Zion Church at 707-995-1319 and leave a message.
The event will be held Saturday, May 6, from noon to 4 p.m. in the parking lot of Praises of Zion Church, located at 3890 Emile Ave.
Organizers encourage everyone in the county to come together to celebrate the cultural differences of our community.
There is plenty of parking and seating for eating. The event is open to the public.
This is a family friendly event.
There will be a short presentation at noon on the history of Cinco de Mayo in both Spanish and English. They will have a short devotional before the fun and activities begin.
The event will feature a free bouncy house and slide for the children, free games and crafts for the kids, face painting, and live music in both Spanish and English.
Children can hit the piñata and dive for candy. A food truck with authentic Mexican food will have items for sale.
There will be a traditional Mexican fruit and snow cone vendor also.
The church will have drinks, baked goods and raffle prizes for sale, and will be open during the event for those who may need prayer, for both Spanish and English-speaking attendees.
If you need more information, please call Praises of Zion Church at 707-995-1319 and leave a message.