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: Registrar of Voters Office; Posted On Monday, 17 October 2022 03:29; 17 October 2022

Registrar of Voters Office plans computer and software logic and accuracy test

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Registrar of Voters Office reported that it will conduct testing of voting computers and software this week.

Pursuant to regulations of the California State Commission on Voting Machines and Vote Tabulating Devices, a logic and accuracy test will be conducted for the ballot tabulation computer and software to be used for the Nov. 8 General Election.

This test will run on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 11 a.m. in the Registrar of Voters Office, 325 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.

All interested persons are invited to observe this test.

For more information, call 707-263-2372 or toll-free at 888-235-6730.

: Lake County Genealogical Society; Posted On Saturday, 15 October 2022 03:16; 15 October 2022

Lake County Genealogical Society hosts Oct. 29 cemetery tour

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Genealogical Society will present a tour of the historic section of the Middletown Cemetery on Saturday, Oct. 29.

The tour begins at 10 a.m. at the cemetery located at 16357 Butts Canyon Road.

Starting off the tour will be a grave dowsing demonstration and instruction. This activity is used to locate bodies in unmarked graves.

Older cemeteries often contain headstones which identify parent's names, but not their children. Identifying the number of children buried in a grave site helps a genealogist determine the number of family members to research.

Local genealogist Judy Kauffman and others will conduct the tour with life histories of some buried therein, including Civil War veterans, pioneers and others as the tour progresses.

The 45-year-old nonprofit Lake County Genealogical Society maintains a research library of local families, along with other historic documents and is seeking a permanent home in Lakeport so the public can access the collection.

Until such time, research inquiries can be made to Anita Crabtree via phone at 707-275-2144 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

: Kathleen Steinberg; Posted On Wednesday, 12 October 2022 01:19; 12 October 2022

Garden club features program on iris culture and modern irises

LAKEPORT, Calif. — The Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club will meet at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the Lakeport Scotts Valley Women’s Club House at 2298 Hendricks Road.

Cookies, finger food veggies, coffee and tea will be provided.

They will have a small pre-celebration for Halloween this month.

The club asks all members who are willing and able to wear a Halloween mask or a Halloween hat to the meeting. Prizes will be awarded.

The featured speaker will be Kitty Loberg, who will speak about iris culture and modern irises.

Loberg will tell the club how to get the best out of irises, how the progression of irises has been through the years and what new things hybridizers are producing.

She’ll talk about dividing and planting, and more importantly, she has slides of how to specifically handle rhizomes and what it is like to divide crowded irises and keep them blooming beautifully.

Loberg has grown irises all of her life, and maintains a collection of more than 250 varieties.

She is an accredited Iris Judge of the American Iris Society and will show how irises are one of the best and easiest perennial to grow.

The club welcomes new members and information can be found by visiting www.clttgc.org.

For more information please call Carol 707 279-1169.

The Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club is a member of the Mendo-Lake District of the California Garden Club Inc.-Pacific Region and National Garden Clubs Inc.

Kathleen Steinberg is a member of the Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club.

: Redbud Audubon; Posted On Sunday, 16 October 2022 01:51; 16 October 2022

Redbud Audubon will host field trip to Wright Wetland Preserve

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Redbud Audubon Society will host a field trip to the Lake County Land Trust’s Wright Wetland Preserve on Saturday, Oct. 22, starting at 9 a.m.

The Wright Wetland Preserve, on the shoreline of Clear Lake near Lakeport, was purchased by the Lake County Land Trust in 2020 as part of its strategic plan to acquire priority wetlands areas critical to preserving important wildlife and bird habitats in the county.

The group will be led by experienced birders and members of both Redbud Audubon and the Land Trust.

Be prepared to see migrating songbirds, raptors, woodpeckers and more.

The Wright Wetland Preserve is located at 446 Soda Bay Road. Coming from Lakeport, heading east on Soda Bay Road, the preserve is the third driveway on the left after going over the Manning Creek Bridge. It is just a short distance past the large recycling/transfer station.

If you have any questions please call Redbud Audubon at 707-805-9410 and leave a message or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The field trip starts at 9 a.m. and be sure to be on time as someone will be waiting at the entrance to guide participants into the property.

: Lake County Genealogical Society; Posted On Friday, 14 October 2022 01:58; 14 October 2022

Lake County Genealogical Society celebrates 45th year; announces raffle winners

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — In 2022, the Lake County Genealogical Society celebrates 45 years of preserving local family histories and other valuable Lake County documents.

Throughout those years the society has helped people near and far trace their Lake County roots.

They have and continue to hold informative classes and cemetery tours. Vital records and family histories are the mainstay of their genealogy research library.

The Lake County Genealogical Society is currently seeking a home for it genealogy library in Lakeport, which would be the start and heart of a community archive.

As part of its 45th anniversary celebration, the group held a free raffle. Tickets were available at the Lake County Fair and Pear Festival, and the winning tickets were drawn Oct. 1.

Tom B. filled out a raffle ticket at the L.C. Genealogical Society's booth at the Pear Festival for his 9-year old son. He was delighted to learn that his ticket was the grand prize winner of the genealogy software RootsMagic8 and a family membership good for one year in the Lake County Genealogical Society.

Second place winner Kevin K. won a family membership and Sandi C. won the third prize of an individual membership in the Lake County Genealogical Society.

The Lake County Genealogical Society thanks the community for its wonderful response to the group’s initial effort of gathering signatures of support to create a Lake County Community Archive.

For further information about the community archive, the Lake County Genealogical Society or the group’s free classes, please contact current President Rose Davidson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., visit www.lcgsca.org or write P.O. Box 1323, Lakeport, CA 95453.

: Pacific Gas and Electric Co.; Posted On Tuesday, 11 October 2022 00:59; 11 October 2022

New and expanded resources offered for preparing for possible public safety power shutoffs

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is offering new and expanded customer resources in case public safety power shutoffs, or PSPS, are needed this autumn.

Because high winds may cause trees and debris to contact energized lines and possibly start a wildfire, PG&E may need to turn off power during dry, windy weather.

PG&E has worked to enhance the PSPS program by further refining the ability to identify and mitigate catastrophic wildfire risk.

There was an 88% reduction in customers impacted by PSPS in 2021 compared to 2020, and a 43% reduction in the duration of outages during a PSPS in 2021 compared to 2019.

“System improvements and favorable weather meant that PSPS affected fewer customers last year than in 2020 and 2019,” said Mark Quinlan, vice president of electric system operations at PG&E. “PG&E continues to use PSPS as a last resort to prevent catastrophic wildfires. Every day, PG&E is working hard to respond to the state’s changing climate, reduce wildfire risk across every part of the service territory and make the system safer.”

This year, PG&E is providing customers with several tools to help them prepare and stay safe during a planned power outage:

• The Generator and Battery Rebate Program has expanded to provide a $300 rebate to customers located in Tier 2 or 3 High Fire-Threat Districts (HFTD) and/or served by an Enhanced Powerline Safety Settings (EPSS)-protected circuit. If the customer is located outside of an HFTD but is served by an EPSS-capable circuit, they must have experienced two or more recent PSPS to qualify.
• Hotel discounts are now available as a new resource for customers who are experiencing a PSPS. PG&E is teaming up with IHG Hotels & Resorts, Hyatt, Choice, and Wyndham Hotels to offer customers discounted rooms as a safe space during a power outage.
• Transportation to Community Resource Centers (CRCs) has been expanded to provide accessible transportation to and from CRCs to customers in Shasta, El Dorado, Fresno, Marin, Sonoma, Solano, Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Tuolumne, Amador, Calaveras, and San Francisco Counties during a PSPS.
• Customers who depend on power for medical devices or assistive technologies may qualify for the Disability Disaster Access and Resources (DDAR) Program, a collaboration between PG&E and the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers. The program assists those who have medical and independent living needs with creating an emergency plan; signing up for the Medical Baseline Program; applying for a portable backup battery; obtaining ADA-accessible car rides and/or hotel stays during a PSPS; and receiving food replacement during and after a PSPS.

Customer notifications

PG&E shares information in advance of and during PSPS outages as soon as possible. New this year, notifications will be sent both day and night, depending on when the dry, windy weather occurs and power will be out.

PG&E understands this may mean customers are called at night and recognizes the inconvenience this may pose.

In previous years, PG&E has not sent notifications between the hours of 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. However, due to requirements from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), the policy has been updated.

Although weather conditions can be uncertain, PG&E aims to send notifications via calls, texts and emails two days ahead of a PSPS, one day ahead, just before shutting off power, once power is turned off and daily until power is restored.

PG&E will also send notifications if a PSPS outage is no longer expected. Customers can ensure their contact information is current by visiting pge.com/myalerts.

Address alerts

Customers can receive PSPS notifications for any important address such as their parents’ home, their children’s school or their business via text or phone call in 16 languages. Customers and non-account holders can sign up for Address Alerts at www.pge.com/addressalerts.

Wildfire safety video hub

To help customers prepare for possible emergencies due to increasing wildfire risk, PG&E is expanding its wildfire safety and preparedness online toolkit.

A new online Wildfire Safety Videos hub serves as a one-stop shop with easy-to-navigate videos about customer support and wildfire safety initiatives.

An in-depth look at customer resources before, during and after a PSPS is available at www.pge.com/pspsresources. Information about how PG&E is working every day to reduce wildfire risk can be found at www.pge.com/cwsp.