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- Written by: Georgina Marie Guardado
Sign-ups are not necessary, and drop-ins are welcome.
The Conversation Club is offered at the Lakeport Library, located at 1425 N. High St., from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of every month.
The Conversation Club is offered at the Redbud Library, located at 14785 Burns Valley Road in Clearlake, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of every month.
For more information or if you have questions, call the Library Literacy Program at 707-263-7633 or email
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- Written by: Elizabeth Larson
Giselman Street will be closed on Monday, March 24, and Tuesday, March 25, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from Lakeshore Boulevard to Sayre Street.
Please use alternate routes and drive safely.
For more information call the Lakeport Public Works Department at 707-263-3578.
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- Written by: OFFICE OF CONGRESSMAN MIKE THOMPSON
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“Federally declared wildfires in 2015, 2017 and 2018 devastated entire communities across our district and across the state of California. Entire towns were destroyed. Thousands of people lost homes, and dozens of people lost their lives,” said Thompson.
“My work to deliver tax relief to these survivors didn’t end when President Biden signed my bill into law in December. I worked with my colleagues to urge the IRS to issue guidance to those applying for relief and today is another step in ensuring survivors get the relief they need and deserve,” Thompson added.
The Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act supports the nearly 70,000 qualified survivors who suffered significant losses during three major federally declared California fires in 2015, 2017 and 2018 who have received related settlement payments.
Many California wildfire survivors have already been taxed on their settlement payments, with some even losing access to certain federal benefits as a result of their compensation wrongly being considered income.
Rep. Thompson introduced the original legislation to provide tax relief to qualified wildfire victims in the 117th Congress and worked to advance the legislation ever since.
Last Spring, Rep. Thompson and Rep. Greg Steube (FL-17) led a bipartisan group of 218 Members of Congress to successfully advance a discharge petition which forced House Speaker Mike Johnson to bring the Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act to the House floor for a vote.
The historic advancement of Rep Thompson and Rep. Steube’s petition marked only the third time a House discharge petition had succeeded in the 21st century.
Their efforts succeeded as the Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act passed the Senate and was signed by President Biden at the end of 2024.
The Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act excludes from taxpayer gross income, for income tax purposes, any amount received by an individual taxpayer as compensation for expenses or losses incurred due to a qualified wildfire disaster (a federally declared disaster declared after 2014 as a result of a forest or range fire).
It also excludes relief payments for losses resulting from the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment on February 3, 2023 and designates Hurricane Ian, among other federally declared disasters, as a qualified disaster for the purposes of determining the tax treatment of certain disaster-related personal casualty losses.
Thompson represents California’s Fourth Congressional District, which includes all or part of Lake, Napa, Solano, Sonoma and Yolo counties.
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The public is invited to join Soroptimist members at the March 26 event where the women will be acknowledged and rewarded for their progress in meeting their educational goals. Each award recipient will receive $2,000.
During the awards lunch, guests will meet the Lake County recipients and learn about their challenges, goals, and progress.
“It is always inspiring to hear how these amazing women, despite overwhelming challenges, work their way out of hardship through education,” said Committee Chair AnnMarie Pleskaczewski. “I’m pleased we can open the awards lunch to community supporters.”
The awards lunch will be held at Aromas Restaurant & Café on the Lake County Campus of Woodland Community College.
A three-course plated lunch will be served including a Blue Zone salad with honey crisp apple; Chicken Marsala, rice pilaf and vegetables; and a special dessert by former Live Your Dream recipient, Chef Jenn.
Aromas Restaurant & Café is located at 15880 Dam Road, Building 200 in Clearlake. Lunch is $20 per person; to reserve a seat, call Wendy at 510-303-1414 by March 19.
The Live Your Dream program provides women with the resources they need to improve their education, skills, and employment prospects. For more information about the program call or text Olga at 916-849-8170 and visit Soroptimist International of Clear Lake on Facebook.