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- Written by: Middletown Luncheon Club
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Middletown Luncheon Club will kick off the new year with an appearance by District 1 Supervisor Helen Owen.
The group will meet at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 21, at the Middletown Senior Center, 21256 Washington St.
The cost for lunch is $5.
Supervisor Owen will give attendees an update on what’s happening in the district.
Please make reservations early as there is limited seating.
The Middletown Senior Center can be reached by telephone at 707-987-3113.
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- Written by: Elizabeth Larson
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Applications are now open for funds raised through the Lake County Wine Auction.
The Lake County Wine Alliance held the 24rd annual Lake County Wine Auction on Sept. 20 at Konocti Harbor Resort.
Over 400 people attended the largest fundraiser in the county on a beautiful fall evening.
On Nov. 13 at Konocti Harbor Resort, $170,000 was distributed to the beneficiaries.
Plans for the 2026 Wine Auction — which will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year — are underway.
Applications for beneficiaries are available on the website, www.winealliance.org, and are due no later than May 1.
This year’s wine auction will be held Sept. 19 at the Konocti Harbor Resort.
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- Written by: Elizabeth Larson
CLEARLAKE, Calif. — For Clearlake residents living in the 2026 Robin Lane Sewer Spill area, Social Services may have programs to help temporarily pay for a hotel and/or repair your home.
You may be eligible if you are:
• aged 60+,
• a disabled dependent adult,
• an adult getting IHSS, or
• a family getting CalWORKs Cash Aid.
Social Services is actively reviewing our case records and attempting to contact In-Home Supportive Services, or IHSS, and CalWORKs recipients who live in the impacted area. Calls to seven identified IHSS recipients were made Wednesday. Calls to CalWORKs recipients started Thursday.
Don’t wait for Social Services to call you. Contact them now if you want to find out if they can help.
If you or a household member is aged 60+, a disabled dependent adult, or an adult getting IHSS, please call 707-995-4244 and tell them you need help with the HOME SAFE program.
If you or a household member gets CalWORKs Cash Aid, please contact your caseworker directly, or call our main line at 707-995-4200 and ask about the Family Stabilization Program and Housing Support Program.
Every household in the impacted area that contains someone aged 60 or older, a disabled dependent adult or an adult getting IHSS is urged to request HOME SAFE. There are no income or property limits.
HOME SAFE may pay for repairs to make your home safe, it doesn’t require you to leave your home and stay in a hotel if you don’t want to. If eligible, HOME SAFE pays hotels and repair companies directly. You have earned this service, your tax dollars have paid for it, and the money spent helps to boost our local economy – it doesn’t just help you.
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- Written by: Mendocino National Forest
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Mendocino National Forest is continuing prescribed burn operations in the Northshore Project through next week and will continue off and on through spring.
Smoke is visible from communities around Clear Lake.
As the large machine-made piles continue to smolder, there may be some visible glow overnight.
Officials said everything is holding within its footprint and is being patrolled.
One goal of this prescribed burn is community protection for the residents who live adjacent to the forest, but this burn is also an important part of site prep ahead of replanting that will occur later in the spring.
Burning conditions this week have been ideal, and firefighters will continue to make the most of the favorable window into next week.
More information about that burn will be shared next week on their Facebook page.
Information about Mendocino's planned prescribed fire projects can be found online here.
