KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The next HazMobile event will be held on Friday, Sept. 17, and Saturday, Sept. 18, at Kelseyville Lumber, 3555 N. Main St. in Kelseyville.

Hours will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Events may be canceled due to rain.

Households can bring up to 15 gallons of toxic items free of charge. A charge will be made for amounts above 15 gallons.

Items that are accepted include paint, solvents, fuels, five-gallon propane tanks, pool chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, dry cell batteries, fluorescent light tubes (up to 60 feet free) and other toxins that cannot be put in the trash.

Excluded items that cannot be accepted are televisions, computer monitors, ammunition, explosives, radioactive materials or infectious wastes.

To learn how and where to properly dispose these items, please contact the Public Services office at

707-263-1980.

This is a residential service. Charges apply to businesses; phone 707-468-9786 for more information and business appointments.

Free recycled paint is available at Lake County Waste Solution Transfer Station at 230 Soda Bay Road in Lakeport on first-come, first-served basis in five-gallon containers of tan, brown, gray and pink.

Used oil can be recycled year round at a number of sites in the county.

The HazMobile program is subsidized by the Lake County Public Services Department Solid Waste Division.

If you have any questions regarding this or any of Lake County’s Solid Waste programs, please call

707-262-1760 or the hot line number at 707-263-1980, for a list of upcoming HazMobile events visit www.recycling.co.lake.ca.us.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – After reports of falls experienced by such well-known figures as Zsa Zsa Gabor, Dodgers baseball broadcaster Vin Scully, Robert Culp of the “I Spy” series and Yogi Berra, we are reminded that falls remain a very real and serious issue.

With the third annual Fall Prevention Awareness Week comes the message that falls are preventable.

Fall Prevention Awareness Week – Sept. 19-25 – will see California’s fall prevention coalitions and health and senior service agencies uniting to hold presentations, health fairs, walks, and physical activity demonstrations to raise awareness among older persons and their families about the seriousness of falls and ways to reduce fall risk.

California’s Fall Prevention Awareness Week was established in 2008 via Senate Concurrent Resolution 77, authored by Sen. Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach).

At the heart of this initiative is the message that falls are preventable.

Experts recommend:

• A physical activity regimen with balance, strength training and flexibility components;

• A fall risk assessment by a health professional; and

• Making sure the home environment is safe and supportive.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an older adult is treated in a hospital emergency room for a fall every 18 seconds, and every 35 minutes an older adult dies as a result of a fall-related injury.

In fact, among older adults falls are the leading cause of injury deaths. They are also the most common cause of unintentional nonfatal injuries and hospital admissions for trauma.

In California alone, 1.3 million older adults experience an injury due to falling each year.

All of us play a role in reducing falls. Speak with your doctor about possible fall risks, bring your medications to your pharmacist to review, stop by a local senior center to see what services they offer, and visit the Fall Prevention Center of Excellence Web site, www.stopfalls.org, for more information on how you can reduce falls.

LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Storm damage repair work will begin on Thursday, Sept. 16, on Morgan Valley Road near Lower Lake.

The road will be subject to single-lane traffic control with 15-minute maximum delays at post marker 5.91, according to the Lake County Department of Public Works.

Work will take place Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.

The roadway will be open to all traffic during nonwork hours, weekends and holidays.

The contract for this project was awarded to Gregg Simpson Trucking of Ukiah.

The public is urged to drive with caution in the area.

For more information call 707-263-2341 or 707-994-4824 or visit the Lake County Department of Public Works Road Division's Facebook page, www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112943542078816&ref=ts.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Volunteer Firefighters Association is holding its inaugural dinner, dance and auction on Saturday, Oct. 16.

The event will be held at the Lakeport Senior Center, 527 Konocti Ave.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with a no-host bar. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.

The auction will start after dinner with a special guest auctioneer.

The evening entertainment will be provided by the Lake County Diamonds.

Proceeds will go to benefit the Matt Black Scholarship Fund and donations made to the community.

To purchase tickets or further information, please call Lakeport Fire Protection District, 707-263-4396, ask for Ken or Darren Wells.

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The regular meeting of the Green Party of Lake County will take place on Sunday, Sept. 19, at 1 p.m.

The meeting will be held at the Clear Lake Riviera Community Association building, 9689 Soda Bay Road, Kelseyville.

David Crowningshield, campaign manager for gubernatorial candidate Laura Wells and member of the Green Party of Mendocino County, will talk about building membership and getting members active.

Planning for Wells' visit on Sept. 30 will take place as well. Cookies and coffee will be served.

Call 707-263-3391 or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.