CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A barbecue fundraiser to support Sheriff Rod Mitchell's fall run for sheriff will be held on Sunday, Aug. 8.

The event will take place from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Main Street Bar & Grill, 14084 Lakeshore Drive in Clearlake.

Tri-tip, hamburgers, hot dogs and drinks will be served.

Tickets cost $10 for adults; $5 for kids.

Tickets can be purchased at Main Street Bar & Grill, 707-994-6450, Bob's Vacuum on Mullen in Clearlake, 707-994-9752, and Lakeshore Bait and Tackle, 14913 Lakeshore Blvd. in Clearlake, 707-994-3474.

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The fall campaign kick-off event for Doug Rhoades for Lake County district attorney has been changed to Friday, Aug. 13, at the Saw Shop Gallery Bistro on Main Street in Kelseyville.

Join your friends and neighbors in support of Rhoades at 6:30 p.m. for beverages and hors d'oeuvres.

Meet Rhoades and discuss the upcoming Nov. 2 election.

Ask your questions and get straight answers about bringing common sense and respect back to the office of district attorney.

For more information or to RSVP, visit www.dougrhoadesforda.com or call 707-279-9769.

NICE, Calif. – The Sons of Italy will host flea market this Saturday, Aug. 7.

Gates open at 7 a.m. for set up, with the market to take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Indoor and outdoor tables will be available for $10.

Hot dog and Italian sausage sandwiches plus drinks will be for sale. Everyone is welcome.

Call 707-274-9952 for more information.

NORTH COAST – Caltrans reports that the following road projects will be taking place around Lake County during the coming week.

Included are Mendocino County projects that may impact Lake County commuters.

LAKE COUNTY

Highway 20

– Ben Lawson of Clearlake Oaks has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit to install a driveway near Hillside Lane beginning Monday, Aug. 9. Work hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.

– AT&T of Sacramento has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for utility maintenance at Shady Lane beginning Monday, Aug. 9. Work hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.

Highway 29

– Chip sealing from the Lake/Napa County line to Hidden Valley Road will continue. Nighttime work hours are 7 p.m. to 6 a.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 15-minute delays. Contractor – International Surfacing Systems of West Sacramento.

– Paving from the junction of Route 29/175 near Lakeport to Mockingbird Lane will continue. Work hours are 4 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekdays. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction of travel. Motorists may experience minor traffic slowdowns. Ramps at Lakeport Boulevard (Exit 102), 11th Street (Exit 103), Park Way (Exit 106) and Nice-Lucerne Cutoff Road (Exit 108) will be intermittently closed. No more than one onramp and offramp will be closed at a time. Motorists will be advised to use an alternate route and may experience minor delays. Contractor – Granite Construction of Ukiah.

Highway 175

– Geotechnical surveys will be performed from 1.4 miles west of the Lake/Mendocino County line to 0.1 mile west of the junction of Route 29/175 near Kelseyville on Friday, Aug. 6. Work hours are 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays. Contractor – Fugro West Inc. of Roseville.

– Chip sealing from Cobb to the junction of Route 29/175 will continue. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 15-minute delays. Contractor – International Surfacing Systems of West Sacramento.

– PG&E of Ukiah has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for utility repairs from the Dry Creek Bridge to Stewart Street on Thursday, Aug. 12 and Friday, Aug. 13. Nighttime work hours are 10 p.m. Thursday to 9 a.m. Friday. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays.

MENDOCINO COUNTY

Highway 1

– Geotechnical surveys will be performed from 0.7 mile north of Iverson Road to 0.9 mile north of Stoneboro Road and from 0.3 mile north of Cameron Road to 0.6 mile south of Navarro Ridge Road on Tuesday, Aug. 10. Work hours are 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays. Contractor – Fugro West Inc. of Roseville.

– Installation of a radar feedback sign near Philo Greenwood Road will begin Monday, Aug. 9. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays. Contractor – Mike Brown Electric of Cotati.

– Paving from the Albion River Bridge to Jackson Street will continue. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 15-minute delays. Contractor – Granite Construction of Ukiah.

– Geotechnical surveys will be performed from Road 500A to 0.7 mile south of the Ten Mile River Bridge on Wednesday, Aug. 11. Work hours are 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays. Contractor – Fugro West Inc. of Roseville.

– Pavement repairs at Blue Slide Gulch, just south of Westport, will continue through Friday, Aug. 6. Work hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays. Contractor – Mercer-Fraser of Eureka.

– Westport County Water District has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit to repair a water line near Hillcrest Terrace beginning Monday, Aug. 9. Work hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekdays. Intermittent one-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.

– A drainage repair project from 1.4 miles south of Hales Grove to 1.2 mile south of Mill Bank Resort will continue. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect 24 hours per day, seven days per week through 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6. Beginning Monday, Aug. 9, one-way traffic control will be in effect during work hours. Motorists should anticipate 15-minute delays. Contractor – Green Right O’Way Constructors of Willits.

Highway 20

– Geotechnical surveys will be performed from 0.3 mile east of Gravel Pitt Road to 1.5 mile west of the Broaddus Creek Bridge on Thursday, Aug. 12. Work hours are 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays. Contractor – Fugro West Inc. of Roseville.

Highway 101

– Installation of rock slope protection from Reeves Canyon Road to the Haehl Overhead bridge will continue. Work hours are 6 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekdays. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction of travel. Motorists may experience minor traffic slowdowns. Contractor – Granite Construction of Ukiah.

Highway 128

– Geotechnical surveys will be performed from 3.5 miles east of the junction of Route 1/128 to .4 mile east of Paul Dimmick Park on Tuesday, Aug. 10. Work hours are 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays. Contractor – Fugro West Inc. of Roseville.

– Geotechnical surveys will be performed from 0.2 mile west of Wendling Soda Creek Road to 0.4 mile west of Monte Bloyd Road on Monday, Aug. 9. Work hours are 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays. Contractor – Fugro West Inc. of Roseville.

– Geotechnical surveys will be performed from Ruddock Road to 0.9 mile east of the Robinson Creek Bridge on Friday, Aug. 6. Work hours are 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays. Contractor – Fugro West Inc. of Roseville.

Highway 162

– Storm damage repair east of Sand Bank Creek will continue. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Contractor – Granite Construction of Ukiah.

Highway 175

– Geotechnical surveys will be performed near Wooldridge Ranch Road on Friday, Aug. 6. Work hours are 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays. Contractor – Fugro West Inc. of Roseville.

Highway 222

– Replacement of the Russian River Bridge will continue. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control with a temporary signal will be in effect 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Motorists should anticipate 15-minute delays during work hours and five-minute delays at other times. Contractor – CC Myers of Rancho Cordova.

– Geotechnical surveys will be performed just west of the Russian River Bridge on Monday, Aug. 9. Work hours are 6AM to 4 p.m. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays. Contractor – Fugro West Inc. of Roseville.

Highway 253

– Geotechnical surveys will be performed from 0.4 mile west of the Anderson Creek Bridge to 4.1 miles east of the Soda Creek Bridge on Monday, Aug. 9. Work hours are 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays. Contractor – Fugro West Inc. of Roseville.

– Construction of a retaining wall from Singley Cattlepass to the Soda Creek Bridge will continue. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays. Contractor – Mendocino Construction Services of Willits.

– A storm repair project from 0.8 mile east of the Soda Creek Bridge to Butler Ranch will continue. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays. Contractor – Mendocino Construction Services of Willits.

For information pertaining to emergency roadwork or for updates to scheduled roadwork, please contact the California Highway Information Network (CHIN) at 1-800-GAS-ROAD (1-800-427-7623).

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The contestants in the upcoming Miss Lake County Scholarship Program pageant will have a car wash and bake sale at Ray's Market in Clearlake on Saturday, Aug. 7.

They will be washing cars from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Kathi (formerly of Konocti Harbor Resort and Spa) will give chair massages.

All donations will go toward the group's scholarship fund.

For information call 707-277-0707 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The Lake County Community Co-op invites the community to a unique garden tour in Kelseyville on Saturday, Aug. 14.

The tour takes place from 10 a.m. to noon.

Meet at the home of Monte Black and Ancient Lake Gardens, 8993 Soda Bay Road in Kelseyville. From Kit's Corner on Highway 29, take Soda Bay Road for about three miles. Park across the road from the farm’s property entrance and meet at the gate of the entrance.

The tour is free and open to Lake County Community Co-op members and the public.

Experience Ancient Lake Garden's food forests, which mimic the resilient and beneficial relationships between plants found in natural forest ecosystems.

Food forests typically include complex perennial polyculture plantings, rich in biodiversity and productivity.

Local residents and permaculturists Mari Silva and Grover Stock will share their conscious designs.

In their garden, you’ll learn about guilding, swaling, and contouring to eliminate soil erosion and water waste. Learn why they emphasize growing soil and beautiful perennial vegetable and flower gardens.

Permaculture is an ecological design system for sustainability in all aspects of human endeavor. It teaches how to build natural homes, grow food, restore diminished landscapes, catch rainwater, build communities and much more.

Silva and Stock, originally from California, established an off-the-grid permaculture homestead and nonprofit to teach sustainability in Iowa before returning home to the Golden State.

With their combined decades of gardening and teaching experience, they will be leading this most exciting and information-packed garden tour set at the foot of beautiful Mount Konocti.

One of the Lake County Community Co-op’s goals is to educate Lake County residents on how to live more healthfully and sustainably by keeping it local and, in this case, learning to become more self-sufficient with their own ecologically friendly gardens.

Don’t miss this chance for an unequaled opportunity to pick the brains of these gardening experts and at the same time meet other good people with similar interests.

For more information on the tour, contact Lori Patotzka at 707-994-1618.

Now celebrating two and one half years in existence, the Lake County Community Co-op (LCCC) envisions cultivating an evolving community by nurturing values of social, economic and environmental responsibility.

The co-op wishes to support local farmers and producers and provide a forum for community activities.

For more information or to become a member of the LCCC, follow the links at http://lakeco-op.org or call 707-993-4270.