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.

Caltrans will suspend work on Northern California highways Friday, July 2, through Monday, July 5, in observance of the Independence Day weekend. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, it may be necessary for Caltrans Maintenance forces to respond to emergency situations.

LAKE COUNTY

Highway 20

– The Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake have been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for installation of light poles near Government Street beginning Tuesday, July 6. Work hours are 8 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.

– Caltrans will perform routine maintenance from Ogden Road to Hillside Lane. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.

Highway 29

– Caltrans will perform routine maintenance from Hartman Road to 0.3 mile south of Hofacker Lane. Work hours are 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.

Highway 281

– North Bay Construction of Petaluma has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for paving on Soda Bay Road. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.

MENDOCINO COUNTY

Highway 1

– The city of Point Arena has been issued a Caltrans Encroachment permit to hold the annual Independence Day Parade between Iverson Lane and Main Street in Point Arena on Sunday, July 4. A road closure will be in effect from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Motorists are advised to use an alternate route.

– Paving from 0.1 mile north of Navarro Ridge Road to Woodstock Drive will continue. Work hours are 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays. Contractor – Granite Construction of Ukiah.

– The Mendocino Coast Chamber of Commerce has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit to hold the July 4 fireworks from the junction of Highways 1 and 20 to South Street on Saturday, July 3, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Turns onto Ocean View Drive will be restricted. Motorists may experience minor traffic slowdowns.

– PG&E of Ukiah has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for an aerial crossing at Airport Road on Thursday, July 8. Work hours are 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Intermittent full road closures will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.

Highway 101

– A culvert repair project form Waterplant Road to the Haehl Overhead Bridge will continue. Work hours are 8 p.m. to 3 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays. Contractor – Granite Construction of Ukiah.

– The city of Willits has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit to hold the Frontier Days Parade between Franklin Avenue and Commercial Street on Sunday, July 4, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. A full road closure will be in effect. A detour will be provided.

Highway 162

– A bridge widening project at Outlet Creek Bridge will continue. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 15-minute delays. Contractor – Viking Construction Co. Inc. of Rancho Cordova.

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.

– Rogina Water Co. of Talmage has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit to install a water line from Sandford Ranch Road to Talmage Court. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays. Intermittent one-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.

Highway 253

– 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 bridge widening project at 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 10-minute delays. Contractor – Viking Construction Co. Inc. of Rancho Cordova.

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).

LAKEPORT – Construction activities on the Forbes Street Overlay Project in the City of Lakeport will continue the week of July 6.

Construction will consist primarily of grinding and paving activities and will occur within a rolling four block single lane closure.

Two-way traffic on Forbes Street will run through a lane shift adjacent to the construction zone and access to and from any side streets adjacent to the rolling closure will be prohibited.

This phase of construction is anticipated to continue from July 6 through July 14.

For further information please contact City Engineer Scott Harter at 707-263-5614, Extension 11.

LAKEPORT – Miss Lake County Scholarship Program will hold a fireworks fundraiser beginning this Thursday, July 1, and running through Sunday, July 4.

The booth will be located at Hillside Honda, 460 S. Main St., Lakeport.

Safe and sane fireworks only are allowed within Lakeport's city limits.

To receive a $10 coupon, visit www.tntfireworks.com/coupon-hp.php.

The booth will be open from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. those days. All of the proceeds from the sale of

fireworks will go to the scholarship fund.

For more information email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., join their Facebook page for Miss Lake County, or call 707-533-0441.

LAKEPORT – Chef Christina Basor will teach a class using raw foods on Sunday, July 11.

The class will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Hartley Lodge, 375 N. Main St., Lakeport.

The cost is $35, which includes lunch.

Basor will teach a class about raw foods that includes essential raw kitchen equipment, where you get your protein, how to open Thai coconuts, energy packed super foods, green and fruit smoothies, fresh almond nut milk, whole food dressings and will share a recipe for German chocolate cake.

Call Basor at 707-489-3600 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Artist Marcie Long's painting of the Marsh at Beltramo Ranch, located outside of Lakeport, Calif. The work will be featured at the Lake County Wine Studio in Upper Lake, Calif., on Friday, July 2, and Saturday, July 3, 2010.

UPPER LAKE – Lake County Wine Studio is hosting a wine tasting event with Red Lava Vineyards and plein air painter Marcie Ann Long on Friday, July 2, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday, July 3, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The musical guest during Friday’s reception is acoustic guitarist, Travis Rinker.

Lake County Wine Studio is delighted to host the paintings of Marcie Ann Long for the month of July.

Long arrived to Lake County 20 years ago from the San Francisco Bay Area, where she went to high school, college and spent her early career years, first in commodities trading and then freelancing for advertising agencies and design studios.

Exposure to the culture, museums and galleries of San Francisco wakened and inspired her to explore her artistic abilities further.

The creations of Georgia O'Keefe and Vincent Van Gogh, the soft gradations in O'Keefe's work and the wild mixtures of color in Van Gogh's, their waves of color and unique view of the world delighted and sang to her, and she knew that she had to be a painter.

A member of Konocti Plein Air Painters, the San Francisco Artist's Guild and Lake County Arts Council, Long’s work has been shown in a number of in-state and out of state solo and shared showings. For more information about her art and ventures, visit www.obiville.com/Mpg.html.

Bud and Kristi Lawson own Red Lava Vineyards. Kristi Lawson hails from generations of wine enthusiasts. Her Uncle “Shine” was known for fortifying the families during Prohibition, and she was told that he might have done a little jail time.

She grew up in the Napa Valley in an environment where a small amount of red wine with Sunday supper was traditional and not considered illegal.

Her family tree includes ancestors from the wine growing regions of France and Germany, and her foray into sensory wine evaluation classes led to a keen ability to “smell” rock and dirt for classification, consistent with the mineralogy of Red Lava Vineyards and their wines.

Bud Lawson also knows soil. From many generations of farmers, he began his informal training as a child through observation and involvement with his family.

Through his career as a land surveyor and work with construction companies he increased his knowledge, and now concentrates his efforts on developing the unique characteristics of the soil in his vineyard and alchemy of Red Lava wines.

Located on the south side of Mt. Konocti at 1,600 feet elevation, the Red Lava Vineyard slopes holding the densely planted Syrah clone from the Rhone Valley of Southern France occasionally get winter snow.

Hot summer days and cool nights, ideally modified by breezes from the nearby lakes, provide optimum growing conditions for producing complex wine.

The $10 appetizer and wine tasting sampler includes Red Lava Sauvignon Blanc and a vertical of Syrahs: 2005 Reserve Syrah (Bronze Medal, S.F. Chronicle Wine Competition 2010), 2006 Syrah (Gold Medal, S.F. Chronicle Wine Competition 2009) and newly released 2007 Syrah (Silver Medal,

S.F. International Wine Competition 2010).

For more information visit www.redlavavineyards.com.

Lake County Wine Studio is located on the corner of First and Main Streets in historic Upper Lake, across from the famous Tallman Hotel and Blue Wing Saloon & Café.

For more information, call Susan Feiler at 707-275-8030 or 707-293-8752.

NICE – The Sons of Italy flea market is canceled for Saturday, July 3, but come down for their spaghetti feed on Sunday, July 4, from noon to 6 p.m.

Enjoy pasta, sausages, meatballs, garlic bread and salad. There is always a tasty dessert.

The hall is air-conditioned and they have a bar, too.

You can get your meal to go and forget the barbecue in the heat.

The cost is $8 for spaghetti only and $10 with meatballs or sausages.

Call 707-274-2244 the day of the event for take out.

The Sons of Italy Club hall is located at 2817 Highway 20 in Nice.