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Written by: Nadine Strauss

Published: 09 July 2019

LAKEPORT, Calif. – Premiering his new #77 modified, Jeremy Nowlin of Kelseyville made an outside pass on Richard Knight of Kelseyville on lap 17 and drove to a $500 victory at Lakeport Speedway Friday night during the “Hillside Honda Night at the Races.”

Nowlin also won the modified trophy dash.

A very surprised Josh Morrison of Clearlake inherited the win in the Taco Bell Bombers after leaders Mike Sullivan and Lauren Snider were involved in a turn-4 crash that eliminated both of the front-runners. Denny Burrell of Ripon had a clean sweep in the NCMA Sprint Cars.

Frankie Guerrini of San Rafael drove to victory in the BCRA midget main event, and Tommy Belifore of Castro Valley drove his 1965 Edmunds/Chevy II midget to a run-away win in the BCRA Vintage division.

The 30-lap modified feature saw Richard Knight power passed pole setter Michael Knight at the drop of the green flag. Nowlin drove the high side to swap places with Michael Knight on lap two. As Michael Knight faded, Eric Johnson and Mickey Snider were battling with Snider slipping into the third slot on lap six.

Nowlin caught Richard Knight, and the duo fought a side-by-side battle for six rounds before Nowlin completed the outside pass. The non-stop race was run in less than seven minutes with Nowlin first across the finish line followed by Richard Knight, Snider, Johnson, Darrin Sullivan and Michael Knight.

Johnson set fast time of 12.956 seconds and Richard Knight won the heat race.

Evan Smith was the early leader in the Taco Bell bomber main event with John McCullough running second. Snider came from seventh starting to second in only five laps and set his sights on Smith. Meanwhile Sullivan was working his way from the back to the front.

Snider caught and passed Smith on lap eight to take over the lead. Sullivan passed McCullough in lapped traffic and drove under Smith for second on 12. The next 10 laps saw Snider and Sullivan fighting for the number one spot with Sullivan finally pulling ahead.

With only five laps to go, Smith spun in turn three to bring out the only caution in the 30 lapper. The double-file restart saw Sullivan and Snider rubbing fenders, and when they reached turn four, the two cars made contact and both pushed hard into the wall. The race was checkered flagged with Morrison declared the winner. Rick Jelton finished second followed by Trevor Avella, Davey Jones, McCullough and Smith.

Snider was fast qualifier and won the trophy dash. Smith and Sullivan were heat race winners.

The evening concluded with a huge up-close Pyro Spectaculars fireworks display presented by Hillside Honda of Lakeport.

The next auto race at Lakeport Speedway will be on Saturday, July 27. Competing will be the NCRA Modifieds, Taco Bell Bombers, Legends Cars, Jammers, Bandoleros, and Pro-4 Modifieds. Gates open at 5 pm with racing at 6 pm.

NCRA races at Lakeport Speedway are presented by Hillside Honda, Anderson Logging, Taco Bell, D & P Pools, Lake County Tribal Health, Lake Parts, Carlton Tires, Don Anderson Law Firm, Clearlake Redi-Mix, Steve Taylor Construction, Detail Plus, , KXBX 98.3 FM, Lake County Waste Solutions, Lake County Welding, Sheldon Signs, 707 Graphics,

For more information on the 2019 racing season, visit NCRA - Lakeport Speedway Facebook page.

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Written by: California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Published: 08 July 2019

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has been made aware of several websites that improperly charge customers extra fees for online fishing and hunting license purchases and collect sensitive personal information as part of their unauthorized transactions.

California hunting and fishing licenses may properly be purchased in only one of four ways:

– Through a CDFW license sales office;
– Through an independent license sales agent authorized by CDFW (such as a local sporting goods store, large discount store, or a bait and tackle shop);
– Online through CDFW’s Automated License Data System, or ALDS; or
– Over the telephone through CDFW’s authorized Telephone Sales agent. Telephone Sales can be reached at (800) 565-1458.

The ALDS, which is CDFW’s exclusive means of online license sales, was launched in 2011. ALDS can be accessed via CDFW’s website or by clicking the link that is frequently provided in official communications from the department.

When making an online purchase, please check the URL of the site you are visiting to ensure you are on the official CDFW website or the ALDS website. These are the only CDFW-affiliated links for hunting and fishing license sales.

Customers should be aware that there are many unofficial websites that attempt to represent the CDFW and/or contain information about hunting and fishing licenses, and Internet search engines may not always list the official CDFW website as the top result.

Please be cautious when providing personal information to any website. While authorized purchases made through independent license sales agents and ALDS are subject to an additional 5 percent handling fee, the fraudulent sales websites offer products for sale with “shipping and handling fees” that are much higher than 5 percent of the base purchase price. To date, it appears that the fraudulent activity has been limited to charging customers unauthorized fees. Licenses that have been mailed to customers after unauthorized transactions may be valid; however, CDFW cannot guarantee that this is or will be true in all cases.

If you believe you may have been defrauded by an unauthorized website or would like to check the validity of a previous purchase, please provide us with information about your experience at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

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Written by: Elizabeth Larson

Published: 08 July 2019

LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Anderson Marsh State Historic Park continues to hold monthly guided nature walks.

The first guided walk of summer is scheduled for Saturday, July 13.

Participants are asked to meet in the parking lot at 8:15 a.m. to have time to experience the early morning wildlife to be found in the ranch house and barn complex yard.

The walk begins at 8:30 a.m.

Led by park docent and California Naturalist Henry Bornstein, this walk will cover the Cache Creek Nature Trail to the creek.

Along with a general history and description of the park, come and view the birds, dragonflies, butterflies and other wildlife and wildflowers that can be found in the park this time of year.

The walk should take between an hour and an hour and a half. There is no fee for those attending.

There will be a guided tour of the ranch house after the July walk.

Anderson Marsh State Historic Park is located on Highway 53, between Lower Lake and Clearlake.

For more information about the walks, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 707-995-2658.

For more information about the park, you may also visit www.andersonmarsh.org and click on park brochure on the home page.