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Andrew Socrates Parras, 52, was killed when his 2017 Chevrolet pickup collided with a tractor trailer just after noon on Friday on Highway 29 north of Diener Drive near Kelseyville.
The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office said that, based on its investigation so far, it appears that Parras’ pickup — which was traveling northbound — crossed into the southbound lane and hit the 2016 tractor trailer driven by 53-year-old Dale Brandt of Yuba City.
Parras’ pickup then went off the road and hit a tree, the CHP said.
The CHP said Parras was declared dead at the scene, Brandt was uninjured.
The crash remains under investigation.
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The company said its meteorologists and operations professionals are monitoring a potential dry, northerly windstorm forecast to start early Wednesday morning.
The Sacramento Office of the National Weather Service has issued a fire weather watch from Tuesday evening through Wednesday evening.
Given the windstorm and current conditions including dry vegetation, PG&E has begun sending advanced notifications to customers — via text, email and automated phone call — in targeted areas where PG&E may need to proactively turn power off for safety to reduce the risk of wildfire from energized power lines.
The potential public safety power shut-off, or PSPS, event starting around 3 a.m. on Wednesday could affect approximately 8,000 customers in small portions of seven counties, mostly on the west side of the Sacramento Valley.
The potential shut-off is currently expected to affect approximately 8,000 customers across the following counties:
• Colusa County: 531 customers, 38 Medical Baseline customers.
• Glenn County: 365 customers, 19 Medical Baseline customers.
• Lake County: 50 customers, three Medical Baseline customers.
• Napa County: Eight customers, zero Medical Baseline customers.
• Shasta County: 3,812 customers, 356 Medical Baseline customers.
• Tehama County: 3,249 customers, 352 Medical Baseline customers.
• Yolo County: 30 customers, one Medical Baseline customer.
Customers can look up their address online to find out if their location is being monitored for the potential safety shut-off at www.pge.com/pspsupdates.
Conditions may change. As such, PG&E’s in-house meteorologists, as well as its Emergency Operations Center and its Hazard Awareness & Warning Center, continue to closely monitor conditions.
PG&E representatives will make individual, in-person visits, when possible, to customers enrolled in the company’s Medical Baseline Program who do not verify they have received these important safety communications, with a primary focus on customers who rely on electricity for critical life-sustaining equipment.
PG&E initiates PSPS when the fire-weather forecast is severe enough that people’s safety, lives homes and businesses may be in danger of wildfires.
Factors that can lead to a shut-off include low humidity levels, generally 30% and below; a forecast of high winds, particularly sustained winds above 19 miles per hour and wind gusts above 30 to 40 miles per hour; the condition of dry material on the ground and low moisture content of vegetation; and a red flag warning declared by the National Weather Service; real-time ground observations from PG&E crews working across the service area; and the company’s decision-making process also accounts for the presence of trees tall enough to strike power lines.
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The crash occurred at 12:05 p.m. on Highway 29 north of Diener Drive near Kelseyville.
A 52-year-old Kelseyville man died in the wreck. The CHP’s Clear Lake Area office said Sunday that it was not releasing the man’s name pending the notification of his family.
The CHP said its preliminary investigation indicates that the Kelseyville resident was driving a 2017 Chevrolet pickup truck northbound on Highway 29 approaching a 2016 Kenworth tractor trailer — driven by 53-year-old Dale Brandt of Yuba City — that was traveling southbound.
For reasons that are still being investigated, the Chevrolet pickup crossed over into the southbound traffic lane and collided with the Kenworth’s trailer, the CHP said.
The pickup continued off the roadway and hit a tree. The CHP said the driver, who was using his safety equipment, was declared dead at the scene.
Brandt did not suffer any injuries, according to the report.
The CHP said the crash remains under investigation.
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The event will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 27, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Soper Reese Theatre,
275 S. Main St. in Lakeport.
The intent of the public meeting is to engage with the community, hear your questions and address your concerns.
Homelessness and mental illness are complex issues requiring the collaboration of agencies and the community.
The agenda will include an overview of legislative and voter changes to criminal justice laws over the past decade that impact treatment of individuals, response to mental illness locally, and the constraints faced by agencies in rural areas.
Presenters will discuss the status of the crisis responder program operated cooperatively by Lakeport Police and Lake Family Resource Center.
This call for action in seeking solutions will include a survey for public feedback.
Plan to attend this important town hall event to share your input.
Please contact Chief Brad Rasmussen at the Lakeport Police Department at 707-263-5491 for more information.