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- Written by: LAKE COUNTY NEWS REPORTS
CLEARLAKE, Calif. — The Clearlake Police Department is asking for the community’s help in locating a missing teenage boy.
Crise Martain Askew, 16, was last seen in the 14000 block of Alvita in Clearlake on Sunday, police said.
He is described as 5 feet, 8 inches tall, 150 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes.
If you have information regarding Askew’s whereabouts, please contact the Clearlake Police Department at 707-994-8251.
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- Written by: Lakeport Economic Development Advisory Committee
The Business Walk program in Lakeport is designed to familiarize the business community with city and other resources available to them.
City staff and members of the Lakeport Economic Development Advisory Committee, or LEDAC, contact local owners and managers, providing them with the opportunity to speak with representatives about issues of concern.
The goal is to help local businesses thrive and grow.
Sixteen teams of staff and volunteers, totaling 29 individuals, will cover the city and begin conducting their visits in early October, with completion anticipated by late in the month.
Findings from the visit will be compiled by LEDAC and presented to the Lakeport City Council in December.
The city’s economic development strategic plan identified annual in-person visits as an important element in the support and retention of existing local businesses.
The walks were put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic and are being resumed now to engage with and hear from the business community.
The Guide to Doing Business in Lakeport has been updated and will be made available during the visits.
The publication includes information and contacts for services aimed at assisting new businesses, along with business loan programs offered by the city of Lakeport and other agencies.
The guide will be available on the City’s website, www.cityoflakeport.com, at City Hall, and through the Lakeport Main Street Association and the Lake County Chamber of Commerce.
LEDAC is an advocate for a strong and positive Lakeport business community, and serves as a conduit between the city and the community for communicating the goals, activities and progress of Lakeport’s economic and business programs.
The committee meets bi-monthly on the second Wednesday from 7:30 to 9 a.m.
The next meeting is on Nov. 9; all meetings are open to the public.
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- Written by: OFFICE OF ASSEMBLYMEMBER CECILIA AGUIAR-CURRY
Resource conservation districts, or RCDs, are special districts created in the 1930s to serve as the local connection to state and federal conservation programs in response to the dust bowl.
Over the decades since RCDs have evolved into a network of 95 districts across the state to meet the natural resource needs of rural, urban, and suburban communities.
As California’s natural resource challenges have evolved, so has the role of RCDs.
Today, RCDs employ and contract with conservation professionals and local experts to implement programs and projects on and provide technical assistance and education to landowners of public and private natural, working, and urban lands to achieve California’s climate, conservation and environmental goals.
“RCDs are doing incredibly important work, including growing efforts to address climate change,” said Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters). “In my district, RCDs are reforesting areas hurt by wildfires, supporting water conservation, controlling erosion, managing soil health, and so much more.”
She continued, “Many of these RCDs, however, are located in rural communities and have small budgets and few resources to do the work they’re responsible for. We have a responsibility to make it easier for RCDs to receive grants from the state and to make sure that the law is updated to reflect the work that these resources professionals are already doing.”
The last meaningful update to Division 9 occurred in the 1970s, and the statute currently is out of step with the types of projects RCDS can undertake.
RCDs are neither enterprise districts (fees for services) nor non-enterprise (tax supported) and are largely dependent on state grants. Relying on grants has led RCDs to take on service programs beyond the clear and/or explicit provision in statute.
AB 1902 adds a number of conservation activities that RCDs may be formed to address. In addition to their current authorization to control runoff, prevent or control soil erosion, the development and distribution of water, and the improvement of land capabilities, RCDs would have statutory authority in line with their current work.
These authorities would range from protecting people, communities, and ecosystems from wildfire, drought and other disasters wrought by climate change to controlling and eradicating invasive species to providing technical assistance to landowners to enhance the landowners’ knowledge of resilience practices.
“RCDs are playing a critical role in helping the state and communities respond and adapt to climate change and AB 1902 will enable RCDs to go to the next level on this important work,” said Don Butz, board chair of the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts. “We are very thankful to Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry for carrying this measure and the hard work of her staff to see AB 1902 through the Legislature.”
Aguiar-Curry represents the Fourth Assembly District, which includes all of Lake and Napa Counties, parts of Colusa, Solano and Sonoma counties, and all of Yolo County except West Sacramento.
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- Written by: Lakeport Main Street Business Association
LAKEPORT, Calif. — The Lakeport Main Street Business Association welcomes the community to Lakeport’s Harvest Festival on Saturday, Oct. 1.
It will take place in the city’s downtown, between First and Fifth streets on Main Street, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The festival celebrates October and everything the harvest has to offer.
During the festival, there will be five competitions: a scarecrow contest; a carved vegetable contest; a corn hole tournament, sponsored by the Clear Lake Club; a hot dog eating contest, sponsored by the Lakeport Fire Department; and, back by popular demand, the Dachshund Derby and Wiener Wannabe Races. You can win cash prizes for your entries.
There will be other fun stuff for children including crafts, face painting, chalk art, tricycle obstacle course, lawn games and more.
Entertainment this year includes Margo & Friends, Irma Lopez and the LC Diamonds.
Visitors are encouraged to stop in at the downtown businesses during the festival. There will be a Harvest Festival Shopping Punch Card; get all of the spaces filled out and enter a chance to win cash.
There will also be crafts, goods and food vendors for you to visit during the day as well.
Other highlights will include the Lake County Clickers, line dancing and some sing along and dance along fun during the day.
From 4 to 6 p.m., you can dance on the streets to the music of the LC Diamonds.
Keep an eye on the LMSA social media pages or its website for more information about activities and contests, and a schedule of events.