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The committee, or LEDAC, will meet telephonically from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9.
The meeting is open to the public.
If you would like to speak on an agenda item, you can access the meeting remotely by joining from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, or Android device. Please register here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
If you prefer to use your phone, you must select "Use Telephone" after joining the webinar and call in using these numbers: United States (toll-free): 877-309-2071; United States: 562-247-8421; Access Code: 748-407-093.
On the agenda is a presentation by Sheli Wright, the new CEO of the Lake County Fair, about plans and partnerships and this year’s virtual fair events, according to LEDAC Chair Wilda Shock.
Shock said LEDAC members also will be asked to consider engaging with surveying and contacting businesses to gain an informed awareness of the challenges and opportunities in the current and post-COVID-19 world.
She said this activity will be in lieu of the annual business walk activity conducted in person by the city of Lakeport, LEDAC and volunteers.
City Manager Kevin Ingram will discuss the development of a master plan for public art projects in Lakeport, with an initial emphasis on the new lakefront park area now under development at 800 N. Main St., Shock said.
There also will be member reports from the Lakeport Main Street Association, Lake County Chamber of Commerce, CareerPoint Lake, Mendocino College/Lake Center, Lake EDC/BARC and others.
LEDAC advocates for a strong and positive Lakeport business community and acts as a conduit between the city and the community for communicating the goals, activities and progress of Lakeport’s economic and business programs.
Members are Chair Wilda Shock and Vice Chair Denise Combs, Secretary Terre Logsdon, Maureen Brasier, Candy De Los Santos, Bill Eaton, Melissa Fulton, Pam Harpster, Andy Lucas, Laura Sammel and Amanda Xu. City staff who are members include City Manager Kevin Ingram.
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PG&E said the public safety power shutoff, or PSPS, event will affect customers in portions of 22 counties and seven tribal communities in the northern Sierra foothills, northern Sacramento Valley and elevated North Bay terrain.
This PSPS event is based on forecasts of widespread, severely dry conditions and strong, gusty winds that create critical fire weather with high ignition risk. These conditions are expected to continue through early Wednesday morning.
The power shutoff is expected to impact approximately 172,000 customers in Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Humboldt, Kern, Lake, Lassen, Mariposa, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne and Yuba counties.
The shutoffs began at different times across the PSPS area, with the earliest shutoffs taking place starting at 9 p.m., PG&E said.
In Lake County, 24 residents in the unincorporated areas of the county, none of them medical baseline customers, can expect to have their power shut off between 3 and 6 a.m. Tuesday. PG&E said the estimated time of restoration for those customers is 7 p.m. Wednesday.
PG&E said it will use temporary generation and islanding to enable about 69,000 customers and several medical facilities to stay energized.
The company said it is working to improve the PSPS program by making events smaller in size, shorter in length and smarter for our customers.
Although the National Weather Service has placed 1.5 million customers across PG&E’s service territory under red flag warning conditions, the company has been able to limit public safety PSPS de-energization to less than 12 percent of those customers now under red flag warning risk.
Customers can use an address lookup tool to find out if their location is being monitored for the potential safety shutoff at www.pge.com/pspsupdates.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has expanded a mandatory evacuation order for Pillsbury Ranch to include the entire Lake Pillsbury basin due to fire conditions on the growing August Complex.
The sheriff’s office issued the expanded mandatory evacuation order shortly before 5:30 p.m. Monday, about two hours after ordering residents of Pillsbury Ranch to leave the area.
The upgraded order now includes all areas and residents north of Pack Saddle Creek, south of the Lake County line, west of the Lake County Line and east of the Lake County Line.
Residents are advised that there is an immediate threat to life and property from a wildfire, and are urged to evacuate.
Evacuees needing shelter are directed to a temporary evacuation point that is being established at the Upper Lake County Park, 575 East Highway 20.
The US Forest Service said the August Complex on the Mendocino National Forest is up to 349,565 acres and 24-percent containment.
A major wind event is forecast for Monday night through early Tuesday morning, which officials said is increasing fire danger.
At the same time, a red flag warning is going into effect on Monday night because of fire weather conditions.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office on Monday afternoon issued a mandatory evacuation order for the Pillsbury Ranch area due to the growing August Complex and a wind event forecast for the area.
The US Forest Service said Monday the August Complex has grown to 349,565 acres – an increase of 24,000 acres since Sunday – with containment remaining at 24 percent.
Officials said there are 1,138 resources committed to the complex, which is burning primarily in the Mendocino National Forest.
A previous evacuation warning for Pillsbury Ranch had been lifted on Sept. 3, but on Monday shortly before 2:30 p.m. the sheriff’s office instituted a new one due to an expected wind event that begins on Monday evening.
Just over an hour later, the sheriff’s office upgraded that new evacuation warning to a mandatory evacuation order, which covers the areas north of Forest Road M1, south of the Lake County line, west of Bloody Rock and east of the Lake County Line.
Residents and visitors in the area are ordered to leave immediately.
Those in need of shelter should respond to a temporary evacuation point that is being established at the Upper Lake County Park, 575 East Highway 20. Evacuees are asked to stay in their vehicles and wear masks when they arrive at the park. A shelter is being established for them.
The Forest Service said there are multiple wind direction shifts expected through the day and into early morning Tuesday with strong gusts of up to 30 to 40 miles per hour. Winds are expected to shift from the southwest to the northeast by early Tuesday morning.
The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning on Sunday afternoon that’s in effect from 10 p.m. Monday to 8 a.m. Wednesday. There is potential for increased fire activity and spread with heavy smoke production, the Forest Service said.
Officials said fire activity increased Sunday due to high temperatures and gusty winds throughout the complex. Fire crews are prepared for heightened fire activity over the next couple of days due to the extreme forecast weather.
There were successful burnout operations in multiple areas of the complex. The burnout operations along the M2 Road and in the area around the Mitchell Place on the north end of the complex are holding in place, officials said.
Another effective burnout operation from the area around the Mare Cabin down to Brewer Oak Camp progressed steadily ahead of the fire. The Forest Service said the spot fire east of Howard Lake has moved into an old burn scar and is holding on the northern side of the lake.
Firefighters worked to contain the spot fire from Saturday on the Hopkins fire, which is 18,514 acres and 10 percent contained. The Forest Service said those efforts will continue into Monday to hold the containment line. Access to this area from Highway 36 or Forest Road 30 is not advised.
On the southwest corner of the complex, the Forest Service said firefighters will work on the spot fire in the Mendenhall Creek area Monday. This is a focal area for operations ahead of the upcoming northeast winds.
