LAKEPORT, Calif. – Local officials have offered updates on the plans for the Saturday memorial service for a Lake County Sheriff's deputy.
The memorial service for Deputy Jake Steely will be held at Clear Lake High School’s Don Owens Stadium, 350 Lange St. in Lakeport, according to Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
Brooks said the service is scheduled to begin promptly at noon on Saturday.
Parking for vehicles will be provided at the Lake County Fairgrounds, 401 Martin St. The public will be shuttled from the fairgrounds to the Clear Lake High School and then back to the fairgrounds after the memorial service, Brooks said.
He said no privately owned vehicle will be permitted to park on the school grounds due to the lack of available spaces.
Personnel will be available at the fairgrounds to assist the public as where to park, as well as where to catch the shuttle, according to Brooks.
Brooks said shuttle services will begin at 10 a.m. to transport the public to the high school. The last shuttle from the fairgrounds to the high school will be at 11:15 a.m.
The Lakeport Police Department on Friday also issued an advisory to the community regarding the event.
“It is anticipated that a large amount of law enforcement and fire personnel will be arriving throughout the morning resulting in heavy traffic flow around the school campuses,” the department reported.
Police advised all motorists to avoid the area and use alternate routes of travel, noting that all access to Lakeport school campuses will be closed to motorists in privately owned vehicles.
Steely, 39, and his 11-year-old son were rescued from the ocean at Mendocino Headlands State Park on April 18. Steely died April 21 from the injuries he suffered in the incident.