LAKEPORT, Calif. — The Westside Community Park Committee will meet on Wednesday, April 2.

The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the first conference room at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.

On the agenda is a discussion of the horse park under development.

There also will be a discussion about a bench dedication and plaques at the dog park.

Also on the agenda is the treasurer’s February report and and update on maintenance.

A closed session will be held to discuss the caretaker’s position and the radio controlled plane accident that occurred last year.

The committee’s next meeting is May 7.

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. — Kelseyville Presbyterian Church’s popular spring rummage sale is set to take place this week.

The sale will be held on Friday, April 4, and Saturday, April 5, in the Friendship Hall.

Sale hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days.

Items available include antiques, baskets, bedding, books, Blu-Ray and DVDs, Christmas items, collectibles, crafts, housewares, furniture, jewelry, games, gardening, office supplies, small appliances, sporting goods, toys and more.

The Presbyterian Women will be on hand to sell chili, hot dogs and beverages.

Proceeds will benefit the Presbyterian Women and their community projects, including the church’s long-running Food Pantry.

Kelseyville Presbyterian Church is located at 4021 Church St., at the corner of Third and Church streets, one block off of Main Street.

For more information call 707-279-1104.

LAKEPORT, Calif. — The Rotary Club of Lakeport will continue a cherished community tradition with its 99th annual Easter Egg Hunt.

This year’s hunt will take place on Easter Sunday, April 20, at the Lake County Fairgrounds. A total of 2,880 eggs will be hidden, including 300 special “Pay” eggs with exciting surprises inside.

Since 1926, this beloved event has brought joy to generations of local families, and the tradition remains stronger than ever.

Children ages 1 month to 12 years are invited to participate and will be divided into three age groups: 0 to 3 years, 4 to 8 years, and 9 to 12 years.

Gates open at 1:15 p.m., and the hunt begins promptly at 1:30 p.m.

This free event is open to all, and we encourage families to arrive early for the best experience.

For the latest updates, visit the Lakeport Rotary Facebook Page or the Rotary Club of Lakeport website at www.LakeportRotary.org.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Library Literacy Program has begun offering a free English as a Second Language, or ESL, Conversation Club at its Lakeport and Clearlake branches for community members to practice English with their peers in a small group setting.

Sign-ups are not necessary, and drop-ins are welcome.

The Conversation Club is offered at the Lakeport Library, located at 1425 N. High St., from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of every month.

The Conversation Club is offered at the Redbud Library, located at 14785 Burns Valley Road in Clearlake, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of every month.

For more information or if you have questions, call the Library Literacy Program at 707-263-7633 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

LAKEPORT, Calif. — The city of Lakeport reported that a road closure due to construction is coming up this week.

Giselman Street will be closed on Monday, March 24, and Tuesday, March 25, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from Lakeshore Boulevard to Sayre Street.

Please use alternate routes and drive safely.

For more information call the Lakeport Public Works Department at 707-263-3578.

On Wednesday, Representative Mike Thompson (CA-04) announced that the Internal Revenue Service has released guidance for qualified wildfire survivors applying for tax relief under Thompson’s bipartisan Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2023.

The guidance can be found here.

“Federally declared wildfires in 2015, 2017 and 2018 devastated entire communities across our district and across the state of California. Entire towns were destroyed. Thousands of people lost homes, and dozens of people lost their lives,” said Thompson.

“My work to deliver tax relief to these survivors didn’t end when President Biden signed my bill into law in December. I worked with my colleagues to urge the IRS to issue guidance to those applying for relief and today is another step in ensuring survivors get the relief they need and deserve,” Thompson added.

The Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act supports the nearly 70,000 qualified survivors who suffered significant losses during three major federally declared California fires in 2015, 2017 and 2018 who have received related settlement payments.

Many California wildfire survivors have already been taxed on their settlement payments, with some even losing access to certain federal benefits as a result of their compensation wrongly being considered income.

Rep. Thompson introduced the original legislation to provide tax relief to qualified wildfire victims in the 117th Congress and worked to advance the legislation ever since.

Last Spring, Rep. Thompson and Rep. Greg Steube (FL-17) led a bipartisan group of 218 Members of Congress to successfully advance a discharge petition which forced House Speaker Mike Johnson to bring the Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act to the House floor for a vote.

The historic advancement of Rep Thompson and Rep. Steube’s petition marked only the third time a House discharge petition had succeeded in the 21st century.

Their efforts succeeded as the Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act passed the Senate and was signed by President Biden at the end of 2024.

The Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act excludes from taxpayer gross income, for income tax purposes, any amount received by an individual taxpayer as compensation for expenses or losses incurred due to a qualified wildfire disaster (a federally declared disaster declared after 2014 as a result of a forest or range fire).

It also excludes relief payments for losses resulting from the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment on February 3, 2023 and designates Hurricane Ian, among other federally declared disasters, as a qualified disaster for the purposes of determining the tax treatment of certain disaster-related personal casualty losses.

Thompson represents California’s Fourth Congressional District, which includes all or part of Lake, Napa, Solano, Sonoma and Yolo counties.