CLEARLAKE, Calif. — Clearlake Animal Control has many dogs and puppies waiting for new homes.
The Clearlake Animal Control website lists 46 adoptable dogs.
The adoptable dogs include “Cosmo,” a 2-month-old male pit bull terrier puppy with a black and white coat.
Also available is “Skittles,” a 1-year-old pit bull terrier mix.
There is also “Atlas,” a male German shepherd with a black and tan coat.
The shelter is located at 6820 Old Highway 53. It’s open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
For more information, call the shelter at 707-762-6227, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., visit Clearlake Animal Control on Facebook or on the city’s website.
This week’s adoptable dogs are featured below.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Kelseyville Riviera Community Association, one of the largest community associations in the state with over 2,800 members, is actively developing a comprehensive strategic plan to incorporate actions that address safety, quality of life, and establish a clear, enduring vision for the community’s future.
Kelseyville Riviera Community Association members and residents are invited to participate in the upcoming town hall meeting on Thursday, Jan. 25, from 6 to 7 p.m.
The meeting will be held in the association clubhouse, located at 9689 State Highway 281, across from the Riviera Foods Market.
Lake County Community Development Department Director Mireya Turner will attend the town hall meeting to learn how Community Development may align with the association to develop new amenities within the community such as parks and other recreational facilities, as well as opportunities regarding improvements to community infrastructure.
The association’s town hall meeting, organized by community members, will provide an overview of the draft strategic plan.
Facilitated break-out discussions will provide attendees the opportunity to share with the association their suggestions and priorities for ensuring a safer, more enjoyable and more vibrant community.
“The association staff and leadership are committed to continually exploring strategies to enhance the quality of life for our residents, increase property values, and strengthen partnerships with local leaders and entities that are or wish to become invested in our Community,” said Board President Moses Ornelas Valdez. “A united approach with community stakeholders will ensure that we are aware of and properly accessing available resources to refine and achieve our goals.”
Established in 1964, the Kelseyville Riviera Community Association includes 1,543 homes, 1,246 undeveloped parcels, 19 commercial properties and covers over five square miles of land.
The association is governed by a five-member board of directors who are elected through an annual election with staggered terms.
Numerous committees, spearheaded by volunteer members, work to address issues and pursue ideas.
Together, their common goal is to seek meaningful ways to advance community safety, develop additional amenities and bring greater value to the community.
Kelseyville Riviera Community Association members are highly encouraged to get involved in their community and to be part of its strategic plan implementation.
For more information about the town hall meeting, contact Janine Smith Citron at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 707-413-9028 community to learn more about the Kelseyville Riviera Community Association call 707-277-7281 or visit the website at kelseyville-riviera.com.
The California Water Commission on Wednesday approved a white paper that contains potential strategies to protect communities and fish and wildlife in the event of drought.
The white paper is in support of Water Resilience Portfolio Action 26.3, and will be shared with the Secretaries for Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, and Food and Agriculture, who requested the commission’s engagement on this topic.
California is a drought-prone state. Climate change exacerbates drought conditions in California by creating hotter and drier baseline conditions, leading to more intense droughts.
Additionally, climate change is creating the conditions for “weather whiplash” — a phenomenon California experienced in the 2022-2023 water year, swinging rapidly from severe drought to record-breaking precipitation events and flooding.
To ensure California’s people and environment have sufficient water during times of drought, the State will need to adapt to this new normal of ongoing weather extremes.
“California has experienced two of the worst droughts in our state’s history in the last decade alone,” said Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot. “While we’ve invested billions across the state to become more drought resilient in light of this new reality, there’s more we need to do to prepare for the next drought, whenever it comes. These thoughtful recommendations by the Water Commission point the way forward and I’m eager to explore how these ideas can be applied in coming years.”
The commission’s work on drought is forward-looking. The strategies proposed by the commission integrate months of conversations with state agencies, experts, tribes, water users, interest groups, interested parties and the public.
The commission has taken the input it received and charted a through-line, developing four key strategies for augmenting California’s communities’ and fish and wildlife species’ drought resilience.
Those strategies are:
• Scale up groundwater recharge. During flood events, when all other water rights and environmental needs are met, channeling excess flows to groundwater recharge can build drought reserves. The State can help scale up groundwater recharge by planning and preparing for recharge during times of high flow, promoting recharge efforts through outreach and financial incentives, efficiently permitting recharge projects, supporting the infrastructure needed to conduct recharge, and continuing to apply lessons learned.
• Conduct watershed-level planning to reduce drought impacts to ecosystems. To enable fish and wildlife to be more resilient to drought, the State must support fish and wildlife during drought and work to recover ecosystem function during non-drought periods, supporting viable populations that can weather the next drought period. The State can help reduce drought impacts to fish and wildlife by improving water availability for species, advancing habitat restoration and conservation projects, integrating forest management into drought planning, and creating a plan to protect species during drought emergencies.
• Better position communities to prepare for and respond to drought emergencies. During drought, communities need resources to ensure that vulnerable community members are safe in times of crisis. In advance of drought, they need support to help abate future vulnerabilities to water scarcity by improving water systems and integrating water use into land use planning. The State can help communities prepare for and respond to drought by offering climate disaster funding, ramping up efforts to improve water system resilience and regional water solutions, and supporting integrated land and water planning.
• Support improved coordination, information, and communication in drought and non-drought years. In California, droughts need to be dealt with as a chronic phenomenon and not an occasional emergency. The State needs to continue to align its staff capacity, improve its data collection, and contextualize its drought communication, moving from a crisis mindset to recognizing drought as a natural and inevitable element of the state’s hydrologic cycle.
“Groundwater recharge to replenish our aquifers is a key water strategy for a hotter, drier future,” said California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross. “It provides important ecosystem benefits, protects drinking water wells, and supports climate-resilient agriculture for healthy food production and thriving rural communities.”
The strategies and actions outlined in this paper are additive to the important work already underway by state agencies. The commission expects state decision-makers to weigh whether and when to move forward with these suggested strategies.
“Drought impacts all of California’s water users, but some — small, rural communities and fish and wildlife — are particularly vulnerable,” said Commissioner Sandra Matsumoto. “The strategies proposed by the commission will help the state protect these vulnerable water users in the event of drought. To move forward, water sectors, users, and managers must work together to minimize the impacts of drought on all Californians.”
People who live alone, especially seniors and dependent adults, may benefit from routine welfare checks to see if any assistance is needed.
What options do seniors and dependent adults, and their families, have to be proactive about such matters.
Is the senior or dependent adult’s home safe for them to live in? Perhaps the home needs safety modifications (such as installing grab bars in the bathroom). Perhaps the person is a hoarder and the home needs cleaning.
With senior citizens, a common concern is that they have fallen and are lying injured on the floor unable to get up, or that they are sick in bed and unable to take care of themselves.
Does the senior or dependent adult have a monitoring device on them to allow a monitoring center to check their wellbeing?
Typically this involves wearing an electronic pendant with a button that can be pushed to reach a monitoring service. The monitoring service can then speak with the adult and assess the situation. If the adult has fallen or is in any other kind of emergency the monitoring service calls 911 and also alerts family members of the situation.
Alternatively, as appropriate, the person might benefit from a camera monitoring system that allows the family to see how the person is doing inside their own home. This, of course, has serious drawbacks because it means a loss in privacy in exchange perhaps for more safety.
Another consideration, as appropriate, is that the adult be involved in daily activities, such as attending senior center exercise classes and other activities.
If agreeable, the persons overseeing or involved in such activities may be given the name and contact information of family members and asked to call a family member if the senior or dependent adult fails to appear or seems unwell.
Daily activities are a double win because they may help to keep the senior mentally and physically well and involved in the community.
At some point a senior or dependent adult may no longer feel or be able to safely live alone due a variety of reasons, including, on a personal level, an inability to do activities of daily living, impaired cognitive abilities (e.g., dementia), loneliness, and, on a financial level, inability to pay household expenses and resist fraudsters who prey on the vulnerable (e.g., telemarketers).
In that case the available options vary depending on the assets of the senior or dependent adult, their family circumstances, and the wishes of the senior or dependent adult involved.
Many persons, if they are financially able, want to move into an assisted living situation or, in some cases, move in with family. Assisted living centers are an ongoing monthly expense that often requires selling the family home to raise money.
Alternatively, moving in with the senior’s family (perhaps into a granny unit) may work, at least temporarily.
Any family arrangement, however, involves a variety of considerations for all those concerned, including how the change would affect the family dynamics, how personal care issues would be handled, and how the associated finances would be managed.
The solutions to the issues raised above are unlikely to be found in any single place. However, places to look for some possible assistance are the local “Area Agency on Aging,” the local senior center, and, most importantly, the close friends and family.
The foregoing brief discussion is not legal advice.
Dennis A. Fordham, attorney, is a State Bar-Certified Specialist in estate planning, probate and trust law. His office is at 870 S. Main St., Lakeport, Calif. He can be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and 707-263-3235.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The National Weather Service said another round of storms headed to the North Coast is expected to bring more rain through the end of next week.
The agency’s Eureka office, which provides forecasts for Lake County, said the incoming rainfall will be more moderate than this past weekend’s.
However, forecasters warned that flooding will be possible in some areas where soils are already saturated.
Rainfall levels for Lake County for Friday afternoon through Sunday are predicted to range between 2 to 3 inches from Lakeport to the Northshore and between 4 and 6 inches in the south county.
While much of the rest of the country is facing plunging temperatures, Lake County’s forecast appears more moderate.
Daytime temperatures will hover in the 50s while at night will remain in the mid to high 40s, based on the forecast.
Winds with gusts close to 30 miles per hour are forecast for Saturday and more than 20 miles per hour on Sunday.
The forecast calls for rain or chances of rain through Thursday.
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Four recent catastrophic building collapses and a near miss are raising concerns about the state of America’s aging buildings and questions about who, if anyone, is checking their safety.
As a civil engineer, I study building failures, and I have seen how crucial structural inspections and careful maintenance are – and how often the signs of trouble are ignored in the U.S. until a problem becomes a crisis. Too often, it is up to residents to call attention to the risks.
Many disasters had clear warning signs
There were two common threads prior to many of the recent building collapses: visible signs of the defects that eventually led to the building’s demise and a history of documents submitted to city building departments clearly showing deteriorating conditions.
For example:
In June 2021, the sudden collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida, killed 98 people and stunned the nation. Three years earlier, an engineers report had raised concerns about the structural integrity of concrete in the pool deck area that later collapsed, but the strength of the pool deck slab was not thoroughly investigated. Federal investigators in a 2023 preliminary report found that the original design of the pool deck did not follow building standards.
In May 2023, three people died when part of a 116-year-old apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, collapsed. Inspectors pointed to a history of improper maintenance, and photos show clear signs of trouble, such as walls that were bowed.
In April 2023, one person was killed when a New York City parking garage collapsed. The nearly-100-year-old building had several past violations, and its collapse triggered a swift check of similar garages that turned up more potential hazards.
Many buildings today are designed to last from as little as 50 years to over 100 years, depending on the materials used and assuming periodic maintenance and repairs.
Just as human beings need to see their physicians on a more regular basis as they age, older buildings also require more care and attention. That is even more important when they are exposed to adverse environmental conditions, such as corrosive de-icing salts in the Northeast and saltwater and salt air moisture in coastal regions.
Yet, inspections of buildings primarily happen only as they are being built, resold or remodeled. Policies vary by state, but there are currently few widespread mandated rules for structural inspections of entire existing buildings. Some exceptions are in Florida, where structural inspections are required for condominium and co-op buildings statewide at age 25 to 30 years, and every 10 years thereafter, and Jersey City, New Jersey, where periodic structural inspections are required every 10 years for all buildings. Several Florida cities and counties have extended the state-mandated periodic inspections to commercial buildings.
Some cities have enacted ordinances governing periodic inspections of specific structural elements, such as balconies and facades. And a few require periodic inspections or condition assessments for parking garages. After the Surfside condo tower collapse, the International Code Council initiated efforts to develop condition-assessment guidelines for existing buildings that local governments could choose to adopt.
Cities need to prioritize inspections
In each of the recent collapses, there were signs of the problems that, had they been addressed, might have prevented the tragedy.
In the New York City apartment building, a visible, vertical crack in the corner column, which should have been a glaring red flag, was ignored. The NYC Buildings Department commissioner recently said that “The Department of Buildings does not have enough of its own staff to inspect every building in New York City.”
If increasing budgets for municipal inspection departments is not an option, another route is to contract with structural engineering firms to review submitted documents. While this comes at a cost, so do legal settlements after building disasters.
If cities and states enact periodic structural condition assessment rules for existing buildings within their jurisdiction, problems could also be spotted by expert inspectors before they develop into failures.
Insurance companies could also be a partner in this effort by requiring periodic inspection and maintenance by licensed design professionals as a condition of continuing coverage.
If you see something, say something
Residents also must adopt a more vigilant and proactive approach to identify and prevent structural problems.
Anyone can learn to identify the telltale signs of building deterioration and defects, though there may be some hidden structural deterioration behind architectural finishes that may not be visible. If these problems are spotted and addressed in a timely manner, that could help reduce the likelihood of structural failures and more costly repairs in the future.
If you see any of the following problems, report them to your landlord or the city building department – they could be signs of structural trouble:
Cracks that are expanding in elevated floors or roof slabs, walls, beams and columns.
Cracks on a floor slab that create a trip hazard, or wall cracks, which may be the result of the foundation settling.
Chunks of concrete falling from slabs, beams, walls and columns; and exposed rusted steel reinforcement.
Rusting or corroded steel beams and columns.
Balconies where the rainwater drains toward the interior of the building, rather than away from it.
Rotted wood structural parts, such as floor joists or wall studs.
Everyone needs to understand the warning signs and be willing to speak up so officials and building owners take the necessary steps to stem this scary tide and protect residents.
Our buildings are talking to us, and in some cases crying out for help – it’s time everyone listened.
Some of the finest, smallest details in the universe – the gaps between elongated groups of stars – may soon help astronomers reveal dark matter in greater detail than ever before. After NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches, by May 2027, researchers will use its images to explore what exists between looping tendrils of stars that are pulled from globular clusters.
Specifically, they will focus on the tidal streams from globular clusters that orbit our neighboring Andromeda galaxy. Their aim is to pinpoint a greater number of examples of these tidal streams, examine gaps between the stars, and ideally determine concrete properties of dark matter.
Globular cluster streams are like ribbons fluttering in the cosmos, both leading and trailing the globular clusters where they originated along their orbits. Their lengths in our Milky Way galaxy vary wildly. Very short stellar streams are relatively young, while those that completely wrap around a galaxy may be almost as old as the universe. A stream that is fully wrapped around the Andromeda galaxy could be more than 300,000 light-years long but less than 3,000 light-years wide.
With Roman, astronomers will be able to search nearby galaxies for globular cluster stellar streams for the first time. Roman’s Wide Field Instrument has 18 detectors that will produce images 200 times the size of the Hubble Space Telescope’s near-infrared camera – at a slightly greater resolution.
“Roman will be able to take a huge snapshot of the Andromeda galaxy, which simply isn’t possible with any other telescope,” shared Christian Aganze, the lead author of a recent paper about this subject and a postdoc at Stanford University in California. “We also project that Roman will be able to detect stars individually.”
Imagine the results: Roman’s vast, exquisitely detailed images will allow researchers to easily identify many examples of globular cluster streams in Andromeda. To date, astronomers using existing telescopes in space and on the ground have been limited to studying a slightly smaller number of globular cluster streams within our Milky Way.
Is dark matter between the stars?
Dark matter, which many assume to be a particle, can’t yet be observed directly, because it doesn’t emit, reflect, refract, or absorb light. If we can’t see it, how do we know it’s there? “We see dark matter’s effect on galaxies,” Aganze clarified. “For example, when we model how galaxies rotate, we need extra mass to explain their rotation. Dark matter may provide that missing mass.”
All galaxies, including the Milky Way, are surrounded by a dark matter halo. As astronomers glean more about the nature of dark matter, they may find evidence that a galaxy’s halo may also contain a large number of smaller dark matter sub-halos, which are predicted by models. “These halos are probably roughly spherical, but their density, sizes, and even if they exist isn’t currently known,” explained Tjitske Starkenburg, a co-author and a research assistant professor at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
Roman will redefine their search. “We expect dark matter to interact with globular cluster streams. If these sub-halos are present in other galaxies, we predict that we will see gaps in globular cluster streams that are likely caused by dark matter,” Starkenburg continued. “This will give us new information about dark matter, including which kinds of dark matter halos are present and what their masses are.”
Aganze and Starkenburg estimate that Roman will efficiently deliver the data they need within nearby galaxies – requiring only a total of one hour – and that these observations may be captured by the High Latitude Wide Area Survey.
Starkenburg will also help lay the groundwork for this investigation through her contributions to another project recently selected for funding by NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Research and Support Participation Opportunities program. “This team plans to model how globular clusters form into stellar streams by developing a much more detailed theoretical framework,” she explained. “We’ll go on to predict where globular clusters that form streams originated and whether these streams will be observable with Roman.”
Aganze is also excited about other projects currently or soon coming online. “The European Space Agency’s Euclid mission is already starting to explore the large-scale structure of the universe, which will help us learn more about the role of dark matter,” he said. “And the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will soon scan the night sky repeatedly with similar goals. The data from these missions will be incredibly useful in constraining our simulations while we prepare for Roman.”
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is managed at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, with participation by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech/IPAC in Southern California, the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, and a science team comprising scientists from various research institutions. The primary industrial partners are Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation in Boulder, Colorado; L3Harris Technologies in Melbourne, Florida; and Teledyne Scientific & Imaging in Thousand Oaks, California.
Claire Blome works for the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Library is kicking off its Winter Reading Challenge on Friday, Jan. 19, inviting residents of all ages to embark on a challenge to read more in the new year.
The Winter Reading Challenge is an opportunity for participants to embrace the many benefits of reading, fostering positive impacts on their lives. The challenge is available for pre-K, kids, teens and adults.
Even the smallest readers, unable to venture through books alone, can join with parents recording their shared reading experiences.
Registration for the challenge is available on the library’s website, allowing residents to sign up at their convenience until the challenge concludes on March 16. Locals are also invited to register at their nearest library branch.
Once registered, residents can start accumulating points by reading a diverse array of materials available at the library, from eBooks and audiobooks to print books, comics, and magazines. Every page read and logged with the library contributes to the challenge's goal of 1,000 points.
Completing the challenge brings a special reward: the chance to select a brand-new book and be the first to check it out.
The chosen book, adorned with the reader's name, will become part of the library's collection, courtesy of the Friends of the Lake County Library — a dedicated community non-profit membership organization.
Children can collect stickers and small toys throughout their reading journey, while adults and teens stand a chance to win a prize basket filled with books.
Beyond the thrill of the challenge, the Winter Reading Program emphasizes the critical role of reading in building literacy skills.
A well-developed literacy foundation extends beyond the ability to read and write, aiding in the comprehension of complex ideas and effective communication with the world.
In addition to fostering literacy, making reading a habit boasts numerous advantages, including stress relief, empathy development, and sustaining mental sharpness throughout life.
Join us in celebrating the joy of reading this winter! For more information and to sign up, visit the Lake County Library Website at https://library.lakecountyca.gov.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Wednesday joined a coalition of 26 attorneys general in filing a comment letter responding to the Federal Communications Commission’s notice of inquiry related to the potential impact of emerging artificial intelligence, or AI, technology on efforts to protect consumers from illegal robocalls or robotexts.
The multistate coalition argues that AI-generated technologies that mimic human voices are a form of “artificial voice” as that term is used in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and that consumers therefore cannot be sent AI-generated robocalls that mimic a live caller without the consumer’s prior express written consent.
“In addition to being a daily annoyance, robocalls are often used by scammers to cause real financial damage,” said Attorney General Bonta. “AI technology presents opportunities for new levels of deception by bad actors. The FCC should take this opportunity to underscore that existing laws, like the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, can be used to protect consumers against this threat. Classifying AI-generated human voices as a type of artificial voice is a step in the right direction in preventing consumers from receiving unwanted and potentially dangerous robocalls.”
For Californians, the impact of illegal and unwanted robocalls can range from a momentary nuisance to serious fraud involving identity theft or life-changing financial losses.
Phone calls and text messages are by far the most common contact method for fraud, and in 2022 alone, fraudulent phone calls and texts led to more than $1.13 billion in reported financial losses nationwide, according to the Federal Trade Commission, or FTC.
In the comment letter, the attorneys general argue that considering AI-generated human voices an “artificial voice” is consistent with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and with the FCC’s treatment of prior technological developments.
Robocalls are typically the number-one consumer complaint to the FTC each year. AI technology has the potential to make phone scams more sophisticated and believable, as scammers have already begun using the technology to mimic live voices, including those of celebrities and distressed family members.
Wednesday’s action is consistent with Attorney General Bonta’s commitment to protect consumers by cracking down on robocalls:
In January 2022, Attorney General Bonta, as part of a bipartisan multistate coalition, urged the FCC to stop the flood of illegal foreign-based robocalls that “spoof” U.S. phone numbers. In August 2022, Attorney General Bonta announced the launch of a bipartisan nationwide Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force to investigate and take legal action against the telecommunications companies responsible for bringing a majority of foreign robocalls into the U.S.
In May 2023, Attorney General Bonta, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 49 attorneys general, announced a lawsuit against Avid Telecom for allegedly initiating and facilitating billions of unlawful robocalls that included Social Security Administration scams, Medicare scams, and employment scams.
In filing the comment letter, Attorney General Bonta joins the attorneys general of Pennsylvania, Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia.
LAKEPORT, Calif. — The fundraising efforts of the Lakeport Fire Volunteers Association are making possible the purchase of a new piece of equipment for the Lakeport Fire Protection District.
On Thursday evening, the fire district board of directors held a special meeting to discuss just one item — granting permission for the district to accept a donation to purchase a utility terrain vehicle and the accompanying trailer.
The Can Am Defender vehicle, or UTV, will be used by the district for an off-road rescue program.
The volunteers raised $36,200, which will cover the entire purchase; the UTV costs $31,200 and the trailer costs $5,000.
Capt. Spencer Johnson, on behalf of the Lakeport Fire Volunteers Association, presented Chief Patrick Reitz with the $36,200 check during the Thursday meeting.
Johnson told Lake County News that the firefighters association raised the funds through several sources.
Those included putting on a comedy show at Konocti Harbor last year, a Haunted Lake County donation in 2022, proceeds from a slide at the Dickens Festival and money the volunteers had already raised from past fundraisers, Johnson said.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office is welcoming a new officer.
Officer Alex Zazueta is a newly promoted officer from the CHP Academy in West Sacramento.
Officer Zazueta was among more than 90 officers who graduated from the academy after 26 weeks of intense training on Jan. 5.
The CHP’s Clear Lake Area office said Officer Zazueta will receive extensive in-field training with experienced officers for approximately four months and later be on his own.
“Lake County is a unique area, different than larger metropolitan areas, with its own unique landscape and rural roadways that will test this officer’s skills. Our ultimate goal is to get all newly promoted officers ready to face the challenges they will encounter on a day-to-day basis so they can provide the highest level of Safety, Service, and Security to the people of California,” the agency said.
The CHP is hiring. For more information visit www.chpmadeformore.com.
CLEARLAKE, Calif. — The five candidates running for the District 1 supervisorial seat made another campaign appearance to answer questions from the community.
The Lower Lake Community Action Group, the city of Clearlake and Lake County News sponsored a District 1 candidates’ forum at Clearlake City Hall on Tuesday night.
For nearly two hours Bren Boyd, John Hess, Sean Millerick, Helen Owen and Bryan Pritchard answered a series of questions with a focus on the Clearlake and Lower Lake areas.
Due to the 2021 redistricting, the District 1 supervisor now represents a small portion of the city of Clearlake as well as Lower Lake, and the city and the Lower Lake Community Action Group wanted to host an event to consider the unique challenges of their community.
Lake County News Editor/Publisher Elizabeth Larson moderated the forum, with Middletown Area Town Hall Chair Monica Rosenthal offering time keeping and organizational assistance and Clearlake City Councilman Russell Cremer, also a Lower Lake Community Action Group member, assisting with organizing the event.
The five candidates also were featured in a forum on Thursday at the Middletown Area Town Hall meeting.
The candidates will make another appearance at the Middletown Luncheon Club at noon on Wednesday at the Middletown Senior Center, 21256 Washington St.