Clearlake News

Sex offender sought by police

Sat, 21 Apr 2018 04:40:58 GMT

LAKE COUNTY >> The Lakeport Police Department is currently seeking the whereabouts of a 70-year-old public disclosure sex offender who was last seen in Lakeport. As required by law, Lawrence Clayton Jelks had failed to register as a sex offender and is in violation of the felony, which requires registration in the jurisdiction where the person lives, according to LPD.

First 5 honors champions for children

Fri, 20 Apr 2018 07:53:08 GMT

LAKE COUNTY >> By the age of five, 90 percent of human brain capacity has developed. These early years are when a foundation is being laid for language, literacy, social skills, critical thinking, gross and fine motor skills, problem-solving, empathy, and every vital capacity that a person will need to build a healthy and rewarding life.

NCO Clearlake closes, food programs to continue

Fri, 20 Apr 2018 03:21:52 GMT

CLEARLAKE >> As North Coast Opportunities Inc. celebrates 50 years of community action, the community action agency announced it is closing its Clearlake Food Pantry indefinitely on Thursday, April 26. It's Friday Produce Pantry is said to continue, however. Members of the community had noticed over recent weeks the organization was no longer present at its Lakeshore Drive location in Clearlake, where it had served hundreds of Lake County residents for several years.

Coffee, cops, conversations

Wed, 18 Apr 2018 04:45:49 GMT

About 50 locals stopped by for coffee, doughnuts and converse with local law enforcement on Friday, April 13 for the Lake County Sheriff's Office 'Coffee with a Cop.' The event, which began at 7 a.m. at the Adventist Health Clear Lake Medical Center's coffee kiosk, featured members of the LCSO, Clearlake Police Department, and the California Highway Patrol.

New support group for parent guardians comes to Clearlake

Tue, 17 Apr 2018 06:39:29 GMT

CLEARLAKE >> A support group is starting in Lake County for anyone caring for children, including foster parents, due to the biological parents no longer caring for them. Statistics show that over 3.5 million grandparents are raising children in this country.

Planetary Dance comes to Lake County

Tue, 17 Apr 2018 06:39:28 GMT

CLEARLAKE >> On Earth Day, Sunday April 22, the Planetary Dance will come to Lake County at 11 a.m. in Austin Park, Clearlake. Originated by Anna Halprin on Mt.Tamalpais in Marin in 1981, the Planetary Dance is a participatory peace dance for the healing and renewal of the local community.

Firearms, ammo, KUSD computers found in traffic stop

Sat, 14 Apr 2018 01:48:01 GMT

CLEARLAKE >> After what started with a minor traffic stop, one Clearlake man was arrested for the illegal possession of firearms, ammunition, and 30 Konocti Unified School District laptops earlier this week. According to the Clearlake Police Department, officer Michael Perreault had stopped Morris in the 13400 block of Lakeshore Drive on April 9 around 9 p.m. for an inoperative taillight of a black Mercedes he was driving.

California wildfires linked to heart problems, study shows

Wed, 11 Apr 2018 11:47:32 GMT

The Lake County Valley Fire in 2015 was among the blazes included in a comprehensive study that found that wildfire smoke could cause more heart issues than respiratory illnesses. The Lake County Valley Fire in 2015 was among the blazes included in a comprehensive study that found that wildfire smoke could cause more heart issues than respiratory illnesses.

Restorative Arts for fire victims

Wed, 11 Apr 2018 01:06:04 GMT

LAKE COUNTY >> Hundreds of members of our community have had their lives touched by the fires that have ravaged our county in the last few years. We all know someone who has experienced the fear and the sudden trauma of fire.

Ag grant will expand courses at Woodland College

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 22:42:15 GMT

A $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to Woodland Community College will fund distance education hardware to allow the school to deliver college courses to Lake and Colusa counties. The college intends to deliver college level courses to college and high schools at their remote sites as well as the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley Rancheria.

Human Trafficking Awareness Day in Lake County

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 05:10:35 GMT

LAKEPORT >> Soroptimist member Tina Scott was on hand to receive the honor, as the Lakeport City Council this week was the first to issue a proclamation declaring April 14, 2018 as Human Trafficking Awareness Day. The County Board of Supervisors will do the same today during their meeting beginning at 9 a.m., as will the Clearlake City Council on Thursday, April 12 at 6 p.m. Considered a modern-day form of slavery, human trafficking is a signature project of Soroptimist International of the Americas who is working with their community leaders to raise awareness about the horrors of this type of trafficking through proclamations calling attention to the problem.

Clearlake Park man sentenced to life in prison for Ma town deadly shooting

Sat, 07 Apr 2018 04:11:32 GMT

LAKE COUNTY >> A Clearlake Park man has been sentenced to serve a term of 90 years to life in prison for slaying one man and injuring a woman near Middletown. Javier Martinez-Cachu, 22, was sentenced with a waiver of all presentence credits on Tuesday for the December 2015 murder of Luis Pimentel-Arroyo, 25, and attempted murder of Evalia Prado of Middletown.

Flood Watch through Sunday morning, Clear Lake tops 4 Rumsey

Sat, 07 Apr 2018 04:11:31 GMT

LAKE COUNTY >> Though most of the heavy rain swept through Lake County all day Friday, the National Weather Service predicts a mixture of rain showers and thunderstorms for Saturday. Additionally, a Flood Watch warning is set to remain until Sunday morning.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Sat, 07 Apr 2018 04:11:30 GMT

KELSEYVILLE >> April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month . Each year, in California and nationally, April is designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Library volunteers needed

Fri, 06 Apr 2018 04:47:47 GMT

LAKE COUNTY >> Volunteers are an important part of the Lake County Library team, recording more than 270 hours of work per month at all four branches of the Library system. Between twenty and twenty-five volunteers assist library staff at all branches and about eighty volunteer literacy tutors teach other adults to read.

Free college a Promisea program announced

Thu, 05 Apr 2018 02:56:23 GMT

CLEARLAKE >> Beginning fall 2018, all first time students will not pay fees at the Woodland main campus or Lake County and Colusa County Campuses, Woodland Community College announced. The "WCC Promise" program, scheduled for a fall 2018 semester launch, requires new WCC students to enroll in at least 12 units as a full-time student.

College hosts climate change speaker series

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 18:27:17 GMT

CLEARLAKE >> The Lake County Campus of Woodland Community College is hosting a Speaker Series on Climate Change on the first three Wednesdays of April from 5-7 p.m. each evening in room 209. Everyone is invited to attend these informative and timely presentations that include the opportunity for questions and discussion about the impact of climate change in all aspects of our lives.

Clearlake approves road design contracts

Sat, 31 Mar 2018 00:39:45 GMT

CLEARLAKE >> The City of Clearlake approved design contracts for several road rehabilitation and improvement projects under Measure V at a Special City Council meeting on Tuesday afternoon. "Approving these design contracts is a critical step forward to improving our city," said City Manager Greg Folsom.

Man arrested after gunpoint robbery

Sat, 31 Mar 2018 00:39:44 GMT

CLEARLAKE >> Police have arrested a Clearlake man for allegedly robbing the Jack in the Box located on Dam Road at gunpoint during the early hours of Tuesday. The man, identified as 19-year-old Giovanni Madrigal-Rincon, was the subject of a five-hour search before his arrest near Travelodge Clearlake.

Hitchcock pleads no contest in womana s death

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 06:07:54 GMT

LAKEPORT >> The man charged with the death of a Clearlake woman in 2016, pled no contest to the charges during a recent appearance at Lake County Superior Court. Robert Wade Hitchcock will be sentenced on multiple charges, including vehicular manslaughter, related to the death of 40-year-old pedestrian Nichole Marie Welborn in downtown Lower Lake.