The search is on for a missing woman in Mendocino County. Search and rescue personnel are involved with the search on Bruhel Point Road north of Fort Bragg, CA. 70-year-old Elizabeth Schenk who was visiting the area from Oakland. Shenck reportedly called a family member to say she was lost while going for a walk on a logging road on Tuesday morning. He gave her directions, but no one has heard from her since then. Schenk is still missing and considered at risk due to her age and pre-existing medical conditions. She was reportedly wearing a white sweater, a white vest, and white jeans when she left for her walk. Schenk is described as a white female, 70 years old, 5’05’’ tall, 150 pounds, with graying brown hair and blue eyes. If you have any information, you can contact the MCSO.
The House has passed a bill that would exempt qualified wildfire victims from paying income taxes on settlements or attorney fees related to their loss. The bill now goes to the Senate, where 5th district Congressman Mike Thompson–speaking on the house floor–said it has been caught up in politics:
VERBATIM: “This bill has been stalled, advanced, then held up. It’s been marked up past the House and stalled again. The Senate ought to quit dithering on what’s an objectively good bill for our country and just pass it.”
Thompson says keeping the taxman away from settlement money is the only fair thing for fire victims who have already lost so much. Thompson represents Lake County and surrounding areas.
Progress on a new water tank that will serve 6,000 people in the Hidden Valley Lake area near Middletown. The Record-Bee reports crews have poured the concrete that’s part of the first of two new tanks replacing the 60-year-old wooden tank that sprang a leak. They hope to be done with the first part of the work in June before moving on to the second tank. The water district says the new infrastructure will be more than enough for community needs. It includes a generator for pumping stations to keep the water going in the event of a planned power shutoff or other outages
Kindergarten may eventually become required in California. The Assembly has passed a bill mandating kids finish kindergarten before they move to first grade. That’s already the case in most districts, but this bill would make it the law. The Assembly has tried before but Governor Newsom vetoed the proposal; saying it would be too expensive.
