The Mendocino Coast Health Care District has given an update on talks with Adventist Healthcare and it has an optimistic outlook. Adventist says it will pull out of its lease with the county for its Hospital in Fort Bragg without a new agreement and the two sides have been talking since last month. In its latest update, the Health Care District says the hospital won’t close. Mendo Voice reports district chairman Paul Garza has told the board the lease changes are in his words–minor. Adventist administrator Judy Leach has also told the board that there could be an agreement soon, but neither Leach nor Garza are going into specifics. Adventist informed the county last month of its intention to get out of the lease without changes blaming higher costs affecting the bottom line. They hope to have an agreement by the end of next month.
As the wildfire threat begins to ease, the Cal Fire Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit is formally canceling the burn permit suspension. Effective Friday, 8 a.m. if you have a current valid agriculture and residential burn permit you can now resume burning on permissible burn days. Cal Fire will still check up on agricultural burns until the official end of the fire season and other burns may still need CalFire inspections. You should still watch all fires closely and maintain control of all fires. If you don’t, you could be fined and held responsible if a fire burns onto neighboring property. Checking in with the Lake County Air Quality District is still required to make sure it is a permissible burn day. CalFire’s website has more information.
Congressman Mike Thompson spending time in Lake County to discuss rural concerns and to outline federal programs to support rural communities. Thompson was in Clearlake where he told a group of county leaders there are more than 70 programs from the USDA available to boost the economy and quality of life in local communities. He says that Lake County has received more than 46 million dollars from those programs. That includes money for loans, grants, and partnerships with local agencies and governments
Home prices are through the roof, but THIS makes other listings look like bargains. A property in the mountains near Lake Tahoe was listed this week for 188 million. That gets you 130 acres, with a 4,800 square foot main house, waterfront with cabanas and a 400-foot pier, a gated private golf course, horse stables, and a rodeo ring that has hosted Jay Leno, Robin Williams, Kenny Loggins, and Lionel Richie. The Shakespeare Ranch is one of the most expensive places on the market anywhere in the country
