A major road repair in Lake County will start soon.16 miles of pavement in the Cobb Area were damaged by the Valley Fire back in 2015. Now, the Laked County board of supervisors has approved a 5.1 million contract to repair it. Argonaut Contractors will bring the damaged road back to standard beginning in May. It’s a big project that not only involves the road surface, with drainage control, cement at driveways and intersections, and adjustments to utility infrastructure are also included.. The contract calls for the work to be finished in 100 working days, putting it somewhere around mid-September. The county is giving a shout-out to Assistant County Engineer Pablo Pantaleon for his work as the project manager. The public works department has more info on the repairs
The Lake County Tribal Health Consortium is planning an event to bring focus to concerns about Missing and Murdered Indigenous people. They’ll gather Friday at Xabitin Park in Lakeport to mark National Missing and Murdered Indigenous People’s Day, which is May 5. The Consortium says disappearance, violent crimes, and sexual assault are at epidemic levels in the Native American community. Statistics show Native Americas are 2.5 times more likely to experience sexual assault crimes compared to all other races, with one in three Indian women reports having been raped during her lifetime–eighty Native Men have experienced violence in their lifetimes, compared to 25 percent of all men in the US. The event starts at 5 pm and is open to everyone.
The City of Ukiah is starting a new volunteer program to make the city shine. The program has already cleaned up the area around the Skatepark across from Ukiah High – painting buildings and scrubbing away graffiti. Next cleanups will be May 11, May 25th, and June 9th. More are planned during the summer and fall, focusing on creeks. The city says the idea behind the cleanups is to respond to community complaints. You can find out more on the city’s website and social media.
The state is changing something you probably never thought about. California is running out of License Plate numbers under the current numbering system because of increasing vehicle sales. The 9 series combination in place since 1989 will reach its limit in 2026, with tag number 9ZZZ999 being as far as they can go. Now, with a new generation of plates, they’ll go with three numbers, three letters, and a number –like 000-AAA-0. That should last for at least another 40 years. Who knows WHAT people will be driving–or maybe FLYING –by then.
