The Clearlake City County is looking over Cal Fire’s new map that shows the areas of the city where wildfires are most likely, and is expected to take the first steps to approve it.. The new map released in February shows a total of 4,054 acres in the city at the highest risk, up from 1,583 in the last map. The council is required by state law to designate the zones as high risk. City leaders say that while the designation isn’t supposed to affect insurance rates, they are worried that some insurers will use it that way. The state requires approval by July 1, and local officials can only suggest changes that would add to the risk zones, so city approval appears to be a formality. Also on the council agenda on Thursday, funding for upgrades to the Senior Community Center and a vote on fees under an ordinance that allows bingo games for qualified charitable organizations. The meeting starts at 6 pm at City Hall.
The Mendocino County Behavioral Health Advisory Board is offering a chance to learn more about local behavioral health services and how to support them. The board meets on Wednesday, May 28th, at the Mendocino Presbyterian Church, and the public is invited to ask questions, get information, and give feedback. The county website has more on what the board does in the community.
An honor for a young law school student and soon-to-be lawyer from Lake County. Pepperdine University says Julianne Carter has received the school’s highest award for a graduating student for achievement, character, and extracurricular activities. Carter is 22, making her the youngest student ever to graduate from the school. She also made it through her undergraduate studies at Pepperdine by 19. She’ll have a job when she gets out, joining her mother at a newly named firm in Lakeport, called Carter Law. Julianne Carter says she’s proud to come back home to practice in the same community where she grew up
May 13th–and there are chain restrictions up for Donner Summit in the mountains. I-80 is icy with temperatures hovering right around freezing. And, remember last week when we told you it was Child Car Safety Week?. A father from Pasa Robles, north of LA, is under arrest today, charged with leaving his six-year-old son in the backseat when the temperature outside was in the upper 90s. The child was found unresponsive and later died. It’s the first reported hot car death of the season in California.
