The Clearlake City Council has reportedly agreed to let the city loan money to a developer to do road and storm drainage improvements on a development that’s been plagued with delays. Lake County News reports at their meeting Thursday the Council voted unanimously to authorize the loan as an extension of a 2020 deal with Lexington Construction to build new market-rate single-family homes as well as a new road and upgrades to the storm drainage along 36th Avenue between Eureka and Phillips. But officials say the project has hit multiple setbacks including the divorce of the couple that owned the development company. With the divorce now final, the wife has agreed to continue the project, but reportedly needs a financial leg-up to do it. The city has agreed to an up-to $300,000 loan which is due back within 24 months.
A Sacramento-area house fire that erupted Friday night may have been caused by a meteor. The captain of the Penn Valley Fire District says several residents reported seeing a bright light burning across the sky around the same time fire crews were dispatched to the house fire on a cattle ranch. The LA Times reports no one was hurt but the family dog was killed along with several rabbits. The fire chief says it could take weeks to determine the official cause. He says while he has never personally seen a meteor cause a house fire in his 25-year career, he knows it’s possible. Meanwhile the American Meteor Society says a meteor seen around the time of the fire was reported by NASA to be going around 32,000 mph.
You can apply now for a permit to go cut a Christmas tree in the Mendocino National Forest. The U.S. Forest Service says you can visit Recreation.gov and search by forest name or use their interactive map to figure out where you want to go. There is only one permit allowed per household but you can purchase up to three trees. The cost for 2022 is $10 per tree, with a $2.50 transaction fee. And even though you may not want to go get your tree for a few weeks, you do want to act fast on getting the permits, which are limited and granted on a first-come, first-served basis.
