Hot weather is making a comeback. The national weather service says highs Thursday, Friday, and Saturday will be around 100 degrees in interior areas with a moderate to locally major heat risk.. There is a heat advisory in effect for parts of Mendocino and Lake Counties from 11a tomorrow through 11 pm Saturday. Building hot and very dry weather over the next several days will generally increase fire danger, and dry fuels will build up again after several days of relief. Forecasters are keeping an eye on the potential for higher fire risk into early next week.
As the new school year starts, some Lake County teachers will have newly learned skills to navigate their classrooms. The Teach Lake County initiative has been around since 2017, and for the first time, it has been given state approval to teach advanced development courses for local educators. Officials say that it will not only help the teachers but will also help with a shortage of qualified teachers, especially in rural and underserved districts. Several teachers from Lake County spent their summers working along their paths to an eventual master’s degree or other advanced teaching certification. Teachers who have been through the program say it’s been invaluable to their professional development and has given them another reason to stay in teaching.
A patient from California is in the hospital recovering from the plague. Doctors think the person contracted the disease after being bitten by an infected flea in the Lake Tahoe Area. While it sounds serious–he plague wiped out millions of people in Europe in the days of knights in armor–it’s treatable nowadays with modern antibiotics. Still, it can be deadly if not caught early. Experts urge the same precautions as they do for avoiding other insects that carry disease, especially in deep wilderness areas–covering exposed skin, using a good repellent, and staying away from animal burrows where the tiny fleas can hide.
