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So far, the identity of the crash victim has not been released by authorities.
Sheriff’s spokesperson Lauren Berlinn told Lake County News Thursday afternoon that they are still working on next of kin notification.
The CHP’s Clear Lake Area office said their officers were dispatched to assist the sheriff’s office with a fatality traffic collision at 3:11 p.m. Wednesday.
The CHP said the sheriff’s office was investigating a missing persons case and, with the assistance of California Department of Fish and Wildlife, located a vehicle down a steep embankment on High Valley Road, near Valley Oak Drive.
The investigating officers and deputies found the missing person dead near the vehicle.
The CHP is investigating this incident.
Anyone with information or knowledge of the incident is asked to contact the Clear Lake CHP Office, at 707-279-0103.
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The National Weather Service’s Eureka office said rain will arrive late on Thursday, with as much as 4 inches expected to fall across Lake County over the course of several days.
The Lake County forecast anticipates daytime conditions on Thursday to include temperatures in the high 50s and mild winds from the southeast.
There will be up to a quarter of an inch of rain on Thursday night, when temperatures will dip into the high 30s, with light winds of just under 10 miles per hour.
The rain will continue on Friday, with light winds continuing and about an inch and three quarters of rain. Daytime temperatures will be in the high 40s, dropping to the low 40s at night.
Another one to two inches of rain is forecast to fall during the day on Saturday and up to three quarters of an inch on Saturday night. Temperatures will be in the low 50s during the day and the low 40s at night, with mild southwest winds.
The California Nevada River Forecast Center said the storms are expected to cause Cache Creek’s flow to double and for the level of Clear Lake to climb from just over 6 feet Rumsey — the special measure for the lake — to nearly 6.8 feet Rumsey.
The National Weather Service said another atmospheric river is expected to arrive on Sunday.
“This system has more moisture and the potential to bring at least localized flooding if rain falls on the same areas that receive the rain Thursday night through Friday night,” the National Weather Service reported.
Forecasters said it’s uncertain of where that second storm system will hit and how much rain it might bring.
That rain will combine with temperatures in the high 40s to low 50s during the day and the low 30s to low 40s at night, based on the forecast.
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The administration has not yet clarified which projects, programs and activities are frozen.
The letter urges the Trump Administration to disclose a full list of these frozen initiatives.
This order is separate from Monday evening’s grant funding freeze issued by the Office of Management and Budget.
"This executive order is a source of great anxiety for communities and businesses across the country that use this funding to build new roads, fix bridges, replace lead pipes, expand broadband access, strengthen infrastructure against natural disasters, and much more," Rep. Thompson wrote in the letter. "Work is already underway on tens of thousands of projects in both the public and private sector, but their completion depends on these funds, which were already approved by Congress and enacted into law."
California’s Fourth District has been awarded critical federal funding through the IRA and BIL to carry out local infrastructure projects. Pausing the receipt of funds that have not yet been delivered would be detrimental to those projects.
The full text of the letter can be found below.
Dear Directors Vaeth and Hassett,
We write to request an itemized list of programs, projects, and activities that have been put on hold because of President Trump’s January 20, 2025, executive order pausing the disbursement of funds included in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
Section 7 of the order states that this pause goes into effect “immediately” for these two laws, “including but not limited to funds for electric vehicle charging stations made available through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program and the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program...” This vague language has sweeping implications, potentially pausing everything from active highway and bridge construction projects to broadband and water infrastructure expansions that received IIJA funding.
A day after President Trump issued the executive order, you followed up with a memorandum that did little to clarify exactly which projects and programs the executive order paused. In the memorandum, you wrote, “this pause only applies to funds supporting programs, projects, or activities that may be implicated by the policy established in Section 2 of the order.” Section 2 of the order, however, provides only a series of broad, subjective policy objectives, rather than detailed guidelines specifying which projects ought to be frozen. Additionally, your memorandum states that “agency heads may disburse funds as they deem necessary after consulting with the Office of Management and Budget.”
Given the “immediate” nature of this pause and OMB’s role in overseeing further disbursements, OMB must have a list of which programs are currently receiving disbursements and which are frozen. We ask that you be transparent with the American people and make this information available immediately.
This executive order is a source of great anxiety for communities and businesses across the country that use this funding to build new roads, fix bridges, replace lead pipes, expand broadband access, strengthen infrastructure against natural disasters, and much more. Work is already underway on tens of thousands of projects in both the public and private sector, but their completion depends on these funds, which were already approved by Congress and enacted into law.
As a businessman, President Trump ought to know that delaying an ongoing construction project comes at an immense dollar price. As a president, he ought to know that delaying these projects needlessly makes our government less efficient.
We urge you to clarify what specific funds this Administration is withholding unconstitutionally – funds that our laws require be invested in American communities. The American people deserve an answer, and if President Trump’s repeated claims that he cares about government transparency were honest, you will provide them with one.
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Friday Night Live, or FNL, is a youth-led program facilitated by Lake County Behavioral Health Services that builds partnerships for positive and healthy youth development, engages youth as active community leaders, and generates resources to create positive changes on issues that matter to them.
Although underage drinking rates continue to decline, the 2023 California Healthy Kids Survey found young people in seventh, ninth and 11th grades had engaged in alcohol use at least once in the past month at rates of 4%, 10% and 14%, respectively.
Research from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has shown underage alcohol consumption can lead to a variety of risks and dangerous consequences for consumers, including impaired judgment, risky behaviors, interference with brain development, and increased risk of developing substance use disorders in adulthood.
California youth in Lower Lake High School are taking a stand with retail partners to promote healthy alternatives to underage drinking and support in creating safer communities.
As part of this year-long prevention campaign, Lower Lake High School’s FNL chapter members will drive initiatives to engage alcohol retailers to conduct store assessments and provide merchant education on preventative safety measures to reduce youth access to alcohol products.
Youth leaders will also work with retailers to inform customers of the consequences of providing alcohol products to minors.
Throughout the campaign, young people will receive training on data collection, public speaking, creating public service announcements, and leadership and advocacy skills.
Friday Night Live is a statewide initiative and includes forty-five FNL chapters from across California.
Each receives support from the California Friday Night Live Partnership, with funding provided by the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
FNL’s efforts will utilize environmental prevention strategies through youth-led initiatives to educate their peers, neighbors, and local leaders on ways to reduce underage drinking access and mitigate damage to communities resulting from underage drinking.
Locally, Lake County Behavioral Health Services plays a key role in facilitating these efforts, ensuring young people have the resources and support needed to drive meaningful change.
For more information about FNL, visit fridaynightlive.org or Instagram (llhs_fridaynightlive).
