How to resolve AdBlock issue? 
News
- Details
- Written by: Lake County News reports
NORTH COAST, Calif. – A Rohnert Park man was sentenced to two years’ probation and fined $5,000 for the unlawful commercial take of 20 abalone.
A Mendocino County Superior Court judge also imposed a lifetime fishing ban on Jason McMillen, 30.
On June 23, 2012, California Department of Fish and Wildlife officers investigated reports of a large unattended bag filled with abalone.
The bag, which held 17 red abalone, was located in shallow waters along the Mendocino coastline south of Hare Creek.
Wildlife officers waited for McMillen, who returned to the area and retrieved the bag of abalone the following day.
The investigation revealed McMillen had unlawfully taken 20 abalone with the intent of selling them.
California regulations prohibit an individual from taking more than three abalone per day or possessing more than three abalone at any one time.
Pursuant to the Fish and Game Code, the possession of more than 12 abalone is prima facie evidence that a person possesses the abalone for commercial purposes.
Reports from concerned members of the public along with prosecution efforts from the Mendocino County District Attorney’s Office and penalties placed by the Mendocino County Superior Court have been fundamental in protecting this precious resource.
- Details
- Written by: Lake County News reports
Nearly 200,000 light-years from Earth, the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, floats in space, in a long and slow dance around our galaxy. Vast clouds of gas within it slowly collapse to form new stars.
In turn, these light up the gas clouds in a riot of colors, visible in the image above from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is ablaze with star-forming regions. From the Tarantula Nebula, the brightest stellar nursery in our cosmic neighborhood, to LHA 120-N 11, part of which is featured in this Hubble image, the small and irregular galaxy is scattered with glowing nebulae, the most noticeable sign that new stars are being born.
The LMC is in an ideal position for astronomers to study the phenomena surrounding star formation. It lies in a fortuitous location in the sky, far enough from the plane of the Milky Way that it is neither outshone by too many nearby stars, nor obscured by the dust in the Milky Way's center.
Although the LMC is generally classified as an irregular galaxy, it shares some features with spiral galaxies, including a clearly visible bar, and a single spiral-arm-like structure. It is thought that the LMC may be a small spiral galaxy that was pulled out of shape by the Milky Way.
It is also close enough to study in detail – less than a tenth of the distance of the Andromeda Galaxy, the closest spiral galaxy – and lies almost face-on to us, giving us a bird's eye view.
LHA 120-N 11 (known as N11 for short) is a particularly bright region of the LMC, consisting of several adjacent pockets of gas and star formation.
NGC 1769 – in the center of the image – and NGC 1763, to the right, are among the brightest parts.
In the centre of this image, a dark finger of dust blots out much of the light. While nebulae are mostly made of hydrogen, the simplest and most plentiful element in the Universe, dust clouds are home to heavier and more complex elements, which go on to form rocky planets like the Earth. Much finer than household dust (it is more like smoke), this interstellar dust consists of material expelled from previous generations of stars as they died.
The data in this image were identified by Josh Lake, an astronomy teacher at Pomfret School in Connecticut, in the Hubble's Hidden Treasures image processing competition.
The competition invited members of the public to dig out unreleased scientific data from Hubble's vast archive, and to process them into stunning images.
Josh Lake won first prize in the competition with an [image][3] contrasting the light from glowing hydrogen and nitrogen in N11.
The image above combines the data he identified with additional exposures taken in blue, green and near infrared light.
The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA.
- Details
- Written by: Elizabeth Larson
KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – A Thursday night vehicle crash involving a power pole resulted in no injuries for the driver, but repairs to the pole and utility lines continued on Friday morning.
Highway 29 at Live Oak Drive in Kelseyville had remained under one-way traffic control through the night as utility companies made repairs to the pole, which had fallen after being hit by a driver at about 5:40 p.m. Thursday, according to the California Highway Patrol.
CHP Officer Joe Wind said the highway was completely reopened at about 8:30 a.m. Friday.
On Thursday evening Anna Elizabeth Willis, 85, of Kelseyville was driving her 2003 Pontiac Montana minivan from the Idle Wheels Mobile Home Park at 5701 Live Oak Drive, the CHP said.
While attempting to turn left and cross Highway 29, Willis crossed both lanes of Live Oak Drive and hit a power pole, according to the CHP report.
The pole fell, resulting in downed power lines and a loss of utilities to the surrounding area. The CHP said Highway 29 was closed in both directions for two hours while emergency crews worked to clear the power pole from the road.
CHP said Highway 29 was reopened to one-way traffic at 7:40 p.m. Thursday and traffic controls remained in place until Friday morning as utility crews worked at the scene. Live Oak Drive also had been closed to facilitate repairs.
Repairs to utilities continued through the night, as PG&E spokesperson Jana Morris had told Lake County News that the pole had to be completely replaced and power wouldn’t be restored until 7 a.m. About 141 customers had been affected, Morris said.
Mediacom was on the scene late Friday morning, continuing to make repairs, as the company’s Internet and other services was still reported to be out nearby.
CHP Officer Nick Powell is investigating the crash. The agency said alcohol does not appear to be a factor in this collision.
Email Elizabeth Larson at
- Details
- Written by: Lake County News reports
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Department of Public Works will start its annual routine Roadside Weed Abatement Program weather permitting, through the application of herbicides along certain county-maintained roads this spring.
Should residents or property owners abutting the roads listed below desire that no weed abatement occur adjacent to their residence or property, they must contact the Department of Public Works prior to Jan. 30 unless a previous request for “no spray” was submitted to the agency.
If you would like to remove an existing “no spray” status, you must contact the Department of Public Works at 707-263-2341.
As a reminder, property owners are responsible for maintaining their frontage in such a way that does not create nuisance conditions.
While people can request that their frontage not be sprayed, they must otherwise maintain their frontage to avoid creating a public nuisance that could be caused by overgrown weeds – fire hazard, aesthetics, sight distances, etc.
To assist those property owners who object to spraying, Public Works will review their proposed maintenance plans at no charge and issue them a no-fee encroachment permit to perform the maintenance as necessary.
One or more of the following herbicides "Roundup Pro,” “Parrot 4L,” “Telar XP,” “Alecto 41S,” “Pro Ams Plus Activator,” “Simazine 4L,” “Garlon 4” and “Landmark XP” may be used in the program.
Roads that are anticipated to be sprayed include: Adobe Creek Road, Bachelor Valley Road, Bell Hill Road, Big Canyon Road, Big Valley Road, Bottle Rock Road, Butts Canyon Road, Clark Drive, Clover Drive, Clover Valley Road, Crestview Drive, East Road, Elk Mountain Road, Gaddy Lane, Highland Springs Road, Hill Road, Hill Road East, Kelsey Creek Drive, Lakeshore Blvd., Lakeshore Drive, Live Oak Drive, Martin Street, Mendenhall Avenue, Morgan Valley Road, New Long Valley Road, Nice-Lucerne Cutoff, North Drive, Old Lucerne Road, Park Drive, Park Road, Pt. Lakeview Road, Riggs Rd, Scotts Valley Road, Seigler Canyon Road, Sky Park Drive, Soda Bay Road, Spruce Grove Road, Sulphur Bank Drive, Twin Lakes Subdivision (May Hollow Road, Lawrence Road, Yvonne Circle, Marcy Circle, Joey Circle, Diana Circle, Candy Lane, Joseph Trail, Lucy Circle, and C Street) Upper Lake Lucerne Road, Witter Springs Road.