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The in-person workshop will take place beginning at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 16, in the Board of Supervisors chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St. in Lakeport.
Earlier this month, 1,300 property owners began receiving certified letters from the State Water Resources Control Board requiring them to provide information about their water usage.
The letter is the result of a newly approved state information order that is rooted in the Board of Supervisors’ action this month last year to approve an emergency regarding the Clear Lake hitch, a minnow native to Clear Lake and its streams.
The information order letter has caused significant consternation amongst the community members who have received it, who can report their information either through the State Water Resources Control Board or the Lake County Farm Bureau.
During the Friday workshop, water board staff will review with attendees the information order requirements and reporting timelines, go over the certification process, explain the reporting pathway options and review groundwater extraction measurement requirements and methods.
In addition to the planned topics, water board staff also will be available to answer individual questions one-on-one and help people who would like to complete the certification process during the workshop. Attendees are urged to bring their information order letter.
The water board said the meeting will focus on the process for complying with the information order and, due to time constraints, it will not discuss the status of the Clear Lake hitch populations or management strategies. However, board staff say they look forward to future conversations this year on watershed health and water quality.
Visit the information order and reporting requirements for the Clear Lake Watershed website for more information about how to report, reporting pathways and timelines. You are also welcome to email questions to
The water board will hold another workshop, this one online, at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 22. The information presented at the online workshop will be the same as the information presented at the in-person workshop.
Links to join the Feb. 22 workshop will be sent out soon, the water board reported.
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The victim was a 67-year-old woman from Nice whose name has not yet been released pending notification of family, according to an early Thursday morning report from the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office.
The CHP said the crash occurred at 7:38 p.m. Wednesday on Highway 20 just west of Benton Avenue in Nice, in dark, rainy conditions.
The preliminary investigation indicates that the pedestrian was walking northbound across Highway 20 from the south side of the road.
The CHP said 56-year-old Dawn Marie Johnson of Lucerne was driving a 1995 Buick eastbound at approximately 40 miles per hour.
The pedestrian walked into the eastbound lane, directly into the path of the Buick, and was struck, the CHP said.
The CHP said medics arrived on scene and tried to perform life saving measures on the woman, however, she succumbed to her injuries.
Officer Leal Santana is investigating the collision, the CHP said.
The crash Wednesday night has resulted in February’s seventh traffic-related death on Lake County’s roadways.
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The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office did not release the name of the 67-year-old woman who died in the crash pending the notification of her family.
The CHP said the crash occurred at 6 a.m. Wednesday on Highway 281 west of Highway 29 in the Kelseyville area. Conditions at the time were foggy and dark.
The woman was driving alone in a 2019 Buick Encore, heading eastbound on Highway 281 at an unknown speed.
For a reason that the CHP said is unknown, the driver steered the Buick to the left and crossed the westbound lane of Highway 281, leaving the south roadway and overturning onto its left side after colliding with shrubbery.
Medical personnel pronounced the woman dead at the scene, the CHP said.
She was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash and the airbags on the vehicle were deployed, according to the report.
The cause of death is still under investigation, led by CHP Officer Efrain Cortez.
The fatal Wednesday crash led to the sixth traffic-related death this month.
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The Lake County Sheriff’s Office identified the 90-year-old man who was hit by a truck on Highway 29 north of Seigler Canyon Road early Tuesday morning as Kenneth John Beech of Kelseyville.
Beech was crossing the highway on foot when he was hit and killed by a semi truck whose driver didn’t see him.
On Monday, a head-on crash on Highway 20 east of Witter Springs Road near Upper Lake killed two people.
So far, one of them has been identified — Evaristo Hernandez Hernandez, 43, of Ukiah, who was a passenger in a pickup driven by a driver who is believed to have been under the influence of alcohol.
The driver of the other vehicle, who also died, has not yet been identified.
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