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Early morning fire destroys Lucerne home

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Written by: Elizabeth Larson
An early morning fire destroyed a Lucerne, California, home on Thursday, April 2, 2026. The home is shown here on Thursday evening before firefighters arrived to check on smoke coming from the structure. Photo by Elizabeth Larson/Lake County News. 


LUCERNE, Calif. – An early Thursday morning fire destroyed a Lucerne home.

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3.0-magnitude earthquake reported near Upper Lake

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Written by: Elizabeth Larson
Image courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.


LUCERNE, Calif. – A moderate-sized earthquake located near Upper Lake shook parts of Lake County on Thursday.

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This could be why COVID and flu are so dangerous to the elderly

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Written by: By Levi Gadye
Healthy lung samples with calm immune cells (left). Lung samples with COVID-related ARDS and overstimulated GZMK+ immune cells (pink) that cause life-threatening inflammation. Image by Peng Lab.

UCSF study shows that aging connective tissue in the lungs brings on a catastrophic immune response in older people.

By Levi Gadye

Older adults are much more likely to become seriously ill from flu or COVID-19 because aging lung cells can drive extreme immune responses, according to a new study led by researchers at UC San Francisco.

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CHP urges drivers to follow hands-free law as Distracted Driving Awareness Month begins

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Written by: Lake County News Reports

Officers report more violations as distracted driving still results in hundreds of crashes each year.

Distracted driving causes hundreds of crashes across California each year, and violations of the state’s hands-free cellphone law remain an ongoing concern. 

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