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LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department said it has arrested a local woman for homicide in the death of her boyfriend.
Wynona Starr Anderson, 29, of Nice, is being held for the murder of 29-year-old Yancy McCloud Jr. of Nice, said Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen.
Rasmussen said that at 1:15 a.m. Sunday the California Highway Patrol responded to the 3400 block of Lakeshore Boulevard in unincorporated north Lakeport to investigate the report of a vehicle hitting a utility pole.
Initial radio reports on the incident described the vehicle as a Dodge Durango, with the crash shearing off a utility pole and leaving debris across the roadway.
When the officers arrived at the scene, they found Anderson, the vehicle’s driver, with McCloud, the passenger, unresponsive in the car, Rasmussen said.
Lakeport Fire Protection District personnel tried to resuscitate McCloud, who was transported to Sutter Lakeside Hospital, according to radio reports. Rasmussen said McCloud was pronounced dead at the hospital.
While at the crash scene, Rasmussen said the CHP arrested Anderson for driving under the influence, driving without a license, being under the influence of controlled substances and an unrelated misdemeanor arrest warrant. Booking records show that the arrest took place shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday.
Rasmussen said investigators determined that McCloud did not have injuries consistent with a vehicle crash and they believe he was dead prior to the wreck.
He said information developed during the course of the initial investigation pointed to the couple being in an altercation in the city of Lakeport prior to the crash taking place, with McCloud dying of injuries inflicted during that fight.
Based on that information, CHP officers contacted the Lakeport Police Department, which immediately began a homicide investigation, Rasmussen said.
During the course of the investigation that took place throughout the day on Sunday, Rasmussen said Lakeport Police officers developed information confirming the investigation’s earlier conclusions.
“Based on the facts and circumstances known to us, officers believed that McCloud was the victim of homicide committed by Anderson,” Rasmussen said in his Monday report.
At approximately 2 p.m. on Sunday, Lakeport Police officers arrested and booked Anderson for murder, Rasmussen said.
At the time of the homicide arrest, Anderson remained in custody at the Lake County Correctional Facility, where she had been booked after her early Sunday morning arrest, Rasmussen said.
Anderson remains in custody on bail of $1 million, according to jail records.
Rasmussen confirmed that Anderson and McCloud were in a dating relationship and said his department has had previous contacts with both of them.
Online booking records show that Anderson has had previous arrests in Tehama County for alcohol- and drug-related offenses, and a 2009 arrest in Lake County for grand theft.
Rasmussen said the investigation is ongoing. The work still to be done includes an examination of the vehicle, which is in police custody, along with evidence processing and an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of McCloud’s death.
He said his department is working with the coroner’s office to schedule McCloud’s autopsy for this week.
Anyone with information regarding the activities of McCloud and Anderson during the day prior to this incident is asked to contact Lakeport Police Lt. Dale Stoebe at
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Firefighters held the LNU Lightning Complex to no new growth on Sunday, a milestone in the two-week-long effort to contain the massive incident.
The complex started out the day at 375,209 acres burned and that was still its recorded size by nightfall, with containment increasing two percent to 58 percent, Cal Fire reported.
The Hennessey fire in Colusa, Lake, Napa, Solano and Yolo counties remains at 317,909 acres with containment up to 57 percent.
In Sonoma County, the Walbridge fire west of Healdsburg remains at 54,940 acres with containment at 58 percent, while the 2,360-acre Meyers fire north of Jenner is at 99 percent, unchanged from Saturday.
The improving conditions on Sunday led to officials reducing the evacuation order to a warning for areas south of Butts Canyon Road, west of Callayomi Road (extending to the intersection of Highway 29 and Western Mine Road), east of Saint Helena Creek Road (extending south to the intersection of Highway and East Road) and Highway 29 between East Road and Western Mine Road.
The evacuation warning for the area south and west of Highway 29 and west of Saint Helena Road, extending to the intersection of Highway 29 and East Road, was at the same time fully lifted, officials said.
Other orders and warnings for south Lake County remain in place, officials said.
The number of structures the complex continues to threaten was reduced to 5,378 on Sunday, while the number of destroyed and damaged structures, at 1,209 and 193, respectively, did not change, based on Cal Fire’s latest report.
Officials said nine structures in Lake County – eight of them homes – have been destroyed in the complex.
Cal Fire said approximately 2,839 firefighters remain assigned to the incident, along with 296 engines, 75 water tenders, 18 helicopters, 43 hand crews and 75 dozers.
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The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1.
The supervisors will meet in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport, for a hybrid meeting format which also will include the opportunity for community members to continue to participate virtually.
The meeting can be watched live on Channel 8, online at https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx and on the county’s Facebook page. Accompanying board documents, the agenda and archived board meeting videos also are available at that link.
To participate in real-time, join the Zoom meeting by clicking this link at 9 a.m. The meeting ID is 991 6753 3305, password 946209.
To submit a written comment on any agenda item please visit https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx and click on the eComment feature linked to the meeting date. If a comment is submitted after the meeting begins, it may not be read during the meeting but will become a part of the record.
In an item timed for 11:15 a.m., the board will get a presentation on continuing issues regarding Treasurer-Tax Collector Barbara Ringen’s office, and consider giving her a vote of no confidence and asking for her resignation.
Supervisor Bruno Sabatier is bringing the issue to the board, citing ongoing problems including delayed deposits, the inability to implement new taxes or enhance the collection of current taxes, the inability to solve the department’s issues whether through creative staffing strategies or the addition of new technology, lack of follow-through to make necessary changes and the “inability to trust that change will occur in a meaningful way or that the answers we are given are honest or truthful,” Sabatier wrote in his report.
Sabatier’s memo to the board said he will provide greater detail at the meeting, and that “these problems are what lead me to believe that there is no other choice but to move forward with a Vote of No Confidence as there is no evidence to show us that these things will change in the near future.”
Last year Ringen, after meeting with an ad hoc committee that included Sabatier, had offered to retire early, which the board voted to accept. She later retracted that resignation.
In a related item, during closed session, the board will discuss a newly filed lawsuit by the city of Clearlake against the county, the Board of Supervisors and Ringen, which is seeking injunctive relief due to issues including the county’s lack of tax-defaulted property sales, which has been an ongoing concern for the city.
Ringen, who originally was appointed to the office in 2013 before later being elected, has only held two tax sales, in 2017 and 2018.
Also on Tuesday, at 9:02 a.m. the board will get an update on COVID-19 from Public Health Officer Dr. Gary Pace and at 10 a.m. will hear from Pacific Gas and Electric about its Community Wildfire Safety Program, which has included the implementation of public safety power shutoffs.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: (a) Waive the formal bidding process, pursuant to Lake County Code Section 38.2, as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods or services; and (b) approve the agreement between the county of Lake and Clover Valley Guest Home for adult residential support services and specialty mental health services for Fiscal Year 2020-21 for a contract maximum of $116,800 and authorize the board chair to sign the agreement.
5.2: (a) Waive the formal bidding process pursuant to Lake County Code Section 38.2, as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods or services; and (b) approve the agreement between the county of Lake and Remi Vista Inc. for specialty mental health services for Fiscal Year 2020-21 in the amount of $75,000 and authorize the chair to sign.
5.3: Adopt a resolution to authorize Lake County Behavioral Health Services director to sign the standard agreement between the county of Lake and the Department of Health Care Services for the period between July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2021.
5.4: (a) Waive the formal bidding process, pursuant to Lake County Code Section 38.2, as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods or services; and (b) approve the agreement between the county of Lake and Konocti Senior Support Inc. for senior support counseling services for Fiscal Year 2020-21 for a contract maximum of $120,062 and authorize the board chair to sign the agreement.
5.5: (a) Approve the district attorney's equitable sharing agreement and certification for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020, and authorize the chair to sign; and (b) authorize Doris Lankford to electronically submit the report.
5.6: Adopt resolution amending Resolution No 2020-72 establishing position allocation for Fiscal Year 2020-2021.
5.7: Sitting as the Lake County Sanitation District Board of directors approve Proposed Private Lateral Grant Program to assist property owners for the replacement costs of private laterals to reduce inflow and infiltration.
5.8: Approve the continuation of a local health emergency and order prohibiting the endangerment of the community through the unsafe removal, transportation, and disposal of fire debris for the Mendocino Complex fire.
5.9: Approve the continuation of a local health emergency related to the 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19) as proclaimed by the Lake County Public Health officer.
5.10: Approve the continuation of a local emergency due to the Mendocino Complex fire incident (River and Ranch fires).
5.11: Approve the continuation of a local emergency due to the Pawnee fire incident.
5.12: Approve the continuation of a local emergency due to COVID-19.
5.13: Approve the continuation of a local emergency In Lake County in response to the LNU Lightning Complex wildfire event.
5.14: Approve agreement between the county of Lake, Probation Department and Hilltop Recovery Services, beginning Sept. 1, 2020, for an amount not to exceed $50,000 in any single fiscal year and authorize the chair to sign.
5.15: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and DBT Transportation Services for maintenance and repair of AWOS III System at Lampson Field in the amount of $27,600 and authorize the chair to sign.
5.16: Approve engineering inspection agreement between the county of Lake and 5400 Gaddy Lane, LN, LP/Lori Koester and authorize the chair to sign.
5.17: Approve Task Order No. 2 with MGE Engineering Inc. for on-call construction management services for various HBP-Funded Bridge Projects in Lake County for $180,625.27 and authorize the chair to sign.
5.18: (A) Approve the FY 2019 Emergency Management Performance Grant COVID-19 Supplemental application in the amount of $79,967; (B) authorize Sheriff Brian Martin to sign the grant subaward face sheet, the authorized agent document and the subrecipient grants management assessment form; (c) authorize County Administrative Officer Carol J. Huchingson to act as the authorized agent on behalf of the county to sign the standard assurances and initial each page, the lobbying certification and the FFATA financial disclosure document and (d) authorize the chairperson of the Board of Supervisors to sign the certification of the governing body resolution.
5.19: Approve contract between county of Lake and Pacific Quest Investigations for guardianship investigation services, in the amount of $20,000 per fiscal year, from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2023, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.20: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and CivicSpark in the amount of $26,000 for one Civic Spark Fellow to develop and implement an ArcGIS-based asset management program and authorize the Special Districts administrator to sign.
TIMED ITEMS
6.1, 9:01 a.m.: Public input.
6.2, 9:02 a.m.: Consideration of update on COVID-19.
6.3, 10 a.m.: Consideration of PG&E Community Wildfire Safety Program update for Lake County.
6.4, 11:15 a.m.: Presentation on continuing issues regarding Treasurer-Tax Collector’s Office, vote of no confidence and request for resignation of Barbara Ringen.
UNTIMED ITEMS
7.2: Consideration of public release of tax-defaulted property GIS application.
7.3: (a) Consideration of recommendation to rescind Lake County Personnel Rules Section Eleven 28. County Employee Scholarship to Marymount California University for Professional Growth and Educational Development, and (b) consideration of a recommendation to add a new section to Lake County Personnel Rules Section Eleven 28. Disaster Service Worker Policy.
7.4: Consideration of advisory board appointment: Mental Health Board Child Care Planning and Development.
7.5: (a) Consideration of purchase of one 2020 Chevy Tahoe Police Pursuit Vehicle from Matt Mazzei Chevrolet in the amount of $42,980.56 from the Sheriff/Pursuit Replacement Budget Unit 2217, Object Code 62.72 and (b) waiving the county purchasing ordinance section 41.3(b) allowing the 10 percent local vendor preference, and (c) authorize the sheriff to issue a purchase order.
CLOSED SESSION
8.1: Conference with labor negotiator: (a) Chief Negotiator: M. Long; County negotiators: C. Huchingson and P. Samac; and (b) employee organizations: LCDDAA, LCDSA, LCCOA, LCEA, LCSEA and LCSMA.
8.2: Conference with (a) temporary representatives designated to meet with county department heads regarding salary and benefits and (b) unrepresented management employees.
8.3: Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code section 54956.9(d)(1) – Center for Biological Diversity v. County of Lake, et al.
8.4: Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code section 54956.9(d)(1) – City of Clearlake v. County of Lake, et al.
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The meeting will take place via webinar beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1.
The agenda can be found here.
To speak on an agenda item, access the meeting remotely here or join by phone by calling toll-free 877-309-2074 or 213-929-4221. The access code is 596-105-550; the audio pin will be shown after joining the webinar. Those phoning in without using the web link will be in “listen mode” only and will not be able to participate or comment.
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Indicate in the email subject line "for public comment" and list the item number of the agenda item that is the topic of the comment. Comments that read to the council will be subject to the three minute time limitation (approximately 350 words). Written comments that are only to be provided to the council and not read at the meeting will be distributed to the council prior to the meeting.
On Tuesday, Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen will present a citizen commendation to Anthony Gladstein and will give the council the police statistics file for the first and second quarters of 2020.
City Manager Kevin Ingram will present the council with the resolutions packet for the League of California Cities Annual Conference, which the council’s voting delegate will be directed to support.
Also on Tuesday, the council will consider adopting a proposed resolution authorizing the city manager to sign the statement of assurances and submit an application for State Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CDBG-CV) and, if awarded, enter into contract with Bridges Construction, authorize the purchase of kitchen equipment from Sysco and to enter into a facilities use agreement for use of the kitchen at the Silveira Community Center.
On the consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are ordinances; minutes of the regular council meeting on Aug. 18; confirmation of the continuing existence of a local emergency for the Mendocino Complex fire; confirmation of the continuing existence of a local emergency for the February 2019 storms; confirmation of the continuing existence of a local emergency for the October 2019 public safety power shutoff; confirmation of the continuing existence of a local emergency for the COVID-19 public health emergency; adoption of the proposed resolution approving and adopting a records management program policy; adoption of a resolution of the City Council of the City of Lakeport rescinding Resolutions 2340 (2008), 2525 (2015), and 2596 (2016) and Adopting Revised Personnel Rules, Specifically Article IX Section 4 Entitled Drug and Alcohol-Free Workplace Policy; and introduction of the proposed ordinance to the Lakeport Municipal Code and schedule a public hearing for October 6, 2020.
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