Clearlake Oaks News

Weather will be a major factor for fishermen for the long holiday weekend. This past week has seen wind and cold weather, but hopefully it will change for the weekend.

The doctor who performed the autopsy on Skyler Rapp, the toddler killed in a shooting last spring, testified Wednesday that the boy died because of shotgun wounds.

The toddler-killing trial met another "unexpected" delay, as the judge put it, Thursday afternoon just as the former co-defendant began testifying as a prosecution witness.

The ex-girlfriend of the former co-defendant, her cousin and two law enforcement officials were among the six witnesses to take the stand Wednesday in the toddler-killing trial.

Northshore Fire Protection District personnel attend to occupants of a vehicle that ended up in the lake Thursday afternoon while traveling westbound on Highway 20 just north of Beryl Way in Clearlake Oaks.

A county inmate continued his testimony in the toddler-killing trial Thursday about alleged boastful confessions made by one co-defendant -- the same accused man whose parents briefly took the stand later in the morning.

A man suffered major injuries early Sunday morning when the SUV he was driving traveled off the roadway and hit a tree.