Upper Lake News

Lucerne Elementary School teachers have written this letter to express concerns regarding unifying Lake County school districts.

Beginning Monday, November 16, Christmas tree permits will be available from the Mendocino National Forest for the 2009 holiday season.

Join other dog lovers for a weekend vacation at Kamp K9 in Lake County. Diane Davis Summer may be over but that doesn't mean that you have to wait until next year to take a vacation.

You can expect more action coming out of the Assembly and Senate chambers this week.

A former Redwood Valley resident and owner of a former Ukiah medical marijuana dispensary won his case against the federal government and the Los Angles Police Department after his LA-area dispensary was searched and almost $200,000 in cash confiscated.

My son and I moved back to Lake County in August, from Oregon, to care for my son's grandma, my ex-mother-in-law with severe Alzheimer's. Since I graduated from high school at Upper Lake, in the '70s, it seems respect for neighbors has changed, at least where we live on Third Street in Lakeport.

I am writing this in response to the recent editorial rants of Cynthia Parkhill, in which she points the finger of blame at the U.S. Postal Service for the late delivery or, perhaps, sometimes non-delivery of the Lake County Record-Bee newspapers to it's subscribers in Lake County.

LAKE COUNTY At least three fires sparked Thursday and Friday in Lake County, burning less than five acres total due to moderate fire conditions and a quick response from crews.

UPPER LAKE Improvements to Main Street in Upper Lake are continuing and tentative schedule for minimal street closure has been set.

It hit too close to home, literally and figuratively when my neighbor and friend who is really more like a family member got breast cancer.

Every now and then you meet someone who gets you fired up enough to believe they've got what it takes to solve problems elected officials can't. Recently, I met someone who got me fired up about the state of our schools.

NICE Support from the community is being sought in an effort to obtain a grant for recreational enhancements at Hammond Park in Nice.

The 23rd Annual Draft Horse Classic and Harvest Fair opens Thursday at the Nevada County Fairgrounds on McCourtney Road, just west of Grass Valley.

If you visit the Lake County wineries featured on Page D3 of Wednesday's Living Here Food & Wine section, your trip will involve long, scenic drives on narrow and twisting roads populated by skittering quail and unpredictable deer.

It might be a Lake County sports first and with any luck it will be a Lake County sports last.

LAKEPORT Supervisor Rob Brown presented appreciation proclamations Tuesday to construction companies, the Konocti Arts Society, Kelseyville Lumber and the Kelseyville Business Association for their contributions to the Kelseyville Historical Monument.

If you are an equestrian at heart and looking for a place to retreat the Cowboy Hideaway Ranch in the historic area of Upper Lake, California is an ideal location.

Matthew Barnes believes he can be a catalyst for positive change in the Upper Lake community as member of the elementary and middle school board of trustees.

LAKEPORT A Clearlake man brought the Lake County Board of Supervisors Tuesday a vase of clear water and another filled with Clear Lake water that had brownish-green muck floating at the top and gathering at the bottom.

Chris Orr of Willits and Alexandra Schiocchetti of Fort Bragg dominated the field while finishing first in their respective divisions Saturday during the annual Cougar Classic cross country race at Upper Lake High School.