Lake County News

LAKE COUNTY Dave Geck, the current Lake County Superintendent of Schools has announced that he will not seek reelection for a second term.

The 2009 marijuana growing season was another record-setting year for the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting eradication efforts, with 4,463,917 plants removed from 41 counties across the state.

LAKEPORT Lakeport dog owners can expect a licensing bill in the next few weeks. The Lakeport Police Department Animal Control Division will be mailing out bills for about 400 licensed dogs in the city, Lt.

NICE Two children called 9-1-1 after seeing someone stabbing a man at about 5:20 p.m. Monday in front of Ace Hardware in Nice.

On behalf of the Soper-Reese Theatre Management Committee and the Lake County Arts Council we want to publicly thank the local contractors, suppliers, businesses and merchants for their generous efforts to the ongoing renovation of the Soper-Reese Theatre.

A Swedish woman who was sentenced to life for a double murder in California will be released in 2011, a Swedish court ruled Monday.

SPRING VALLEY Lake County Special Districts issued an information notice Tuesday regarding the drinking water in Spring Valley.

HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE Multiple agencies responded to a structure fire in Hidden Valley Lake Friday at 10:10 a.m. The fire caused extensive damage to a home on the 19300 block of Coyle Springs Road.

Published: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 7:50 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 7:50 p.m. After a century in private hands, Mount Konocti's tallest peak and more than 1,300 acres of surrounding land became public property on Friday.

DURING Saturday's historic vote on health care reform, the House jeopardized the health and well-being of women with the passage of the Stupak amendment, which would eliminate abortion coverage from both private and public health plans participating in the insurance exchange.

KELSEYVILLE The doors are shut to a rock 'n' roll institution in Lake County. Konocti Harbor Resort & Spa is officially closed.

Thank you Rep. Mike Thompson for doing the right thing for us by voting for health reform.

Nov. 1-7 will be the 11th annual California Retired Teachers Week. As California and Lake County retired educators continue to be involved in their community and volunteer their services in the classrooms, there is a misperception in regard to public pensions.

I want to respond to Wayne Diggs' letter of Oct. 27 about growth and economic development in Lake County, especially his comment that Lake County is a place "to come and do nothing in a lake full of weeds and without a major venue for entertainment We can't continue to watch the county shrivel up and die." Yes, there should be places of big-time ...

Honorio Pantaleon killed his common-law wife and tried to kill her mother but he was delusional and believed both of them had implanted demons and snakes inside him, his defense attorney told a Sonoma County jury Thursday morning.

Mendocino County's unemployment rate dropped again in September to 10.1 percent, down from 10.5 percent in August.

SONOMA COUNTY Officers arrested another Sonoma County resident about 9 a.m. Tuesday on suspicion of attempted murder of the Lakeport man who was hogtied and shot in October at his home.

Fireworks will be available for sale again in Lakeport after voters overturned a city ban.

LAKEPORT With a point-blank gunshot to the chest, an abdominal gunshot wound, at least seven head fractures and eight cuts, Ronald Greiner lived through life-threatening injuries, a deputy said Tuesday during the hearing against Thomas Dudney.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 1:10 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 1:10 p.m. A Rohnert Park man suspected of participating in a attempted homicide in Lake County was arrested Tuesday morning at his home in a three-agency SWAT team operation.