Chemical bombs set off in Lakeport
Nov. 7, 2013
LAKEPORT >> Unknown suspects have been reportedly setting off homemade chemical bombs during the past two weeks in the area of Clearlake Avenue and North High Street, according to authorities.
The Lakeport Police Department (LPD) has developed information, and according to LPD Chief Brad Rasmussen, they believe the homemade bombs are being produced in plastic soda bottles.
Chemical, or acid bombs, are made by mixing chemical substances in a closed container, and the resulting mixture creates enough pressure to cause the container to explode, Rasmussen stated. The containers may sound like gunshots when they explode.
Algae presentation highlights Board of Supervisors meeting
Nov. 4, 2009
LAKEPORT >> Algae blooms and murky waters have been a problem for Clear Lake since at least 1873, county staff told the Lake County Board of Supervisors Tuesday. Pam Francis, deputy director of water resources, gave the board a presentation on the history of what people have done to mitigate algae buildup and what the county should do. Because Clear Lake is nutrient rich with a large amount of phosphorus, the lake will probably always have algae, Francis said.
“If you set out a dog dish and you get a little dirt in it it”s going to grow algae in your dog dish,” Francis said. “It”s what happens when you have nutrients in water.”
The board discussed funding possibilities such as taxes or adding a charge to the invasive species sticker program in order to help the county pay for algae mitigation.
Peterson jury begins deliberations
Nov. 4, 2004
REDWOOD CITY >> Jurors began deliberating the fate of Scott Peterson on Wednesday, more than five months after testimony began in his double murder trial.
Judge Alfred A. Delucchi sent them off with lunch into the jury room after about 45 minutes of instructions. Jurors must decide whether Peterson killed his pregnant wife and dumped her body in San Francisco Bay, or was merely a straying husband who was framed. The judge plans to keep them sequestered until they reach a verdict.
Egg tossings keep police busy
Nov. 2, 1989
LAKEPORT >> Halloween was more of a “Helloween” for Lakeport police officers trying to discourage roving bands of egg-tossing citizens.
Along with toilet paper, stink bombs and firecrackers, eggs have become a part of Halloween as much as Spiderman costumes and Hershey”s Kisses. And Tuesday night at least five incidents of egg-wielding youths were reported.
The incidents, mostly concentrated in the 16th and Hartley area, began almost as soon as nightfall. Beset by numerous complaints of volleys of chicken-laid grenades, officers scrambled to respond.
Throughout the evening there was only one damage report — the paint on an expensive car, moving at the time of impact, was nicked.
Cost Estimates For Sewer Line Extension Before Lakeport Council
Nov. 5, 1964
LAKEPORT >> New cost estimates, based upon a projected population growth to 3750 were submitted to the Lakeport city council Monday night on extension of a sewer line from Lange St. north to the junction of Hill road and Highway 29.
Thomas Ferguson, engineer representing Gillett-Harris Duranceau Associates, Lakeport, presented an estimate of $362,675 for 19,000 linear feet of eight inch pipe and four lift stations to be installed along Highway 29. Laterals were included to service Rocky Point and two other populated areas west of the highway.
Mr. Ferguson told the council cost of the project would depend a great deal on the time of year the contract is let. He suggested the fall when the water table is lowest and traffic on the highway lessens would be the best time.
HOPLAND HIGHWAY
Nov. 8, 1939
LAKE COUNTY >> Construction of a new bridge across Russian River at Hopland, on the Hopland-Lakeport state highway, apparently means that efforts of many citizens to secure a shorter route to San Francisco have been pigeonholed by the State Division of Highways. The winding Hopland grade is also being worked over by cutting off two sharp turns.
There has been too much dispute between Kelseyville and Lakeport interests as to where the proposed shorter route should be built and also a lack of any cooperation between the county and the Redwood Empire Association to achieve the best results to local business and pear shippers affected by the inadequate Hopland grade.
Some day, perhaps the shorter route will be obtained. It will only be after the county becomes alert enough to go after what it wants — and needs.
Lawson After Them.
Nov. 8, 1905
Thomas W. Lawson is still on the trail of the insurance grafters. A year ago, when he first denounced them as grafters, his words fell lightly, but later developments show that the half was never told.
Now he is directing his attack from another quarter, and is out with circulars asking policy holders to send him their proxies. These proxies he promises to use only to vote for a set of men for trustees to be nominated by a committee of representative governors, labor leaders and clergymen. He promises, also, to not use the proxies until ten days after he has announced the names of the trustees selected. He believes that, by the election of trustees pledged to exact restitution and enforce punishment, some of the thieves may be sent to prison, and a large part of the present swollen surpluses restored to policy holders.
