Public officials meet, ask each other to resign
CLEARLAKE -- Joey Luiz accused Lake County Sheriff Frank Rivero of crossing the lines of professionalism and appropriateness in a phone conversation between the two men on Friday. Luiz said...
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Sales tax measure headed for ballot
CLEARLAKE -- The City Council made it official Thursday: a sales tax measure for road improvements and code enforcement will go before the city''s voters in November. With a two-thirds...
Spittler ”shocked” by move to push her out as mayor
CLEARLAKE -- Mayor Jeri Spittler said Friday she''s not exactly sure why the City Council turned on her at Thursday''s meeting, but she did question comments made by council members...
Marijuana measure close, but no cigar
CLEARLAKE -- The City Council passed one measure and balked on another Thursday night before it got around to making plans to oust the mayor. After voting 4-1 to put...
Ordinance is music to planning commissioners” ears
CLEARLAKE -- City Manager Joan Phillipe is trying to get everybody with an idea of what downtown Clearlake should look like on the same page. At Tuesday''s meeting of the...
Must be Wednesday: The new commissioner makes his debut
The recently appointed Commission of Uncommon Sense is now taking questions. Mr. Commissioner, I have a question. Please, "Commissioner" will work fine. OK, Commissioner. I''m kind of wondering -- who...
NNO is a big yes in Lakeport debut
LAKEPORT -- For once, Lakeport''s emergency response personnel weren''t in a hurry to save a life, put out a fire out or capture a criminal. City administrators and council members...
Wanted: WW II, Korean vets for a free trip to Washington, D.C.
UKIAH -- It dawned on Jacqueline Bradley about a year ago that it won''t be long before all the World War II veterans are gone -- and that meant most...
Tax measure would jumpstart code enforcement
CLEARLAKE -- When the City of Clearlake had to abandon its code enforcement policy two years ago, it lost more than a tool to keep the neighborhoods free of trash,...
Entrepreneur energizes Main Street location
LAKEPORT -- When Angie Ratto rented the 3,000-square foot building at 101 S. Main St. two years ago, she wasn''t thinking in terms of the maximization of market accessibility or...
