The first state-county land swap will give the Lake County sheriff a larger office in Lakeport and build 80 units of affordable housing on former county land in Clearlake.
CLEARLAKE, Calif. A group of Lake and Mendocino county leaders gathered with the local chapter of the NAACP this week to mark the end of a fundraiser that will help the organization pursue a number of key projects in the coming year.
Dry and windy weather is dogging firefighters efforts to contain destructive fires that are devouring the bone-dry forests of drought-stricken Northern California
At least 16,000 other homes remain threatened by California wildfires, which are among some 100 burning throughout a dozen Western states, fire officials said.