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Year in Review: January to April

The year in review, the first part of 2025 saw protests, housing, and dam removal discussions among other regional issues.

Carmen Broderick, carries placard in a march in Lakeport protesting the new Trump Administration's seeming chaos drafting new laws regarding veteran's benefits, health and human service agencies organized by the Lake County Democrats and the 50501 on Saturday 5 April 2025. (File photo)

The Gazebo in Library Park gets a festive make over just prior to arrival of the crowd for the annual BLIZZARD snowfall event in Lakeport, 22 Dec. 2025. William Roller photo, Lake County Publishing.

Blizzard evokes old fashioned Midwest winter nostalgia, sparks hope for a New Year

Moke Simon speaks to a crowd of 70 during a 'State of the County' address at the Middletown Senior Center four years ago. (File photo- LAKE COUNTY PUBLISHING.)

Local senior centers feeling the budget pinch

Leah Sautelet, Lake County Office of Emergency Services manager. She provided an in depth presentation Dec. 17, 2025, of how OES responds to critical disasters and how their success relies in large measure by establishing close relations with response agencies the OES often forges partnerships with. (William Roller photo, Lake County Publishing.)

WRTH features office of emergency services at townhall meeting

Kathy Windrem spoke at the Dec. 18 Judge's breakfast about the Lake Response Network. (File photo- LAKE COUNTY PUBLISHING.)

Lake Response Network helps county residents respond to ICE enforcement

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Year in review part 3

After raising alarms about increasingly dire blooms of cyanobacteria an advocate for cleaning up Clear Lake, drafted like-minded others who were inspired to contribute to the lake's cleanup

OPINION- A new varsity High School football season is underway throughout Lake County as local teams participate in the North Central I League. Pre-league games are played primarily on Fridays in the month of September heading into league play later...

Crime and Public Safety

Fentanyl, heroin, meth, $10K in cash found during arrest at Genesis shelter

An arrest was made at the Genesis shelter in Chico on Dec. 10 after agents with the Butte Interagency Narcotics Task Force allegedly found drugs in a vehicle, suspected to have been trafficked into the shelter for the purpose of...