Cobb News

Smoke poured into the Lake County Air Basin from fires in and around the county over the weekend.

A man who hit a power pole which caused power outages and cable TV outages that lasted for more than 12 hours and road closures for more than six hours Wednesday afternoon had not been found Thursday night, ...

I would like to throw some praise at the Lake County Sheriff's Department. I have a vacation house on Cobb Mountain, and there has been some recent problems with unwanted visitors.

“We're going to start small so it's not going to cost that much maybe $5,000 a month to start”

LAKE COUNTY Building a safe house for homeless Lake County teens is the purpose of a Saturday fundraiser at the Rob Roy Golf Course on Cobb Mountain. via Observer American

“I've had calls for over 200 signs in the last couple of weeks, which is a lot for a district this size. The campaign forces you to get out there and talk to people, and that's always positive”

With three weeks left until the June 3 Primary Election, two candidates are contending for the District 5 Supervisor seat, incumbent Rob Brown of Kelseyville and challenger Robert Stark of Cobb. via Observer American

“The reason I'm in favor of it is it's like saying the horse is in the barn, and the door is open, but the horse in barn, and let's not close the door. You have to trust corporate America, and I don't”

The Lakeport Regional Chamber of Commerce hosted a County Supervisor debate Wednesday night at the Lake County Courthouse between District 5 candidates Robert Stark and incumbent Rob Brown . via Record-Bee

“I've had a lot of support. I did not do a fundraiser because a lot of people just wanted to contribute”

LAKE COUNTY Three seats on the Lake County Board of Supervisors will go before voters in the June 3, 2008 Primary election for districts 1, 4 and 5. District 1 includes the communities of Middletown, Hidden ... via Record-Bee

The CHP closed a Lake County highway early today due to a structure fire. Highway 175 near Cobb was closed at 1:15 a.m., the CHP reported. via The Press Democrat

“I support the concept, I just want to make sure it's something that is reasonable in other words, meets our needs, but it's not going to make it impossible for someone to build a home”

The Lake County Board of Supervisors and city councils from Lakeport and Clearlake raised questions Tuesday around a consulting firm's pitch to charge developers for traffic improvements related to new ... via Observer American

“We're talking about increasing capacity widening roads to get more volume through on a specific street or road”

Two-and-a-half years of work on finding money for road projects countywide will culminate in a 1:30 p.m. meeting today of the Lake County Board of Supervisors and city councils and staff from Clearlake and ... via Record-Bee

An earthquake measuring 3.0 struck near The Geysers in the first minutes of Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. via The Press Democrat

“The rest of the body was OK. That's when the doctor looked at me and said, I have good news for you. If these tests weren't what they show here, I would tell you that you have ALS. But the rest of the body looks normal we're going to rule out ALS.'”

Eric Patrick and his wife Laura walked through the secure, metal-and-glass doors in a museum-like beige building, a cavernous hospital many Lake County residents know as the place to go when an illness is ... via Record-Bee

“We want to make it more than a campsite”

Tabeaud Road in Pine Grove now boasts the 73rd member of the Jellystone Park Campground-Resort. Photo by: Jerry Budrick Gabi Gallego, 2, shows off her new Ponderosa pine tree, given to her after the Amador High ... via Amador Ledger-Dispatch

“We are exporting our youth, because there are not job opportunities for them. And we are exporting our sales tax dollars to Sonoma County. It's time to promote business and keep our money and our kids in Lake County”

LAKE COUNTY Keeping tax dollars and youth in Lake County is why candidate James Comstock said he joined the race for district 1 county supervisor. via Record-Bee

“The people who support me would not expect that I would have been endorsed by Ed”

LAKE COUNTY The race for the District 1 county supervisor seat took a turn Saturday when incumbent Ed Robey publicly endorsed candidate Susanne La Faver. via Record-Bee

“This is for a good cause. Eric has given a lot to the community. He's involved in sports in Lake County, he's a good voice for the radio and a great guy who now has a terrible disease this is to help the family out”

Eric Patrick, a long-time Lake County resident and seven-year veteran disc jockey on Lakeport radio station KNTI, often helps host fundraising events by acting as auctioneer and announcer. via Record-Bee

“I have insight on both sides, and I want to try and bridge the lines of communication”

Lower Lake resident Joey Luiz joined the race for the open District 1 Supervisor seat by filing a petition to gather signatures to offset the cost of a candidate filing fee Feb. via Record-Bee

“Anytime oil ticks up a dollar more a barrel, this becomes a more attractive form of energy.”

COBB, Calif. -- A thick, gray sky spits snow, but Lou Capuano's focus is on another, much warmer type of moisture: steam.

Here in The Geysers, the world's foremost geothermal energy zone, steam is a precious resource -- and never more so than right now.

The high cost of oil and the state's growing appetite for renewable energy have brought Capuano to this remote part of Northern California about 150 miles from San Jose. Part-owner of the recently reopened Bottle Rock Power Plant, which is one of almost two dozen facilities turning steam into electricity in Lake and Sonoma counties, Capuano is drilling into Cobb Mountain to find more steam for his plant. Read more

An earthquake and a parade - what a way to start a new lunar year! It was a wild San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade for 2008! The parade took place faithfully as it does every year despite strong gusts of ... via Sam Spade's San Francisco

“It all came together and all the teachers got involved. Not only would our students participate, but we had young siblings and parents come to do it as well, so it was a whole community thing”

MIDDLETOWN Cobb Mountain Elementary School was awarded a $1,000 check for physical physical fitness equipment Wednesday by the California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. via Record-Bee