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HOLIDAY SHOPPING GUIDE
For Quality, Handmade Soaps, Visit The Soap Shack, Baby!
We watch as Tiffany Meek stirs the essential oils and colors into a batch of soap, then hands it to her husband James, where it shimmers iridescent as he adds the lye and begins mixing it with an imme...
Fashionable Kelseyville: Oak Boutique
Oak Boutique in Kelseyville feels more like walking into a friend’s home that also happens to have clothes for sale. Just inside, owner Caitlin Andrus warmly invites you into her world. A welcom...
Discover Local Artisans at maker.
Sabrina Andrus, owner of maker. in Kelseyville, reaches far above her head and pulls hard on the window shades, swinging the blinds high up the large windows of what at one time was Kelseyville’s Farm...
Drop off Your Letters to Santa at Hometown Consignments
This year, Hometown Consignments is proud to serve as one of Santa’s helpers this holiday season. Beginning Saturday, 11/28, please bring your kids to the store to drop off their special letter...
RECENT FOOD AND DRINK ARTICLES
Curried Sunshine: Arti Natural and Organic Indian Cafe
I’ve been to my share of East Indian restaurants. Back in the day, it was the choice location for many a dull business lunch. And those restaurants varied from delightful to those that seemed ...
Big Views and Bold Wines: Laujor Estate Winery
I first need to warn you about the view. It slaps you in the face as soon as you turn past the corrugated tin Laujor Sign and head down the hill to the tasting room. It is. Be careful to focus on the ...
RECENT PRESS RELEASES
Vote for Your Fan Favorite in the Hands Up Lake County Competition!
1 Team, 1 Dream has added a new category to their competition: the Fan Favorite. It’s your chance to help your favorite business get recognized. To vote, follow the steps below. 1. Like 1T1D...
Hands Up Lake County – The Virtual Business Competition premiers on December 6
Six businesses will vie for six prizes at a virtual business competition on Sunday, December 6. The 1st prize winner will walk away with a cash award of $15,000 sponsored by the City of Clear La...
Experience a Virtual Opening Reception this Weekend for MAC’s New Exhibit: HOME
Middletown Art Center (MAC) is hosting a virtual opening reception for their new exhibit “HOME” on Saturday, December 5th, from 6-8pm. The opening will feature a virtual tour of the gallery and conver...
Lake County Theater Company Presents a Virtual Christmas Carol
Narrated by Charles Dickens, Scrooge is as tight-fisted and mean as ever, creating a life of hardship for his loyal employee, Bob Cratchit and his family. It takes the ghost of his old business partn...
County of Lake Grants $96,582.28 to Area Senior Centers
For many of the nearly one quarter of Lake County residents aged 65 and above, the COVID-19 pandemic has meant simple things like acquiring food have required greater thought and planning. Four Lak...
Now’s Your Chance to Enter Lakeport’s 2020 Lighted Holiday Decorating Contest
The Lakeport Main Street Association and the City of Lakeport are sponsoring the 2020 Lighted Holiday Decorating Contest. This contest is open to Businesses and Residents who have a Lakeport address. ...
Lake County Community Radio Welcomes New Board Member, Announces Fall Fund Drive
The Lake County Community Radio Board of Directors welcomes its newest Director, Pub Talk radio programmer, Martin Sheel. The Board also elected Jacklyn Ley, who joined the Board in 2019, as its...
Enjoy Lakeport’s Christmas Tree Lighting Virtually This Year
The Kiwanis and Lakeport Main Street Association will be lighting the tree in Museum Park via Facebook Live. Anyone who attends this event in person must be masked and maintain social distancing. We e...
RECENT ARTS ARTICLES
Rumi’s Second Visit: Poetry by Lance Giroux
(Oct 30, 2020 at 9:18 AM) And when dreams come
Let them
For you are half asleep Into your room
They parade
And invade peaceful solitudes
And raging wars Prior empty fortresses
Without which
Unguard...
New Moon Haiku – Poetry by Marilyn Hung
New Moon hangs in Summer sky
With clear voice, a bird
Sings to the Moon, not mocking.
RECENT HISTORY ARTICLES
Memories of the Mayacamas Mountains: The Story of Adams Springs, Loch Lomond, and the Prather Family
THE SPRINGS THAT MADE LAKE COUNTY FAMOUS: ADAMS SPRINGS Where once stood a kitchen, only an old stove remains. It lays on the ground, flopped on its side, once-white enamel slowly rusting to grey-b...
Lake County History, Chapter 110: The White Cap Murders, Part 1
After the smoke and sounds of the bloody Civil War died away, there was peace. Yet, for some, the prejudice and hatred remained. Long after the Civil War ended, there was bitterness and prejudice betw...