HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE, Calif. – The Hidden Valley Lake Garden Club's meeting on Monday, Feb. 9, will include a presentation on winter gardening.

The group will meet beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the Hidden Valley Lake Association administration building's activities room, 18174 Hidden Valley Road.

Elisabeth Moores will discuss winter gardening, and how to provide beauty and interest to the garden during this season.

Prior to moving to Hidden Valley Lake, Moores' background and experience was in the tree service field, landscape and floral design.

In her presentation she will share a wonderful blend of academic and beautification knowledge. 

Weather permitting, she will use the HVLA administration building’s landscape to illustrate the considerations of planning and planting to have color and interest in gardens all year round.

Meetings of the Hidden Valley Lake Garden Club are free and open to the public on the second Monday of each month. 

For further information, contact President Cheryl Crawford at 707-987-8254 or e-mail her at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The first Sierra Club general membership meeting of 2015 will be held Wednesday, Jan. 21.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Lower Lake Methodist Church Community Room, 16255 Second St.

County Community Development Director Rick Coel will talk about how the development application process works: what are the steps needed to get grading, building or use permits, or subdivisions, rezones, and general plan amendments? How long does it take, and what does it cost?

The kinds of conditions that developers must meet, the levels of environmental review required and the opportunities for public involvement are among the subjects that will be covered.

These are very important topics with profound implications for the future of our community, but not very well understood by many people. This is a rare opportunity to find out how the system really works, so please bring your questions.

As always the meeting is free and open to the public.

For details, contact Chair Ed Robey at 707-994-8304 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – All branches of the Lake County Library system will be closed Jan. 17 to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Normal hours at all branches will resume on Jan. 20. Call your local branch if you have any questions.

Lakeport Library, located at 1425 N. High St., is normally open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The phone number is 707-263-8817.

Redbud Library, 14785 Burns Valley Road, Clearlake, is normally open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday, noon to 7 p.m. The phone number is 707-994-5115.

Middletown Library, 21256 Washington St., is normally open Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The phone number is 707-987-3674.

Upper Lake Library, 310 Second St., is normally open Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The phone number is 707-275-2049.

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Effective immediately, Soda Bay Road between Westlake Drive and Marina View Drive – the Horseshoe Bend area – has been reopened to all traffic, with no restrictions in place.

The roadway had been closed Dec. 29 to perform emergency storm drainage repairs.

The Lake County Department of Public Works originally had estimated that the closure would remain in place until Jan. 16, but repairs were completed about a week earlier than expected.

The agency thanked its contractor and road personnel, who it said “went above and beyond to get this road reopened a week ahead of schedule.”

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Lake County PEG TV 8 Board will next meet on Wednesday, Jan. 14.

The meeting will take place beginning at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.

Business items at the meeting include election of officers for 2015, approval of the Nov. 12 meeting minutes, continuing consideration of fundraising event possibilities, report on the Clearlake Christmas Light Parade broadcast, presentation of the updated members manual, and reports from the programmers and chairman.

LCPTV is Lake County's public, education and government Channel 8 on MediaCom.

Board members include Chair Ed Robey and Vice Chair Martin Scheel, and board members Denise Loustalot, Vince Metzger and Eric Hoefler.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The U.C. Master Gardeners of Lake County will offer a series of public workshops in the coming weeks.

The workshops are as follows.

– Saturday, Jan. 17, 10 a.m. to noon: “Training and Pruning Fruit Trees – Why, How and When.” Agricultural Center, 883 Lakeport Blvd., Lakeport.

– Wednesday, Jan. 21, 10 a.m. to noon: Fruit tree pruning demonstration by Master Gardener Jim Harrell. Reeves Lane, Lakeport.

– Saturday, Jan. 24, 9 to 11 a.m.: Rose pruning demonstration by Master Gardener Richard Willard. Austin Park, 14077 Lakeshore Drive, Clearlake.

– Wednesday, Feb. 11, 10 a.m. to noon: Rose pruning demonstration by Master Gardener Jim Harrell. Upper Lake.

A $5 per person donation is requested for each workshop.

Call 707-263-6838 to RSVP and obtain further location information.