The 2020 California Citizens Redistricting Commission has launched a series of communities of interest, or COI, virtual hearings to capture community specific data that will help commissioners to respect community boundaries to the best of their abilities when drawing district lines, as is mandated by California’s line drawing criteria.
When the commission begins drawing maps using census data, they will need to follow this set of criteria, in this order, as outlined in the California Constitution:
— Districts must be of nearly equal population to comply with the U.S. Constitution. — Districts must comply with the Voting Rights Act to ensure that minorities have a fair opportunity to elect representatives of their choice. — Districts must be drawn contiguously, so that all parts of the district are connected to each other. — Districts must minimize the division of counties, cities, neighborhoods and communities of interest to the extent possible. — Districts should be geographically compact such that nearby areas of population are not bypassed for more distant populations. — Where practicable, each Senate District should consist of two complete and adjacent Assembly Districts, and Board of Equalization districts should consist of 10 complete and adjacent State Senate districts. This is known as “nesting.”
The commission can obtain city and county information from those jurisdictions, but it needs the neighborhood and communities of interest information from Californians directly.
“Although we have been accepting communities of interest submissions online since March, these virtual input sessions are yet another opportunity for communities to share with the commission about their communities of interest,” said Commission Chair Isra Ahmad.
During these input meetings, participants will be asked to describe their community and will be encouraged to consider highlighting the following:
— Begin with your county or city. — Mention the street names and significant locations in your neighborhood to help the commission identify the parameters of your community. — What are your shared interests? — What brings you together? — What is important to your community? — Are there nearby areas you want to be in a district with? — Nearby areas you don't want to be in a district with? Why or why not? — Has your community come together to advocate for important services, better schools, roads or health centers in your neighborhood?
Registration is not required to participate in these public input meetings. The call-in number for public input on the day of each event will be 877-853-5247.
The online COI tool is 14 in fourteen languages and includes tutorials.
Every 10 years, after the federal government publishes updated census information, California must redraw the boundaries of its electoral districts so that the state’s population is evenly allocated among the new districts.
In 2008, California voters passed the Voters First Act, authorizing the creation of the independent California Citizens Redistricting Commission to draw new State Senate, State Assembly and State Board of Equalization district lines.
In 2010, the Voters First Act for Congress gave the Commission the responsibility of drawing new Congressional districts following every census.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Following several days of cooler temperatures, the National Weather Service says it’s a hot week ahead for Lake County and much of the rest of California.
The forecast is calling for a mild start to the week before temperatures rise sharply midweek.
The Lake County forecast calls for daytime highs in the high 70s and low 80s on Monday and Tuesday, with nighttime conditions in the high 40s and low 50s. Light winds also are expected.
Beginning on Wednesday, temperatures will jump into the mid-90s in much of the county, while in the south county it’s expected to reach 100 that same day.
All of Lake County is forecast to see daytime temperatures of more than 100 degrees from Thursday through Saturday, with temperatures at night in the low 60s.
Middletown is forecast to have temperatures of 108 degrees on Thursday and Friday, which are expected to be the hottest days of the week.
The National Weather Service said the heat risk is forecast to be moderate with areas of high heat risk for interior Lake County Thursday and Friday. An excessive heat watch for the county could be issued in the coming days.
On Saturday, temperatures are forecast to start to roll back by a few degrees, reaching the high 90s or low 100s. Nighttime conditions will remain in the 60s.
By Sunday, Father’s Day, temperatures across Lake County are forecast to be in the high 90s, the forecast said.
Temperatures should start to trend downward overall after the weekend, according to the long-term forecast.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Towering like a beacon along creeks and streams atop stems up to eight foot tall, native Leopard lilies bloom when the days are long and summer is almost here inviting butterflies and hummingbirds to stop and rest for a spell, and the wildflower enthusiast to appreciate.
Preferring damp, shady locations, the Leopard lily — Lilium pardalinum ssp. Pardalinum — is found in forested areas of Lake County blooming in June and July, but only for a few weeks before they fade away.
There are five species of lilium that call Lake County home. The leopard lily and California tiger lily look very similar and have golden orange petals fading to a deep orange and flecked with reddish orange spots and bloom in June and July.
The chaparral (or redwood) lily has the longest bloom time, ranging from April through August, with creamy white to darker pink petals flecked with deep fuchsia spots.
Washington lily and purple flowered Washington lily (also known as the Cascade lily), both ranging from a pale to deep lilac and white, are elusive in the wild and mostly found in the northern parts of Lake County in the Mendocino National Forest June through August.
Between the three of us, we only have good photos of the leopard lilies, and are happy to have those as finding them in the wild can be a challenge.
Luckily for the home gardener, leopard and California tiger lilies are widely available commercially, so if you’re lucky enough to see one in the wild, please make sure to let it grow and bloom where it is to feed the native wildlife.
Now that spring is winding down and the wildflower season is waning, we’re going to pause our wildflower column for a while, but we’ll be back blooming again soon!
To see and learn more about these species of Lilium in Lake County, visit CalFlora.
Terre Logsdon is an environmentalist, certified master composter, and advocate for agroecology solutions to farming. An avid fan and protector of California wildflowers, plants, natural resources, and the environment, she seeks collaborative solutions to mitigate the effects of climate change. Kim Riley is retired, an avid hiker at Highland Springs, and has lived in Lake County since 1985. After 15 years of trail recovery and maintenance on the Highland Springs trails, she is now focused on native plants, including a native plant and pollinator garden on her property as well as promoting and preserving the beauty of the Highland Springs Recreation Area. Karen Sullivan has operated two nurseries to propagate and cultivate native plants and wildflowers, has lived in Kelseyville for the past 30 years, rides horses far and wide to see as many flowers as possible, and offers native plants and wildflowers for sale to the public. You can check her nursery stock here. They are collaborating on a book, Highland Springs Recreation Area: A Field Guide, which will be published in the future. In the meanwhile, please visit https://www.facebook.com/HighlandSpringsNaturalists and https://www.facebook.com/HighlandSpringsRecreationArea.
As part of the continuing efforts to hold Pacific Gas and Electric Co. accountable for its safety performance, the California Public Utilities Commission has issued a scope of work for an independent safety monitor.
The proposal, which will be put out for public comment, will be on the CPUC’s July 15 voting meeting agenda.
As a condition of approving PG&E’s plan for exiting bankruptcy in May 2020, the CPUC determined it necessary that an independent safety monitor succeed the federal monitor that was appointed as part of PG&E’s probation in criminal court.
The federal monitor’s work ends in 2022.
By creating an independent safety monitor, the CPUC is enhancing its oversight of PG&E to ensure the utility focuses on long-term outcomes that promote safety and reliability.
The independent safety monitor will be selected by and report to the CPUC.
In March, PG&E’s proposal with recommended oversight responsibilities for the independent safety monitor was issued for public comment.
The proposal issued by the CPUC incorporates feedback received and proposes a scope of work, budget and length of term.
Under the proposal, the term of the independent safety monitor will begin before the federal monitor completes its term and will continue for five years. The term can be extended based on PG&E’s performance.
The proposal sets the annual operating budget at $5 million and proposes these costs be paid by PG&E shareholders.
The CPUC’s oversight of PG&E includes exercising its broad investigation and enforcement authority, examining of rates and costs, pressing for progress on the utility’s efforts to reduce the risk of wildfire ignited by its equipment, ensuring safe execution of public safety power shut-offs, regulating the safety of the utility’s natural gas system and ensuring PG&E is progressing toward modernizing its electric grid.
Under the CPUC proposal, the independent safety monitor will support the CPUC in ensuring PG&E prioritizes and executes the highest level of risk reduction across all levels of the company, from senior officials to field personnel, and will assess PG&E’s risk management activities in the field.
The independent safety monitor will support the CPUC’s efforts to ensure PG&E has in place a risk assessment process that identifies where its operations and infrastructure create the greatest risk to public safety.
The independent safety monitor also will monitor PG&E’s safety-related record keeping and record management systems to ensure modernization efforts are informed by prior failures and support safe system construction, operation, and maintenance in PG&E’s electric and natural gas lines of business.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lakeport City Council will consider the budget for the new fiscal year, and discuss taking action on weed abatement and approving contracts.
To speak on an agenda item, access the meeting remotely here or join by phone by calling toll-free 669-900-9128 or 346-248-7799. The webinar ID is 973 6820 1787, access code is 477973; the audio pin will be shown after joining the webinar. Those phoning in without using the web link will be in “listen mode” only and will not be able to participate or comment.
Comments can be submitted by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. To give the City Clerk adequate time to print out comments for consideration at the meeting, please submit written comments before 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 15.
Indicate in the email subject line "for public comment" and list the item number of the agenda item that is the topic of the comment. Comments that read to the council will be subject to the three minute time limitation (approximately 350 words). Written comments that are only to be provided to the council and not read at the meeting will be distributed to the council before the meeting.
At the start of the meeting, Faith Hornby of Hope Rising Lake County will offer a presentation and the council will present a proclamation for retiring Lake County Chamber Chief Executive Officer Melissa Fulton.
On Tuesday, Finance Director Nick Walker will present the recommended fiscal year 2021-22 budget for the council’s approval.
The budget document projects expenditures in the new fiscal year of $21,451,201.
Walker also will ask the council to approve the city’s appropriations limit of $14,074,200 for the new fiscal year.
Also on the agenda is a public hearing to approve the proposed resolution to adopt the Safety Element Amendment of the General Plan.
The council also will hold a public hearing and schedule a special meeting on June 29 to consider possible activities and projects for funding under the state Department of Housing and Community Development 2021 notice of funding availability for the Community Development Block Grant.
Public Works Director Doug Grider will ask the council to authorize a professional services agreement totaling $126,523 with Wood Rodgers Inc. for the Forbes Creek Neighborhood and award the $913,765.51 construction contract to Argonaut Constructors for the Waterfront Parking Rehabilitation Project.
Utilities Superintendent Paul Harris will ask the council to support the submission of an application to the State Water Resources Control Board for urgent drinking water needs funding.
Community Development Director Jenni Byers will present a proposed resolution to allow the city’s continued participation in the Lake County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service Authority.
Byers also will take to the council a resolution declaring dry weeds, brush and similar vegetation to constitute a public nuisance and allowing staff to utilize the administrative citations to get weeds abated.
On the consent agenda — items usually accepted as a slate on one vote — are ordinances, minutes of the regular council meeting on June 1; the June 10 warrant register; approval of event application WP2021-002, with staff recommendations, for the 2021 Grillin’ on the Green event; approval of amended event application 2021-017, with staff recommendations, for the Summer Concert Series to be held Fridays in Library Park from July 16 through Aug. 20, 2021, with reserved parking for food vendors; approval of a resolution rescinding Resolution 2772 (2021) and revising the master pay schedule in conformance with California Code of Regulations, Title 2, Section 570.5; confirm the continuing existence of a local emergency for the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency; and authorize the cancellation of the regular meeting of July 6, 2021.
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NORTH COAST, Calif. — A moderately sized earthquake occurred late Saturday night near Cobb.
The 4.1-magnitude quake was reported at 11:54 p.m. Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
A survey map showed the quake was just inside the Sonoma County line near Big Sulphur Creek.
The epicenter was 5.8 miles west of Cobb and 13.8 miles north of Healdsburg, the survey reported
The U.S. Geological Survey received dozens of shake reports from residents of Lake, Napa and Sonoma counties.
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Although these trends preclude the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19’s imprint promises to further exacerbate the suffering. Historical declines in the health and well-being of U.S. middle-aged adults raises two important questions: To what extent is this confined to the U.S., and will COVID-19 impact future trends?
My colleagues and I recently published a cross-national study, which is currently in press, that provides insights into how U.S. middle-aged adults are currently faring in relation to their counterparts in other nations, and what future generations can expect in the post-COVID-19 world. Our study examined cohort differences in the health, well-being and memory of U.S. middle-aged adults and whether they differed from middle-aged adults in Australia, Germany, South Korea and Mexico.
US is an outlier among rich nations
We compared people who were born in the 1930s through the 1960s in terms of their health and well-being – such as depressive symptoms and life satisfaction – and memory in midlife.
Differences between nations were stark. For the U.S., we found a general pattern of decline. Americans born in the 1950s and 1960s experienced overall declines in well-being and memory in middle age compared to those born in the 1930s and 1940s. A similar pattern was found for Australian middle-aged adults.
In contrast, each successive cohort in Germany, South Korea and Mexico reported improvements in well-being and memory. Improvements were observed in health for each nation across cohorts, but were slowed for Americans born in the 1950s and 1960s, suggesting they improved less rapidly than their counterparts in the countries examined.
Our study finds that middle-aged Americans are experiencing overall declines in key outcomes, whereas other nations are showing general improvements. Our cross-national approach points to policies that could could help alleviate the long-term effects arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Will COVID-19 exacerbate troubling trends?
Initial research on the short-term effects of COVID-19 is telling.
At the start of the pandemic the focus was rightly on the safety of older adults. Older adults were most vulnerable to the risks posed by COVID-19, which included mortality, social isolation and loneliness. Indeed, older adults were at higher risk, but an overlooked component has been how the mental health risks and long-haul effects will likely differ across age groups.
The very nature and expectations surrounding midlife are shifting. U.S. middle-aged adults are confronting more parenting pressures than ever before, in the form of engagement in extracurricular activities and pressures for their children to succeed in school. Record numbers of young adults are moving back home with their middle-aged parents due to student loan debt and a historically challenging labor and housing market.
A direct effect of gains in life expectancy is that middle-aged adults are needing to take on more caregiving-related duties for their aging parents and other relatives, while continuing with full-time work and taking care of school-aged children. This is complicated by the fact that there is no federally mandated program for paid family leave that could cover instances of caregiving, or the birth or adoption of a child. A recent AARP report estimated that in 2020, there were 53 million caregivers whose unpaid labor was valued at US$470 billion.
Our cross-national approach provides ample opportunities to explore ways to reverse the U.S. disadvantage and promote resilience for middle-aged adults.
The nations we studied vastly differ in their family and work policies. Paid parental leave and subsidized child care help relieve the stress and financial strain of parenting in countries such as Germany, Denmark and Sweden. Research documents how well-being is higher in both parents and nonparents in nations with more generous family leave policies.
Countries with ample paid sick and vacation days ensure that employees can take time off to care for an ailing family member. Stronger safety nets protect laid-off employees by ensuring that they have the resources available to stay on their feet.
During the pandemic, the U.S. government passed policy measures to aid people and businesses. The U.S. approved measures to stimulate the economy through stimulus checks, payroll protection for small businesses, expansion of unemployment benefits and health care enrollment, child tax credits, and individuals’ ability to claim forbearance for various forms of debt and housing payments. Some of these measures have been beneficial, with recent findings showing that material hardship declined and well-being improved during periods when the stimulus checks were distributed.
I believe these programs are a good start, but they need to be expanded if there is any hope of reversing these troubling trends and promoting resilience in middle-aged Americans. A recent report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation concluded that paid family leave has a wide range of benefits, including, but not limited to, addressing health, racial and gender inequities; helping women stay in the workforce; and assisting businesses in recruiting skilled workers. Research from Germany and the United Kingdom shows how expansions in family leave policies have lasting effects on well-being, particularly for women.
Middle-aged adults form the backbone of society. They constitute large segments of the workforce while having to simultaneously bridge younger and older generations through caregiving-related duties. Ensuring their success, productivity, health and well-being through these various programs promises to have cascading effects on their families and society as a whole.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Board of Supervisors this week will discuss workplace protocols given new COVID-19 related guidelines and also recognize LGBTQ+ Pride Month.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 15, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
The meeting ID is 943 3700 3889, pass code 125253. The meeting also can be accessed via one tap mobile at +16699006833,,94337003889#,,,,*125253#.
All interested members of the public that do not have internet access or a Mediacom cable subscription are encouraged to call 669-900-6833, and enter the Zoom meeting ID and pass code information above.
At 9:06 a.m., the board will present a proclamation designating the month of June 2021 as LGBTQ+ Pride Month.
At 10 a.m., the board will hold a public hearing to consider a resolution amending the master fee schedule for departmental services rendered by the county.
In an untimed item, the board will discuss masking and social distancing requirements given the differing guidance from federal and state agencies and consider the future amendment to the County of Lake COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Worksite Protocol.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: Adopt proclamation designating the month of June 2021 as LGBTQ+ Pride Month.
5.2: Approve contract between county of Lake and Lake County Office of Education for Differential Response Family WRAP Services.
5.3: (a) Waive the formal bidding process, pursuant to Lake County Code Section 38.2 as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods or services; and (b) approve agreement between the county of Lake and BHC Sierra Vista Hospital for acute inpatient psychiatric hospital services and professional services associated with acute inpatient psychiatric hospitalizations for fiscal years 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 in the amount of $30,000.00 and authorize the board chair to sign the agreement.
5.4: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and Crackerjack Cleaning for janitorial services from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, not to exceed $30,000, and authorize the board chair to sign.
5.5: Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meetings May 11, 2021, and May 18, 2021.
5.6: Approve side letter to Lake County Employee Safety Association, to reflect that effective July 1, 2021, the District Attorney’s Office will oversee the welfare fraud investigator class series.
5.7: Approve request to waive 900-hour limit for extra-help library assistant.
5.8: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and SHN Engineers & Geologists Inc. for technical support services for Eastlake Sanitary Landfill 2021 Monitoring and Reporting Program.
5.9: (a) Waive the formal bidding process, per Ordinance #2406, Purchasing Code 38.1, as this is an annual contract for services that have not increased more than the consumer price index and 38.2 as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods or services; and (b) approve agreement between the county of Lake and A&P Helicopters for fiscal year 2021/22 in the amount of $120,000 and authorize the chairman to sign.
5.10: (a) Waive formal bidding process pursuant to section 2-38.2 of the County Purchasing Policy due to the unique goods and services, (b) approve a two-year lease of 26 automated license plate reader cameras from Flock Group Inc., 1170 Howell Mill Rd NW Suite 210, Atlanta, GA 30318 in an amount not to exceed $65,000/year and (c) authorize the chairman of the Board of Supervisors to sign the agreement.
5.11: (a) Waive the formal bidding process, per Ordinance #2406, Purchasing Code 38.1, as this is an annual contract for services that have not increased more than the consumer price index and 38.2 as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods or services; and (b) approve agreement between the county of Lake and Helico Sonoma Helicopters for fiscal year 2021/22 in the amount of $50,000 and authorize the chairman to sign.
5.12: Approve out of state travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, for California Homicide Investigators Conference for two investigators from Aug. 24 to 27.
5.13: Waive 900-hour limit for extra help quagga mussel coordinators and ramp monitors.
5.14: Approve letter of support for the request for grant extension for Agreement No. 4600012946 Middle Creek Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Project and authorize the chair to sign.
TIMED ITEMS
6.2, 9:06 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation designating the month of June 2021 as LGBTQ+ Pride Month.
6.3, 9:45 a.m.: Presentation of certificates to the participants of the CSAC William “Bill” Chiat Institute for Excellence in County Government.
6.4, 10 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of a resolution amending the master fee schedule for departmental services rendered by the county.
UNTIMED ITEMS
7.2: Discussion/Consideration of masking and social distancing requirements given the differing guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the California Department of Public Health and CalOSHA and future amendment to the County of Lake COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Worksite Protocol.
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The Group of 7 is an informal group of seven powerful democracies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. The presidents of the European Commission and European Council also attend G-7 meetings because several of Europe’s largest countries are also members.
Membership, which is decided internally, hasn’t changed much since the group’s founding in 1975. At the time, it included only six countries, all of which still belong. Canada joined a year later. Russia joined as an eighth member in 1998, temporarily changing the group’s moniker to the G-8, but Russia was ousted after it annexed Crimea in 2014.
Together, these seven wealthy nations form the foundation of the modern global economy and the cooperative rules-based system on which it is built.
Despite the decline, the economic might of G-7 nations remains undeniable, not least due to their collective position as countries at the forefront of technological innovation and industrial know-how. Moreover, G-7 economies are inextricably interwoven with global supply chains, which means that a policy change or economic shock in one G-7 country will, for better or worse, have ripple effects across the globe.
Ultimately, the G-7 may be the best hope for quick, decisive and meaningful policy action on pressing global problems.
While the G-7 doesn’t have the institutional clout of the United Nations, the World Trade Organization or NATO, it also doesn’t have their institutional red tape or bureaucracy.
And although the G-7 is a subset of the ascendant G20 – which also includes rising economic powerhouses China, India and Brazil – the G-7 has another advantage: it’s much easier to achieve consensus in an intimate group of similar nations than it is to find common ground among diverse nations with very different economic and political priorities.
None of these issues colors neatly within the lines of national borders. Countries need to cooperate to find solutions that do not simply kick the can to their neighbors.
An example of meaningful action by the G-7 is its June 5, 2021, announcement of an agreement on global minimum corporate tax rates, which marked a watershed moment in international taxation. If successful, the agreement could mean the end of tax havens and a dramatic shift in how companies record their profits around the world.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a community forum this week to offer an update on the status of the Sulphur Bank Superfund Site in Clearlake Oaks.
The meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 16, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. via Zoom.
To join by computer, click: https://zoom.us/j/93002989951. To join by a tablet or smartphone via the Zoom app, use meeting ID 930-0298-9951.
To join by phone (audio only), call one tap audio for cell phones at +16699009128, 93002989951# or 669-900-9128 for land lines, using meeting ID 930-0298-9951.
The Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine is an abandoned open pit mercury mine located on the shoreline of Clear Lake in Clearlake Oaks.
The EPA’s website said the 160-acre site was mined intermittently for sulfur and mercury between 1865 and 1957.
The EPA added the mine to its Superfund site program in 1990.
Today, approximately two million cubic yards of mine waste are located on the property. It also includes the Herman impoundment, which the EPA said is a flooded open pit mine filled with water contaminated by mine waste and naturally occurring geothermal groundwater that covers 23 acres, is 90 feet deep and is located 750 feet from Clear Lake.
During the meeting, EPA staff will give an update on the site cleanup, including this year’s project schedule and an overview of concerns heard from recent outreach, and discuss how the site has affected the community’s use of Clear Lake.
There also will be time scheduled for a discussion of community concerns and remedies, and the best ways for EPA to share site updates.
The meeting will be broken up into “rooms” where participants will discuss different topics, including:
— trust and communication with the EPA, access to site documents and administration changes and priorities; — lake quality effects on the community, including fish consumption, the site’s economic effects and reuse of the site; — technical understanding and site document interpretation, including arsenic and mercury risks, algae, and mine cleanup and site documents.
For more information on the superfund site and what has been done to date, visit the EPA website.
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She is in cat room kennel No. 1, ID No. LCAC-A-982.
‘Cozette’
“Cozette” is a female domestic longhair with a brown tabby coat.
She is estimated to be 6 years old.
She is in cat room kennel No. 6, ID No. LCAC-A-969.
Male domestic shorthair kitten
This male yellow tabby kitten has a short coat.
He is in cat room kennel No. 70a, ID No. LCAC-A-986.
Male domestic shorthair kitten
This male yellow tabby kitten has a short coat.
He is in cat room kennel No. 70b, ID No. LCAC-A-987.
Male domestic shorthair kitten
This male yellow tabby kitten has a short coat.
He is in cat room kennel No. 70c, ID No. LCAC-A-988.
Male domestic shorthair kitten
This male yellow tabby kitten has a short coat.
He is in cat room kennel No. 70d, ID No. LCAC-A-989.
Male domestic shorthair
This male domestic shorthair has a gray and white coat.
He is 1-year-old and weighs nearly 6 pounds.
He is in cat room kennel No. 120, ID No. LCAC-A-874.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Lake County Animal Care and Control has more new dogs, including puppies, that it’s offering to new homes.
Dogs available for adoption this week include mixes of Airedale terrier, German shepherd, Great Pyrenees, husky, Labrador retriever, McNab, pit bull, Rottweiler and shepherd.
Dogs that are adopted from Lake County Animal Care and Control are either neutered or spayed, microchipped and, if old enough, given a rabies shot and county license before being released to their new owner. License fees do not apply to residents of the cities of Lakeport or Clearlake.
The following dogs at the Lake County Animal Care and Control shelter have been cleared for adoption (additional dogs on the animal control website not listed are still “on hold”).
“Peanut” is a male Airedale terrier with a curly tan and red coat.
He is estimated to be 10 years old.
He is in kennel No. 7, ID No. LCAC-A-889.
Female Rottweiler-shepherd
This 2-year-old female Rottweiler-shepherd mix has a medium-length black and red coat.
She is in kennel No. 12, ID No. LCAC-A-791.
‘Indie’
“Indie” is a female German shepherd mix with a short black and tan coat.
She weighs 51 pounds and is estimated to be less than 1-year-old.
She is in kennel No. 13, ID No. LCAC-A-768.
‘Ren’
“Ren” is a 2-year-old male McNab-sheepdog mix with a short brindle and white coat.
He has been neutered.
He is in kennel No. 15, ID No. LCAC-A-785.
Female Great Pyrenees
This female Great Pyrenees has a medium-length white coat.
She is estimated to be 2 years old and 84 pounds.
She is in kennel No. 19, ID No. LCAC-A-892.
Female pit bull terrier
This 1-year-old female pit bull terrier has a short blue and white coat.
She is in kennel No. 22, ID No. LCAC-A-611.
Rottweiler-pit bull mix
This 1-year-old female Rottweiler-pit bull mix has a short black coat.
She has been spayed.
She is in kennel No. 27, ID No. LCAC-A-731.
‘Brutus’
“Brutus” is a 5-year-old male pit bull terrier with a short gray and white coat.
He is in kennel No. 28, ID No. LCAC-A-670.
‘Apollo’
“Apollo” is a 2-year-old male husky mix with a medium-length red and white coat and blue eyes.
He is in kennel No. 31, ID No. LCAC-A-783.
Female pit bull terrier puppy
This female pit bull terrier puppy has a short black coat with white markings.
She is in kennel No. 33b, ID No. LCAC-A-853.
Male pit bull terrier puppy
This male pit bull terrier puppy has a short black coat with white markings.
He is in kennel No. 33d, ID No. LCAC-A-855.
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