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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Several dogs found new homes during Lake County Animal Care and Control's adoption event last week, but the shelter still has many dogs that need new families.
This week's featured dogs are primarily from the medium- and larger-sized dog breeds – border collie, hound, Irish Setter, Labrador Retriever, pit bull 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.
If you're looking for a new companion, visit the shelter. There are many great pets hoping you'll choose them.
In addition to the animals featured here, all adoptable animals in Lake County can be seen here: http://bit.ly/Z6xHMb .
The following dogs at the Lake County Animal Care and Control shelter have been cleared for adoption (additional dogs on the animal control Web site not listed are still “on hold”).
Male Labrador Retriever
This male Labrador Retriever mix has a short black coat.
He's good with other dogs prefers and prefers to be around other males.
Shelter staff said he has a mellow energy level. He appears to have been an outside dog and is a bit jumpy about being indoors, but will adjust well if given the chance.
He's in kennel No. 34, ID No. 779.
Pit bull terrier mix
This female pit bull terrier mix puppy has a light-colored short coat.
Shelter staff said she is deaf and will need a home willing to give her the needed love and attention.
Find her in kennel No. 31, ID No. 1118.
'Otis'
“Otis” is a male pit bull terrier mix with a short brown coat with white markings.
Find him in kennel No. 29, ID No. 1077.
'Appa'
“Appa” is a male Irish Setter mix.
He has a medium-length reddish-brown coat.
Find him in kennel No. 27, ID No. 1078.
'Bella'
“Bella” is a female pit bull terrier mix.
This lovely older girl came in already spayed so she will have a low adoption fee.
Shelter staff said she was raised in a home with babies to older children.
Bella is housebroken, she gets along with cats and other dogs. She is very happy and healthy.
She's in kennel No. 15, ID No. 1131.
Hound-shepherd mix
This male hound-shepherd mix has a short brown coat.
He's in kennel No. 13, ID No. 1107.
Male Rottweiler mix
This male Rottweiler mix is a young dog.
Shelter staff said he is still a puppy. He needs some training and would make a great dog.
Find him in kennel No. 12, ID No. 1032.
'Buster'
Buster is a male border collie mix.
Shelter staff say he's a great guy, and while still young is very well behaved.
He will need medical care for his condition, as he suffers from epilepsy. Buster is currently on medication to help keep it under control.
Buster is in kennel No. 6a, ID No. 1110.
'Ghost'
“Ghost” is a male border collie mix, with a beautiful white coat.
He is deaf and, while initially scared, warms up to people. Shelter staff said he will need work and training to help him live with his disability.
Find Ghost in kennel 5, ID No. 1111.
Male pit bull terrier mix
This male pit bull terrier mix has a short coat.
He's in kennel No. 4, ID No. 1127.
Female pit bull terrier mix
This female pit bull terrier has a short brown coat.
She's in kennel No. 3, ID No. 1086.
To fill out an adoption application online visit http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Animal_Care_And_Control/Adopt/Dog___Cat_Adoption_Application.htm .
Lake County Animal Care and Control is located at 4949 Helbush in Lakeport, next to the Hill Road Correctional Facility.
Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday. The shelter is open from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and on Saturday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Visit the shelter online at http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Animal_Care_And_Control.htm .
For more information call Lake County Animal Care and Control at 707-263-0278.
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A NASA sounding rocket experiment has detected a surprising surplus of infrared light in the dark space between galaxies, a diffuse cosmic glow as bright as all known galaxies combined.
The glow is thought to be from orphaned stars flung out of galaxies.
The findings redefine what scientists think of as galaxies. Galaxies may not have a set boundary of stars, but instead stretch out to great distances, forming a vast, interconnected sea of stars.
Observations from the Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment, or CIBER, are helping settle a debate on whether this background infrared light in the universe, previously detected by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, comes from these streams of stripped stars too distant to be seen individually, or alternatively from the first galaxies to form in the universe.
“We think stars are being scattered out into space during galaxy collisions,” said Michael Zemcov, lead author of a new paper describing the results from the rocket project and an astronomer at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. “While we have previously observed cases where stars are flung from galaxies in a tidal stream, our new measurement implies this process is widespread.”
Using suborbital sounding rockets, which are smaller than those that carry satellites to space and are ideal for short experiments, CIBER captured wide-field pictures of the cosmic infrared background at two infrared wavelengths shorter than those seen by Spitzer.
Because our atmosphere itself glows brightly at these particular wavelengths of light, the measurements can only be done from space.
“It is wonderfully exciting for such a small NASA rocket to make such a huge discovery,” said Mike Garcia, program scientist from NASA Headquarters. “Sounding rockets are an important element in our balanced toolbox of missions from small to large.”
During the CIBER flights, the cameras launch into space, then snap pictures for about seven minutes before transmitting the data back to Earth.
Scientists masked out bright stars and galaxies from the pictures and carefully ruled out any light coming from more local sources, such as our own Milky Way galaxy. What's left is a map showing fluctuations in the remaining infrared background light, with splotches that are much bigger than individual galaxies.
The brightness of these fluctuations allows scientists to measure the total amount of background light.
To the surprise of the CIBER team, the maps revealed a dramatic excess of light beyond what comes from the galaxies.
The data showed that this infrared background light has a blue spectrum, which means it increases in brightness at shorter wavelengths.
This is evidence the light comes from a previously undetected population of stars between galaxies. Light from the first galaxies would give a spectrum of colors that is redder than what was seen.
“The light looks too bright and too blue to be coming from the first generation of galaxies,” said James Bock, principal investigator of the CIBER project from Caltech and JPL. “The simplest explanation, which best explains the measurements, is that many stars have been ripped from their galactic birthplace, and that the stripped stars emit on average about as much light as the galaxies themselves.”
Future experiments can test whether stray stars are indeed the source of the infrared cosmic glow. If the stars were tossed out from their parent galaxies, they should still be located in the same vicinity.
The CIBER team is working on better measurements using more infrared colors to learn how stripping of stars happened over cosmic history.
Results from two of four CIBER flights, both of which launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico in 2010 and 2012, appeared on Friday in the journal Science.
Dr. Tony Phillips works for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – Work continued on Saturday morning to fix a water main break that occurred late Friday night in Clearlake Oaks.
The water main break in the Clearlake Oaks County Water District system occurred before midnight in the area of Fourth Street, as Lake County News has reported.
Contractors for the district who were on scene Saturday said that a large oak tree was responsible for the break.
During droughts, oaks seek water wherever they can get it.
Approximately 100,000 gallons of water was lost in this break, according to the contractors on scene. That's compared to a recent break with a similar cause in Sonoma County, which lost two million gallons.
Residents on Fourth Street in the area of the break have been advised that they will have to boil their water for up to a week and a half.
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CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – A Clearlake Oaks County Water District crew was working early Saturday morning to repair a water main break that occurred late Friday.
The district confirmed to Lake County News shortly after 1:30 a.m. Saturday that the water main break occurred shortly before midnight in the area of Fourth Street and crews were working on it.
There was no estimated time of repair available from the district.
Lake County News received reports that residents were being advised by water district staff on scene to boil their water for a few days, although no written notice had yet been issued.
The main break led to gushing water which flooded up to Second Street, causing people to have to move their cars, according to reports from the scene.
Additional details will be posted as they become available.
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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – A vehicle pursuit on Tuesday night ended with the arrests of two Kelseyville residents and the seizure of marijuana, methamphetamine and hypodermic needles.
Lonnie Ray Scott, 43, and Michelle Lynn Havens, 48, were arrested following the pursuit, according to Lt. Steve Brooks.
At approximately 10:15 p.m. Tuesday a patrol deputy was working the Kelseyville area when he observed a motorcycle with two occupants fail to stop at the intersection of Cal Packing and Finley Road East, Brooks said.
He said the deputy followed the motorcycle as it turned onto Finley Road East towards Kelseyville and noticed the driver appeared to have difficulty maintaining balance of the motorcycle or a constant speed.
The motorcycle continued into Kelseyville on Big Valley Road and turned left onto Merritt. As the motorcycle came to the intersection of Merritt and Gunn, the driver failed to properly stop the motorcycle, Brooks said.
The deputy activated his emergency lights, attempting to conduct an enforcement stop of the motorcycle, Brooks said. The driver ignored the deputy and attempted to rapidly accelerate away.
Brooks said the deputy followed as the motorcycle turned right onto Willow and then right onto Park, failing to stop at the stop sign. The deputy continued to follow the motorcycle through Kelseyville as the driver attempted to elude law enforcement, while committing numerous vehicle code violations in the process.
The deputy said during the pursuit that the occupants appeared to be throwing narcotics and paraphernalia from the motorcycle, Brooks reported.
The motorcycle turned southbound on Highway 29, where it continued until it got to the intersection of Soda Bay Road, where it crossed over the double yellow lines into the opposing lane and ran the red light, turning left onto Soda Bay Road, Brooks said.
Brooks said the pursuit continued through the Clear Lake Riviera until the motorcycle turned onto Marina Drive, which is a dead end road.
Once the motorcycle reached the end of the pavement, the driver pulled over, Brooks said. Both Scott and Havens were taken into custody immediately and without further incident at that point.
Brooks said the vehicle pursuit was terminated after an estimated 17 minutes, covering approximately 15 miles.
The driver, identified as Scott, told deputies that his passenger had asked him to stop and explained that all of the drugs were his, Brooks said.
The passenger, identified as Havens, told deputies that she was Scott’s wife. Brooks said Havens said she told Scott several times to stop and denied throwing any narcotics during the pursuit.
A search of the motorcycle produced a duffel bag that contained a large amount of marijuana, a scale and hypodermic needles and syringes, Brooks said.
When deputies searched Scott, they located a large amount of methamphetamine. Brooks said the amount located was much more than what is typically carried for personal use.
Deputies also located a methamphetamine pipe, a small amount of marijuana in a plastic bag and a hypodermic needle and syringe in Scott’s possession. Brooks said all of the items were seized as evidence.
Brooks said Scott was arrested for evading a peace officer, possession of a controlled substance for sale, possession of marijuana for sale, being under the influence of a controlled substance, possession of controlled substance paraphernalia and destroying or concealing evidence. Havens was arrested for being under the influence of a controlled substance.
Both Havens and Scott were transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked, Brooks said.
The marijuana located inside the duffel bag was later weighed and had an approximate gross weight of 19 pounds. Brooks said the methamphetamine was also weighed and determined to have a gross weight of 7.39 grams.
Deputies searched the areas where items were thrown from the motorcycle and located several hypodermic needles and syringes, which were seized, according to Brooks.
The Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force can be reached through its anonymous tip line at 707-263-3663.
THE GEYSERS, Calif. – A 3.3-magnitude earthquake shook The Geysers area late Friday.
The quake occurred at 10:21 p.m., according to the US Geological Survey.
The survey said the quake's epicenter was just north northwest of The Geysers and 13 miles south southwest of Clearlake, at a depth of a mile and four-tenths.
Shake reports were submitted to the survey from Kelseyville and Middletown, and from out-of-county areas including Healdsburg, Saint Helena and Windsor.
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