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NORTH COAST, Calif. – The county of Mendocino has declared a public health emergency in order to prepare for future novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, activity in the community.
The action was taken in partnership with Mendocino County Chief Executive Officer/Office of Emergency Services Director Carmel J. Angelo and Mendocino County Health Officer Dr. Noemi Doohan.
While Mendocino County still has zero cases of COVID-19 and zero persons under investigation, officials said this emergency declaration has been made proactively as surrounding counties do have recent COVID-19 activity.
A declaration of emergency is a legal document that opens the door to further resources and coordination between local, state and federal agencies; helps speed up emergency planning; and, assists in emergency contracts or staffing.
This declaration also allows for reimbursement by state and federal governments for local government initiatives that lessen the impact of an emergency.
“The situation surrounding this novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, continues to evolve rapidly,” said Dr. Doohan. “This declaration will allow us as a county to deploy additional state and federal resources, and I am confident that this will help us be as prepared as possible to respond to COVID-19 activity.”
Mendocino County has worked daily with local, state and national officials since early January to monitor and respond to COVID-19.
Mendocino County Public Health is working in close coordination with the California Department of Public Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as health care providers throughout the Mendocino County.
The action was taken in partnership with Mendocino County Chief Executive Officer/Office of Emergency Services Director Carmel J. Angelo and Mendocino County Health Officer Dr. Noemi Doohan.
While Mendocino County still has zero cases of COVID-19 and zero persons under investigation, officials said this emergency declaration has been made proactively as surrounding counties do have recent COVID-19 activity.
A declaration of emergency is a legal document that opens the door to further resources and coordination between local, state and federal agencies; helps speed up emergency planning; and, assists in emergency contracts or staffing.
This declaration also allows for reimbursement by state and federal governments for local government initiatives that lessen the impact of an emergency.
“The situation surrounding this novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, continues to evolve rapidly,” said Dr. Doohan. “This declaration will allow us as a county to deploy additional state and federal resources, and I am confident that this will help us be as prepared as possible to respond to COVID-19 activity.”
Mendocino County has worked daily with local, state and national officials since early January to monitor and respond to COVID-19.
Mendocino County Public Health is working in close coordination with the California Department of Public Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as health care providers throughout the Mendocino County.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Two incumbents on the Lake County Board of Supervisors appeared headed for reelection in preliminary voting results from Tuesday’s primary that were posted overnight, while another race is expected to go to a November runoff.
Just before 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, the Lake County Registrar of Voters Office issued the final report on the preliminary results for the Super Tuesday presidential primary, which showed 70 of 70 precincts reporting.
Those results are far from final. There are expected to be thousands of ballots left to count including many still on their way to the elections office that were mailed by the deadline this week.
Key local races on this week’s ballot included the District 1 and 4 seats on the Board of Supervisors, with first-term incumbents Moke Simon and Tina Scott seeking reelection.
In the District 1 race, preliminary results showed Simon topping challenger Julia Mary Bono.
Simon received 1,055 votes or 78.32 percent, while Bono had 292 votes or 21.68 percent.
For District 4, preliminary results showed Scott with 1,115 votes or 60.73 percent, with challenger Chris Almind receiving 721 votes or 39.27 percent.
In the case of both Simon and Scott, they needed simple majorities to be reelected.
In the case of the District 5 supervisorial seat, wide open because incumbent Rob Brown did not seek reelection, the race appears headed for a November runoff.
To win outright in the primary in a race with more than two candidates, the top vote-getter needs 50 percent of the vote plus one.
In the four-way race, Jessica Pyska of Cobb was the top vote-getter in the preliminary results, with 822 votes or 46.18 percent.
Following Pyska in the vote totals is retired pharmacist Bill Kearney of Kelseyville, with 556 votes or 21.24 percent. Next is teacher Lily Woll of Kelseyville with 360 votes or 20.22 percent, and activist Kevin Ahajanian of Cobb with 42 votes or 2.36 percent.
A key race for which no numbers were available in the election’s office’s overnight count posted online was the Lake County Superior Court judge’s race.
Incumbent J. David Markham and challenger Lisa Proffitt-O’Brien are both running as qualified write-in candidates for the seat.
Those results appear to require more work because they were not printed on the ballot but written in by voters.
Also on Tuesday, voters in Lake and seven other counties voted on Measure C, a bond measure for the Woodland Community College.
Based on preliminary results across those counties reported early Wednesday, Measure C appears headed for defeat in an almost two-to-one margin.
The California Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s office reported that counties have until April 3 to complete and certify their vote count.
“Election results will change as vote-by-mail ballots, provisional ballots, and Same Day Voter Registrations are processed,” the Secretary of State’s Office reported.
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Just before 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, the Lake County Registrar of Voters Office issued the final report on the preliminary results for the Super Tuesday presidential primary, which showed 70 of 70 precincts reporting.
Those results are far from final. There are expected to be thousands of ballots left to count including many still on their way to the elections office that were mailed by the deadline this week.
Key local races on this week’s ballot included the District 1 and 4 seats on the Board of Supervisors, with first-term incumbents Moke Simon and Tina Scott seeking reelection.
In the District 1 race, preliminary results showed Simon topping challenger Julia Mary Bono.
Simon received 1,055 votes or 78.32 percent, while Bono had 292 votes or 21.68 percent.
For District 4, preliminary results showed Scott with 1,115 votes or 60.73 percent, with challenger Chris Almind receiving 721 votes or 39.27 percent.
In the case of both Simon and Scott, they needed simple majorities to be reelected.
In the case of the District 5 supervisorial seat, wide open because incumbent Rob Brown did not seek reelection, the race appears headed for a November runoff.
To win outright in the primary in a race with more than two candidates, the top vote-getter needs 50 percent of the vote plus one.
In the four-way race, Jessica Pyska of Cobb was the top vote-getter in the preliminary results, with 822 votes or 46.18 percent.
Following Pyska in the vote totals is retired pharmacist Bill Kearney of Kelseyville, with 556 votes or 21.24 percent. Next is teacher Lily Woll of Kelseyville with 360 votes or 20.22 percent, and activist Kevin Ahajanian of Cobb with 42 votes or 2.36 percent.
A key race for which no numbers were available in the election’s office’s overnight count posted online was the Lake County Superior Court judge’s race.
Incumbent J. David Markham and challenger Lisa Proffitt-O’Brien are both running as qualified write-in candidates for the seat.
Those results appear to require more work because they were not printed on the ballot but written in by voters.
Also on Tuesday, voters in Lake and seven other counties voted on Measure C, a bond measure for the Woodland Community College.
Based on preliminary results across those counties reported early Wednesday, Measure C appears headed for defeat in an almost two-to-one margin.
The California Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s office reported that counties have until April 3 to complete and certify their vote count.
“Election results will change as vote-by-mail ballots, provisional ballots, and Same Day Voter Registrations are processed,” the Secretary of State’s Office reported.
Email Elizabeth Larson at
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County voters in the Super Tuesday presidential primary sent several state and federal candidates on to the next step in their bids for election or reelection.
On the ballot in Lake County were the seats for District 4 Assembly and congressional seats for Districts 3 and 5.
In the District 4 Assembly race, with 96.3 percent of precincts reporting across six counties, including Lake, the incumbent, Democrat Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, received 40,128 votes or 55.4 percent, with Republican Matthew Nelson receiving 25,129 votes, or 34.7 percent, and Democrat Sophia Racke receiving 7,218 votes or 10 percent of the vote, according to the Secretary of State’s online reporting.
Aguiar-Curry and Nelson will advance to a runoff in November.
Both of Lake County’s incumbent members of Congress were the top vote-getters in their respective races.
For Congressional District 3, which covers eight counties, with 91.1 percent of precincts reporting, Democrat John Garamendi received 60,259 votes or 55.7 percent, while Republicans Tamika Hamilton received 31,986 votes or 29.6 percent and Sea Feucht received 15,901 votes or 14.7 percent. Garamendi and Hamilton will advance to November.
For Congressional District 5, which covers five counties, with 99 percent of precincts reporting, Democrat Mike Thompson received 79,879 votes or 65.9 percent, followed by Republican Scott Giblin with 27,904 votes or 23 percent; Democrat John Wesley Tyler, 10,327 votes or 8.5 percent; and Democrat Jason Kishineff, 3,066 votes or 2.5 percent. Thompson and Giblin advance to November.
State ballot measure Proposition 13, which would authorize bonds to fund public education facilities, appears headed for defeat.
With 87.3 percent of precincts reporting across the state, the measure has received a no vote of 2,643,437 or 56.1 percent, versus a yes vote of 2,065,111 or 43.9 percent.
In the presidential race, statewide, among Republicans, President Donald Trump handily won while for Democrats, Sen. Bernie Sanders led across the state. Sanders also led in Lake County’s preliminary results, followed by former Vice President Joe Biden.
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On the ballot in Lake County were the seats for District 4 Assembly and congressional seats for Districts 3 and 5.
In the District 4 Assembly race, with 96.3 percent of precincts reporting across six counties, including Lake, the incumbent, Democrat Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, received 40,128 votes or 55.4 percent, with Republican Matthew Nelson receiving 25,129 votes, or 34.7 percent, and Democrat Sophia Racke receiving 7,218 votes or 10 percent of the vote, according to the Secretary of State’s online reporting.
Aguiar-Curry and Nelson will advance to a runoff in November.
Both of Lake County’s incumbent members of Congress were the top vote-getters in their respective races.
For Congressional District 3, which covers eight counties, with 91.1 percent of precincts reporting, Democrat John Garamendi received 60,259 votes or 55.7 percent, while Republicans Tamika Hamilton received 31,986 votes or 29.6 percent and Sea Feucht received 15,901 votes or 14.7 percent. Garamendi and Hamilton will advance to November.
For Congressional District 5, which covers five counties, with 99 percent of precincts reporting, Democrat Mike Thompson received 79,879 votes or 65.9 percent, followed by Republican Scott Giblin with 27,904 votes or 23 percent; Democrat John Wesley Tyler, 10,327 votes or 8.5 percent; and Democrat Jason Kishineff, 3,066 votes or 2.5 percent. Thompson and Giblin advance to November.
State ballot measure Proposition 13, which would authorize bonds to fund public education facilities, appears headed for defeat.
With 87.3 percent of precincts reporting across the state, the measure has received a no vote of 2,643,437 or 56.1 percent, versus a yes vote of 2,065,111 or 43.9 percent.
In the presidential race, statewide, among Republicans, President Donald Trump handily won while for Democrats, Sen. Bernie Sanders led across the state. Sanders also led in Lake County’s preliminary results, followed by former Vice President Joe Biden.
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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake City Council this week will consider fixes to an ordinance regarding commercial cannabis regulatory permits and the acceptance of state grant funds to help the city prepare for public safety power shutoffs.
The council will meet beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 5, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
During the meeting, the council will present a proclamation declaring March 2020 as March for Meals Month and receive the annual report and budget from the PEG Station.
Under business, council members will discuss and give direction to staff regarding commercial cannabis regulatory permits, with corrections to be brought back to the March 19 meeting.
City Attorney Ryan Jones’ report explained that the council passed Ordinance No. 229-2019 regulating commercial cannabis regulatory permits on June 13.
He said that, during the codification process, staff discovered a typo as well as a need to clarify the council’s “intent in relation to suspension/revocation of the commercial cannabis regulatory permit,” as there are inconsistencies in the document.
Staff also will ask the council to amend the fiscal year 2019-20 Adopted Budget to include grant revenue of $268,500 awarded from the California Office of Emergency Services for the Public Safety Power Shutoff Resiliency Allocation to Cities grant.
The Cal OES request for proposals explains that the grants are meant for California incorporated cities to prepare for and respond to public safety power shutoff events.
“Funds appropriated may be used to procure fixed, long term emergency electrical generation equipment, continuity plans, risk assessments for critical infrastructure, post event reports, public education materials or supplies to prepare for electric disruption,” the document said.
Interim Finance Director Jill Martin’s report to the council explains that specific purchases needing council approval will be brought back for approval upon receipt of the funds.
On the meeting's consent agenda – items that are not considered controversial and are usually adopted on a single vote – are warrant registers; receipt and filing of the Clearlake Waste Solutions annual report; consideration of continuing a declaration of local emergency issued on Oct. 9, 2017, and ratified by council action on Oct. 12, 2017, and set review for the next council meeting; and consideration of updating the city’s travel per diem, Resolution No. 2020-08
Adopt resolution.
The council also will hold a closed session to discuss ongoing litigation involving Pacific Gas and Electric Corp.
Email Elizabeth Larson atThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Follow her on Twitter, @ERLarson, or Lake County News, @LakeCoNews.
The council will meet beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 5, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
During the meeting, the council will present a proclamation declaring March 2020 as March for Meals Month and receive the annual report and budget from the PEG Station.
Under business, council members will discuss and give direction to staff regarding commercial cannabis regulatory permits, with corrections to be brought back to the March 19 meeting.
City Attorney Ryan Jones’ report explained that the council passed Ordinance No. 229-2019 regulating commercial cannabis regulatory permits on June 13.
He said that, during the codification process, staff discovered a typo as well as a need to clarify the council’s “intent in relation to suspension/revocation of the commercial cannabis regulatory permit,” as there are inconsistencies in the document.
Staff also will ask the council to amend the fiscal year 2019-20 Adopted Budget to include grant revenue of $268,500 awarded from the California Office of Emergency Services for the Public Safety Power Shutoff Resiliency Allocation to Cities grant.
The Cal OES request for proposals explains that the grants are meant for California incorporated cities to prepare for and respond to public safety power shutoff events.
“Funds appropriated may be used to procure fixed, long term emergency electrical generation equipment, continuity plans, risk assessments for critical infrastructure, post event reports, public education materials or supplies to prepare for electric disruption,” the document said.
Interim Finance Director Jill Martin’s report to the council explains that specific purchases needing council approval will be brought back for approval upon receipt of the funds.
On the meeting's consent agenda – items that are not considered controversial and are usually adopted on a single vote – are warrant registers; receipt and filing of the Clearlake Waste Solutions annual report; consideration of continuing a declaration of local emergency issued on Oct. 9, 2017, and ratified by council action on Oct. 12, 2017, and set review for the next council meeting; and consideration of updating the city’s travel per diem, Resolution No. 2020-08
Adopt resolution.
The council also will hold a closed session to discuss ongoing litigation involving Pacific Gas and Electric Corp.
Email Elizabeth Larson at
030520 Clearlake City Council Agenda Packet by LakeCoNews on Scribd
LAKEPORT, Calif. – In an effort to expand its partnership with the community, the Lakeport Police Department is launching a surveillance camera registration program.
If you have a residential, commercial or industrial security camera, the Lakeport Police Department would like to partner with you.
Security camera systems can be a powerful tool in helping deter crime as well as identify offenders and free innocent persons from suspicion when incidents are captured on video.
The police department said community members’ participation in this program will help strengthen the department’s investigative ability and give it an easier way to communicate more effectively with potential witnesses, further enhancing the safety of the community.
Police said you may have video of a crime that occurred in your neighborhood and not even know it.
Registering a camera system with your police department does not give the ability to freely access your cameras, claim ownership of or dictate your camera system’s function. This is simply a contact database that will provide possible camera system footage related to crime in your area.
Also, there is no cost to participants.
Referring to this database when investigating a crime will aid in identifying camera systems that may have captured additional leads or evidence video footage. The police will then contact the camera’s owner in an attempt to preserve, view and potential secure footage segments valuable to the investigation.
Police said this partnership can greatly expedite and enhance investigations with the potential of quickly apprehending suspects, securing valuable evidence for prosecution and clearing uninvolved subjects.
Participation in this partnership does not alter your rights to privacy in any way, is completely voluntary and may be withdrawn at any time.
The agency said it will treat your information as confidential and take a legal means to protect it.
To register, visit https://www.cityoflakeport.com/police/Camera.php .
When purchasing a new surveillance system, please keep the following in mind:
– The higher the resolution of the camera, the more helpful the footage will be;
– A minimum of 20-day information storage is recommended;
– Cameras should face the entrance and exit points; and,
– Cameras should be placed on private property only.
If you have a residential, commercial or industrial security camera, the Lakeport Police Department would like to partner with you.
Security camera systems can be a powerful tool in helping deter crime as well as identify offenders and free innocent persons from suspicion when incidents are captured on video.
The police department said community members’ participation in this program will help strengthen the department’s investigative ability and give it an easier way to communicate more effectively with potential witnesses, further enhancing the safety of the community.
Police said you may have video of a crime that occurred in your neighborhood and not even know it.
Registering a camera system with your police department does not give the ability to freely access your cameras, claim ownership of or dictate your camera system’s function. This is simply a contact database that will provide possible camera system footage related to crime in your area.
Also, there is no cost to participants.
Referring to this database when investigating a crime will aid in identifying camera systems that may have captured additional leads or evidence video footage. The police will then contact the camera’s owner in an attempt to preserve, view and potential secure footage segments valuable to the investigation.
Police said this partnership can greatly expedite and enhance investigations with the potential of quickly apprehending suspects, securing valuable evidence for prosecution and clearing uninvolved subjects.
Participation in this partnership does not alter your rights to privacy in any way, is completely voluntary and may be withdrawn at any time.
The agency said it will treat your information as confidential and take a legal means to protect it.
To register, visit https://www.cityoflakeport.com/police/Camera.php .
When purchasing a new surveillance system, please keep the following in mind:
– The higher the resolution of the camera, the more helpful the footage will be;
– A minimum of 20-day information storage is recommended;
– Cameras should face the entrance and exit points; and,
– Cameras should be placed on private property only.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – After burning for a week on the Covelo Ranger District of the Mendocino National Forest, the Baseball fire reached 100-percent containment on Tuesday.
The 211-acre fire is located about 15 miles southeast of Covelo in Mendocino and Glenn counties.
Forest officials reported that fire crews will continue to mop up and patrol the fire until the fire is considered out.
The fire started on Tuesday, Feb. 25, after debris piles that were burned several weeks ago reignited on the Baseball prescribed fire project, as Lake County News has reported.
The fire has burned at a low to moderate rate in a mosaic pattern similar to the desired effects from a prescribed fire, forest officials said.
“The Baseball Project is a multi-year effort aimed at improving wildlife habitat, decreasing stand density, reducing hazard fuels and decreasing fire intensity in the event of a future wildfire,” said Covelo District Ranger Frank Aebly. “It was the previous thinning and prescribed burning activities on this project over the years that helped prevent the fire from spreading rapidly and negatively impacting the area.”