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The event will take place Thursday, June 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Kelseyville Presbyterian Church, 5340 Third St.
Veterans must provide their ID cards or DD Forms 214.
The Stand Down offers immediate intervention support in the form of supplies and housing, employment services and other community resource information. Lunch will be served by Vet Connect volunteers.
Resources will be offered covering a variety of topics including veterans’ services, MPIC VetWorks, housing and homeless assistance, employment, safe medication disposal, emergency preparedness, employment assistance, child support assistance, respite care, and Woodland Community College, behavioral health, and substance abuse counseling services.
“In the military, ‘Stand Down’ afforded battle-weary soldiers the opportunity to renew their spirits, enjoy warm meals, receive medical and dental care, mail and receive letters, and enjoy the camaraderie of friends in a safe environment,” said Vet Connect Chair Chris Taliaferro.
“Today, ‘Stand Down’ refers to grassroots, community-based intervention programs designed to help the nation’s homeless veterans ‘combat’ life on the streets. Homeless veterans are invited to a single location and are provided access to the community resources needed to begin addressing their individual problems and start rebuilding their lives,” added Taliaferro.
Vet Connect committee members are asking the public to spread the word regarding the event so that local homeless or near homeless veterans can be reached and may benefit from the support available.
For more information, contact Taliaferro at
For updates, visit the Vet Connect Hookup Hub on Facebook.
Janine Smith-Citron is development director for Hospice Services of Lake County.
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In response to the ongoing supply chain challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and closure of a manufacturing facility earlier this year that further impacted supply, the order generally prohibits sellers from selling infant formula for a price that is more than 10% greater than the price they charged on Feb. 17, and gives additional tools to the California Department of Justice and Attorney General’s Office, district attorneys and other local law enforcement to take action against price gougers.
“California continues to take urgent action to support families feeling the impacts of the nationwide formula shortage. We’re connecting families in need with helpful resources and working to improve access for all parents and caregivers to keep California families safe and healthy,” said Gov. Newsom.
The California Department of Public Health’s Women, Infants and Children, or WIC, program has expanded the list of formula brands eligible for purchase with WIC benefits, enabling the state’s WIC participants to choose from more than 130 different formula brands.
WIC serves pregnant and postpartum women, infants and children with a gross income of no more than 185% of the federal poverty level.
Resources and tips for families, and additional information on the infant formula shortage, can be found on the CDPH Infant Formula web page.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Authorities have arrested a Cobb man for an early Tuesday morning shooting.
Hunter Christian Toles, 23, was arrested for attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon, said Lt. Corey Paulich of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
Paulich said sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the Rainbow Road area of Cobb Mountain at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday on the report of a female who had been shot.
He said deputies contacted the female victim who had sustained a nonlife threatening gunshot wound.
The victim was able to provide the location of the incident and the identity of the person who shot her and she was subsequently transported to a local hospital for treatment, Paulich said.
Paulich said the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit’s detectives served a search warrant with the assistance of the Sheriff’s Crisis Response Unit at a residence on Rainbow Road in Cobb.
It was there that Toles, who the victim had identified as the suspect, was taken into custody without incident, Paulich said.
Toles was transported to the Lake County Jail. Booking records show that Toles’ arrest occurred shortly after 6 a.m. and he was booked just after 9 a.m.
Counts on his booking sheet included battery with felonies of serious bodily injury, aggravated assault with a firearm and aggravated child abuse, and a misdemeanor of exhibiting a firearm in a threatening manner.
He remained in custody with bail set at $100,000 on Tuesday afternoon, based on his booking sheet.
Jail records show he is due to be arraigned in Lake County Superior Court on Thursday.
Paulich told Lake County News on Tuesday afternoon that detectives were still investigating and interviewing witnesses.
Regarding previous contacts the sheriff’s office had with Toles, Paulich said it was mostly with him as a reporting party in incidents.
Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact Detective Nate Newton at 707-262-4236.
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During the brief Monday afternoon sentencing, Judge Andrew Blum passed the sentence on 45-year-old Lakeport resident Susan Marie Marlowe.
Marlowe previously worked as a deputy public guardian and deputy public administrator for Lake County Adult Protective Services, which is part of Social Services.
In August, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office arrested Marlowe following a four-month-long investigation.
The sheriff’s office said Lake County Social Services reported the theft of debit cards from one of their offices at the start of April 2021, about three weeks after Marlowe’s employment ended with the county.
Those debit cards were issued as part of the economic impact payments to individuals who were under conservatorship with Social Services. A total of 21 of the cards, each with a value of $600, were reported missing, authorities said.
During the investigation it was determined Marlowe had access to the debit cards. Investigators also found that Marlowe had taken seven large withdrawals totaling $12,400 from the bank account of one of her conservatees. Authorities said Marlowe used fake invoices for repairs that didn’t occur to the conservatee’s home to take the funds.
A March complaint the District Attorney’s Office filed against Marlowe included five counts: elder abuse, embezzlement by a public officer, embezzlement, larceny and identity theft.
Through a plea agreement, Marlowe pleaded to the complaint’s count two, felony embezzlement by a public officer, with the rest of the counts dismissed with a Harvey Waiver so the court could consider the conduct in those counts in rendering a sentence. “This is especially important for restitution issues,” Senior Deputy District Attorney Rachel Abelson told Lake County News.
The plea agreement called for probation and a maximum of 120 days in county jail. “The decision of jail time was to be left open to the court if the court accepted the plea agreement,” Abelson said.
The Lake County Probation Department report recommended probation and 20 hours of community service, but no jail time, which Abelson argued against during the hearing. She said later she suspected no jail time was an oversight.
Pointing out that Marlowe had been in a position of trust as well as the amount of money taken, Abelson said she’d seen petty theft cases receive significantly more jail. She asked for the court to sentence Marlowe to 120 days in jail.
Defense attorney Sterling Thayer said the Probation Department isn’t shy about recommending tougher sentences, adding that petty theft cases involving people with records of repeated theft often do get more jail time.
However, Thayer argued that Marlowe’s case was an “isolated incident” and she wouldn’t err this way again. He said she was apologetic, realized what she did was wrong and has guaranteed she will pay restitution.
“Essentially she made a mistake and this is the best way to make amends,” to allow her to be on probation so she can pay people back, said Thayer, adding that putting her in jail will jeopardize her employment and her ability to pay back what was taken.
Judge Blum didn’t accept Thayer’s argument. “I was shocked that I saw Probation doesn't recommend that I give her any jail time,” he said, adding he didn’t agree with that recommendation.
As to whether jail time jeopardized Marlowe’s employment, “The fact that she stole from her last employer might do that too,” said Blum.
He said Marlowe was in a position of trust and stole COVID-19 relief money. “This is completely appropriate to give her a significant amount of jail time.”
Blum said the amount of money taken was large enough to justify a prison sentence, but Marlowe had no previous criminal record, which counted in her favor. He wanted her to pay restitution and said sending her to prison would make that more difficult. Blum also found she has the ability to pay fines and fees.
Blum sentenced Marlowe to two years formal probation and 20 hours of community service, pursuant to the plea agreement, and ordered her to serve 120 days at the Hill Road Jail. She did not previously serve any jail time so has zero time-served credits.
The judge asked Marlowe if she understood and accepted the terms.
Marlowe, who attended the sentencing via Zoom and appeared to be sitting in a vehicle, asked if she was eligible for an alternative work program or home detention.
Blum said those are the sheriff’s programs and so up to that agency, not the court. Thayer said he believed she was eligible for those programs.
In addition to the other terms of her sentence, Blum ordered Marlowe to pay fines and set her turn in date to the Hill Road Jail for 9 a.m. July 27. She also has to report to the Probation Department on Friday.
At Abelson’s request, Blum set an Aug. 3 restitution hearing for Marlowe’s victims.
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