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In collaboration with the county of Lake, Lake County Economic Development Corp., or Lake County EDC, has launched the Small Business Grant Program, funded by the CARES Act, the grant program will provide.
On Wednesday, Oct. 21, Lake County EDC will launch an online grant application portal on its website.
Grants will be funded in amounts up to $20,000 per business on a first-come, first-served basis until Dec. 9.
For businesses looking for grant application details, information can be found on the Lake EDC website.
Staff will host a webinar at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 23, to review eligibility and the application process.
Registration for the webinar can be found on Lake EDC’s website and Facebook page.
If you are unable to attend the webinar, a recording will be published on the website.
The Lake County EDC may be contacted at 707-263-6217.
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The Security Camera Registration Program allows residents and business owners to register the locations of their video surveillance systems with the sheriff’s office, said Lt. Corey Paulich.
When a crime occurs, Paulich said deputies will easily be able to identify the locations of nearby video cameras and enlist the assistance of the community to help deputies collect video evidence and follow up on leads.
Through this program, the sheriff’s office will be able to directly contact participants who are using video in an area in which a crime occurred. Paulich said deputies would ask participants to check their video surveillance system for a specific date and time for video that may show activity involved with a crime. If any video evidence is found, the resident or business owner can make arrangements with deputies for video retrieval.
Paulich said registration in this program is voluntary and there is no cost associated with registration.
Registering your information does not provide the sheriff’s office with direct access to your security cameras, Paulich said. Participants may remove or make changes to their registration at any time. They will only be contacted by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office if there is a criminal incident in the vicinity of their security camera.
If you have security cameras at your home or business and are interested in this program or would like additional information please visit the sheriff’s Security Camera Registration Program webpage or call Lt. Luke Bingham at 707-262-4082.
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The fire weather watch is in effect from 10 p.m. Wednesday until 11 a.m. Friday.
The forecast calls for north to northeast winds of 10 to 20 miles per hour with gusts from 20 to 40 miles per hour and low humidity.
PG&E said its meteorologists are continuing to monitor a potentially strong and dry offshore wind event forecast to start Wednesday evening.
As a result, PG&E said approximately 53,533 customers have been notified in portions of Alameda, Butte, Colusa, Contra Costa, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Napa, Plumas, Santa Clara, Shasta, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo and Yuba, where a PSPS watch is now in effect.
PG&E said 963 customers in Lake County, including 69 Medical Baseline customers, are still expected to be impacted if the shutoff goes forward. Mapping shows the impacted customers are in Cobb, Clearlake Oaks, Lower Lake and Middletown.
During the Tuesday evening Lakeport City Council meeting, City Manager Kevin Ingram confirmed that the Lakeport area is not targeted for shutoff this week.
He said city staff also is monitoring a possible PSPS event that could take place next week.
Customers can look up their address online to find out if their location is being monitored for the potential safety shutoff at www.pge.com/pspsupdates .
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said it is anticipating that it may shut off power to 50,000 customers in portions of 19 counties starting Wednesday night due to another incoming wind event, with nearly 1,000 Lake County customers among those anticipated to be impacted.
The company said it began notifying customers on Monday of the public safety power shutoff, which could take place as early as Wednesday evening.
PG&E said that while there is still uncertainty regarding the strength and timing of this weather wind event, it’s shutoff is forecast to target approximately 50,414 customers in portions of 19 counties, including Alameda, Butte, Colusa, Contra Costa, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Napa, Plumas, Santa Clara, Shasta, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo and Yuba. A small number of customers in two tribal communities may also be affected.
In Lake County, 963 customers – 69 of them in the Medical Baseline program – are in the proposed outage area. Lake’s customers appear to be primarily located in the Clearlake Oaks, Cobb, Lower Lake and Middletown areas, based on PG&E mapping.
If the shutoff goes forward, power to the impacted Lake County residents is expected to be turned off between 2 and 6 a.m. Thursday, with power to be restored by 10 p.m. Friday once power equipment is inspected for damage and cleared for reenergizing.
In Lake’s neighboring counties, the following numbers are reported for impacted customers: Colusa, 565 customers, 31 Medical Baseline customers; Glenn, 377 customers, 18 Medical Baseline customers; Napa, 2,032 customers, 82 Medical Baseline customers; Sonoma, 626 customers,18 Medical Baseline customers; and Yolo, 11 customers, 0 Medical Baseline customers.
PG&E said, in the event the shutoff goes forward, it will open a community resource center at the Clearlake Senior Center, 3245 Bowers Ave. in Clearlake.
The community resource center will be open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and will offer snacks and water, air-conditioning/heating, device charging, ice, ADA-accessible restroom and washing station, seating, small medical device charging and Wi-Fi.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the center will follow important health and safety protocols including:
– Facial coverings and maintaining a physical distance of at least 6 feet from those who are not part of the same household will be required.
– Temperature checks will be administered before entering centers that are located indoors.
– Center staff will be trained in COVID-19 precautions and will regularly sanitize surfaces and use Plexiglass barriers at check-in.
– All centers will follow county and state requirements regarding COVID-19, including limits on the number of customers permitted indoors at any time.
For more information on the potential outage, visit the PG&E website.
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