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The kennels also have many dogs that need to be reunited with their owners. To find the lost/found pet section, click here.
The following dogs are ready for adoption.
‘Barkley’
“Barkley” is a male American Pit Bull Terrier mix with a short red coat.
He is dog No. 3528.
‘Blue’
“Blue” is a female Staffordshire Bull Terrier with a short blue and white coat.
He has been neutered.
He is dog No. 2420.
‘Blue’
This dog, also named “Blue,” is a male pit bull terrier mix with a short white and brindle coat.
He has been neutered.
He is dog No. 3539.
‘Bonbon’
“Bonbon” is a male pit bull terrier mix with a red coat and white markings.
He is dog No. 3606.
‘Duchess’
“Duchess” is a female Chihuahua mix puppy with a short tan coat and white markings.
She is dog No. 3618.
‘King’
“King” is a male purebred Staffordshire Bull Terrier with a short brindle coat.
He has been neutered.
He is dog No. 3034.
‘Lola’
“Lola” is a female pit bull terrier mix with a short red and white coat.
She has been spayed.
She is dog No. 3337.
‘Mack’
“Mack” is a male Labrador Retriever mix with a short black coat and white markings.
He has been neutered.
He is dog No. 3570.
‘Phoebe’
“Phoebe” is a female American Pit Bull Terrier mix with a short black and white coat.
She is dog No. 3483.
‘Roxy’
“Roxy” is a female German Shepherd mix with a medium-length black and tan coat.
She has been spayed.
She is dog No. 3545.
‘Savannah’
“Savannah” is a female Rhodesian Ridgeback mix with a short brindle coat.
She has been spayed.
Savannah is dog No. 3625.
‘Woodrow’
“Woodrow” is a male Staffordshire Bull Terrier with a black and white coat.
He is dog No. 3281.
Clearlake Animal Control’s shelter is located at 6820 Old Highway 53, off Airport Road.
Hours of operation are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The shelter is closed Sundays, Mondays and major holidays; the shelter offers appointments on the days it’s closed to accommodate people.
Call the Clearlake Animal Control shelter at 707-273-9440, or email
Visit Clearlake Animal Control on Facebook or at the city’s Web site.
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The event, hosted by Lake County News, will take place beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, in the Board of Supervisors chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St. in Lakeport.
Four candidates are seeking to succeed longtime District 5 Supervisor Rob Brown, who chose not to seek reelection.
Running for the seat are Kevin Ahajanian of Cobb; retired pharmacist Bill Kearney of Kelseyville; Jessica Pyska, an educator from Cobb; and Lily Woll, an English as a second language and Spanish teacher, from Kelseyville.
During the forum, they will answer a round of at least 10 questions.
Community members may submit questions at the event or by emailing moderator Elizabeth Larson at
The forum also will be recorded and posted online.
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What’s more, the temperature departure from average was the highest monthly departure ever recorded without an El Niño present in the tropical Pacific Ocean.
January 2020 marked the 44th consecutive January and the 421st consecutive month with temperatures, at least nominally, above the 20th-century average.
NOAA’s January global climate report found that the global land and ocean surface temperature was the highest on record at 2.05 degrees F (1.14 degrees C) above the 20th-century average. This surpassed the record set in January 2016 by 0.04 of a degree F (0.02 of a degree C).
The four warmest Januaries documented in the climate record have occurred since 2016; the 10 warmest have all occurred since 2002.
Breaking the month down by hemispheres, the Northern Hemisphere also had its warmest January on record, at 2.70 degrees F (1.50 degrees C) above average.
The Southern Hemisphere had a departure of 1.40 degrees F (0.78 of a degree C) above average – its second-warmest January on record after January 2016.
Mapping released with the report showed that it was the fifth-warmest January recorded for the contiguous 48 states, all of which had higher-than-average temperatures, while Alaska was colder.
More notable climate events in the January report:
– Lots of regional heat to go around. Record-warm temperatures were seen across parts of Scandinavia, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the central and western Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and Central and South America. No land or ocean areas had record-cold January temperatures.
– Polar sea ice coverage remained smaller than normal. Arctic sea ice extent (coverage) was 5.3 percent below the 1981-2010 average, tying with 2014 as the eighth-smallest January extent in the 42-year record. Antarctic sea ice coverage during January was 9.8 percent below the average and tied with January 2011 as the 10th smallest.
– Snow cover was lacking. Northern Hemisphere snow coverage was below the 1981-2010 average, having the 18th-smallest January snow cover in the 54-year record.
For a map of the world noting some of the most significant weather climate events that occurred during January 2020, visit here.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Middletown High School clinched top honors on Wednesday during the eighth annual Lake County Mock Trial Competition.
Middletown edged Upper Lake in the event, held at the Lake County Superior Court.
Middletown High now advances to the state finals in Los Angeles March 20 to 22.
During the Mock Trial, the teams take turns prosecuting and defending a fictional court case.
The Constitutional Rights Foundation, the organization that founded the Mock Trial, reported that this year’s case, “People v. Matsumoto,” concerns the trial of Bailey Matsumoto, the founder of a technology start-up that develops autonomous, or self-driving, trucks.
The fictional court case trial brief explains: “Bailey is charged with the murder of Bailey’s spouse, Taylor Matsumoto. The prosecution alleges that after Taylor’s son Michael died in a tragic accident using one of Bailey’s malfunctioning autonomous scooters, Taylor founded an organization called Parents Against Autonomous Driving (PAAD). Taylor’s involvement in PAAD began to financially impact Bailey’s autonomous truck company. The prosecution further argues that Bailey’s and Taylor’s relationship rapidly deteriorated. Just days before Taylor was set to testify in Washington, D.C., in support of a bill titled National Moratorium on Autonomous Technologies, Taylor was found dead, face down in Taylor’s bathtub. The prosecution claims that Bailey murdered Taylor with premeditation in order to prevent Taylor from testifying and to stop PAAD from succeeding.”
While the prosecution claimed that Bailey provided an already inebriated Taylor with alcohol, then hit Taylor on the head with a golf club – later found in Bailey’s car – causing Taylor to fall into the bathtub and drown, the defense argued that Taylor’s death was not a murder but was instead an unfortunate accident.
In the lead up to Wednesday’s county competition, both teams took part in a Mock Trial Scrimmage in mid-January against Mendocino County teams, according to Beth Hampson of the Lake County Office of Education.
On Wednesday, 35 students from Middletown and Upper Lake high schools participated.
Along the way, teachers and coaches have helped them prepare arguments and evidence, and practice their presentations for the county competition through Mock Trial classes at their schools, Hampson said.
For Middletown, teacher coach Lee Hoage and attorney coaches Jon Hopkins and Janina Hoskins have guided students, with teacher coaches Alex Stabiner and Anna Sabalone, and attorney coach Judy Conard helping the Upper Lake team.
Hampson said this year’s competition was made possible with the support of volunteer Judge J. David Markham, who heard the arguments, and volunteer attorney scorers Daniel Flesch, Megan Lankford and Kaly Rule.
Individual recognition was given to the following students for outstanding performances in the Mock Trial. They include:
– Outstanding Prosecution Pretrial Motion Attorney: Alana Sanchez, Upper Lake High School.
– Outstanding Defense Attorney: Erica Kinsel, Middletown High School.
– Outstanding Prosecution Attorney: Henry Fenk, Middletown High School.
– Outstanding Defense Witness: Jasmine Haro, Upper Lake High School.
– Outstanding Prosecution Witness: Richard Guaydacan, Upper Lake High School.
– Outstanding Clerk/Bailiff: Richard Perez, Upper Lake High School.
The Lake County Bar Association and Lake County Friends of Mendocino College are supporting Middletown High’s trip to Los Angeles for the state event.
Lake County’s Mock Trial competition is run in partnership with the Constitutional Rights Foundation, Superior Court of California, Lake County, and Lake County Office of Education.
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