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City Public Works Director Doug Grider originally had estimated in November that the project would start on Dec. 23. Last month, he updated the Lakeport City Council to report that the contractor was to get the sheet pile through the holidays in order to start by Jan. 6.
Grider has since reported that the sheet pile manufacturer had a breakdown and so the sheet pile won’t be ready until the end of January.
The cinder block seawall was destroyed in the February 2017 storms as the result of being battered by heavy waves, as Lake County News has reported.
In November, the Lakeport City Council held a special meeting to approve the contract with West Coast Contractors Inc., which also does business as Oregon West Coast Contractors, which is based in Coos Bay, Oregon. The company specializes in such projects.
West Coast Contractors’ bid came in at $799,773, well below the city’s $1 million cost estimate.
Grider and his staff have pursued a difficult and complex process through the Federal Emergency Management Agency to get funding to build a new 534-foot-long wall at the 100-year flood level.
As a result, FEMA will pay for all but a 6.38-percent match the city will be required to cover, which will come from the city’s insurance.
The city’s goal is to have the project completed by the spring in order to be able to have the chain link fence that has cordoned off the damaged seawall and sidewalk removed for the busy summer season.
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For the past couple of years, due to a lack of staff resources, the police department has not been able to consistently enforce two-hour parking, the agency said.
However, the department said it continues to receive complaints that many people continue to violate the two-hour limit downtown and around the courthouse area.
Police said the situation is becoming problematic for the downtown businesses because vehicles left all day in front of businesses may create a loss of revenue for the business.
Due to the numerous reporting of parking violations, the police department said it will be immediately conducting more parking enforcement.
Additionally, the agency is looking at expanding resources and technology to more efficiently enforce parking violations.
That includes looking at a contract with a parking enforcement company to process citations and collect fines to include liens on vehicles for persons who fail to pay citations.
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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.
‘Blue’
“Blue” is a female Staffordshire Bull Terrier with a short blue and white coat.
He has been neutered.
He is dog No. 2420.
‘Charlotte’
“Charlotte” is a female Akita mix.
She is dog No. 3040.
‘Chris’
“Chris” is a male American Staffordshire Terrier mix with a short brindle and white coat.
He has been neutered.
Chris is dog No. 3319.
‘Clarice’
“Clarice” is a female German Shepherd mix puppy.
She has been spayed.
She is dog No. 3402.
‘Eve’
“Eve” is a female American bully with a short brindle and white coat.
She is dog No. 3480.
‘Fable’
“Fable” is a female Alaskan Malamute mix with a brown and buff coat.
She is dog No. 3044.
‘King’
“King” is a male purebred Staffordshire Bull Terrier with a short brindle coat.
He has been neutered.
He is dog No. 3034.
‘Linus’
“Linus” is a male Staffordshire Bull Terrier mix with a short gray and white coat.
He is dog No. 3255.
‘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.
‘Nook’
“Nook” is a male American Staffordshire Terrier mix with a short brindle and white coat.
He is dog No. 3415.
‘Spice’
“Spice” is a female pug mix with a short tan coat and black markings.
She has been spayed.
Spice is dog No. 3033.
‘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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Earth’s warming trend continued in 2019, making it the second-hottest year in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s 140-year climate record, just behind 2016.
A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and changes in sea ice coverage.
The world’s five warmest years have all occurred since 2015 with nine of the 10 warmest years occurring since 2005, according to scientists from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.
It was also the 43rd consecutive year with global land and ocean temperatures, at least nominally, above average.
The average temperature across the globe in 2019 was 1.71 degrees F (0.95 of a degree C) above the 20th-century average and just 0.07 of a degree F (0.04 of a degree C) cooler than the 2016 record.
Ocean heat content, which describes the amount of heat stored in the upper-levels of the ocean, was the highest ever recorded. High ocean-heat content can contribute to sea-level rise.
2019 as ranked by other scientific organizations
NASA scientists, who conducted a separate but similar analysis, concurred with NOAA’s ranking. NASA also found that 2010-2019 was the hottest decade ever recorded.
Scientists from the United Kingdom Met Office determined that 2019 was one of the top-three hottest years on record, and the World Meteorological Organizationoffsite link also ranked 2019 second warmest for the globe.
More NOAA findings for 2019
– The declining state of sea ice: Polar sea ice coverage continued its downward trend in 2019. Both the Arctic and Antarctic oceans recorded their second-smallest average annual sea-ice coverage during the 1979–2019 period of record.
– December 2019 was near-record warm: The month was in fact Earth’s second-hottest December on record, logging an average temperature 1.89 degrees F (1.05 degrees C) above the 20th-century average. Only December 2015 was warmer.
– Continents baked: Parts of central Europe, Asia, Australia, southern Africa (including the island of Madagascar), New Zealand, Alaska, Mexico and eastern South America had record-high average land temperatures in 2019.
– The annual globally averaged sea surface temperature was the second highest on record at 1.39 degrees F (0.77 of a degree C) above the 20th-century average and just behind 2016.
– Northern Hemisphere snow cover was close to average in 2019, at 9.57 million square miles.