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COBB, Calif. – A moderately sized earthquake occurred in the Cobb area Monday afternoon.
The quake was reported at 1:52 p.m. one mile east of The Geysers geothermal steamfield, four miles southwest of Cobb and five miles west northwest of Anderson Springs, according to a preliminary report from the US Geological Survey.
The survey said it was recorded at a depth of two-tenths of a mile.
No shake reports had been made to the agency by mid-afternoon.
For those who felt the quake, they can report it at http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc71926416#dyfi_form .
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – They come out at all hours of the day and night to search for people who are lost or to support law enforcement with other critical operations.
Now, Lake County Search and Rescue is asking for the community's assistance as it seeks to raise funds to support its mission of community service and to help one of its move valued members with recovery from an injury.
The Lake County Search and Rescue Association is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization that helps to find lost and missing persons on a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week basis. They come out rain or shine, every day of the year, holidays included.
Search and rescue is a good cause, involving hard work, usually done in the dark of night in inclement weather and often in very rough terrain.
They are involved in searches of the county's rural neighborhoods for lost or missing children and adults, but most often when they get a call, they know they're headed for the higher climbs and rough terrain.
One of Lake County Search and Rescue's popular members is search dog “Biscuit.”
Biscuit was injured in the line of duty, and Search and Rescue is trying to help raise funds to defray the $5,000 costs for surgery and rehabilitation.
Funds the group can raise also will help purchase cold weather gear for K-Corp, a Kelseyville High School student volunteer class.
While interest in joining is high among Lake County citizens, gear costs associated with membership can be prohibitive, and the group believes its ranks would grow if those financial burdens could be alleviated.
Search and Rescue is reaching out to organizations and individuals for support, and recently received a $500 donation from the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake.
Donations can be sent to Lake County Search and Rescue at P.O. Box 812, Lakeport, CA 95453. No amount is too small.
To learn more about the Lake County Search and Rescue Association and find out how you can support the organization, contact Jim Steele, president, at 707-998-1302.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – There is a colorful array of cats waiting for adoption this week at the county’s animal shelter.
Tabbies in shades of brown and orange, a lovely Siamese, a handsome tuxedo and gray cat, and a multicolored calico are waiting to meet you.
In addition to spaying or neutering, cats that are adopted from Lake County Animal Care and Control are microchipped before being released to their new owner. License fees do not apply to residents of the cities of Lakeport or Clearlake.
If you're looking for a new companion, visit the shelter. There are many great pets there, hoping you'll choose them.
The following cats at the Lake County Animal Care and Control shelter have been cleared for adoption (other cats pictured on the animal control Web site that are not listed here are still “on hold”).
Gray domestic short hair
This male domestic short hair mix is 1 year old.
He has green eyes, a short gray and white coat, and is of medium size. Shelter staff did not report if he had been altered.
Find him in cat room kennel No. 4, ID No. 35334.
Brown male tabby
This brown male tabby is 7 years old.
He has a short brown striped coat, and he’s been neutered.
He’s in cat room kennel No. 35, ID No. 35292.
Female domestic short hair mix
This female domestic short hair mix is 3 years old.
She has a long gray coat, is large in size, and has not yet been spayed.
Visit with her in cat room kennel No. 20, ID No. 35272.
Male orange tabby
This male orange tabby is 1 year old.
He has a short coat, weighs 9 pounds and has been neutered.
He’s in cat room kennel No. 81, ID No. 35198.
Dilute calico
This female dilute calico is 6 years old.
She has a long coat, is of medium size and has been spayed.
Find her in cat room kennel No. 88, ID No. 35347.
Siamese mix
This female Siamese mix is 5 years old.
She has a long luxurious coat, is large in size and has been spayed.
She’s in cat room kennel No. 100, ID No. 35293.
Adoptable cats also can be seen at http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Animal_Care_And_Control/Adopt/Cats_and_Kittens.htm or at www.petfinder.com .
Please note: Cats listed at the shelter's Web page that are said to be “on hold” are not yet cleared for adoption.
To fill out an adoption application online visit http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Animal_Care_And_Control/Adopt/Dog___Cat_Adoption_Application.htm .
Lake County Animal Care and Control is located at 4949 Helbush in Lakeport, next to the Hill Road Correctional Facility.
Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday. The shelter is open from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and on Saturday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Visit the shelter online at http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Animal_Care_And_Control.htm .
For more information call Lake County Animal Care and Control at 707-263-0278.
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The California Department of Child Support Services recognized California’s top performing local child support agencies for federal fiscal year 2012 at its statewide directors meeting last week.
“We are proud of the hard work that all our counties perform daily,” said Department of Child Support Services Interim Director Kathleen Hrepich. “Once each year, we recognize those counties that have exceeded the annual goals set for performance in the child support program. These top performers are to be especially commended, given the difficult economic conditions in which all child support professionals operate. Higher performance means more real dollars for California’s families and children.”
Hrepich presented awards for local child support agencies with the top overall performance, by caseload size, most improved performance on five federal performance measures, and dollars distributed.
The department also presented awards to 11 local agencies that increased their distributed collections by more than 3 percent over the previous year.
Those agencies included Lake, Marin, El Dorado, Kern, Imperial, Yuba, Colusa, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Butte and Contra Costa.
Lake, which the California Department of Child Support Services classifies as a “very small” county, had collections of $4.4 million with a 58.2 percent collection rate on current support, putting it among the lowest in terms of its collection rate percentage, according to a preliminary report on federal fiscal year 2012.
The special “Director’s Excellence Award” was presented to two counties: Marin and San Bernardino. For this award, the recipients not only had to exceed all five federal performance measures, but they also had to increase their total distributed collections by 3 percent or more over the previous year.
Five counties were honored for top overall performance by caseload size. They ranked highest among their caseload size in all federal performance measures: San Diego (very large county), Ventura (large), Sonoma (medium), San Luis Obispo (small) and Marin (very small).
Five child support agencies showed the most improvement in overall performance, by caseload size: San Diego (very large county), Stanislaus (large), Sonoma (medium), Napa (small) and Marin (very small).
The “Top 10 Award” for those that performed best out of all 51 agencies on overall performance are listed by ranking as follows: 1. Marin, 2. San Luis Obispo, 3. Plumas, 4. Sierra/Nevada, 5. El Dorado, 6. Sonoma, 7. Ventura, 8. Central Sierra (Amador/Alpine/Calaveras/Tuolumne), 8. Lassen and 10. Napa. Two agencies were tied for eighth.
Combined, the “Top 10” local child support agencies manage 4.9 percent of the state’s total caseload and distributed 6.7 percent of the state’s total distributed collections. They distributed $155,578,314 in child support during this past federal fiscal year.
The county chosen for having the greatest percentage increase over the prior year in distributed collections was Marin, which showed a 9.4 percent increase from federal fiscal year 2011 to federal fiscal year 2012.
The California Department of Child Support Services and the 51 local child support agencies operate the largest child support system in the nation with approximately 1.3 million cases.
In federal fiscal year 2012, which runs from October through September, California’s child support program collected and distributed more than $2.3 billion in child support payments.