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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Local police officers helped spread Christmas cheer on Tuesday morning to several local families.
On Christmas morning the Clearlake Police Department Peace Officers Association held its annual Christmas present giveaway to deserving families in need.
This year has been a financially difficult year, yet the police officer’s association came together to select three families.
Early on Christmas morning, Det. Tim Alvarado and Det. Travis Lenz were accompanied by Santa Claus as they set out into the city to spread Christmas joy.
All the families selected were extremely appreciative in the receiving of gifts and the police officer association thanked the families for allowing them into their homes during this holiday.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A young Clearlake man shot in the face during a Sunday confrontation remains hospitalized and in intensive care due to his injuries, with family saying his condition has worsened.
Steven Farnan, 20, was shot in the face following a physical fight that occurred at around 1 p.m. Sunday in the Clear Lake Riviera, as Lake County News has reported.
He fought with a subject at a residence in the 10000 block of Fairway Drive near Sierra Drive before another male shot him, according to witnesses.
Reports from the scene indicated the suspects fled the area in a blue hatchback.
As of early Tuesday, no arrests in the case had been made, according to jail booking records.
Farnan, now at an out-of-county hospital for treatment, suffered a shattered jaw from the gunshot, with the bullet going down his neck and hitting an artery. Early on, doctors had struggled to stop the bleeding before finally stabilizing him, his family reported.
However, early Tuesday his aunt, Kimberly Cochran of Montana, told Lake County News that Farnan had taken a turn for the worse.
She said he was in intensive care and that doctors could not do surgery to remove the bullet from his neck.
Cochran added that doctors are not sure if Farnan will survive his injury.
Farnan’s family asked anyone who has information about the suspect in his shooting to call the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office can be reached through Central Dispatch at 707-263-2690 on the holiday or at 707-262-4200 during main business hours.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The wet fall and early winter are helping water supplies locally and around the state.
The rains over the last several weeks have pushed the level of Clear Lake up to its highest measure in more than a decade, according to lake records provided by Lake County Water Resources.
At the start of December Clear Lake went form roughly 2 feet Rumsey – the special measure used just for Clear Lake – to 5.25 feet Rumsey as of early Christmas morning, according to the US Geological Survey’s lake gauge.
That’s nearly twice the lake’s depth on Christmas 2011, and higher than all lake levels for Dec. 24 from 2001 through 2012, based on available records.
US Geological Survey gauges on streams around the county also show much increased depths.
Casse Forczek of Kelseyville has watched Kelsey Creek swell to the point of nearly overrunning its banks twice in the past month.
She shared a photo of the creek from earlier this week, which can be seen below, at the point of nearly overflowing.
Elsewhere in the state, rain and snow are helping California’s snowpack – a major water source for the state’s water users – bulk up.
Snowpack measurements provided through the California Department of Water Resources’ California Data Exchange Center early Tuesday showed that the statewide snowpack to be 119 percent of normal.
Showing how quickly such numbers can change, it had been at 140 percent of normal on Monday, Department of Water Resources data showed.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – This handsome fellow is looking for a new companion or family who would welcome him into their home.
This male cat is a 7-year-old domestic long hair mix.
He has gold eyes, a long gray coat and weighs nearly 10 pounds.
He’s been neutered and vaccinated, and is ready to go home with a new owner once their application is approved.
Find him in cat room kennel No. 90, ID No. 35016.
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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