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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The California Highway Patrol has released the name of the Clearlake Oaks man who died in a head-on collision near Lower Lake on Wednesday.
Leo Galli, 73, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday on Highway 29 south of Spruce Grove Road North, according to the CHP.
Galli had been driving a 2012 Mazda southbound when, for unknown reasons, he crossed double yellow lines and went into the path of 66-year-old Lower Lake resident Beverly Reynolds’ 1999 Chrysler, the CHP said.
Reynolds tried to avoid the crash by braking but was unable to avoid colliding with Galli’s vehicle, the report said.
The CHP said Reynolds suffered a broken left arm and leg and was taken to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital via air ambulance.
Reynolds’ passenger, a 13-year-old girl from Lower Lake whose name the CHP did not release because of her age, was transported by ambulance to St. Helena Hospital, Clear Lake for treatment of moderate injuries, including complaint of pain to her neck and back.
All three individuals were wearing their safety belts, the CHP said.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – A Kelseyville man was flown to a regional trauma center Wednesday night following a single-vehicle crash on Highway 175.
California Highway Patrol Officer Kory Reynolds said Steven Calogianes, 20, of Kelseyville, sustained injuries that required he be transported by air ambulance.
Also injured in the crash was Calogianes' passenger, David Steele, 20, also of Kelseyville, Reynolds said.
Reynolds said the crash occurred at approximately 11:14 p.m. Wednesday night on a stretch of Highway 175.
Calogianes was driving a 1995 Mitsubishi westbound at an unknown speed when, for unknown reasons, he allowed his vehicle to exit the roadway, where it hit a tree, Reynolds said.
Calogianes was airlifted by REACH to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with complaints of pain to his right ankle and stomach, according to Reynolds.
Steele was transported by private vehicle to Sutter Lakeside Hospital for complaint of pain to his right leg, Reynolds said.
Reynolds said Calogianes does not have a valid driver license.
The incident remains under investigation by CHP Officer Ryan Erickson, Reynolds said.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A new alert program to help find missing seniors is going into effect in the new year.
The new “Silver Alert” program was enacted through SB 1047, legislation introduced by state Sen. Elaine Alquist (D-Santa Clara) and Sen. Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana), and sponsored by the California Senior Legislature.
The legislation, approved earlier this year, allows law enforcement to request endangered missing advisories – dubbed “Silver Alerts” – for missing seniors.
The Silver Alert program will be coordinated by the California Highway Patrol, which also operates California’s Amber Alert system, meant to help find missing children, according to Jaime Coffee, a spokesperson for the CHP’s Sacramento Office.
Coffee said the Silver Alert program will use the existing Amber Alert system, with the main difference being that the Emergency Alert System – which breaks in on television and radio broadcasts – won’t be used for Silver Alerts. Changeable message signs on highways also won’t be used.
Local law enforcement agencies would request the alerts for missing persons, age 65 and older, if certain criteria are met, said Coffee.
Those criteria, according to the CHP, include that the person is missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances or the law enforcement agency believes the person is in danger due to age, health, mental or physical disability, environment or weather conditions; the person is in the company of a potentially dangerous person; or there are other factors indicating that the person may be in peril.
Any information available about the senior also would be shared with the public, said Coffee.
The program could prove especially valuable in Lake County where, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey data for 2011, just over 18 percent of the population is age 65 or older, above the 13 percent senior population average for the rest of the nation.
Lake County’s law enforcement is gearing up to be ready to use the new alerts if needed.
Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen called the new alert “a good thing.”
He didn’t have statistics handy on how often his agency gets reports of seniors who have walked away from home or otherwise gone missing, but he felt the new alerts will help with those cases.
Rasmussen’s staff has attended a legislative update to learn about new laws for 2013, including SB 1047, which now is included Government Code 8594.10.
There had been unsuccessful attempts to pass similar Silver Alert legislation – which has been enacted in a number of other states – in California previously.
Alquist had introduced such a bill in 2009, according to a legislative analysis of the bill.
In October 2011, the California Senior Legislature adopted the Silver Alert as its top legislative priority.
The Silver Alert was preceded in 2011 by the “Blue Alert,” which Coffee said is meant to notify citizens when a suspect who has assaulted or killed a law enforcement officer remains at large.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Among the animals available for adoption at Lake County Animal Care and Control are several young dogs.
This playful male Labrador Retriever-shepherd mix is 8 months old.
He has a short black coat, brown eyes and floppy ears, has had his shots and been altered.
Currently he weighs nearly 32 pounds and looks like he will be a good-sized dog.
Visitors can see him in kennel No. 12, ID No. 35108.
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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