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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A Maltese, a pit bull mix and beagle-terrier mix are this week’s featured dogs.
The three dogs vary in age, size and personality, and are ready to go to new homes.
Dogs that are adopted from Lake County Animal Care and Control are either neutered or spayed, microchipped and, if old enough, given a rabies shot and county license 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 hoping you'll choose them.
The following dogs at the Lake County Animal Care and Control shelter have been cleared for adoption (additional dogs on the animal control Web site not listed are still “on hold”).
Pit bull mix
This male pit bull mix is just a pup at 4 months of age.
He has blue brindle and white markings, brown eyes, floppy ears and a short coat.
He can be found in kennel No. 12, ID No. 31641.
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A small fire was reported near the Ellis Ranch outside of Lower Lake shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday.
Reports from the scene said firefighters quickly knocked down that blaze before finding some other roadside spots that had been on fire.
The fire was linked to semi truck with a burning trailer, which pulled over the corner of Highway 29. The driver was said to be unaware of the fire, according to radio reports.
One lane of traffic was blocked for a short time, the CHP reported.
Firefighters terminated the incident at 2:09 p.m., with the highway reopened, radio reports indicated.
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The free hour-long show will take place at the Soper-Reese Community Theater, 275 S. Main St., in Lakeport.
Seating will take place by 5:45 p.m., with the broadcast running from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The show will be broadcast live on KPFZ 88.1 FM and at its Web site, www.kpfz.org.
The first show will feature the a cappella quartet Earreverence, featuring Nick and Valerie Reid, Bill Bordisso and Carol Cole Lewis; Three Deep, a folk/bluegrass trio featuring Jill Shaul, Anna McAtee and Sarah Tichava; and Monday Thump, featuring April Knoll, Randy Johnsen, Janet Berrian, Jim Evans and Jon Hopkins.
Seating is limited. Tickets can be obtained at the theatre box office.
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Mark your calendar. On Sunday, May 20, the sun is going to turn into a ring of fire. It's an annular solar eclipse – the first one in the USA in almost 18 years.
An annular eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly in front of the sun, but the lunar disk is not quite wide enough to cover the entire star. At maximum, the Moon forms a "black hole" in the center of the sun.
The “path of annularity” is a strip about 300 kilometers wide and thousands of kilometers long. It stretches from China and Japan, across the Pacific Ocean, to the middle of North America.
In the United States, the afternoon sun will become a luminous ring in places such as Medford, Ore.; Chico, Calif.; Reno, Nev.; St. George, Utah; Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Lubbock, Texas.
Outside of this relatively narrow zone, the eclipse will be partial. Observers almost everywhere west of the Mississippi will see a crescent-shaped sun as the Moon passes by off-center.
"I like to compare different types of eclipses on a scale of 1 to 10 as visual spectacles," says NASA's leading eclipse expert, Fred Espenak of the Goddard Space Flight Center. "If a partial eclipse is a 5 then an annular eclipse is a 9."
This event should not be confused with a total eclipse. In a total eclipse, the Moon covers the entire surface of the sun, bringing an eerie twilight to observers in the path of totality and revealing the sun’s ghostly corona.
"On that scale of 1 to 10," he adds, "a total eclipse is 'a million!' It's completely off the charts compared to any other astronomical event." The next total eclipse in the USA is in the year 2017.
Until then, May 20 of this year will have to do.
Annular eclipses have a special charm all their own.
During an annular eclipse, sunbeams turn into little rings of light. The best place to see this is on the sun-dappled ground beneath a leafy tree. Hundreds of circular shadows can be found there.
You can also make a handy solar projector by criss-crossing your fingers waffle-style. Rays of light beaming through the gaps will have the same shape as the eclipsed sun.
Be careful when looking directly at the eclipsed sun, cautions Espenak.
"The ring of sunlight during annularity is blindingly bright,” Espenak said. “Even though as much as 94 percent of the Sun's disk will be covered, you still need to use a solar filter or some type of projection technique. A No. 14 welder's glass is a good choice. There are also many commercially-available solar filters."
"One of the unique things about this eclipse for watchers in the USA is that the Sun will still be in deep partial eclipse at sunset, making for some great photographic opportunities," he continued. "In western Texas around Lubbock, the sun actually sets during the annular phase."
A swollen red sun with a black hole in the middle? Maybe 9 out of 10 isn’t so bad, after all.
For more information about this eclipse, including maps and timetables, visit http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
Dr. Tony Phillips works for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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