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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the discovery of a body in Clear Lake earlier this week.
On Wednesday at around 3 p.m., boaters called in what appeared to be a deceased person in the water on Lakeshore Boulevard in Nice, said sheriff’s office spokesperson Lauren Berlinn.
Berlinn said deputies responded and located the individual.
“With assistance from our marine patrol unit, the individual was removed from the water, and we are currently conducting a death investigation, identifying the individual, and working on notifying the next of kin once a positive ID has been made,” Berlinn told Lake County News on Friday.
As of Friday, the sheriff’s office had made positive identification on the body and was working on notifying the next of kin, Berlinn said.
Pending that notification, the sheriff’s office isn’t releasing the individual’s name.
Berlinn said the individual is not one of the missing persons the sheriff’s office currently is still working to locate.
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On Wednesday at around 3 p.m., boaters called in what appeared to be a deceased person in the water on Lakeshore Boulevard in Nice, said sheriff’s office spokesperson Lauren Berlinn.
Berlinn said deputies responded and located the individual.
“With assistance from our marine patrol unit, the individual was removed from the water, and we are currently conducting a death investigation, identifying the individual, and working on notifying the next of kin once a positive ID has been made,” Berlinn told Lake County News on Friday.
As of Friday, the sheriff’s office had made positive identification on the body and was working on notifying the next of kin, Berlinn said.
Pending that notification, the sheriff’s office isn’t releasing the individual’s name.
Berlinn said the individual is not one of the missing persons the sheriff’s office currently is still working to locate.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. — The Lakeport City Council this week continued its longstanding tradition of recognizing April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and honored one of the local agencies and its team of professionals who work to support victims.
Lake Family Resource Center, which runs the county’s 24-hour sexual assault crisis line and its domestic violence shelter, sent a team of staffers to accept the proclamation from Mayor Michael Froio.
The proclamation explained that in 2023, Lake County agencies responded to the needs of 390 sexual assault victims and their significant others and family members.
Based on the statistics provided in the proclamation, one in six boys and one in four girls will experience a sexual assault before the age of 18.
During the meeting, Lake Family Resource Center staff explained that the youngest sexual assault survivor they assisted this year was 3 years old, while the oldest was 72.
The document noted that, “no one person, organization, agency or community can eliminate sexual assault on their own and the partnership between public and private Lake County agencies is invaluable,” and emphasized that Lake Family Resource Center and the District Attorney’s office, Victim-Witness Division, as well as law enforcement agencies, hospitals and schools “have set an important example of how forging collaborative relationships improves the quality of service for those impacted by sexual violence.”
The proclamation urges “all local governments, schools, businesses and community members to participate in the sponsored events this month to increase awareness and public support for creating communities free from violence and exploitation,”
The group also will mark Denim Day on April 24.
Denim Day, which always takes place on the last Wednesday of April, was created to raise awareness of sexual violence and assault.
It responded directly to a case that began in Italy in 1992, when an 18-year-old girl was raped. Her rapist was convicted but later appealed, and the Italian Supreme Court overturned the conviction claiming that the young woman was wearing tight jeans and that they only could have been removed with her consent.
According to denimday.org, “This became known throughout Italy as the ‘jeans alibi.’”
The first protests began with women in the Italian Parliament and then spread around the world. Patti Occhiuzzo Giggans, executive director of Peace Over Violence, began the movement to have everyone wear jeans to protest “all of the myths about why women and girls are raped.”
For more information visit https://denimday.org/why-denim.
Email Elizabeth Larson atThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Follow her on Twitter, @ERLarson, or Lake County News, @LakeCoNews.
Lake Family Resource Center, which runs the county’s 24-hour sexual assault crisis line and its domestic violence shelter, sent a team of staffers to accept the proclamation from Mayor Michael Froio.
The proclamation explained that in 2023, Lake County agencies responded to the needs of 390 sexual assault victims and their significant others and family members.
Based on the statistics provided in the proclamation, one in six boys and one in four girls will experience a sexual assault before the age of 18.
During the meeting, Lake Family Resource Center staff explained that the youngest sexual assault survivor they assisted this year was 3 years old, while the oldest was 72.
The document noted that, “no one person, organization, agency or community can eliminate sexual assault on their own and the partnership between public and private Lake County agencies is invaluable,” and emphasized that Lake Family Resource Center and the District Attorney’s office, Victim-Witness Division, as well as law enforcement agencies, hospitals and schools “have set an important example of how forging collaborative relationships improves the quality of service for those impacted by sexual violence.”
The proclamation urges “all local governments, schools, businesses and community members to participate in the sponsored events this month to increase awareness and public support for creating communities free from violence and exploitation,”
The group also will mark Denim Day on April 24.
Denim Day, which always takes place on the last Wednesday of April, was created to raise awareness of sexual violence and assault.
It responded directly to a case that began in Italy in 1992, when an 18-year-old girl was raped. Her rapist was convicted but later appealed, and the Italian Supreme Court overturned the conviction claiming that the young woman was wearing tight jeans and that they only could have been removed with her consent.
According to denimday.org, “This became known throughout Italy as the ‘jeans alibi.’”
The first protests began with women in the Italian Parliament and then spread around the world. Patti Occhiuzzo Giggans, executive director of Peace Over Violence, began the movement to have everyone wear jeans to protest “all of the myths about why women and girls are raped.”
For more information visit https://denimday.org/why-denim.
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CLEARLAKE, Calif. — Clearlake City Council members met one of this week’s adoptable dogs and heard a report from the animal shelter on Thursday night.
Clearlake Police Lt. Martin Snyder gave the council an update on adoption numbers year to date.
So far in 2024, the city’s animal shelter has taken in 187 dogs. Of those, 164 have left, with 17 going to rescue, 136 returning home, nine were adopted and two being euthanized, for a live release rate of 98.6%, Snyder said.
At that point, Snyder said there were 46 dogs in the shelter, including 43 dogs and three puppies.
Year to date, they have issued 88 microchips and 56 free vaccinations, Snyder said.
On Thursday night, the Clearlake City Council also met “Turbo,” a male Belgian malinois mix looking for his forever home, who made a special trip to the council chambers.
Shelter staff said Turbo has done well with all of the dogs he’s met.
The Clearlake Animal Control website lists 38 adoptable dogs.
Other dogs available this week include “Jasmine,” a 6-month-old Parson Russell terrier mix with a white coat.
Also available is “Cutie Pie,” a female pit bull terrier mix with a bronze and brindle coat.
The shelter is located at 6820 Old Highway 53. It’s open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
For more information, call the shelter at 707-762-6227, email
This week’s adoptable dogs are featured below.
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Heading into Earth Week, officials reported that the state’s electric grid racked up a series of accomplishments never before seen in California history.
By bringing on more sources of clean electricity and diversifying the state’s energy portfolio, clean energy has been exceeding the demands of nearly 40 million people and the world’s 5th-largest economy.
The state reported that during 31 of the past 43 days, clean energy exceeded grid demand consumed at a point during the day; that’s compared to only seven days all of last year. And, it was only two years ago in May that California first even momentarily met demand with 100% clean energy.
Solar projects served a new high of 17,170 MW, an increase of over a thousand MW from last year’s peak — enough to power millions of homes. And, the amount of demand served by solar hit a new record, powering 86.4% of electricity demand.
In addition, for the first time ever, battery storage discharge exceeded 6 GW and batteries were the largest source of supply to power the grid at a point during the day.
California has built out 5,600 MW of battery storage capacity, a 1020% increase since 2020, the state reported.
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