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Lt. Corey Paulich said that at 7 p.m. Lake County Sheriff’s Central Dispatch received a call from a male subject living in the 3400 block of Boggs Ave. who said he had killed his wife and was going to take his own life.
Paulich said sheriff’s deputies responded to the residence and found a male and female who were both suffering from gunshot wounds.
The female was determined to be deceased and the male was transported to Sutter Lakeside Hospital where he was airlifted to an out-of-area hospital for treatment, Paulich said.
Paulich said detectives with the sheriff’s Major Crimes unit were requested and responded to take over the investigation.
“At this time the incident appears to be as reported and there are no outstanding suspects,” Paulich said in a Tuesday night report.
The names of the man and woman have so far not been released.
Paulich said more information will be released when it is available.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Authorities are still investigating the cause of a Sunday afternoon fire in Clearlake Oaks that destroyed two homes.
Northshore Fire Battalion Chief Doyle Head said the fire, located in the 12400 block of Cerrito Drive, was dispatched at 3:15 p.m. Sunday.
When firefighters arrived, the first house, where the fire started, was fully involved, and a second home also was on fire, Head said.
“We also had some spread to the vegetation as well,” he said.
Head said about a dozen units from Northshore Fire, Cal Fire, Lake County Fire and Kelseyville Fire responded to the scene. The Clearlake Oaks County Water District also came to assist.
Cal Fire brought a hand crew and an engine to work on the fire in the vegetation, he said.
The fire was contained in about two hours but it took hours longer for mop up. Head said he was on the scene until 9 p.m. Sunday.
Both homes were destroyed, Head said.
He said the first home was unoccupied when the fire started. The second house’s residents were at home but got out safely with no injuries.
Head said the fire’s cause remains under investigation. Fire personnel were at the scene continuing their work to investigate the cause on Monday.
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PHC, which administers Medi-Cal benefits for more than 590,000 members in 14 Northern California counties, will then disburse the funds to 30 grantee organizations within its provider network.
“We are proud and delighted that our providers have undertaken a broad array of innovative projects to improve care to our members,” CEO Elizabeth Gibboney said. “Especially during this time, when behavioral health needs have intensified, we welcome the ability to improve and extend the quality and quantity of our behavioral health services.”
Of the organizations to receive funds, Adventist Health Clear Lake will receive the largest amount, $11 million.
“We are very excited about this grant award,” Adventist spokesperson Laurie Allen told Lake County News.
Allen said the funding will be used to reduce disparities and increase access to behavioral health care for rural pediatric, adolescent and adult Medi-Cal patients in Lake, Mendocino and Napa counties by increasing mental health screenings, providing care navigation services, improving appointment times and availability, and expanding whole-person behavioral health services.
Sutter Health in Lake County will receive $418,552.
Bright Heart Health, which serves all 14 of PHC’s member counties, will receive $1,058,928.
The Behavioral Health Integration grants are funded with revenues from Proposition 56, a 2016 measure to support Medi-Cal through tobacco taxes.
The state Department of Health Care Services, or DHCS, announced the program in late 2019 as a way to incentivize improvement of physical and behavioral health outcomes, care delivery efficiency and patient experience.
PHC encouraged all eligible providers to apply, and 41 organizations – including clinics, hospitals, substance use providers, telehealth, counties, and mental health providers – submitted applications.
DHCS selected 30 organizations from that group and determined the funding amounts. The Behavioral Health Integration projects were scheduled to begin in April 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, DHCS delayed the start until January 2021.
The funded projects address the following categories: basic behavioral health integration; maternal access to mental health and substance use treatment; medication management for co-occurring chronic medical and behavioral diagnoses; diabetes screening and treatment for those with serious mental illness; improving follow-up after hospitalization for mental illness; and improving followup after emergency visits for behavioral health diagnoses.
Additionally, several providers will be part of a reallocation of funds available as a result of one grantee not accepting its award due to COVID-related priorities.
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The cleanup will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the fair, 401 Martin St. in Lakeport.
The group will perform general cleanup of the grounds.
Participants are asked to bring their gardening tools – rakes, shovels, pruning shears, wheelbarrows, weed eaters and work gloves.
COVID restrictions such as mask-wearing and social distancing will be observed.
The Lake County Fair Foundation will provide lunch to all volunteers.
In order to plan the appropriate amount of food to prepare, and to assign different groups to separate sections of the grounds so that they can maintain social distancing for pods of volunteers, organizers ask that people RSVP to participate no later than Monday, May 3.
There are two options to RSVP, through Survey Monkey or via email at
Those who RSVP by email are asked to include their name, email address, phone number, the number of people coming with them (family, friends) and what organization they are affiliated with, such a 4-H or a local high school. Students who are doing community service hours should remember to bring their community service sheet for a signature.
For more information about the foundation, visit https://www.lakecountyfairfoundation.com/.