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Public Health Officer Dr. Gary Pace said that as of Thursday afternoon, the state reported most orders of Moderna vaccine placed “since mid to late last week [had] not yet shipped.”
This is due to severe weather disrupting work at a key distribution hub. A “back log of orders,” has resulted, “that will need to get out once weather conditions improve,” officials reported.
Pace said most shipments are expected to arrive next week.
He said the county had used up the last of its vaccine supply by Friday afternoon, after completing the second doses administered this week.
Until the county receives a shipment, Pace said all further clinics will be cancelled.
Once the vaccine arrives, the county will set up the next clinics as soon as possible, and post links for appointment scheduling at http://health.co.lake.ca.us/Coronavirus/Vaccines.htm. If you, or someone connected to you, is eligible to be vaccinated, Pace said to visit this webpage often to see if appointments are available. Information on who is eligible is also posted there.
“Once we receive our shipments of vaccine, we are anticipating ramping up our numbers significantly, so we can get back on track,” Pace said.
While the issues with the vaccine rollout continues, Pace said there continue to be positive signs new COVID-19 infections are diminishing in Lake County.
But he cautioned, “It is important to remember, though, COVID-19 remains widespread in Lake County’s communities, and many of our friends and neighbors are highly vulnerable to severe complications. In just the past week, four Lake County residents have died of COVID-related illness, bringing our total to 40. Each of these is a tragic reminder we must remain vigilant to continue recent positive trends, and keep our communities safe.”
Pace said the county’s testing positivity rate is 6.9 percent. “In the last fully reported period, ending Jan. 31, we documented 88 new infections. This is remarkably down from our peak of 292, in the weekly period ending Jan. 3.”
Lake County’s daily case rate now sits at 20 per 100,000. Pace said the county’s data must meet all criteria for the red tier – with a daily case rate from 4.0 to 7.0 per 100,000 and testing positivity of 8 percent or lower – for two consecutive weeks prior to advancing to the less restrictive red tier. That would enable reintroduction of some business services, including limited indoor dining at restaurants.
“Considering recent trends, this can be achievable in the relatively near-term,” said Pace.
Actualización de COVID-19: Continúan las demoras en el envío de la vacuna Moderna debido al clima severo
Para obtener información sobre vacunas, visite http://health.co.lake.ca.us/Coronavirus/Vaccines.htm
Condado de Lake, CA (Febrero 19, 2021) - Sigue habiendo señales positivas de que las nuevas infecciones por COVID-19 están disminuyendo en el condado de Lake. Nuestra tasa de positividad de las pruebas es del 6,9%. En el último período informado en su totalidad, que finalizó el 31 de enero, documentamos 88 nuevas infecciones. Esto está notablemente por debajo de nuestro pico de 292, en el período semanal que finalizó el 3 de enero.
La tasa diaria de casos del condado de Lake ahora se sitúa en 20 / 100.000. Nuestros datos deben cumplir con todos los criterios para el nivel rojo (tasa diaria de casos de 4.0 a 7.0 / 100,000 Y prueba de positividad del 8% o menos) durante dos semanas consecutivas antes de avanzar al nivel rojo menos restrictivo. Eso permitiría la reintroducción de algunos servicios comerciales, incluido el comedor interior limitado en los restaurantes. Teniendo en cuenta las tendencias recientes, esto se puede lograr en un plazo relativamente cercano.
Sin embargo, es importante recordar que COVID-19 sigue estando muy extendido en las comunidades del condado de Lake y muchos de nuestros amigos y vecinos son muy vulnerables a complicaciones graves. En la última semana, 4 residentes del condado de Lake han muerto de enfermedades relacionadas con COVID, lo que eleva nuestro total a 40. Cada uno de estos es un recordatorio trágico de que debemos permanecer alerta para continuar las tendencias positivas recientes y mantener seguras nuestras comunidades.
Actualización de distribución de vacunas
Hasta ayer por la tarde, el Estado informó que la mayoría de los pedidos de la vacuna Moderna realizados "desde mediados o finales de la semana pasada aún no se habían enviado". Esto se debe al clima severo que interrumpe el trabajo en un centro de distribución clave. Un "registro de pedidos atrasados", ha resultado, "que deberán salir una vez que mejoren las condiciones climáticas". Se espera que la mayoría de los envíos lleguen la próxima semana.
Habremos agotado lo último de nuestro suministro de vacunas para el viernes por la tarde, después de completar las segundas dosis administradas esta semana.
Hasta que recibamos un envío, todas las clínicas adicionales serán canceladas. Una vez que llegue la vacuna, estableceremos las próximas clínicas lo antes posible y publicaremos enlaces para registrar citas en http://health.co.lake.ca.us/Coronavirus/Vaccines.htm. Si usted o alguien relacionado con usted es elegible para vacunarse, visite esta página web con frecuencia para ver si hay citas disponibles. La información sobre quién es elegible también se publica allí.
Una vez que recibamos nuestros envíos de vacunas, estamos anticipando un aumento significativo en nuestros números, para que podamos volver a encarrilarnos. ¡Estamos listos!
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Teamwork between the county’s two police departments led to the arrest of a Lakeport man who had been released a day earlier from the Lake County Jail.
The Clearlake Police Department said it arrested Austin Anthony Schweitzer, 28, on Feb. 17 for possession of a large quantity of suspected methamphetamine and for being under the influence of narcotics. He was booked into the Lake County Jail but soon released.
On Feb. 18, after Schweitzer’s release from custody, police said he is believed to have stolen a vehicle that was left running to warm up in Lakeport. The vehicle contained several credit cards in the vehicle owner’s name.
Police said Schweitzer then drove the vehicle to Clearlake and parked it. He attempted to use the stolen victim’s credit cards at a gas station but was unsuccessful.
Lakeport Police officers learned of the credit card usage and alerted Clearlake Police officers of the situation, according to the report.
Police said the vehicle was quickly located near the gas station by a community service officer along with evidence linking Schweitzer to the vehicle. The vehicle was returned to the owner.
A short time later, police said Schweitzer returned to the gas station where an employee spotted him, but now associated with another vehicle, and notified police.
An alert Clearlake Police officer spotted the vehicle at Walmart and Schweitzer was taken into custody without incident, authorities said.
Police said Schweitzer was found to be in possession of the stolen credit cards, the stolen vehicle’s keys and other property from the stolen vehicle.
He was transported and booked back into the Lake County Jail, where he remains in custody on misdemeanors related to the credit card theft, and felonies for taking the vehicle, being in possession of a stolen vehicle and first-degree burglary.
“We are grateful for the collaboration between the agencies and the community that resulted in the return of the vehicle and apprehension of the suspect,” the Clearlake Police Department said.
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Morales pleaded guilty in December to two counts of felony bribery and was sentenced on Friday to four years in prison, which is suspended pending successful completion of a two-year probation term.
The terms of probation include one year of home detention with electronic monitoring and monthly $500 restitution payments to Caltrans.
Morales will also forfeit any CalPERS benefits he accrued between August 2010 and January 2015, when the crimes were committed.
“When you violate the public’s trust, you will be held accountable,” said Becerra. “As public servants, we are held to a higher standard. There is no place for this kind of criminal behavior in our state or state government. At the California Department of Justice, we’re always ready to go to bat for the people of California.”
Morales was employed as an Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, coordinator for Caltrans, a role which involves making Caltrans systems, including bridges and public walkways, ADA compliant.
The California Department of Justice arrested Morales in 2015 after a nine-month investigation. Following a preliminary hearing in 2017, a judge held Morales to answer on 39 counts of bribery.
At trial in 2019, the jury acquitted Morales on two counts and deadlocked on the remaining counts.
A new trial was scheduled for 2021, but Morales pleaded guilty in December 2020 to accepting multiple bribes over the course of approximately five years.
The bribes were made in cash payments ranging from $1,875 to $12,000 and included the acceptance of a new white Ford Expedition.
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Married clients in second marriages with prior children often have to balance the future wellbeing of their spouse with that of their own children.
In California, a community property state, a resident can bequeath (leave) one-hundred percent of their separate property assets and one-half of their community property assets.
A resident may only bequeath the entirety of a community property asset to someone other than their spouse with their spouse’s consent or acquiescence.
Let’s discuss.
First, does the client’s spouse even need support? Sometimes not. If not, then the client usually leaves his or separate property assets directly to his or her own children.
Nonetheless, as the surviving spouse remains an heir of the client, the client’s will and/or trust must acknowledge the marriage and say that that the spouse is not inheriting.
Otherwise, the surviving spouse as heir may be entitled either to a one-half or one-third share in the decedent’s separate property and all of the couple’s community property assets.
The surviving spouse would inherit if the client died intestate (with no will or trust) or the client died with an old trust or will she signed prior to the marriage that omitted her spouse.
If the spouse needs support then then consider the assets and family relationships involved. Are the client’s assets her separate property either from prior to marriage or from inheritance while married? Do the client’s spouse and children get along? Are the spouse and client’s children close in age? Is it possible for the beneficiaries to inherit separate assets?
If the client's spouse and children often disagree and/or are close in age, and separate assets can go to each party, then perhaps they should inherit separate assets outright and part ways.
Otherwise entanglement occurs when the spouse is the lifetime beneficiary and children are death beneficiaries of a trust. Perhaps the client’s house goes to her children and her retirement plan goes to her spouse (who takes required minimum distributions over his lifetime).
If it is neither possible nor necessary to disentangle the spouse and children then consider making the spouse a lifetime beneficiary of a trust that owns some or all of the client’s assets. Such a trust requires careful drafting.
When and to what extent is the spouse allowed to invade the trust principal (in addition to receiving the income)? Is the spouse only allowed if the spouse’s own income and resources are first exhausted? Who will be the trustee that balances the competing interests of the spouse and children?
Next, do the children need support? If so, what support? Do the children receive SSI or Medi-Cal? Are the children able to manage an outright inheritance? Perhaps either a special needs or a support trust is needed and appropriate. Alternatively, consider delayed gifting using an annuity to prolong the benefits.
Next, what if the client wants to leave her home to her children but the community property estate has an interest in the residence? That is, perhaps community property money was used to pay down the mortgage.
For example, the client owned a home prior to marriage and continued paying off the mortgage with her own earnings while married. If so, the community property estate receives an ownership interest in the home to the extent either spouse’s earnings while married paid off the mortgage or improved the home.
Nevertheless, the client’s estate plan may still leave the home to her children but offsetting assets (like brokerage accounts) to compensate the spouse for his interest in the home. This is a “forced election”: Either the surviving spouse enforces their community property rights (in the home) or the spouse receives other assets (brokerage accounts) left him or her by the deceased spouse.
The foregoing is a brief and limited foray into a much broader and more complex subject. It is no substitute for consulting a competent estate planning attorney.
Dennis A. Fordham, attorney, is a State Bar-Certified Specialist in estate planning, probate and trust law. His office is at 870 S. Main St., Lakeport, Calif. He can be reached at