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NORTH COAST, Calif. – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are searching for a minimum-security inmate who walked away from the California Correctional Center Parlin Fork Conservation Camp in Mendocino County on Wednesday.
During an inmate count at around 8:30 p.m., staff discovered inmate Richard Solorzano, 32 was not in his assigned bunk, officials said. A search of the camp buildings and grounds was immediately conducted.
Officials said Solorzano was last seen at approximately 7 p.m. Wednesday wearing his state-issued orange CDCR shirt and pants.
CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety, Cal Fire, the California Highway Patrol and local law enforcement agencies have been notified and are assisting in the search.
Solorzano was assigned as a cook at Parlin Fork Conservation Camp in Fort Bragg California. Parlin Fork Conservation Camp houses approximately 100 minimum-custody inmates.
He is the fourth inmate to walk away from a North Coast conservation camp in less than a month.
Solozaro is a Hispanic male, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 170 pounds with brown eyes, a bald head, a mustache and goatee.
He was committed to CDCR in September 2017, from Orange County to serve an eight-year sentence for burglary and assault with a deadly weapon. He was scheduled to parole in August 2022.
Anyone who sees Solozaro should contact 911 or law enforcement authorities immediately.
Anyone having information about or knowledge of the location of Solozaro should contact the CCC Watch Commander at 530-257-2181, Extension 4173.
Since 1977, 99 percent of all offenders who have left an adult institution, camp or community-based program without permission have been apprehended.
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The National Weather Services said generally warm and dry weather is expected to prevail through the end of the week across interior Northern California.
The forecast reports possible isolated mountain showers may be possible Thursday and Friday, as well as chances for rain over the weekend and into next week, although the agency said it expects “only minimal amounts” of rain for northwest California.
There may be a cold front approaching for the middle of next week, based on the agency’s long-term forecast.
The National Weather Service’s latest forecast for Lake County shows mostly clear conditions through Saturday night, with chances of rain on Sunday and Monday. Mostly sunny conditions will return on Tuesday.
Daytime temperatures around Lake County this week are forecast to be in the mid to low 70s, with nighttime temperatures in the mid to high 40s.
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On Wednesday, the first day of its April remote meeting, the California Fish and Game Commission revised its agenda and took up the ability for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to temporarily delay, suspend or restrict recreational fishing if the agency’s director, in consultation with the president of the commission, finds that such action is necessary to protect against the threat from COVID-19 based on state, federal, local, and tribal public health guidance and public safety needs.
The commission voted unanimously to grant that ability, temporarily, in order to prevent and mitigate public health risks that may arise when people travel or congregate for fishing events.
Officials said this is designed to be responsive to local county level and tribal needs, like the requests CDFW and the commission received from Alpine, Inyo and Mono counties to delay the April 25 Eastern Sierra trout opener.
The temporary authority expires May 31, 2020.
"I understand Californians desperately need the outdoors for solace, reinvigoration and spirituality, especially so right now," said CDFW Director Charlton H. Bonham. "The proposal was never about a statewide permanent closure. It is about being responsive to local needs in this public health emergency, where we must do all we can as Californians to help each other make it through this together. We intend to use this authority surgically and based on local needs and knowledge."
"Gov. Newsom recently said we expect a mid-May peak of COVID-19 and we must prepare for that surge," Commission President Eric Sklar said Wednesday. "Today's decision is a smart and responsible approach to be ready. It does not delay or restrict specific fisheries or waters, but rather prepares us to expeditiously do so if needed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19."
Commission President Sklar, Commission Vice President Samantha Murray, and Commissioners Jacque Hostler-Carmesin, Russell Burns and Peter Silva participated in the call.
CDFW will now reach out to county and tribal governments in an effort to evaluate local concerns and associated health risks. If you have any questions or would like to provide input on potential angling related delays or restrictions, please contact Roger Bloom, acting branch chief, Fisheries Branch, by email at
The commission will continue its remote meeting tomorrow by phone.
The remaining agenda can be found at https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=177983&inline .
More information can be found on the commission website.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – On Wednesday, Lake County’s sixth positive case of COVID-19 was confirmed.
Public Health Officer Dr. Gary Pace said the patient is in the hospital and stable.
“We are in the process of getting contact information to see where it came from and if there is any community spread,” Pace told Lake County News in an email.
He added, “We won’t give out any other information at this point, but we do want to emphasize the importance of staying at home, wearing masks and washing hands.”
Lake County’s first case of COVID-19 was confirmed on April 5, as Lake County News has reported.
The first five cases were the result of out-of-county contacts, with the virus being spread to family members, according to Public Health.
The sixth case is the first in which Public Health has reported a hospitalization.
In a Wednesday video message, which can be viewed above, Pace said that out of the first five patients, three already were out of isolation.
“Everybody’s doing well,” and there was no sign of any transmission outside of the families in those cases, he said.
Pace said Public Health has so far conducted approximately 300 tests for the virus, with quite a few test results still pending.
Lake County’s latest case comes as the number of cases across California reaches around 26,000, based on reports from Public Health departments across the state.
In a late Wednesday afternoon report, the California Department of Public Health reported that there have so far been 821 deaths statewide, an increase of 63 since the agency’s Tuesday report.
Also on Wednesday, the Lake County Health Services Department launched a new online dashboard that shows more data on local cases.
Lake County’s updated statistics show that three of the six confirmed cases are active and three have recovered. No deaths so far have been reported.
Lake’s neighboring counties have reported the following confirmed case counts: Colusa, three; Glenn, four; Mendocino, four cases; Napa, 38 cases, two deaths; Sonoma, 160 cases, two deaths; Yolo, 102 cases and four deaths.
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