- (File photo- LAKE COUNTY PUBLISHING) Supervisor Moke Simon casts a vote during March Primary Elections. California election officials assured voters their ballot were safe in drop boxes and the mail for the Nov. 3 General Election eight months later, yet some voters hand delivered them anyway.
(Bob Minenna for the Record-Bee) Fires burning on Butts Canyon Road near the Lake County and Napa County line approached the Guenoc Ranch earlier this year.
(file photo) The sight of testing at various sites throughout the county became a familiar one as the COVID-19 pandemic raged on.
(Ariel Carmona- LAKE COUNTY PUBLISHING) Jeanne and Tom Kosten, Kelseyville residents who lost their homes during the Valley Fire speak to Christ Medina, PG&E community resource staffer at the community resource center set up at the Hardester's Shopping Center in Cobb during a PG&E power shutoff.
(Courtesy photo) Dr. Paula Dhanda receives the first dose of the two dose Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines at Adventist Health in Clearlake on December 21, 2020. (File photo-LAKE COUNTY PUBLISHING)
The Department of Fish and Wildlife has backed off on a plan to kill Clear Lake's population of mute swans. (Courtesy photo)
(Bob Minenna for the Record-Bee) Lynn Brooks helps conduct COVID tests. Vaccines arrived in California earlier this month. Health workers were among the first to receive the vaccines. In the interim, Lake County held free drive-up flu vaccines throughout the region.
(Bob Minenna for the Record-Bee) Castello di Amorosa's exterior. The castle was mostly undamaged by wildfires in 2020.
(File photo-Lake County Publishing) Jessica Pyska reacts to news of her lead ahead of all other candidates in the Lake County District 5 Supervisor primary race in March. Pyska defeated opponent Bill Kearney and will be sworn in Monday to the BOS as District 5 Supervisor.
(File photo) While students at Lakeport Elementary School and other schools throughout California adapted to distance learning and virtual classrooms, school districts in Lake County were planning how to reopen given the state guidelines released earlier in the year.
Erin Evans, a longtime exhibitor and a volunteer at the Lake County Fair, guides Mason, (last name not given) another young helper at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Lakeport. Although the fair was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Future Farmers of America students and 4H members were able to sell their animals through an online auction while staff and volunteers manned booths during a drive-thru food event. (Photo courtesy of the Lake County Fair)
More than 100 protesters gathered in downtown Lakeport to demand an end to systemic racism and police brutality in the second week of local protests after the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. (Lucy Llewellyn Byard)
Who doesn't like a Christmas parade with Santa Claus? Engines of the South Lake County Fire Protection District in Middletown led the way during the Candy Run in Middletown. The decorated and brightly lit engines toured Middletown's streets and drew a fair number of onlookers with Christmas just nine days away. All the engines were socially distanced, just to be on the safe side. (Photo by Bob Minenna)
(Bob Minenna for the Record-Bee) One bottle of wine standing in the doorway of the Castello di Amorosa in Calistoga after the Glass Fire ravaged through most of the area.
(Coral Moseley for the Record-Bee) Aerial fire crews drop retardant spray on Sept. 30 at the scene of the Glass Fire. At the time, the fire was 58,880 acres and only 5% contained.
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(File photo- LAKE COUNTY PUBLISHING) Supervisor Moke Simon casts a vote during March Primary Elections. California election officials assured voters their ballot were safe in drop boxes and the mail for the Nov. 3 General Election eight months later, yet some voters hand delivered them anyway.
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LAKE COUNTY— To say that 2020 was a difficult and most tragic year would be an understatement. From wildfires to power shut offs to the tragedy and horror of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lake County residents faced a myriad of challenges this year. As is tradition, we present our end of the year pictorial recap through some of the images captured by Record Bee photographers Coral Moseley, Bob Minenna and Ariel Carmona.
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