Lake County Hunger Task Force Treasurer Lorrie Gray speaks to Upper Lake High School student’s about the nonprofit’s community garden in 2015. After nearly 20 years, the Lake County Hunger Task Force is disbanding. (File photo)
(Coral Moseley for the Record-Bee) Jessica Pyska takes place in a swear-in ceremony in front of the Lakeport Courthouse on Monday, January 4. Pyska took over as District 5 Supervisor on the Lake County Board of Supervisors after Rob Brown decided to step down.
Police officers in riot gear walks towards the U.S. Capitol as protesters enter the building on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation’s capital to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they try to storm the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Jan. 6, 2021. – Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)
Matthew Karp, M.D., an emergency medicine physician at Sutter Lakeside Hospital in Lakeport, receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. State and local officials continue to roll out as many doses of the vaccine amidst the latest COVID-19 surge. (Courtesy photo)
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Lake County Hunger Task Force Treasurer Lorrie Gray speaks to Upper Lake High School student’s about the nonprofit’s community garden in 2015. After nearly 20 years, the Lake County Hunger Task Force is disbanding. (File photo)
The week of January 4-11 consisted of a busy start to the new year in terms of the news cycle. Lake County residents wrapped up the holiday season and most got back to work with the looming threat of COVID-19 still hanging over every aspect of daily life. However, county and state health officials expressed optimism with the roll out of vaccines. Dr. Gary Pace, health officer stated those 75 years and older and some essential workers will receive the vaccine next, with the goal of getting this done by next week. Local government also got back to business as members of the Board of Supervisors were sworn in for new terms and appointments to committees and boards are ongoing. (Photos by Coral Moseley and Getty Images)
