LUCERNE, Calif. -- After a busy day Friday the Local Assistance Center in Lucerne continued operations Saturday with plans to remain in Lucerne until Friday, August 17.
The center is located at the Lucerne Alpine Senior Center, at the corner of 10th and Country Club Drive.
Theresa Showen, program manager with Lake County social services described her work "as soon as an area opens up to repopulate we help people to get food and get the resources they need to get back into their homes."
Additionally, information for long term recovery is provided to clients. The LAC will be open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily with flexible hours as need diminishes.
"If it looks like it may be something ongoing we may extend that time," Showen said.
Saturday the center was not a shoulder to shoulder crush as it was Friday. "We served over 290 families yesterday in five hours (Friday)," Showen said.
At the LAC people are greeted at the door, damage assessments are taken and people are walked to all agencies they need to talk to and provided meals and food to take home.
Across Tenth street in the First Lutheran Church parking lot, church members continue to dispense dog food and canned cat food until the supplies run out. Passersby are loudly told "welcome home", offered pet food and a kind ear to hear people's stories.