The Clear Lake hitch begins its annual spawn, and trained community members are heading to local creeks to observe the threatened species and collect data as part of a community science program. According to TheLakeCountyNews, 31 residents have volunteered to be part of the First Annual Community Science Hitch Spawner Observation Survey organized by the … Read more
The Lakeport City Council meets today and is scheduled to consider a final subdivision map for a property that is slated to be the site of a large affordable housing development and which a new fire map places in the highest fire severity zone in the city limits. The Blue Ribbon Committee for the Rehabilitation … Read more
The state’s jobless rate held steady at 5.4% for the month of February. In Lake County, the unemployment rate was 7.7% in February, down from 8% in January. Mendocino County 6.2%.
A man from Little River has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office reported a call requesting a welfare check after suspected gunfire was heard. Deputies responded to the 41000 block of Little River Airport Road late last Thursday night and contacted 58-year-old Ignacio Andrade-Zamora. Deputies checked on the female … Read more
The Ukiah Police Department’s automated license plate reading system helped locate a stolen vehicle being driven around town late last week. 21-year-old Alexander Timothy Barger was taken into custody after officers stopped him in a parking lot on East Perkins Street. Barger was booked into the Mendocino County Jail on suspicion of a stolen vehicle, … Read more
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that the skeletal remains found in Ukiah along Low Gap Road last weekend have been identified as a Ukiah man who went missing early last year. Autopsy results positively identified the deceased as 25-year-old Angel Murguia-Martinez, who’d been reported missing in February of 2024. Next of kin have … Read more
The Lake County Board of Supervisors meets tomorrow morning to discuss sending a letter of support to federal officials for the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025, sponsored by Lake County House member Mike Thompson. The board will also consider an appointment to the Lakeport Fire Protection District Board and an appeal of the … Read more
After a closed session meeting of the City Council on Friday, Willits Mayor Larry Stanske announced that the city had terminated its contract with City Manager Brian Bender. Before the announcement, the council had discussed Bender’s performance evaluation. Shortly after, Bender’s city email had an auto-reply message stating that he was no longer serving as … Read more
In a press release, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office has said that it has looked into the claims the daughter of Jon Charles Trefil made to local and regional law enforcement that her father was a serial killer in the 70’s in Mendocino County. The Sheriff’s office says that although it has been unable to … Read more
Charges have been filed against two people in connection with the assault of a homeless woman with fireworks. Taylor Carnahan, 21, of Fort Bragg, drove a vehicle while a male juvenile threw lit fireworks at the female victim last year. Monday, Carnahan was booked on suspicion of “assault with a deadly weapon, abuse of an … Read more