66-year-old Steven Patrick Ryan died last week while serving a 21-year sentence in state prison, in the 2016 shooting death of an unarmed young black man. Ryan was convicted by jury in May 2018 of voluntary manslaughter for the shooting death of De’Shaun Christopher Davis. Ryan claimed the shooting was in self-defense, but a witness … Read more
To better prepare Lakeport residents and businesses for evacuation or emergency events, an interactive map has been launched online that provides important emergency information. It’s part of the “Know Your Zone” campaign, and you can access the map at https://community.zonehaven.com. It includes all evacuation zones in Lake County. Enter your address, record your zone number, … Read more
A man died in a crash on Highway 20 Sunday night. According to the California Highway Patrol, a 57-year-old Clearlake man was driving a Toyota Tacoma pickup westbound when he swerved over the solid double-yellow lines and entered in the eastbound lane, directly in the path of a Dodge Durango driven by 27-year-old Jacob Funk, … Read more
The Broiler Fire was sparked by a lawn mower. A statement released by Flow Cannabis, said the fire originated on their property, after the blades of a mower, operated by their employee, struck rock, causing a spark. The 80-acre fire destroyed three homes in Redwood Valley.
Mendocino County Public Health will assist local health clinics in today’s countywide COVID-19 vaccine event. There are nine clinics distributing vaccines from 9 AM to 5 PM. Different vaccine types will be available depending on location. Vaccines are free and no pre-registration is needed. See the locations on the Mendocino County Public Health Department’s Facebook … Read more
An arrest has been made and property recovered in the theft of firefighting equipment. Thousands of feet of stolen fire hose and other equipment taken from the scene of the Wilkinson fire which occurred on June 21st in Clearlake. On July 11, an officer saw some of the stolen hose on a property in the … Read more
Updates on area weekend fires: Fire crews continue strengthening containment lines and are performing mop-up duties on Lake Ridge Road in Calpella for the Boat Fire. That fire, near Lake Mendocino, was held at 2 acres. A vegetation fire that started near Highway 253 a few miles west of Ukiah Friday afternoon was quickly controlled … Read more
A power outage in south Lake County outage was caused by the weather. Over 800 residents, in and around Hidden Valley Lake and Spruce Grove Road, were without power from Saturday night to Sunday morning. PG&E sent out a helicopter on Sunday morning to look for the cause of the outage.
An excessive heat warning is in effect until tonight for Northeastern Mendocino Interior, and Northern and Southern Lake County. This follows another weekend where temperatures reached triple digits. A new daily record of 111 degrees was set at Ukiah on Saturday. The old record for the date was 110 set in 2002.
New COVID-19 cases in Mendocino County are connected to a Ukiah restaurant, and Willits Frontier Days. At least five people who attended Willits Frontier Days, which included several events in recent weeks, recently tested positive for Covid-19. County officials are recommending that anyone who attended such events between June 25 and July 4 “seek Covid-19 … Read more