The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office has announced some service modifications. The Administration Lobby on Low Gap Road in Ukiah remains open for walk up assistance. Currently, services remain the same however they have temporarily suspended Live Scan Fingerprinting Services. Office staff will continue to offer assistance with all other services, but will be controlling the … Read more
A 49-year-old Ukiah man has been confirmed as Mendocino County’s 56th death. At this time Public Health asks all residents to exercise caution when placing themselves in situations that could expose them to COVID-19, especially considering the new more infectious Delta variant.
In an effort to create adequate hospital bed capacity for the escalating amount of COVID positive patients in Mendocino County, Adventist Health is temporarily postponing non-emergent elective inpatient surgeries. All essential emergent surgeries and other services are continuing as planned.
The deadline for landowners to submit permission forms to authorize PG&E to remove trees that were cut down for safety after the 2020 August Complex Fire and the Oak Fire is today. Landowners who are interested in the Wood Management Program and have safely accessible wood from trees that PG&E felled, should call 1-877-295-4949 or … Read more
Firefighters have fully contained the Cache fire, and last night the city of Clearlake gave an update on plans for repopulating the fire area. Limited access to the evacuated area, zone CLE-E157- was provided last night to residents to facilitate some re-population of homes not damaged or destroyed by the fire, including those residents living … Read more
COVID-19 hospitalizations are breaking records in several counties, including Lake and Mendocino. According to CalMatters analysis of state data, hospitalizations have more than tripled in the past five weeks.
The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors will conduct a special meeting regarding the critical water shortage emergency in the town of Mendocino. Water experts will be present to speak with the Board about the extreme water shortage in the 5th District heightened by this severe, historic drought. The agenda will feature discussion and possible action, … Read more
A meeting on Friday to discuss plans for the recovery needed due to the Cache fire included Assemblymembers Mike McGuire, Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, City of Clearlake and Lake County leaders and State Emergency Managers. Initial environmental clean-up efforts could start as early as this week.
A press conference on the Cache Creek Fire in Clearlake was held last night, as the city moves into recovery mode. The fast-moving 80-acre fire was destructive and caused the evacuation of 1,600 residents at the peak of the incident. According to an initial damage assessment, the fire destroyed 56 homes, 81 outbuildings and 158 … Read more
The results of recent COVID-19 testing at the Mendocino County Jail showed there are currently six male inmates and one female inmate who are positive for the virus. Three Corrections Deputies have tested positive; two were detected by the jail’s screening process and one was detected through off-site testing.