News Staff Lake County’s annual burn ban goes into effect next Thursday, May 1st. The ban applies to all areas of Lake County. All burn permits expire on April 30th. Burning without an exemption permit during the ban is a violation and is subject to citation, fines, and suppression costs to extinguish the fire. The requirements to … Read more
The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors approved a series of cuts to reduce the projected budget shortfall next year from $17 million to $2.6 million. Six county department heads submitted proposed reductions of just under $625,000 and it was discussed that a million for road repairs may also come under the knife. Using funds from … Read more
CalTrans is investigating and asking for the public’s help in identifying who might be dumping hazardous waste at multiple locations along the 101 in Mendocino County. In a press release, CalTrans estimates the cost of cleanup and disposal of 19 barrels near the Empire Rest area south of Leggett at $30,000. Some of those materials … Read more
A Mendocino County-based private security company faces criminal charges after its employees violently removed a protester from a GOP town hall in Idaho in February. The men, employed by Lear Asset Management, including CEO Paul Trouette, dragged Teresa Borrenpohl face down out of the room. None of the five wore visible ID and would not … Read more
The activist group called Indivisible Ukiah will present a letter of support to Social Security Administration workers in the Ukiah office from Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and other congressional leaders as part of a rally in protest against the Trump administration’s use of DOGE to make cuts to social security. Social Security Works, a … Read more
AM1 CalFire has announced that in conjunction with landowners and the Eel River Recovery Project, a controlled burn is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in the area of lower Ten Mile Creek, near Highway 101, roughly seven miles north of Laytonville. Torchbearr, the Yreka-based company that teaches how to implement and manage prescribed burns, will … Read more
A Fort Bragg teen led police on a high-speed chase through the city in a stolen car. Saturday evening, an officer saw a vehicle run a stop sign near Chestnut and Harrison. When he attempted a traffic stop, the vehicle drove off at high speed. A brief chase ensued, reaching 70 miles an hour on … Read more
A vehicle crash near Hopland left the driver trapped in the vehicle in a creek on Tuesday morning. Shortly after 5 am, the vehicle drove off Highway 175 near Pratt Ranch Road, plunged down a 40-foot embankment, and into a free, trapping the driver in about four feet of water. It is believed the vehicle’s … Read more
At their most recent meeting, the Lake County Board of Supervisors filled a vacant seat on the Lakeport Fire Protection District Board of Directors and restored public records removed from the county’s website. Terry Cherney was appointed to fill the seat left vacant by Melissa Bedford’s resignation.
A collision between a pickup truck and a child on a bike has sent the child to the hospital with major injuries. CHP reports that around 6:15 pm at the intersection of Chablis Drive and Sauterne Place in Ukiah, the 6-year-old boy riding his bike crossed into the truck’s path. The boy was airlifted to … Read more