News Staff The Mendocino County Elections Office has announced that ballots for the upcoming Presidential Election on Nov. 5, 2024, have been mailed to all registered voters in the county. Normal USPS delivery is five to seven days, so if you have not received your ballot within 10 days from the date of mailing. If you … Read more
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has announced it will conduct a prescribed burn starting today, Wednesday, and run for three days in northern Mendocino County on the Shamrock Ranch east of Highway 101 and south of Laytonville. The burn will involve about 2,000 acres in oak woodlands and mixed conifer habitats. Smoke … Read more
The city of Arcata is looking for some help from the feds for a new behavioral health center and several other projects, in the form of a community block grant. There are several projects the funding could help move forward, including homeownership assistance and housing rehabilitation, shoreline revetment near Jolly Giant Creek to address sea … Read more
A Ukiah man has been sentenced to 240 days in the Contra Costa County Jail after stealing almost $20K from the bank account of a Pleasant Hills woman. Andrew William McCormick, 23, pleaded guilty last week to felony identity theft, money laundering and grant theft after targeting an account holder at a chase bank branch … Read more
At the end of September, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office with help from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s office served wararnts on several unlicensed cannabis sites in the Round Valley area. A total of 16 locations were targets, most being in the great Covelo area and one in the Mendocino National Forest. Water diversions and dangerous … Read more
he Middletown Area Town Hall or MATH meets on Thursday evening to discuss transportation routes and the use of inormational technology and data to solve transportation issues. The board will also consider the proposed name change for the community of Kelseyville. Nominations for the MATH board will also be opened at the meeting.
A Clearlake woman who is accused of shooting her boyfriend to death in July has been ordered to stand trial. Dominique Irene Molina, 33 is charged with first degree murder with special circustances in the shooting death of 38 year old DeAndre Grinner. Molina-Dominguez allegedl waited for Grinner at their home in Clearlake and then … Read more
The Lake County Board of supervisors meets tomorrow, Tuesday and will consider a list of 3,323 parcels presented by the Treasurer-Tax Collectors officer to be considered for tax-default sale. If approved, the Treasurer-Tax Collector’s office will continue preparation of this sale list and return with a resolution to finalize the offering. The board will also … Read more
A Clearlake man has been arrested in connection with two recent fires in Lane County. 41-year-old Donald Shawn Anderson, a repeat arson offender who has already served almost 20 years on other arson charges was arrested mid-day on Friday and booked into the Lake County Jail on two felony counts of arson of a structure … Read more
A Ukiah woman has been found guilty of DUI for the third time in the last decade. The jury in Mendocino County Court on Wednesday found Lindsay Ann Nielsen, 41 of Ukiah guilty of driving a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol .08 or greater, a misdemeanor.