News Staff The Lakeport City Council meets tomorrow evening and will consider a final subdivision map for the Parkside affordable housing project, located in an area newly designated by Cal Fire as the highest fire hazard severity zone, get an update on a pedestrian improvement project set to start this spring.
CAL FIRE’s Mendocino Unit will conduct a prescribed burn of about 1000 acres beginning April 28 through May 9th on Shamrock Ranch, east of Highway 101 and southeast of Laytonville in northern Mendocino County. Smoke and aircraft may be visible in the area, including from Highway 101.
Lake County’s Superintendent of Schools has made a statement regarding the Trump Administration’s call on states to adhere to its new policies, including the fact that federal school funding will be contingent on the exclusion of DEI programs in the state. Superintendent Brock Falkenberg has stated that the value of supporting all students is embedded … Read more
The Clearlake Police Department has announced that missing person Maya (Vin) Leuthold has been located safe.
The California Coastal Commission has agreed to change outdated timber-related zoning for 104 acres in the Fort Bragg headlands,including the Coastal Trail, owned by the city of Fort Bragg. The zoning will change that part of the former Georgia Pacific mill site from “timber resources industrial” to “public facilities.” The change will allow construction of … Read more
A Fort Bragg man was sentenced last week for possession of child pornography and failing to register as a sex offender. 64-year-old Jeffrey Lloyd Hockett was found guilty of three felonies for possessing child porn and three for failing to register as a sex offender last December. He had been found guilty of similar offenses … Read more
The Bureau of Land Management’s Ukiah Field Office has announced that prescribed burns are scheduled to begin Monday and may continue through the end of the month in Lake County’s Black Forest, located along Soda Bay Road, on the northeast side of Mount Konocti in Kelseyville. Roughly 36 acres of undergrowth and small trees have … Read more
The Clearlake Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing person. Maya Leuthold, also known as Vin Leuthold, was last seen in the Clearlake area on the 26th of March and was last heard from on April 9th. Maya is a white female that presents as a male, 5’1 ”tall and … Read more
The Middletown Area Town Hall meets this evening to discuss plans for the Valley Fire 10th anniversary, hear project updates and hold an election of alternates for the MATH board. MATH also will discuss several other items, including a possible time change for the meetings. The meeting will not be available by Zoom this week, … Read more
A woman died from injuries she received after rear-ending a tractor-trailer Monday evening at the intersection of Highway 247/ Old Woman Springs Road and Barstow Rd. The semi was traveling northbound on Barstow Road and had entered the intersection after coming to a stop at a 4-way stop sign. The woman, driving eastbound on Old … Read more