News Staff The Lake County Board of Supervisors at their last meeting heard a report on the Lake County Tourism Improvement District, formalized the questions to be asked of candidates for a new chief public defender and discussed adopting a three year Mental Health Services Act Program and budget for Behavioral Health Services. The board heard a … Read more
A Clearlake man convicted in April of sexually assaulting children has been sentenced to life in prison. TheLakeCountyNews reports Travis Dwayne Hill was sentenced to 75 years to life for nine counts of sexual assault again three neighborhood children ages 6-9. Judge Andrew Blum said at sentencing that no amount imprisonment could undo the damage … Read more
A Fort Bragg man has been sentenced to state prison for poaching abalone and drug possession. Leroy Nicholas Robles was sentenced to two years in prison in Mendocino Superior Court. This past March, Robles was caught with 31 abalone and over 15 grams of fentanyl. He was caught again with 15 more abalone. The prosecutor … Read more
The CalFIRE Mendocino Unit has announced it will be conducting a prescribed burn on about 10 acres at its headquarters on N. Hwy 101 in Willits tomorrow from 10 am to 3 pm. Smoke and aircraft will be visible in the area. The burn will be conducted under very tight restrictions, if there are any … Read more
At the Lakeport City Council’s meeting last week, Public Works Director Ron Ladd gave the Lakeport City Council the most recent update on the Lakefront Park’s development. TheLakeCountyNews reports the project is on budget with little or no reserve remaining and that weather held up construction on the park, with an original completion date of … Read more
The Clearlake Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing teen. 16-year-old Misty Thompson was last seen wearing a red jacket and black pants in the area of Alvita Ave and Buckeye St. She is described as a white female juvenile, 5′ tall, 90 lbs, with brown hair and brown eyes. … Read more
The Ukiah Library will host a Fire Preparedness presentation put on by the Mendocino Fire Safe Council on Saturday. The event will begin at three, more info can be found at mendolibrary.org or by calling the Ukiah branch.
A Mendocino man being held for the kidnapping, sexual assault and murder of a teenage girl in Nevada has died. Troy Driver is accused of the murder of 18-year-old Naomi Irion of Nevada in 2022. Irion would be found buried in the western desert of Nevada, shot in the head and the chest. Driver had … Read more
A settlement has been reached in the environmental protection case brought against the owners of several Fast and Easy gas stations in the area. The owners have been ordered to pay $1.1 million in penalties and investigative costs, after allegations that they failed to adhere to state laws regarding the operations of their gas stations … Read more
The Clearlake Police Department is asking for the community’s help in finding a missing 11-year-old boy. Payton Parris is a white male juvenile, 4 feet 5 inches tall and 100 pounds. He has short red hair and brown eyes. Police do not have a description of the clothing he was last seen wearing. Anyone with … Read more