News Staff A grant that will help establish a mobile probation service center has been awarded to the Lake County Probation Department. TheLakeCountyNews reports the grant will allow for the purchase of a vehicle that will allow those on probation that are unhoused to have access to all services, including check-ins with their officers, and remote court … Read more
The United States Department of Agriculture earlier in the year released its 2022 Preliminary Grape Crush Report for Mendocino County, and after years of hot weather and reduced crops, Mendocino County’s grape tonnage was up just over 31%, coming in at just under 61,500 tons compared to 49,000 tons in 2021. The crush in the … Read more
The Mendocino County Superior Court has announced in a press release that it is launching an online tool on the Court’s website, that will help you look up a citation, allow you to ask for a reduction in fines based on income, payment plans, or enable you to convert your fine into public service hours. … Read more
Although the jobless rate across the state is unchanged, Lake County unemployment dropped by a tenth of a percent last month to 6.3%. The statewide rate is holding steady at 4.4%, and despite there being no change, the Employment Development Department says the state added 8700 non-farm jobs in March.
The suspect in the murder of a 20-year-old Round Valley man has been captured. Mendofever reports after nearly a month of avoiding capture, Lee Anthony Joaquin was arrested after being stopped for speeding yesterday between Ukiah and Hopland. Nickolas Shehli Whipple was found badly beaten and shot to death earlier in the month. Joaquin was … Read more
CalFire will begin requiring burn permits on May 1st for those wanting to conduct a residential or other controlled burn during warmer weather. Mendocino County will require a permit for all residential burning starting on the 1st. Property owners can go to burnpemits.fire.ca.gov and submit an application. Anyone burning in a state responsibility area must … Read more
Two solar power projects have signed agreements to be installed in Mendocino County. According to Mendofever, Renewable Properties, a developer of small scale utility and solar projects and Sonoma Clean Power have signed agreements. There will be an energy storage facility in Ukiah, which involves a high capacity battery used to capture solar energy when … Read more
This Saturday, the South Lake County Fire Protection District will host a free open house from 10am to 3pm at Station 60 in Middletown. The open house is the 9th annual for the fire district. The open house is a family event, with fun for the kids and fire safety education. There will be food … Read more
A prescribed cultural burn is scheduled for tomorrow in the 13000 block of Nokomis Road in Hopland tomorrow. The burn is part of a return to care for the land by Hopland Band of Pomo Indians and is sanctioned by the Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance A), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protectio), and the Mendocino … Read more
The Clearlake City Council at their meeting this past Thursday discussed and allocated $500,000 in funding for the 18th Avenue Project, which will connect Old Highway 53 through the old airport site. There were some scheduling issues which necessitated making the allocation so that the funds would be available when needed. As part of that … Read more