News Staff The Lake County Board of Supervisors will hold its last meeting of 2023 tomorrow at 9 a.m. and will consider approving the purchase of the Kelseyville Senior Center, then leasing it back to Kelseyville Seniors Inc. Funding for the purchase would come from American Rescue Plan Act money. The board will also hear the result … Read more
A Minnesota man has been sentenced to 25 years to life in Mendocino County Superior Court for murder. Mark David Schwinghammer, also known as Robert Wayne Sweet, pleaded guilty to stabbing and strangling Timothy Dalton Sweet, his half-brother, on their mother’s birthday, on the beach in Westport in 2021.
An appeal is planned by the businessman who wants to build a gas station in Redwood Valley now that the County Planning Commission has tentatively denied the project to the board of supervisors. Mahmood Alam wants to build a ten-pump Chevron station and convenience store on North State Street between Redwood Valley and Willits.
The Lakeport City Council will hold its last meeting of 2023 tomorrow at 6 p.m. The council will discuss the Westside Community Park phase 2 master plan, including a designated area for the future development of pickleball courts and an agreement between Lake County Behavioral Health and the city to operate out of the Lakeport … Read more
A wind advisory is in effect through tomorrow afternoon for the Mendocino Coast and Northwestern Mendocino interior. Windy, with gusts up to 50 mph expected. Power outages may occur.
A Ukiah man wanted on multiple felony warrants has been arrested. A Mendocino County Sheriff’s deputy on patrol on the 9th saw Jaime Rodriguez Jr. riding in a vehicle that was leaving an apartment complex. The driver, Leslie S. Medina of Ukiah, sped off at a high rate of speed when they saw the patrol … Read more
The city of Willits will be conducting increased traffic enforcement in areas of the city that are of concern to the community. Throughout the year, the city and the police department use tips and complaints to pinpoint areas where problems frequently occur. In the coming days and weeks, there will be increased traffic enforcement in … Read more
Arguments for the recusement of Mendocino County District Attorney David Eyster could begin as soon as Tuesday when Chemise Cubbison and her co-defendant are expected to enter pleas to a felony misappropriation of funds charge. MendoFever reports State Attorney General Rob Bonta in a 12-page filing, has put the responsibility back on Judge Keith Faulder … Read more
A Ukiah man has been arrested for allegedly tampering with city vehicles after breaking into a gated enclosure near City Hall. Video surveillance shows a man, identified by UPD as James M. Morrison forcing his way through the gate, going through vehicles and leaving with bicycles and other items. He was arrested on suspicion of … Read more
Mendocino County will soon be the home of a long-duration energy storage project, thanks to a $30 million grant from the California Energy Commission. The project, maintained by Form Energy, will be capable of generating 100 continuous hours of energy to the grid, being the largest “storage battery” of its kind in the state. The … Read more