News Staff 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
The City of Ukiah has announced that Police Chief Cedric Crook will be retiring after 28 years with the department. His replacement, UPD Captain Tom Corning will be sworn in as Chief on Wednesday, so for a time the department will have two chiefs, as Corning shadows Crook. Crook started with the UPD as a … Read more
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office reports a traffic stop by a deputy in Hidden Valley Lakes over the weekend has led to the arrest of a man from Clearlake Oaks on drug charges and the seizure of almost four pounds of methamphetamine. When the deputy contacted 49-year-old Nino Davis, he admitted to being on probation, … Read more
Cal Fire grants have been awarded to Conservation Works, a North Bay environmental conservation non-profit. The $5.9 million in two grants funded through the Wildfire Resilience Program will be used to plan and implement wildfire risk reduction and forest health projects on private property in Lake, Mendocino, Sonoma, and Napa Counties. Applications for this year’s … Read more
State Senator Mike McGuire has launched what he calls a comprehensive audit of all of Mendocino County’s operations and departments. A press release from his office said the issues around administrative operations in the county are unsustainable. He further said the audit would provide some much-needed daylight and help establish a roadmap for long-term stability. … Read more
The Mendocino County Superior Court has approved a three-month extension of the stay in the case involving the City of Fort Bragg, the California Coastal Commission and the Mendocino Railway. TheMendocinoBeacon reports the stay expires in December, giving all parties involved time to continue work on a potential resolution of issues regarding the Old Mill … Read more
The Lake County Board of Supervisors approved sending a letter to Congressman Mike Thompson supporting the Secure Rural Schools program, which expired last June and has not yet been reauthorized. Without funding from that bill, rural schools and other public education programs in Lake County could lose almost five hundred thousand dollars a year.
It was two vehicles and a hydrant crash on Tuesday evening at the Boatyard Shopping Center in Fort Bragg. A gushing column of water from the hydrant struck by one of the cars shot into the air for a time. No injuries were reported and Public Works was notified.
A Covelo man was killed in a one-car crash over the weekend northeast of Willits. Dennis Shepherd, 78, was driving westbound on Highway 162 when his vehicle left the road, drove down an embankment, and hit two trees. When officers arrived on the scene just before two o’clock on Saturday, Shepherd was unresponsive. First responders … Read more