News Staff The National Weather Service is predicting a rather soggy weekend leading up to Easter for Lake County. Windy conditions are expected tonight, the predicted rainfall probably won’t total more than half an inch through Saturday. Easter Sunday expect temperatures in the 60’s with partly cloudy skies. More rain expected on Monday, then clearing on Tuesday … Read more
A man killed in a motorcycle crash on Friday remains unidentifed. CHP responded early evening to a report of the crash on SR 128, just west of Boonville. Preliminary investigation shows the rider veering off the north edge of the road, flipping the motorcycle and throwing the rider. The rider was pronouced dead at the … Read more
Three people were killed in a crash on Highway 101 just outside of Ukiah early yesterday morning. California Highway Patrol reports a man driving a Toyota Echo northbound on Hwy. 101 drove the vehicle off the road just south of Pomo Lane, where it hit a tree and caught fire, becoming engulfed in flames. The … Read more
The Clearlake City Council meets tomorrow evening at 6 and discuss two construction contracts, a city property sale and will declare April as Child Abuse Prevention Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month, and April 9 to 15, 2023, as Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
The Lake County Board of Supervisors at their meeting yesterday unanimously approved a contract of just under $250,000 for the redesign of the former National Guard Armory in Lakeport into the future headquarters of the Lake County Sheriff’s office. The LakeCountyNews reports the county acquired the armory last year in a land swap with the … Read more
The Mendocino County Office of Education has announced it experienced a data incident that may have impacted personal information of some individuals. A network disruption on March 6th affected the ability to access certain files on the internet. The MCOE immediately began an investigation and took steps to secure data. Anyone who thinks they may … Read more
The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors has perhaps cleared the way for some growers to finally become licensed after finalizing an amendment in the tree removal provision of the county’s cannabis ordinance. The board last week voted to define “developing a cannabis cultivation site” as “alteration, grading, removal, or other development of land to create, … Read more
Lake County’s unemployment rate rose slightly in January, holding to a seasonal trend across the rest of the state. TheLakeCountyNews reports The California Employment Development Department’s latest jobless report showed that Lake County’s unemployment rate in January was 6.7%, up from 5.4% in December and 6.6% in January 2022.
After a series of calls regarding an active shooter at Fort Bragg High School, as well as Ukiah , Willits and Anderson Valley High, the FBI is collecting information regarding the incidents. The caller intially contacted the Fort Bragg Police department’s non emergency line with a report of multiple students injured. A number of local … Read more
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s office has put a “be on the lookout” bulletin for a man wanted in connection with the shooting death last week of Nicholas Shehli Whipple of Redwood Valley. Lee Anthony Joaquin is 5’5”, 180 lbs, with shoulder length hair, which is sometimes pulled back in a ponytail and possible beard and … Read more