News Staff At their regular meeting this Tuesday at 6 pm, the Lakeport City Council will hear a report on the Business Walk program, an outreach effort designed to make business owners more familiar with the city and resources available to them. TheLakeCountyNews reports that last fall, 16 teams of staff and volunteers surveyed 115 business in … Read more
A Kelseyville teen has been arrested after an attempted robbery and shooting in Nice yesterday. Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the Sentry Market after a report of a gunshot victim. The male victim was transported to the hospital for treatment of the non life threatening injury. Jesse Running Gonzalez, 18, was found and … Read more
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s office is investigating the disappearance of a Willits man. Riley Hsieh (Shay) was last seen on security camera footage on Monday morning. He is known to frequent the end of Hawk Terrace Hill but has not been found there or at his residence. Hsieh is 24, 5 feet 10 inches tall … Read more
The Northshore Fire Protection District Board of Directors will hold a special meeting at 2 p.m. at the district’s Station 80, 6257 Seventh Ave. in Lucerne. Fire Chief Mike Ciancio is scheduled to give the board an update on the district’s staffing. For more information, go to northshorefpd.com
A reminder, the National Weather Service will conduct a tsunami warning communications test between 11 am and noon today in Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties. The EAS system will broadcast alerts on local tv and radio stations and on NOAA weather radios as well as local tsunami warning sirens. The Civil Air Patrol will … Read more
Highway 101 in Mendocino at Rattlesnake Summit, north of Laytonville is open again according to Caltrans. Heavy snow had closed down the freeway in that area for a good portion of the overnight and morning hours
Local grocery Harvest Market in Fort Bragg is now the first grocery store company in the state to offer the CA Fruit and Veggie EBT Pilot Program. Recipients of CalFresh food benefits can use the program to receive a $1 incentive for every $1 of California produce they purchase, up to $60 a month. The … Read more
PG&E has announced in a filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that it will not replace the transformer at the Potter Valley powerhouse, which means the Potter Valley Hydropower Project will not generate electricity while PG&E is in the process of surrendering the project. Mendocino Public Broadcasting reports the project has not generated power … Read more
The National Weather Service will conduct a tsunami warning communications test tomorrow between 11 am and noon in Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties. The exercise will test the EAS system which will broadcast alerts on local tv and radio stations and on NOAA weather radios as well as local tsunami warning sirens. The Civil … Read more
A winter weather advisory is in effect for the Southeastern interior of Mendocino County beginning this evening and into tomorrow morning. Wet snow is expected above 2500 feet. Total snow accumulations of up to six inches may be possible through tomorrow morning. Slippery road conditions will exist and tomorrow morning’s commute may be affected. Check … Read more