News Staff A Caspar woman was found guilty of murder and not guilty of the same crime by reason of insanity in Mendocino Superior Court last week. Kelly Anne Coan was found guilty last week of murdering her neighbor with a gun. Her defense attorney also entered an insanity plea. Coan waived her rights to a trial … Read more
The Point Cabrillo Lighthouse is back in full operation after repairs to the motor of the light, first installed 86 years ago stopped working. The lighthouse continued operation with a secondary light while repairs were made. One of the few lampists in the country, Chad Kaiser of Washington state was brought in to do the … Read more
A Ukiah man has been arrested and booked on attempted murder charges after pistol-whipping his girlfriend. Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a domestic violence call in mid-September. They found that Larry Commander had told his girlfriend he was going to kill her the entire time of the assault. Commander had fled the scene only to … Read more
A Willits man has been found guilty of possession of illegal weapons and molotov cocktails in Mendocino Superior Court. After a brief jury trial, Derek Brendon Cleek was found guilty. Cleek was remanded with no bail into the custody of the Mendocino County Sheriff and will stand for sentencing on the 31st.
A Lakeport man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a woman in Rohnert Park over 40 years ago. TheLakeCountyNews reports the persistence of investigators and DNA analysis helped track down Alfred Carretero, who was at the time a person of interest in the brutal beating death of Noelle Kinzie Russo in 1984. … Read more
A reminder, there will be a nationwide test of the emergency response alert system, including all cell phone systems today around 11:20 p.m. today, rather than 12:20 as previously reported, with the EAS portion of the test going to tv and radio, and the wireless emergency system will send a text alert, and that text … Read more
The Ukiah City Council has approved the seventh version of the plans to build a Redwood Credit Union branch at the corner of Perkins and Main, after much debate in the community. After three and a half hours, the council voted 3-2, to approve the Credit Union’s final proposal.
The East Region Town Hall, or ERTH, will meet this afternoon at 4. The guest speaker will be Community Development Department Director Mireya Turner, who will give a Clearlake Oaks Roadmap Taskforce update, the Cannabis Ordinance Task Force update, and commercial cannabis projects. The group will also get an update on Spring Valley.
The 17th Annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser is being held this Saturday at Plowshares on State Street. The event is Plowshare’s main fundraiser of the year. The plowshares program’s mission is to make sure that no one in the community goes hungry. Tickets are still available and can be found at plowsharesfeeds.org.
he Clearlake City Council meets tomorrow evening at 6. The council will consider increasing what it pays the Downey Brand Law firm to represent the City in litigations. The retainer would increase by half, going from $250,000 annually to $500,000. The city manager’s report states that a recent onslaught of challenges by the Koi Nation … Read more