News Staff Three more Mendocino County residents have died from COVID-19, bringing total deaths in the county from the virus to 134. All three were over 75 and had contributing health factors. As of Monday, there were 15,066 confirmed cases in Mendocino County, with the seven-day average of daily cases at 27.9 per 100,000.
At the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Public Health Officer Dr. Andy Coren strongly recommended masking indoors and only gathering outdoors. Coren cited the high transmissibility of the new COVID-19 variants.
Negotiations between the SEIU Local 1021 and the county continue. The local filed unfair labor practice charges with the state, citing the county’s refusal to comply with a request for public information from the union, asking for documentation needed to participate in bargaining sessions. According to the Mendocino Voice, The union is contending that the … Read more
A store owner in San Francisco read an article on MendoFever.com describing Kassandra “Sandy” McKee as missing and realized that she’d been in the store that very morning. McKee has been missing for over a month and no one had heard from her since she spoke to her mother on June 23rd, saying she was … Read more
The Fort Bragg City Council at their meeting on Monday night approved implementation of Stage 1 Water Conservation restrictions as Mendocino County enters the third year of drought. The city is aiming for an up to ten percent reduction in seasonal water demand with the restrictions, which apply to anyone using the city’s water system … Read more
The former post office building in Ukiah is for sale. The building was retired ten years ago, then was sold several months after it was closed and was owned by the same person for the past 10 years til private investors foreclosed on it. The building has a price tag of $975,000 and would probably … Read more
Adventist Health Mendocino Coast will be hosting a free Sports Physicals and Back-to-School Fair on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the hospital. The event will include free physicals for youth athletes as well as backpacks and other school supplies for students on a first come, first served basis.
Clear Lake High School is offering physicals for athletes for the upcoming 2022-23 sports season today and again next Thursday, Aug. 4. The mandatory physicals will be administered in the high school gym beginning at 6 p.m. both days. The cost is $20.
A fire that burned two vehicles Thursday night on Talmage Road in Ukiah is being investigated by the Ukiah Valley Fire Authority. Battalion Chief Justin Buckingham says the fire is suspicious and was human-caused. Firefighters found the first car, fully involved, and the other just starting to catch. One of the vehicles was government-owned, the … Read more
A Clearlake man skateboarding was killed in a hit-and-run accident earlier this week. Adam Huskey was struck by a Chevy Silverado driven by Dillon Alan Mahoney. Monday morning Clearlake PD responded to Emory Avenue south of Mullen Avenue to find Huskey dead at the scene. After an investigation, Mahoney was arrested for vehicular manslaughter and … Read more