News Staff The murder suspect who was said to be headed to Mendocino County has been captured. Austin Michael Medeiros of Warwick, Rhode Island was arrested Sunday in Santa Cruz County where he tried to steal a boat. Medeiros was found to be in possession of a stolen gun and a quantity of psilocybin mushrooms. Medeiros is … Read more
The Lake County residents who were killed in two separate crashes over the weekend have been identified. Alisa Anne Pettey-Torres of Hidden Valley Lake, died in a head-on crash on Highway 29 just south of Grange Road on Friday and Walter William Toupal of Clearlake died in a solo-motorcycle crash on Highway 20 just west … Read more
A collision between a pickup truck and a big rig on Highway 101 North of Laytonville, closed a section of the roadway for well over 5 hours yesterday. The big rig was carrying a load of bags of soil that were strewn across the roadway. The pickup truck caught fire. The driver of the big … Read more
The Historic Palace Hotel in Ukiah has a new, local owner who plans to renovate the landmark building. Paru and Jitu Ishtar, a couple from Ukiah Valley who owns local lodging operations purchased the building for just under a million dollars in 2019, with plans to make it an upscale boutique hotel with restaurant and … Read more
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office is telling people to be on the lookout for a suspect in a murder in Humboldt County. Austin Michael Medeiros of Warwick, Rhode Island is thought to be headed to Mendocino County and may be hitchhiking. Motorists are advised to avoid picking up hitchhikers. Medeiros is a white male, 27 … Read more
The City of Ukiah is beginning a new program to inspect utilities by drone this month, using an infrared thermal camera to detect hot spots and loose connections over distribution and transmission lines as well as substation equipment, in order to better repair and maintain the city-owned electrical infrastructure.
Starting tomorrow, PG & E will begin conducting practice patrol flights in the area, as part of efforts to reduce the impact of Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events on customers. Pre-patrols improve safety, help execute regular patrols more efficiently, and provide key information to determine service restoration timing – all to reduce the impact … Read more
With so little precipitation this year, incoming Mendocino County Fire Chief Luke Kendall says fire season no longer exists, and area residents must be vigilant year-round. Multiple burn pile fires escaped and started small wildfires in March, and Kendall points out that the forested areas are much drier in the hills around Ukiah, which normally … Read more
The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for Lake County and other parts of the North Coast due to chances of rain throughout this week as the result of a winter-like storm system. An inch or more of rain is expected through Wednesday. Windy, up to 25 mph perhaps gusting to 45 … Read more
Work on the Ukiah Upper City View Trail continues this weekend. Two work parties were held last weekend in Low Gap Park, with about a dozen volunteers present. Neil Davis of the Ukiah Valley Trail Group said progress is being made and the work will be done soon. He urges hikers to stay off the … Read more