News Staff The man who robbed the Mi Esperanza Market in Boonville of $20,000 has been captured. Matias Tomas Vietto entered the market on Friday afternoon and robbed it at gunpoint. Sheriff’s Detectives learned Vietto was returning to his home in Argentina. Using this information, Sheriff’s Detectives discovered Vietto had an international flight booked from the state … Read more
The Redbud Audubon Society will conduct its 48th annual Christmas Bird Count this Saturday. The Christmas Bird Count is a traditional project of Audubon societies around the country. In preparation for the count, the group will present a comprehensive bird identification program on Thursday, starting at 7 p.m. via Zoom. To register for the program, … Read more
Risk assessment for Dungeness Crab season is expected to take place on the 22nd, with state officials looking at another possible delay of the opening of the season. Late whale migration and low meat quality of tested crabs are the main reasons for the delay. Humpback whales continue to move south. Traditionally, the season begins … Read more
Ukiah Police Officers last week on an alert from the FLOCK license plate reader, stopped a stolen vehicle, took the driver and passenger into custody and in searching the vehicle located a black, Glock style pistol in the glove compartment. The gun was loaded and appeared to be a ghost gun, having no serial numbers … Read more
A Clearlake Oaks woman has been sentenced for the murder of her ex-boyfriend in July of 2021. Tammy Sue Grogan Robinson was found guilty of shooting and killing her ex-boyfriend, Charles Vernon McClelland of Rohnert Park. Monday, Judge Andrew S. Blum sentenced Robinson to 25 years to life for first-degree murder, plus an additional 25 … Read more
A diver in Fort Bragg earlier last week spotted a sunflower sea star in a spot a couple miles south of Noyo Harbor. The sunflower sea star is an apex predator of sea urchins along the west coast of North America, and few have been sighted since 2013. . Photos and video were shared with … Read more
Work has begun on a new water treatment plant in Big Valley. The Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians held a groundbreaking Ceremony at the Tribal Site located at 1135 Soda Bay Road at the end of November. Funding for the just over $7 million dollar project is coming from several donors including USDA, USEPA, … Read more
The Lake County Association of Realtors has released recent home sales numbers. According to the RecordBee, 68 homes were sold last month, compared to 90 at the same time last year. Currently, there are 371 homes on the market, and if the sales rate remains the same, the market has approximately 5 and a half … Read more
At their meeting, tomorrow at 9 am, the Lake County Board of Supervisors will consider the second reading of the ordinance to increase sewer use fees for all properties that discharge to the Middletown Wastewater Treatment plant with the exception of Anderson Springs. The board will also hear Monte Cristo Vineyard’s appeal of the decision … Read more
A Fort Bragg man was arrested on suspicion of forgery recently after allegedly being found in possession of a Ukiah woman’s checkbook. Sheriff’s deputies in Willits stopped a man who was known to be “out of custody on bond” and subject to search by law enforcement. When deputies searched the suspect, identified as Carlos Ogawa, … Read more