News Staff At their meeting tomorrow morning, the Lake County Board of Supervisors will consider asking the Governor to choose who replaces former supervisor Tina Scott, who resigned recently. Supervisor Bruno Sabatier will ask the board to appeal a decision by the Lake County Planning Commission to approve the Bottle Rock Farm FJA Trust Cannabis project. Sabatier’s … Read more
A member of the Mendocino City Community Services District Board of Directors has resigned. Christina Aranguren announced her decision in an email to the board. There are now two vacant seats on the board, after Harold Hauck’s announcement that he would not seek reelection.
A man walking along an off-ramp on Highway 101 in Mendocino County was struck and killed early Wednesday morning. The CHP reports the man struck has been identified as Robert Jay Watson of Stockton. Watson was wearing dark clothing, walking north when he was hit by an SUV and was thrown down an embankment. The … Read more
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.