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The Clearlake Police Department has announced that missing person Maya (Vin) Leuthold has been located safe.

The California Coastal Commission has agreed to change outdated timber-related zoning for 104 acres in the Fort Bragg headlands,including the Coastal Trail, owned by the city of Fort Bragg. The zoning will change that part of the former Georgia Pacific mill site from “timber resources industrial” to “public facilities.” The change will allow construction of … Read more

A Fort Bragg man was sentenced last week for possession of child pornography and failing to register as a sex offender. 64-year-old Jeffrey Lloyd Hockett was found guilty of three felonies for possessing child porn and three for failing to register as a sex offender last December. He had been found guilty of similar offenses … Read more

The Bureau of Land Management’s Ukiah Field Office has announced that prescribed burns are scheduled to begin Monday and may continue through the end of the month in Lake County’s Black Forest, located along Soda Bay Road, on the northeast side of Mount Konocti in Kelseyville. Roughly 36 acres of undergrowth and small trees have … Read more

The Clearlake Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing person. Maya Leuthold, also known as Vin Leuthold, was last seen in the Clearlake area on the 26th of March and was last heard from on April 9th. Maya is a white female that presents as a male, 5’1 ”tall and … Read more

The Middletown Area Town Hall meets this evening to discuss plans for the Valley Fire 10th anniversary, hear project updates and hold an election of alternates for the MATH board. MATH also will discuss several other items, including a possible time change for the meetings. The meeting will not be available by Zoom this week, … Read more

A woman died from injuries she received after rear-ending a tractor-trailer Monday evening at the intersection of Highway 247/ Old Woman Springs Road and Barstow Rd. The semi was traveling northbound on Barstow Road and had entered the intersection after coming to a stop at a 4-way stop sign. The woman, driving eastbound on Old … Read more

The City of Ukiah has announced that Police Chief Cedric Crook will be retiring after 28 years with the department. His replacement, UPD Captain Tom Corning will be sworn in as Chief on Wednesday, so for a time the department will have two chiefs, as Corning shadows Crook. Crook started with the UPD as a … Read more

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office reports a traffic stop by a deputy in Hidden Valley Lakes over the weekend has led to the arrest of a man from Clearlake Oaks on drug charges and the seizure of almost four pounds of methamphetamine. When the deputy contacted 49-year-old Nino Davis, he admitted to being on probation, … Read more

Cal Fire grants have been awarded to Conservation Works, a North Bay environmental conservation non-profit. The $5.9 million in two grants funded through the Wildfire Resilience Program will be used to plan and implement wildfire risk reduction and forest health projects on private property in Lake, Mendocino, Sonoma, and Napa Counties. Applications for this year’s … Read more