News Staff Yesterday morning, a county supervisor announced they are stepping down before finishing their term, the first time in 40 years that has happened. The Lake County Administrative Office reported that District 4 Supervisor Tina Scott is resigning effective July 31st. The statement released by the county didn’t offer much in the way of information, except … Read more
The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office has declared the death of a Willits woman found near Highway 101 in Cloverdale earlier this year, “undetermined”. According to the Coroner, contributing factors in the death of Amber Cheri Dillon were hypothermia, blunt force injuries to the head, and methamphetamine abuse. Dillon was found just south of the Mendocino … Read more
The Lake County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday rejected a proposal to enact an interim urgency ordinance that would have placed a 45-day hold on new agricultural and cannabis cultivation projects. According to the Lake County News, Supervisor Bruno Sabatier presented the item in order to find ways to protect the county water supply amid … Read more
The Lake County Board of Supervisors at their meeting after a closed session on Tuesday announced the appointment of Susan Parker to the position of interim County Administrative Officer. Parker has served in local government for more than 30 years.
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.