News Staff This week, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara ordered insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage for more than 325,000 policyholders who have been affected by devastating Northern California wildfires, including the Cache fire. The moratorium includes Governor Newsom’s July 23, August 5, August 10, August 17, August 30, and September 7 Declarations affecting parts of Lake, … Read more
A Mendocino County man accused of a felony charge of recklessly causing an Ukiah fire this summer entered a no contest plea in Superior Court. 27-year-old Nathaniel Scott Chim, admitted he set fire to a dumpster behind the Fairfield Inn back in July, and then fled the scene as the fire grew. As part of … Read more
A Lakeport man has been arrested for driving under the influence and vehicular manslaughter after a fatal head-on crash. According to the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office, at 7:26 a.m. yesterday, 35-year-old Steven Michael Pruitt, was driving westbound on the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff when he crossed the solid double yellow lines, and collided head-on … Read more
Property owners who experienced damage to their home and/or structures due to the Hopkins Fire earlier this month, are asked to file an “Application for Reassessment of Property Damaged by Misfortune or Calamity”. You can get an application on Mendocino County’s website. For questions, call (707) 234-6800. Here’s the direct link to the form: https://www.mendocinocounty.org/government/assessor-county-clerk-recorder-elections/assessor-services-forms/assessor-services-forms;
Lake County’s interim Public Health Officer Dr. Gary Pace told the board of supervisors this week that the pandemic surge is plateauing. Pace said they are waiting to see if there are any cases from the county fair, and they will know more in a week or so. As of last week, 58.7% of the … Read more
Mendocino National Forest has reopened to the public. The U.S. Forest Service closed Mendocino, along with 12 of the other 18 national forests in the state for two weeks, due to high fire risk and a shortage of firefighting resources.
You’re invited to the Ukiah High School Homecoming Parade tomorrow, starting at 3:30 p.m. Find a map with the parade route on the Ukiah Unified School District’s Facebook page.
The Ukiah High School campus was evacuated yesterday afternoon after a vegetation fire broke out about a mile west of the school. According to CalF ire Mendonico Unit, the Gap Fire Incident, in the area of the 1500 block of Low Gap Road, was contained to 3 acres with two additional small spots.
During their meeting yesterday, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to declare a local emergency due to the Hopkins Fire. That fire started on September 12th in Calpella, and grew to 257 acres. A preliminary damage assessment found damage to a total of 67 structures, including 36 single-family residences and 31 accessory structures, … Read more
With a rise in COVID-19 related deaths since July, Mendocino County public health officer Dr. Andy Coren released a new order. It requires all businesses that serve food and beverages indoors to post green, yellow or red signs announcing their policies around vaccinated staff and customers. The order requires those businesses to have their signs … Read more