News Staff The Mendocino County Public Health Department reported on Friday that a positive case of the Omicron subvariant BA2 has been confirmed by the county. Cases of the BA2 subvariant have been detected around the state since the beginning of the year. The county has just been notified that the first local case of BA2 was … Read more
There has been another mountain lion sighting, this time in Fort Bragg. A resident reports home security camera footage shows the animal on their front porch. The resident says she was aware of cougar sightings in the county, with one carrying off a pet cat in Caspar last month, but that one could be on … Read more
Work has begun on an extension of the City View Trail in Ukiah. Recently, the Ukiah Trail Group and other volunteers began mapping the new loop, and when that was done, entrances to the new trail were marked with signs announcing a public hearing before the city council. The council approved the project, which includes … Read more
A fire at the Oak Glenn Apartments in Willits has left two units destroyed and its occupants homeless. The fire was the result of a stove-top accident where the tenant had been deep frying and the oil flared. The tenant didn’t have an extinguisher and tried to smother the flames with a blanket. Another tenant … Read more
The man known as the “Red Bearded Burglar” has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for assaulting a police officer with a deadly weapon. William Allen Evers was also charged with multiple counts of burglary, grand theft of a firearm, and destruction of private property, but those charges were dropped as a … Read more
Adventist Health will be holding a series of career fairs to help connect job seekers with current opportunities that include clinical and non-clinical positions. The first event is being held today at the Mendocino Coast location of Adventist Health in Fort Bragg, with events to follow in Willits on April 6th and Ukiah on April … Read more
A Ukiah man has been charged with murder after reporting the alleged overdose of Deborah Garner-Flicker, also of Ukiah. Drew Anderson Price was arrested and charged in connection with that death after she was found dead of obvious trauma and not of an overdose as Price reported. Price was taken into custody and booked into … Read more
Prosecutors plan to call a current UPD officer as a witness in the trial of former Ukiah Police Sgt. Kevin Murray coming up on May 16th. According to the Mendocino Voice, Murray is charged with various felony sex crime charges as well as burglary, filing false evidence in an investigation, possession of methamphetamine, and an … Read more
The Governor yesterday issued a state of emergency order for 16 counties including Lake and Mendocino to support the ongoing recovery from the “atmospheric river” storms that caused widespread damage to roads and other infrastructure last October. The order directs Cal Trans and other agencies to request immediate federal assistance to repair and reconstruct damages … Read more
The Office of Education is hosting a job fair to fill 50 open positions at school districts in Mendocino and Lake counties on Saturday from 9am to noon at the Cedar Building on Old River Road in Ukiah. Educators, as well as bus drivers, school healthcare workers, bookkeepers, and office assistants, are being hired. Those … Read more