News Staff A former Mendocino County public defender has been appointed to a judgeship in Ventura County Superior Court. Kristi J. Peariso, since her time in Mendocino County, has served as a law professor at the Southern California Institute of Law from 2008-to 2017. She has also provided defense for the accused in other counties including Ventura … Read more
Chief Executive Officer Carmel Angelo officially retires tomorrow, after 14 years with the county and 12 years as executive officer. At her final Board of Supervisors meeting this past Tuesday, Fifth District Supervisor and Board Chair Ted Williams read aloud a proclamation from the consent calendar honoring the outgoing leader. Various leaders and lawmakers praised … Read more
Lake County’s administrative officer has announced she will be leaving her position. Carol Hutchinson said her last day would be April 29th. She’s been the county administrative officer since 2016 and was the first woman to hold the position. Hutchinson’s announcement was unexpected and she did not specifically cite reasons as to why she was … Read more
The Lakeport Board of Supervisors had a full agenda for their meeting earlier this week, including hearing updates on 2022 drought conditions for Lake County and hearing from drought-related meeting groups. District 5 supervisor Jessica Pyska reported good attendance at the Tree Mortality Town Hall last week and reminded those in attendance the meeting was … Read more
Yesterday, the Lake Local Agency Formation Commission held a hearing to consider approving the city of Lakeport’s annexation plans for the South Main Street corridor but put off a decision in order to consider how to proceed with a formal protest. The city is proposing to annex 137 acres, consisting of 50 parcels, along South … Read more
State funding in the amount of $4.3 million dollars has been secured to connect Clearlake area water districts. The project will replace existing leaky pipelines and expand the distribution system to consolidate the Cache Creek Mobile Home Estates and Creekside Mobile Home Park to help these communities thrive during these and future droughts. It also … Read more
Winter isn’t even over, and meteorologists are saying dry, warm weather is expected to build over the West Coast could bring record-breaking temperatures across the state early next week. Tuesday may be the day we see the highest temperatures.
There’s a frost advisory for the Mendocino Coast, Southwestern & Southeastern Mendocino Interior, and Southern Lake Counties. through 10 am tomorrow.
The City of Ukiah Electric Utility has added drone technology to its Overhead Line Inspection Program. Electric Utility staff will begin using drones to inspect the city’s distribution and transmission lines and substation equipment to locate and repair potential problems. Scheduled inspections using the drones will begin in April and continue through October between the … Read more
Registered nurses at Sutter Health in Lakeport held informational pickets yesterday to protest what they say is the company’s refusal to address worker concerns during contract negotiations that date back to last summer. Sutter Health corporate was notified two weeks ago the pickets would occur. Similar pickets took place at 15 Sutter Health hospitals across … Read more