News Staff The Gilroy Garlic Festival is no more. Founded in 1979, the festival has been one of the most famous in the country and has raised more than $12 million for school and local non-profits. Garlic Festival Association Past President Tom Cline and Vice President-Elect Cindy Fellows said “lingering uncertainties” from the pandemic and “prohibitive insurance … Read more
Mendocino County Public Health officials are advising people who visited a Willits pub recently that they may have been exposed to Covid-19. A press release says that anyone who were at the Shanachie Pub on S. Main Street on Friday the 15th are advised to get tested for the virus. The management of the pub … Read more
The Clearlake Planning Commission meets tomorrow at 6p to hold a public hearing to consider a conditional use permit and a corresponding environmental assessment and categorical exemption to develop and operate a gas station with a convenience store that would sell alcohol, house a fast-food restaurant, and a drive-through carwash in the Clearlake Shopping Center … Read more
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating a Ukiah Pharmacy manager after allegations she was selling and distributing fake COVID-19 vaccination cards. Ranna Shamiya, director of pharmacy at Adventist Health Ukiah Valley Hospital, is one of three people involved in a scheme to make and sell fake vaccination cards and bogus COVID-19 cures. Shamiya is … Read more
The Lake County Board of Supervisors meets tomorrow morning and on the agenda consideration of supervisorial salaries in other counties before perhaps giving its members significant raises, and the board will discuss a proposal to remove the Human Resources Department from the control of the County Administrative Office. This year and last, the board gave … Read more
Power has been restored to over 1300 PG&E customers in Northern Mendocino and southern Humboldt counties after an outage early afternoon on Sunday. It is thought a fire associated with a power pole south of Garberville might have been the cause, though PG&E is still investigating. There are still a few customers in the area … Read more
The Strong Financial Network and Umpqua Bank Lakeport are hosting Shredfest on Monday from 4 to 6 p.m. Stay in your vehicle while on-site staff removes your items to be shredded for free.
Caltrans is celebrating Earth Day with a free Dump Day event tomorrow. No construction materials, business waste, hazardous waste, e-waste, treated wood waste, or asbestos of any type will be accepted. The following locations in Lake and Mendocino counties will be open to accepting specific items; the Ukiah Railroad Depot Lot, accepting tires only, 237 … Read more
The recent rains have caused a mudslide on Forest Road M10 near the Dixie Glade Campground. The road was closed about a quarter-mile west of Fouts Springs according to Forestry officials. Right now, Dixie Glade Campground and the Letts Lake area are not accessible from the east side of the forest. Visitors and residents are … Read more
A bill authored by Senator Mike McGuire that will expedite the burying of electric utility lines has passed the Senate Energy Committee and the Governance & Finance Committee. Undergrounding electric lines decreases the chance of fires starting by 99%. SB 884 will expedite the undergrounding of 10,000 miles of utility lines while saving ratepayers money … Read more