News Staff Lake County’s Public Health Officer is urging residents to get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as they can. Dr. Gary Pace says case rates are up due to people being more active and restrictions being loosened. Vaccine eligibility expanded yesterday to people 50 and older, and all Californians 16 and older become qualified on April … Read more
A portion of the $80 million Emergency Funds Governor Gavin Newsom approved, will allow CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit to hire more help. They posted online that the funds they’ll receive will help CAL FIRE MEU double their usual seasonal firefighter staffing for crews and fire engines from apprx. 120 to approx. 220 firefighters.
New assistance is available for wildfire survivors. The California Department of Housing and Community Development announced the availability of the 2018 Disaster Housing Assistance Survey for victims of the 2018 wildfire disasters. If you or someone you know is interested in rebuilding a single-family home or replacing a manufactured home as a result of a … Read more
Assemblymember Jim Wood named Deb Kubin, Superintendent of Mendocino County’s Ukiah Unified School District, as 2021 Woman of the Year for Assembly District 2. Wood said that Kubin responded to the COVID pandemic by not only meeting the challenge to continue the education of Ukiah’s students but also overseeing an amazing effort to make sure … Read more
Lake County authorities are investigating a fire at a residence that claimed the lives of three people Monday morning. Firefighters were called to the 700 block of Bass Lane in Clearlake Oaks and arrived to find the structure fully engulfed. The remains of two suspected male adults and one female adult were recovered. The victims’ … Read more
A man from Lake County was arrested in Ukiah for possession of a stolen vehicle and possession of controlled narcotics. According to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy pulled over 33–year-old Mark Andrew Nielsen, of Nice for driving erratically. He was placed under arrest when the deputy learned the Dodge Charger was stolen. During … Read more
Over 8,000 PG&E customers in Northern Mendocino County were without power early yesterday morning. PG&E said transmission lines leading to five substations were impacted by falling tree limbs due to high winds. Power was restored for most customers by 10 yesterday morning.
The state will distribute $50 million in Community Power Resiliency grants through Cal OES, to protect to help mitigate the impacts of utility-initiated power shutoffs. The funds are being distributed to 225 recipients, including all 58 counties, 51 incorporated cities, 20 federally recognized tribes and 96 special districts, and , are designed to maintain the … Read more
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office promoted veteran deputy Walter White to rank of sergeant. According to the Sherrif’s office, White is believed to be the first black deputy to reach the rank of sergeant or above on the patrol side. Sgt. White is a lifelong Lake County resident and graduate of Lower Lake High School. … Read more
Mendocino County Public Health has five COVID-19 second-dose vaccination events scheduled for this week. There’s one today and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. the Ukiah Fairgrounds for the Pfizer vaccine. And one Wednesday same time and location but for the Moderna vaccine. There another Moderna event Thursday at the “The Woods” in Little … Read more