News Staff PG&E is implementing a Public Safety Power Shutoff affecting about 7,100 customers in small portions of 10 counties, including Lake. The first wave of targeted safety shutoffs affecting customers in Lake County began early this morning. The safety shutoff is due to dynamic weather conditions despite earlier rain activity. In Lake County, this shutoff will … Read more
A wanted suspect in Mendocino County has been arrested. MCSO was looking for 34-year-old Dino Michael Blackbear in connection with a homicide that occurred late Wednesday evening in Covelo that happened at the intersection of Greeley and State Route 162. Blackbear was arrested Saturday during a search of a portion of Hanson Road in Fort … Read more
A home at the Rancho Del Rey mobile home park in Ukiah destroyed and others were damaged by a fire Saturday morning. According to the Ukiah Valley Fire Authority, the resident in the home where the fire started, was able to escape safely with her dog. The homes on both sides had minimal damage from … Read more
A Lakeport woman pleaded not guilty to arson during an arraignment. 35-year-old Jamie Rae Lukens is charged with arson of property, possessing a device for arson and an unlawful fire, from an incident in July in the area of Westamerica Bank in Lakeport. Fire personnel arrived to find shrubs and a tree burning in the … Read more
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office is looking for two suspects who have been identified in connection with a homicide that occurred late Wednesday evening in Covelo that happened at the intersection of Greeley and State Route 162. Anyone who knows the whereabouts of 34-year-old Dino Michael Blackbear, and 32-year-old Carina Amanda Carrillo, is asked to … Read more
Lake County Water Resources will particpate in the annual California Coastal Cleanup tomorrow. Cleanups will happen in areas of 7 locations including: Merritt Road Bridge in Kelseyville, Lower Lake Park, Clear Lake Campground, Davis Beach Rest Area, Lucerne’s Clear Lake shoreline, Bridge Arbor North, Upper Lake, Blue Lakes Village, and Highland Springs Park proper. The … Read more
Lake County Public Health is providing more information regarding an urgent advisory issued about drinking water taken from Clear Lake. The advisory was for people on private water systems whose tap water comes from their own private intake into the lake, in the Oaks Arm and Lower Arm of Clear Lake due to very high … Read more
Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation yesterday to expand housing production. The $1.75 billion funding for the California Housing Accelerator helps to streamline the process for cities to zone for multi-unit housing.
An urgent advisory regarding drinking water has been issued from Lake County’s Public Health Officer. Dr. Gary Pace says effective immediately, people on private water systems whose tap water comes from their own private intake into the lake, in the Oaks Arm and Lower Arm of Clear Lake should not drink the water. Very high … Read more
Containment on the Hopkins Fire in Mendocino County has reached 95-percent, and all evacuation orders have been lifted. The fire, which started Sunday at Hopkins St and North State St. near Calpella, burned 257 acres, and Cal Fire is reporting 30 residences and 16 other buildings were destroyed, and four residences and one other building … Read more