News Staff An eviction moratorium extension and $2.6 billion in rental relief overwhelmingly passed both chambers of California’s legislature last week. The state’s eviction moratorium was extended to June 30th. Estimates on the number of people at risk of eviction range from 240,000 to 700,000 households.
There are still many without power in Mendocino County and a some in Lake County too. While PG&E reported yesterday that most customers impacted by last week’s storm have been restored, the remainder of customers are primarily located in hard-hit areas where roads remain closed due to heavy snowfall, debris flows, or other damage. PG&E … Read more
Mendocino County Public Health issued a revised Health Order Regarding COVID-19 Protocol for Schools. This revised Health Order allows Mendocino County schools to begin the re-opening process for students in Kindergarten through 6th Grade. Schools can re-open to all grades once the county maintains Red Tier qualifications for longer than five consecutive days, as said … Read more
LNU Lightning Complex Survivors, the Deadline to submit Right of Entry forms for the State’s Wildfire Debris Removal program is today. Learn more at: http://wildfirerecovery.ca.gov
The Clearlake Police Department is sending their condolences to the family of Marcia Felty Taylor, who passed Friday night following a long and hard-fought battle with cancer. The police department says Taylor was dedicated to promoting the welfare of animals within the community. She served with the City and Police Department as their Animal Licensing … Read more
Power outages from this week’s winter storm continue in Lake and Mendocino Counties. As of yesterday, over 8,000 PG&E customers in Mendocino County remained without power. While many areas in Lake County should have power restored today, there are estimates in some areas in Mendocino County where power won’t be restored until Sunday. PG&E has … Read more
Former Ukiah mayor Mari Rodin will fill the vacant City Council Seat left by Maureen Mulheren when she was elected to the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors. The City Council accepted applications for the position and during a special meeting last night, selected Rodin by a vote of 3-1.
The Coastal Mountain Conference this week voted cancel all fall sports except cross country as well as the winter sports of basketball and wrestling because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This vote covers the current 2020-21 sports season. Cross country teams could officially hold practices as early as Monday depending on the outcome of a North … Read more
Lake County lawmakers were honored this week as legislators of the year by the California Special Districts Association. Congressman John Garamendi was selected for his drafting of legislation to include special districts in future COVID-19 relief funding, as well as formally defining special districts in federal code. Assembly member Cecilia Aguiar-Curry was selected for her … Read more
Pacific Gas and Electric Company crews have been working since last night to restore power following a powerful winter storm. As of this morning, hundreds of customers in Lake and Mendocino Counties were still without power. See the latest on the outage map at PGE.com. The storm caused the closure of highways in both counties … Read more