News Staff Prosecutors have some questions for a psychologist who prepared the mental health report supporting Mendocino County’s former Payroll Manager Paula June Kennedy’s request for mental health diversion. At a hearing on Thursday, Judge Ann Moorman set a follow up hearing on the issue for September 16th. Kennedy’s public defender objected to the request, citing continued … Read more
A Ukiah man who brutally attacked a senior citizen in March, has been found guilty in Mendocino County Superior Court. Curtis Daniel Bettencourt, 34, was found guilty of felony assault by means of force enough to cause great bodily injury. Bettencourt will also stand trial for resisting arrest, and there will be special sentencing considerations … Read more
Mendocino County’s Behavioral Health and Recovery Services will hold groundbreaking ceremonies for the new psychiatric health facility at 9 am this Tuesday at the construction site on South State Street in Ukiah. The almost 13,000 sq. ft. building will have capacity to treat 16 patients on a 24 hour inpatient basis. The project is funded … Read more
The city of Clearlake has won its lawsuit against Highlands Mutual Water Company. Judge J. David Markham rules that Highlands must hold a new board election and release more information abouts its operations. The city of Clearlake filed the suit in June seeking more information regarding Highland’s annual shareholder meeting in which its board rather … Read more
Fast action on the part of bystanders helped keep a vehicle fire in the Brooktrails subdivision west of Willits from spreading on Wednesday night. Homeowners used their garden hoses to wet down vegetation in the area of the vehicle until fire crews arrived. Both ground and air resources were dispatched to the scene and the … Read more
Ukiah Police report the arrest of two people on charges of conspiracy and theft after being found with a stolen vehicle in the Kohls parking lot late last week. Officers found a vehicle with old Dealer plates, which came up as stolen out of Redding. Lane Michael Johnson, 26, of Crescent City tried to flee … Read more
Bower Park in Gualala is open once again after a part of the park was closed in 2022 due to worries about hazardous trees. Those trees have been removed and in the near future, the park is expected to undergo renovations
Construction on the new Mendocino County Courthouse is slated to start in May of next year. State officials will start in October to secure all the permits necessary to start one of the most significant public projects in the last 7 decades in the county. The 82,000 sq ft, two-story building’s budget now stands at … Read more
Firefighters are working to contain the Reservoir Fire east of Clearlake Oaks. The fire has been burning since Monday along Indian Valley Reservoir Road and Walker Ridge Road SE of Indian Valley Reservoir in eastern Lake County. Forward progress has been stopped.
Fort Bragg police officers last week served a search warrant in the area of the 100 block of Minnesota Avenue after investigating a tip that cocaine was being sold in that area. Officers located cocaine packaged for sale, over $22,000 in cash. Christopher Moran, 41 of Fort Bragg, was questioned, arrested, and booked into the … Read more