News Staff Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order yesterday calling on all Californians to voluntarily reduce their water use by 15% compared to 2020 levels through simple actions such as reducing landscape irrigation, running dishwashers and washing machines only when full, finding and fixing leaks, installing water-efficient showerheads and taking shorter showers. The Governor said taking … Read more
Beginning today, the Mendocino County Public Health Department will be offering Covid-19 vaccine clinics every Friday at the Redwood Empire Fairgrounds in Ukiah. The clinics will be held at the Fine Arts Building at the fairgrounds, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., then from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. All vaccine types will be available, … Read more
The Broiler Fire was stopped and controlled yesterday, and all evacuation orders were lifted. The final update had the fire at 80 acres and 75% contained. Redwood Valley Calpella Fire Department has assumed incident command. A total of nine structures were destroyed in the fire, including three residences and six outbuildings. There were also 2 … Read more
Lakeport police have made an arrest in an arson case. 34-year-old Jamie Rae Lukens, a transient and a Lakeport resident, was arrested in connection to a fire set in the downtown area this week. Fire personnel were able to quickly suppress the fire with only property damage to the nearby vegetation. Lukens was arrested for … Read more
Re-population began last night in the area of the Broiler Fire evacuation zone in Redwood Valley, except for the burn areas of West School Way due to fire mop up activities. According to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office, all previous road closures have been removed but road closures may exist where fire mop activities are … Read more
The Lake County Fire Protection District is asking for the community’s help in locating thousands of feet of stolen fire hose and other equipment taken from the scene of the Wilkinson fire. That fire occurred on June 21st in Clearlake. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Lake County Fire Protection District.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting. Yesterday morning, the sheriff’s office received a report of a woman arriving at a local hospital after shooting a man who she said assaulted her. Police found the deceased man at a residence in the 12000 block of Island Circle in Clearlake Oaks.
A modular building at the Mendocino County Administration Center was burned in a fire Tuesday evening along Low Gap Road. The Ukiah Valley Fire Authority says a man driving by saw the fire and alerted someone in one of the buildings. They used a fire extinguisher to put out the flames and reported the fire … Read more
The combined enforcement efforts of the Lakeport Police Department and Lakeport Fire Protection District resulted in the seizure of approximately 15 pounds of illegal fireworks and the arrest/citation of five people. In addition, police-maintained visibility in the problem areas and issued public education to other violators. All seized fireworks will be turned over to the … Read more
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office reports that the large-scale search and apprehension efforts in Elk for William Evers were concluded due to unavailability of continued mutual aid law enforcement resources. MCSO will continue to have a presence and will be conducting smaller scale search and apprehension efforts. Evers is wanted for burglaries in the area … Read more