News Staff The Clearlake City Council meets tomorrow evening at 6 and on the agenda is consideration of foreclosure action against properties that have significant code violations and unpaid administrative fines. There are ten properties on a list submitted to the City Manager, with six remaining vacant due to city abatement.
The Clearlake woman who died in a solo vehicle wreck on Highway 20 Sunday night near Lucerne has been identified. Alyssa Luellen Reyes, 34 was the victim of a single car crash that resulted in a rollover where Reyes was thrown from the vehicle.
CalFire will be conducting night training throughout Mendocino County for the foreseeable future. CalFire helicopters 601 will fly out of Howard Forest Helitack Base, doing exercises with and without nighttime goggles, from sunset to around 10 pm on training nights.
CalFire has announced that beginning today all hazard reduction burning in the state responsibility area will require a permit. Burn permits can be obtained online at burnpemit.fire.ca.gov. Permits must be in possession of the property owner during the course of the burn. Property owners are responsible for checking the burn day status before commencing any … Read more
The president of the company that owns gas stations in the area has said if the county denies a use permit for a new gas station in Ukiah, he may sell the site to a local tribe that wants the property, stating that then neighbors will have no say in what can be done with … Read more
The East Region Town Hall or ERTH meets tomorrow afternoon at 4 and will hear from the Lake County Community Development Director as a guest speaker, who will discuss the Shoreline Area Plan update. Northshore Fire Protection District Chief Mike Ciancio will also give a report.
A representative of the Mendocino National Forest has signed a decision on the Mendocino Prescribed Fire and Fuels Management Strategy. Forest Supervisor Wade McMaster signed the document in front of a group of local partners, tribal representatives, and community members at the FireScape Mendocino workshop this past Thursday. Forest managers will now be able to … Read more
Identification of a Clearlake woman killed in a single-car crash on State Route 20 over the weekend is being withheld pending notification of family. The CHP reports the woman, driving eastbound on SR20 in a Honda Civic, crossed into oncoming traffic, left the roadway, and ran up an embankment, causing the vehicle to roll over. … Read more
This past Friday, the bomb squad was called to a home in Lakeport, after a woman found what appeared to be a grenade in her late husband’s belongings. The Lake County Sheriff’s office along with the Napa County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad inspected, confirmed there was no threat and disposed of the device.
A former officer of the Willits Police Department has been awarded $2.25 million dollars in a settlement in return for dropping a civil lawsuit against the the Willits Police Department for sexual harassment by one of her former superior officers. Natalie Higley in her suit stated that Lieutenant Derek Hendry perpetuated a hostile, sexist and … Read more