The man responsible for setting the Hopkins Fire in 2021 has been found guilty of arson. In California, he is eligible to be sentenced to prison for up to 21 years. DA David Eyester has posted on his social media a call to action for the fire victims, to submit victim impact statements to be … Read more
The 2024 Mendocino County Fair Wine Competition – the 45th annual – will have a People’s Choice Blind Tasting event. Find more information at mendowine.com
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office reports a suspect fleeing deputies in the Brooktrails area near Willits was injured Monday evening. The female suspect lost her footing and tumbled ten feet down the slope, sustaining injuries including facial trauma. Emergency responders arrived and provided assistance. Reach 6 Air Ambulance was also called to transport the suspect … Read more
Livestock offered at this year’s Redwood Empire Fairs Junior Livestock Auction broke last year’s record by over $78,000. The total number of exhibitor entries totaled more than 294, 69 more than last year. The auction total this year was $1,242,953.
The Middletown Area Town Hall, or MATH, meets Thursday at 8 pm. On the agenda, a state highway update from Caltrans and a county roads update from new Lake County Public Works Director Glen March. The group will also discuss the Guenoc Valley Project, a letter regarding Rabbit Hill, and whether to continue offering meetings … Read more
Clearlake Oaks in Lake County is one of twenty-two communities in the state to be the first to earn the new Clean California designation. The program is a multi-year, 1.2 billion dollar initiative to clean up, reclaim, transform and beautify public spaces. The program criteria include a commitment from top local officials, a litter abatement … Read more
A pipe bomb discovered in the mailbox of a home south of Ukiah was sucessfully removed and rendered inert by the Mendocino County Bomb Squad late last week. The resident of the property had been away for several weeks, and was unsure of who might have placed it. The device is being inspected and investigation … Read more
The former payroll manager for Mendocino County, Paula June Kennedy, has requested mental health diversion from prosecution of the charge of misappropriation of public funds along with suspended Auditor Chamise Cubbison. According to MendoFever, a report by a forensic psychologist, shows Kennedy to be suffering from anxiety, and depression after being suspended and publicly labeled … Read more
The Lakeport City Council meets tomorrow evening at 6 and will honor outgoing police chief Brad Rasmussen, who will join the board of supervisors in January and swear in his successor, Dale Stoebe. The council will hold public hearings on a new lot line adjustment ordinance and on the adoption of the utility bill delinquency … Read more
When the Lake County Board of Supervisors meets tomorrow morning at 9, the board will honor Lakeport’s retiring police chief and welcome him as one of the board’s newest members. The County Watershed Protection District board will hear a presentation on the Clear Lake Integrated Science Symposium, scheduled for the 15th and 16th. The board … Read more