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
Tomorrow at 4:00pm, The Board of Supervisors Drought Ad Hoc Committee consisting of Supervisor John Haschak and Supervisor Glenn McGourty will host a virtual Countywide Drought Task Force Meeting. The Supervisors will give an update on their current discussions with community partners and staff on drought related issues. Members of the public will have an … Read more
Lakeport Police say a flag that was found discarded on July 4th was one of the Main Street Flags. It turns out that was the second flag stolen from Main Street on Independence Day. The first one had the pole vandalized. Lakeport Police say they are charging a suspect in that case. Both flags have … Read more
A jail inmate who escaped from the Lake County Jail last week was taken back into custody by a sheriff’s captain a short time later. According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, 63-year-old Gary Lee Gard, of Kelseyville, was serving a sentence for misdemeanor possession of methamphetamine. At 7:51 a.m. last Thursday, Gard walked away … Read more
Fire use restrictions went into effect for the Mendocino National Forest at midnight on Thursday, July 1. Restrictions include that barbeque grills using briquettes are not allowed outside of designated recreation sites. The restrictions are designed to help minimize the chances of human-caused wildland fires.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is introducing its newest Law Enforcement Canine, Rex, a two-year-old Belgian Malinois, assigned to Deputy Joe Lyons. They will be assigned to the Enforcement Division and provide a variety of services to the community. Some of these services include, but are not limited to; handler protection, tracking, searching, suspect apprehension, … Read more
An advisory about a road closure in Lakeport. Due to construction the City of Lakeport Public Works Department is advising of a road closure on Lange Street from Giselman to the Terrace School entrance. This will take place today through July 9th.
Ahead of the holiday weekend, CAL FIRE announced that they’d seized nearly 80,000 pounds of illegal fireworks. The effort was supported by regional fire and law enforcement through targeted interdiction operations along the border.