Mendocino County is offering tips on how to conserve water, and they’ve created a drought hotline. The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors passed a Drought Declaration in April due to worsening drought conditions across the region. The drought declaration requests all local water suppliers to implement their local water shortage contingency plans and urges all … Read more
Governor Gavin Newsom highlighted new firefighting equipment and his proposed $2 billion investment in wildfire and emergency preparedness yesterday. The plan calls for urgent action to support wildfire suppression and improve forest health. It also invests $48 million for 12 new Cal Fire Hawk helicopters and seven large air tankers.
The Tomki Fire in Mendocino County is now 80-percent contained. The fire, burning at Tomki Road and Appaloosa Way, North of Redwood Valley, started Friday and burned in heavy brush and slash. It burned 22 acres. Crews responded to a small brush fire yesterday in Potter Valley, east of Eastside Valley Road in an agricultural … Read more
Lake County’s acting Public Health Officer is encouraging residents to get vaccinated. He says the county’s testing positivity and case rates have recently trended in the minimal-moderate range. 50% of eligible county residents are now vaccinated. The county’s goal is to reach 70%. With COVID-19 transmission relatively stable in Lake County, the last daily update … Read more
UPD officers saved a woman escape from a fire. On May 8th Ukiah Police were advised that UVFA was responding to a structure fire on South State Street. The roof of the residence was fully engulfed in flames, and the fire was spreading to an attached carport. Officers heard a woman inside a room in … Read more
Lake County’s tire amnesty program, which allowed for free disposal of old tires, has come to an end. Grant funding from CalRecycle has been fully spent after the county recycled more than 14,000 tires since July 1, 2019.
The City of Lakeport is asking citizens to conserve water. On May 11, the Lake County Board of Supervisors approved a drought emergency proclamation due the worsening drought conditions in the region. The City of Lakeport relies on ground water wells in the Scotts Valley area along with treated water from Clear Lake for the … Read more
Mendocino County COVID-19 case rates are rising. After being assigned to the least restrictive yellow tier, Public Health Officer Dr. Andy Coren says a lot has changed in the last two weeks. New cases have nearly tripled, and more are in the hospital. He says they have seen this pattern in a surge. Coren’s advice … Read more
The Mendocino County Code Enforcement Division recently investigated several properties where commercial cannabis cultivation was occurring in non-permitted structures, without a County Cultivation Permit, or State Cultivation License. The responsible parties voluntarily abated the cannabis plants being cultivated and avoided penalties. The properties were in Redwood Valley, Willits, and Fort Bragg.
The Lakeport Unified School District will be participating in the Summer Feeding Program. The Food and Nutrition Services department will be offering breakfast and lunch daily, Monday, June 7 through Friday, July 2, at Terrace Middle School Cafeteria.