The Lake County Sheriff’s Office promoted veteran deputy Walter White to rank of sergeant. According to the Sherrif’s office, White is believed to be the first black deputy to reach the rank of sergeant or above on the patrol side. Sgt. White is a lifelong Lake County resident and graduate of Lower Lake High School. … Read more
Mendocino County Public Health has five COVID-19 second-dose vaccination events scheduled for this week. There’s one today and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. the Ukiah Fairgrounds for the Pfizer vaccine. And one Wednesday same time and location but for the Moderna vaccine. There another Moderna event Thursday at the “The Woods” in Little … Read more
Mendocino County has a new wood chipper to help support fuels reduction activities in Redwood Valley and throughout the county. The chipper was purchased through a Hazardous Tree Removal grant provided by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection using California Climate Investments funding.
A controlled burn escaped the permitters and spread into brush and wildland, east of Hopland on Saturday. The last report from Cal Fire over the weekend was that the fire had reached around 60 acres in size. And there was another escaped control burn reported yesterday. The Brooktrails Township Fire Department responded to the incident … Read more
Congressman Mike Thompson announced Crystal Martin and Carol Huchingson as the 2020 and 2021 Women of the Year in Lake County. Each year, Thompson honors women from the Fifth Congressional District who make exceptional contributions to the community. Thompson said Martin is a dedicated and tireless advocate for justice, as the Lake County District Attorney’s … Read more
Lake County reports they have now given at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to over 1/3 of residents age 16 and older, making incredible progress in three months’ time. The Public Health Department say this has been a locally driven effort everyone can all celebrate. The Health Services Department’s vaccination efforts have progressed through … Read more
A man from Clearlake was arrested for attempting to set two homes on fire Fort Bragg on Friday. The first fire caused only minor damage to the exterior of a home. Police finally caught up with the suspect, 47-year-old Robert Fielden, who was in possession of butane torches, methamphetamine, and paraphernalia.
COVID-19 variants have been discovered in Mendocino County. Testing samples from February were sent to a state lab for processing as normal and were randomly sampled for variant testing. Mendocino County Public Health was alerted on March 24th that a number of samples tested positive for 4 different variants of the COVID-19 virus: two west … Read more
Round 5 of California Relief Grant Funding opened yesterday for small businesses and nonprofits. The deadline is March 31, at 5pm. You can visit https://careliefgrant.com/ for further information. Lake County also posted helpful infomation on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/210554545673980/posts/4098230980239631/
Following a court appearance this week, a 21-year-old woman from Novato remains in custody for vehicular manslaughter. Police say on March 13th, Keilah Marie Coyle was driving while intoxicated on Highway 29 north of Middletown, when she crossed the double-yellow lines and collided head-on with a GMC van. 53-year-old Cassandra Rolicheck. and her passenger, 47-year-old … Read more