The Round Valley Indian Tribe has brought suit against the Mendocino and Humboldt County Sheriff’s Departments, along with the CHP, claiming officers illegally raided marijuana grows on the reservation. The complaint names three tribal members as plaintiffs and accuses the officers of terrorizing them and the community. Mendocino County Sheriff Matthew Kendall has said the … Read more
At the beginning of the week, the Clearlake Police Department served marijuana related search warrants at several locations. During the searches, 955 marijuana plants and 1,240 pounds of processed marijuana were seized, police said. Additionally, 10 firearms and ammunition were seized. Several locations had partial hoop houses set up, with most the plants seized growing … Read more
A female pedestrian has died as the result of a collision with a vehicle in Ukiah earlier in the week. Officers were dispatched to the parking lot of a local convenience store on a hit-and-run call to find the pedestrian lying on the ground. EMS rendered aid to the woman as officers determined that she’d … Read more
In a statement from the Middletown Teachers Association, it was announced that an agreement between the Association and the Middletown Unified School District had been reached. The agreement includes a contingency-based salary increase, improved training flexibility, support for colleagues, fair compensation for bilingual teachers, and individualized education program meeting clarity. Coincidentally, approval by both parties … Read more
The Ukiah Unified School District has learned that it’s federal School-Based Mental Health Grant has been cancelled by the U.S. Department of Education under the Trump administration. The funding, which supports critical student support services, is scheduled to end December 31st of this year despite the fact that two and a half years remain on … Read more
At the most recent meeting of the Middletown Unified School District Board of Trustees, the board voted unanimously to accept and ratify a final agreement with the Middletown Teachers Association. The new agreement will allow the approval of new stipends for the current school year and includes a contingency for a potential 1% salary increase … Read more
The Mendocino National Forest is selling permits for personal-use firewood. Permits are $2 per cord with a minimum purchase of 10 cords, and a maximum of 12 cords per household. Permits can be purchased at Forest Service district offices in Willows, Stonyford, Upper Lake, or Covelo. Firewood collected within Lake and Mendocino counties is subject … Read more
The Lake County Fire Protection District, City of Clearlake and the Cal Fire Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit are conducting a controlled burn today and that will continue again on the 14th through the 16th between Walmart and Cache Creek Apartments. Expect smoke and fire equipment near Dam Road. There will be crews removing vegetation and pile burning.
Good news for the Clear Lake Hitch…biologists from the state fish and wildlife department doing counts of select streams and areas of Clearlake have said that in five weeks of sampling, week five resulted in a record 556 of the Hitch recording during electrofishing, which is one of the methodologies used to count the little … Read more
The Middletown Teachers Association and the School District have avoided a strike after coming to a tentative agreement. A strike vote in mid-April readied the Association to be able to walk out if the district didn’t respond to a request for negotiations. The strike vote was the first taken since the association formed over three … Read more