The Yuba Community College Board will meet on Thursday afternoon. There’ll be a closed session before the regular board meeting at 5. The board will consider extending the employment of the interim director of the Health and Medical Career Program and nursing, as well as the extension and conversion of the employment of the college’s … Read more
The names of two men who crashed through a fence and landed in a swimming pool are being withheld pending notification of next of kin. The crash happened late Sunday night on Tehama Street in Nice. The 39-year-old driver from Nice and his 34-year-old passenger from Upper Lake were trapped in the vehicle and died. … Read more
A grant application by the Guidiville Rancheria is being for further consideration after the State Department of Toxic Substance Control found discrepancies in the 6.6 million dollar application. No details on what the issues with the application are or how they might be resolved, but the department says no funds can be released before those … Read more
The Lake County Registrar of Voters office reported that the official canvass for the March 5 primary is underway, with thousands of ballots still to be counted, and stated that posted results for the primary are not the final county. The county has 30 days from the end of the election to complete the canvass. … Read more
MATH, the Middletown Area Town Hall will meet on Thursday evening and will get updates on local projects and discuss local election results.
The Lakeport Economic Development Advisory Committee meets tomorrow morning and will get updates and discuss economic development. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom and is open to the public. A presentation will be aimed at Lakeport, titled “How Community Health Shapes Economic Prosperity: Strategies for Sustainable Solutions.” The committee will also discuss the … Read more
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s office reports a plane crash near Usal Road in Whitehorn over the weekend was due to a loss of power. Fortunately, the pilot was able to deploy the aircraft’s Cirrus Airframe Parachute System which slowed the plane’s descent and carried it into a heavily wooded area. The three occupants of the … Read more
The Mendocino County Assessor-Clerk-Recorder has announced that just over 14,500 vote-by-mail ballots as well as almost 600 conditional-provisional ballots have yet to be counted. That number of ballots once processed is expected to influence the 1st and 2nd district supervisoral races. The deadline for receiving vote-by-mail ballots is tomorrow and the Assessor-Clerk-Recorder says updated results … Read more
A Lakeport man was arrested late last week after attacking and threatening to kill a Lakeport Police at the Shell Gas Station. The officer was making a purchase when Nino Gonzalez charged him. The officer then used his taser on him twice. The officer called for backup and drew his firearm. Additional officers arrived and … Read more
The Lake County Board of Supervisors at its meeting tomorrow morning will consider the formation of a new municipal advisory council to serve Kelseyville and the Big Valley area. The board is also scheduled to hear Higher Ground Farms’ appeal of the Planning Commission’s Jan. 11 denial of its cannabis operation, proposed to be located … Read more