A body was found during the search for a man missing from the Albion area. A missing person’s report was filed on the 1st and over the next four days search and rescues teams from Mendocino and surrounding counties combed the area. On Tuesday Search and Rescue teams located a deceased person in the search … Read more
A man who was stabbed in Kelseyville in late January has died of unrelated causes. TheLakeCountyNews reports investigation into the death of Hernandez Guzman confirms that he did not die of injuries related to the stabbing that happened at Pioneer Park after a verbal argument with Anthony Lee Black of Kelseyville. A cause of death … Read more
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a death investigation after a body was discovered washed ashore at the Bella Laguna beach area off Goff Avenue in Clearlake on Tuesday. Identification of the deceased has not yet been made. A coroner’s investigation has been launched.
There’s a freeze watch in effect for the Interior of Mendocino County and Lake County from late tonight through Friday morning. Sub-freezing temperatures dropping as low as 26 degrees are possible. Frost and freezing conditions could kill crops and sensitive vegetation and could damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
The Lake County Board of Supervisors is looking for applicants for vacant positions on the Public Defender Oversight Committee. The committee receives and reviews reports on the Lake County Public Defender Program and discusses the performance and ability to meet the needs of the county, the Courts, and those who utilize these services. Applications are … Read more
The Clearlake City Council meets Thursday evening and will hold public hearings to close out grants regarding Code Enforcement and the Clearlake Senior Center. The council will discuss and possibly give staff direction regarding street lighting in the city and will also consider appointments to the Clearlake Planning Commission and the Measure V Oversight Committee. … Read more
The Willits City Council, at its last meeting, amended the municipal code to require property owners who spend more than $100K or more on other property repairs or construction also to fix or replace the sidewalks on their property. The change in code addresses sidewalk rules that hadn’t been updated in over three decades. The … Read more
A man who died while being detained by Mendocino County Sheriff’s Deputies has been identified. 29-year-old Emil Redzic of Ukiah was being brought out of Orr Creek, after he’d fled deputies looking for him in connection with a stolen vehicle last Wednesday. While being detained, Redzic appeared to be altered and experienced a medical episode. … Read more
Lake County Registrar of Voters Maria Valadez has clarified an exaggeration in the cost of adding Measure U, the vote on renaming the city of Kelseyville, to this past election’s ballot. When asked at a Lake County Board of Supervisors meeting how much putting the measure on the ballot would cost, Valadez estimated the cost … Read more
An autopsy was scheduled this week for a Ukiah man who died last Wednesday while being detained by Mendocino County Sheriff’s Deputies. The 29-year-old man was on probation and was suspected of stealing a vehicle when he was detained and suffered a medical episode. Life-saving measures were performed, but the man was declared dead at … Read more