At a midweek meeting of the Ukiah Planning Commission, the director of the homeless shelter in Ukiah reported that staffing levels have improved over the last six months. Sage Wolf said the shelter was back up to 55 beds after struggling as funding provided during the pandemic was reduced. Wolf is acting as shelter manager … Read more
A Sacramento woman spoke to the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors at their last meeting stating she was the victim of police brutality by the Mendocino County Sheriff’s office. The MendoVoice reports Kelli Johnson said she was walking the beach when she was detained, shoved into the back of a police car, and driven to … Read more
Ukiah Regional Airport will close to all fixed-wing aircraft for about a month in early October to allow for the installation of a new runway lighting system and to narrow the runway. The project is being federally funded by a grant of almost $2.2 million dollars from the FAA. The project is the second of … Read more
The Middletown Unified School District will soon have a new superintendent. TheLakeCountyNews reports Thad Owens who’s been superintendent for the last year and a half is being assigned a new position with the district for the remainder of the school year. Wednesday night the school board also voted to appoint David Miller as interim superintendent. … Read more
The Bureau of Land Management invites the public to come out next Saturday, from 9 a.m. to noon, to help beautify the Westside Staging Area at South Cow Mountain for the 30th annual National Public Lands Day. Volunteers are encouraged to bring water, hats, sunscreen, gloves, and sturdy work boots. More information is available from … Read more
The Clearlake Office of the CHP has reported that a Willits man died earlier in the week after his motorcycle collided head-on with a pickup truck near Lucerne. The victim of the crash has been identified as James Andrew Eble II. CHP received a call about the crash early evening on Tuesday and arrived on … Read more
After a closed-session meeting by the Lake County Board of Supervisors, the termination of Lake County Health Services Director Jonathan Portnoy was announced. The closed session lasted several hours, and afterward, Vice Chair Moke Simon said the results of the meeting were the immediate firing of Portnoy and and appointment of County Administrative Officer Susan … Read more
The Clearlake Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing teen. 17-year-old Anthony Ray Hopper was last seen Tuesday around Lower Lake High School. He’s a white male juvenile, with medium-length dirty blonde hair, blue eyes, 5’4” tall, weighing 120 lbs. He was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt and blue … Read more
Mendocino County law enforcement continues the search for the suspect in a shooting in Hopland. Jesse Connolly is charged with attempted murder in the July shooting of another man. Connolly also has three outstanding warrants out for his arrest unrelated to the shooting.
A motorcyclist died in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer last night, halfway between Lucerne and Pepperwood Grove. The tractor-trailer was hauling a backhoe when the collision occurred just after 7 p.m. The rider was trapped under the truck and pronounced dead at the scene.