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
Mendocino College has purchased property at the corner of Perkins and Main Streets in downtown Ukiah to build affordable student housing. The Mendocino College Foundation funded the purchase of the property from Redwood Credit Union and has committed to additional funding to construct that housing. A study shows that 97% of students think student housing … Read more
The Clearlake Police Department is asking the public’s help in locating a missing teen. 12-year-old Aiden Murray is 5’04’ tall, weighs about 155 lbs, has brown hair, and hazel eyes. Aiden was last seen at Obsidian Middle School, wearing a blue Obsidian hoodie and black and white pajama pants. Anyone with information is asked to … Read more
The Lakeport City Council meets tomorrow at 6 pm and will consider an application to the T Mobile Hometown Grant Program to improve the signage at the Silveira Community Center. The council also will consider a resolution requesting Congressman Mike Thompson consider $7,211,500 in funding be authorized for the South Lakeport Regional Water Resiliency & … Read more
The Ukiah Valley Fire Authority responded to an apartment complex in Ukiah on Friday night. Firefighters encountered heavy flames involving two buildings of the complex at 151 Lovers Lane. Mutual aid calls were sent out, bringing crews from Redwood Valley, Hopland, Potter Valley, Willits, and Cal Fire. Nine units in the complex were destroyed, displacing … Read more
The Lake County Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday at 9 am and will consider a presentation of fiscal data and loan repayment status as well as a resolution authorizing extension of loan term for Lake County Behavioral Health Services and consider resolutions seeking federal Community Project Funding for the South
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing man. Daniel Jay Salmond, 72, was last seen around 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 27 at his home on Middle Ridge Road in Albion. Salmond is suffering from advancing dementia. Daniel Jay Salmond is 6 feet tall, 160 pounds, with gray … Read more
Abalone poached from Mendocino County was discovered during a traffic stop in Windsor, California. The driver of the vehicle, Jason Ramos, 45, of Santa Rosa was found to be on post release supervision and had two outstanding misdemeanor warrants from Lake and Mendocino County. The passenger, Nichole Lee, 35, from Santa Rosa admitted she was … Read more