A portion of Highway101 and the northbound off ramp to state route 253 south of Ukiah are open once again after a logging truck rolled over and was blocking the roadway yesterday afternoon. Caltrans reports the area was cleared shortly after 6:30 last night.
An apartment fire early this past Friday has left one person dead and others injured. A structure fire at the Redwood Manor Apartments sent a 40-year-old father and two of his children to safety outside of the building. All three were transported to the hospital with possible life-threatening injuries. The mother, 41 and seven months … Read more
Temperatures in Northern California continue to be in the triple digits. The Mendocino Voice reports that temperatures in Ukiah reached 103. According to the newly launched website, Heat.gov, much of inland Mendocino County is under Excessive Heat Watches or Warnings, with forecasted temperatures at the highest end ranging from 105 degrees to 110 degrees. The … Read more
The Lakeport City Council meets tomorrow evening and will consider approving an agreement with the city of Clearlake for supplemental law enforcement services. The agreement will allow the two agencies to help when staffing is low in the Lakeport force. The city will also confirm and approve the utility billing delinquency list and the direct … Read more
At their meeting tomorrow morning, the Lake County Board of Supervisors will consider asking the Governor to choose who replaces former supervisor Tina Scott, who resigned recently. Supervisor Bruno Sabatier will ask the board to appeal a decision by the Lake County Planning Commission to approve the Bottle Rock Farm FJA Trust Cannabis project. Sabatier’s … Read more
A member of the Mendocino City Community Services District Board of Directors has resigned. Christina Aranguren announced her decision in an email to the board. There are now two vacant seats on the board, after Harold Hauck’s announcement that he would not seek reelection.
A man walking along an off-ramp on Highway 101 in Mendocino County was struck and killed early Wednesday morning. The CHP reports the man struck has been identified as Robert Jay Watson of Stockton. Watson was wearing dark clothing, walking north when he was hit by an SUV and was thrown down an embankment. The … Read more
Three more Mendocino County residents have died from COVID-19, bringing total deaths in the county from the virus to 134. All three were over 75 and had contributing health factors. As of Monday, there were 15,066 confirmed cases in Mendocino County, with the seven-day average of daily cases at 27.9 per 100,000.
At the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Public Health Officer Dr. Andy Coren strongly recommended masking indoors and only gathering outdoors. Coren cited the high transmissibility of the new COVID-19 variants.
Negotiations between the SEIU Local 1021 and the county continue. The local filed unfair labor practice charges with the state, citing the county’s refusal to comply with a request for public information from the union, asking for documentation needed to participate in bargaining sessions. According to the Mendocino Voice, The union is contending that the … Read more