A controlled burn escaped the permitters and spread into brush and wildland, east of Hopland on Saturday. The last report from Cal Fire over the weekend was that the fire had reached around 60 acres in size. And there was another escaped control burn reported yesterday. The Brooktrails Township Fire Department responded to the incident … Read more
Congressman Mike Thompson announced Crystal Martin and Carol Huchingson as the 2020 and 2021 Women of the Year in Lake County. Each year, Thompson honors women from the Fifth Congressional District who make exceptional contributions to the community. Thompson said Martin is a dedicated and tireless advocate for justice, as the Lake County District Attorney’s … Read more
Lake County reports they have now given at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to over 1/3 of residents age 16 and older, making incredible progress in three months’ time. The Public Health Department say this has been a locally driven effort everyone can all celebrate. The Health Services Department’s vaccination efforts have progressed through … Read more
A man from Clearlake was arrested for attempting to set two homes on fire Fort Bragg on Friday. The first fire caused only minor damage to the exterior of a home. Police finally caught up with the suspect, 47-year-old Robert Fielden, who was in possession of butane torches, methamphetamine, and paraphernalia.
COVID-19 variants have been discovered in Mendocino County. Testing samples from February were sent to a state lab for processing as normal and were randomly sampled for variant testing. Mendocino County Public Health was alerted on March 24th that a number of samples tested positive for 4 different variants of the COVID-19 virus: two west … Read more
Round 5 of California Relief Grant Funding opened yesterday for small businesses and nonprofits. The deadline is March 31, at 5pm. You can visit https://careliefgrant.com/ for further information. Lake County also posted helpful infomation on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/210554545673980/posts/4098230980239631/
Following a court appearance this week, a 21-year-old woman from Novato remains in custody for vehicular manslaughter. Police say on March 13th, Keilah Marie Coyle was driving while intoxicated on Highway 29 north of Middletown, when she crossed the double-yellow lines and collided head-on with a GMC van. 53-year-old Cassandra Rolicheck. and her passenger, 47-year-old … Read more
A man from Ukiah is charged with resisting arrest or threatening a deputy. 38-year-old Lewis Dishman was placed under arrest when a methamphetamine smoking pipe was found during a vehicle check by a deputy from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office. As the Deputy walked Dishman to his patrol vehicle, he shoulder checked the Deputy and … Read more
The Ukiah Police Department recently honored two officers who are credited with saving a man’s life. The Life Saving Award went to UPD, Officers Alex Cowan and Patrick Infante who last July, responded to a supermarket parking lot on East Perkins Street, and found a man, unresponsive, lying on the hot pavement next to his … Read more
As of last week, nearly 20 percent of Mendocino County adults had been fully vaccinated, and more than 40 percent had received one dose. Public Health Officer Dr. Andy Coren says the county’s vaccine supply is stable, and they are focusing second-dose allocations over the next couple of weeks. In Lake County, 30 percent of … Read more