Lake and Mendocino Counties are moving from the purple to red tier of the state’s blueprint for a safer economy. With this new Red Tier, comes an ease of some COVID-19 precautions. Activities permitted include: Indoor dining, movie theaters and museums at 25% capacity Indoor gyms at 10% capacity. Long-Term Care Facilities may restart in-person … Read more
Two people died in a crash near Middletown. A van and a pickup truck collided around 11 p.m. Saturday on Highway 29 near the entrance to the Bar X Ranch north of Middletown. Few details were released, but 2 people who were trapped in one of the vehicles sustained major injuries in the crash and … Read more
Mendocino County Public Health had over 700 vaccinations for a clinic in Caspar on Friday but needed some help to get the people there after only around 200 signed up. County Supervisors posted on social media and sent out text messages to alert community members, who showed up, and all the vaccine doses were administered. … Read more
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a mobile home fire as arson. Saturday night, Deputies were dispatched to the 4800 block of North State Street in Ukiah about a man who was possibly intoxicated and acting strange. Soon after, MCSO got another call that the man lit a fire inside of a residence. It … Read more
Police are looking for two suspects accused of kidnapping an d assaulting a man during a drug transaction. The victim told police he was first assaulted by 2 men in the area of Main Street and Howard Street in Covelo. He was then forced into the passenger side of his vehicle and driven to another … Read more
CAL FIRE Law Enforcement Officers report they have made 19 Arson related arrests to-date in 2021. In 2020, a total of 120 arrests were made statewide. 70 arrests were made in 2019. Call the Arson Hotline at 800-468-4408 with information about suspicious fires. You can remain anonymous.
A Lakeport man entered a no contest plea in a child pornography case. 59-year-old Jeffery Scott Cramer was arrested in May after detectives were able to identify social media accounts associated with him that had been used to upload child pornography on at least five occasions between August 2019 and February 2020. Cramer will be … Read more
A Hopland man was arrested for allegedly ramming his minivan into ex-girlfriend’s car. The woman told police she was in a drive-thru on North State Street around 11 p.m. March 9 when 33-year-old Jaime Gutierrez hit the windshield of her sedan with his fist, breaking the glass. The victim said as she was driving away … Read more
A homicide investigation is underway after a man found with serious injuries yesterday in Clearlake Oaks died. According to the Lake County Sheriff, the middle-aged Caucasian man was located near Clark’s Island and E. State Hwy 20 in Clearlake Oaks. He was unconscious and had injuries to his head and a puncture wound to his … Read more
The master tenant of the Ghost Ship warehouse was sentenced to 12 years in prison this week, although he is unlikely to spend more time in jail. 50-year-old Derek Almena was on house arrest in Lake County after being released from jail due to COVID-19 concerns. In January, he pleaded guilty to 36 counts of … Read more