Fort Bragg’s Extreme Winter Shelter has closed for the season, and the Fort Bragg Police Department has issued 339 motel vouchers thus far. In a press release, the Department said in the past siting and staffing the shelter has delayed opening, and this year the city was able to open on time and keep the … Read more
Mendocino County has opened the state’s first facility dedicated to training First Responders in caring for the mentally ill. Mendocino County’s Behavioral Health Regional Training Center will host training for local first responders in the State of California’s Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. It is anticipated that in addition to law enforcement, firefighters … Read more
The Lake County Planning Commission has approved plans for a new resort on the lakeshore in Lucerne on State Highway 20. The resort will include nine overnight lodging units.The property also includes a one-story house that was the longtime residence of well-known Pearl Harbor survivor, Jim Harris, who died in 2011.
At the most recent meeting of the Lake County Board of Supervisors, supervisorial salary levels were discussed, but no move to change them was undertaken. A report by Human Resources Director Pam Samac put the board members’ current pay into perspective. If the board returned to the pre-pandemic methodology, supervisors would see increases of perhaps … Read more
Hazy, brownish smokey skies? There are no active fires in the area. The National Weather Service says they are the result of the convergence of smoke and dust from across the Pacific Ocean, from wildfires burning in Siberia and Russia as well as ongoing fires and dust storms occurring in Mongolia and China. There is … Read more
A Willits man is getting ready to head back to the Ukraine to deliver supplies and to help refugees find safety. David Caspino served in the Army as a medic and is now an EMT. In March, he went to Ukraine, taking $60k in donated medical supplies, body armor and vhf radios. After making his … Read more
The Gilroy Garlic Festival is no more. Founded in 1979, the festival has been one of the most famous in the country and has raised more than $12 million for school and local non-profits. Garlic Festival Association Past President Tom Cline and Vice President-Elect Cindy Fellows said “lingering uncertainties” from the pandemic and “prohibitive insurance … Read more
Mendocino County Public Health officials are advising people who visited a Willits pub recently that they may have been exposed to Covid-19. A press release says that anyone who were at the Shanachie Pub on S. Main Street on Friday the 15th are advised to get tested for the virus. The management of the pub … Read more
The Clearlake Planning Commission meets tomorrow at 6p to hold a public hearing to consider a conditional use permit and a corresponding environmental assessment and categorical exemption to develop and operate a gas station with a convenience store that would sell alcohol, house a fast-food restaurant, and a drive-through carwash in the Clearlake Shopping Center … Read more
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating a Ukiah Pharmacy manager after allegations she was selling and distributing fake COVID-19 vaccination cards. Ranna Shamiya, director of pharmacy at Adventist Health Ukiah Valley Hospital, is one of three people involved in a scheme to make and sell fake vaccination cards and bogus COVID-19 cures. Shamiya is … Read more