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
The Lake County Board of Supervisors meets tomorrow morning and on the agenda consideration of supervisorial salaries in other counties before perhaps giving its members significant raises, and the board will discuss a proposal to remove the Human Resources Department from the control of the County Administrative Office. This year and last, the board gave … Read more
Power has been restored to over 1300 PG&E customers in Northern Mendocino and southern Humboldt counties after an outage early afternoon on Sunday. It is thought a fire associated with a power pole south of Garberville might have been the cause, though PG&E is still investigating. There are still a few customers in the area … Read more
The Strong Financial Network and Umpqua Bank Lakeport are hosting Shredfest on Monday from 4 to 6 p.m. Stay in your vehicle while on-site staff removes your items to be shredded for free.
Caltrans is celebrating Earth Day with a free Dump Day event tomorrow. No construction materials, business waste, hazardous waste, e-waste, treated wood waste, or asbestos of any type will be accepted. The following locations in Lake and Mendocino counties will be open to accepting specific items; the Ukiah Railroad Depot Lot, accepting tires only, 237 … Read more
The recent rains have caused a mudslide on Forest Road M10 near the Dixie Glade Campground. The road was closed about a quarter-mile west of Fouts Springs according to Forestry officials. Right now, Dixie Glade Campground and the Letts Lake area are not accessible from the east side of the forest. Visitors and residents are … Read more
A bill authored by Senator Mike McGuire that will expedite the burying of electric utility lines has passed the Senate Energy Committee and the Governance & Finance Committee. Undergrounding electric lines decreases the chance of fires starting by 99%. SB 884 will expedite the undergrounding of 10,000 miles of utility lines while saving ratepayers money … Read more
The Mendocino College Plant sale will take place in person this year. The sale will be divided into two weekends – this Friday and Saturday and the same next week. Friday sale days will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Those who want to shop online … Read more
There’s been a twist in the saga of the Palace Hotel in Ukiah. It appears now that former investment banker and venture capitalist Minal Shankar will purchase the property from Ukiah residents Jitu and Paru Ishwar. Shankar, a Ukiah Valley resident, says she wants to transform the landmark into a ground-floor marketplace with shops, restaurants, … Read more
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. reported this week on the property tax payments it is making to cities and counties this month. The company reported that it paid approximately $1,101,814 to Lake County and $2,220,860 to Mendocino County for the year. PG&E paid property taxes of more than $310 million to the 50 counties in … Read more