In its final meeting of the year, the Clearlake City Council unanimously voted to keep Dirk Slooten as Mayor and Russell Perdock as Vice Mayor. The council also approved the Clearlake Promise Program that will devote $55,000 over the next two academic years to help local students pay for college and authorized city attorney Ryan … Read more
A Ukiah woman has been reported missing by her family after not hearing from her since this past Saturday. Kelly Erickson’s sister says she texted a friend that she was getting a ride to her parents house in Sebastapol and no one has seen or heard from her since. She was last seen in Ukiah … Read more
The pilot of a gyrocopter was killed yesterday in a crash yesterday near Lakeport. Witnesses reported the aircraft going down somewhere between the Konocti Vista Casino and South Main Street. Emergency personnel attempting to reach the crash site about a mile off shore were hampered by tules that were in some places 12 feet tall. … Read more
The Ukiah City Council in working to create additional housing opportunities for residents has put out three sets of building plans for Accessory Dwelling Units at no cost to the community. The plans are available in three sizes and are already plan checked by the city’s Building Division and are ready for issuance of city … Read more
Ukiah may be in the middle of the fifth warmest 9 day period it’s ever seen for this time of year according to the National Weather Service. The last warm stretch in the area was in late fall of 2002. Along with the increasing temperatures, a recent study is indicating snowpack, which the state relies … Read more
The Ukiah City Council in working to create additional housing opportunities for residents has put out three sets of building plans for Accessory Dwelling Units at no cost to the community. The plans are available in three sizes and are already plan checked by the city’s Building Division and are ready for issuance of city … Read more
A man who was arrested previously for an incident involving a standoff with police has been arrested again for elder abuse and criminal threats. Joshua Caleb “Buck” Brown, was taken into custody without incident early Wednesday morning. His bond was set at $115,000 and he is due to be arraigned today.
A Kelseyville resident has been reappointed by the Governor to serve on the North Coastal Regional Water Quality Control Board. Greg Guisti has served on the board since 2013 and is the director advisor emeritus for the University of California Cooperative Extension.
The Lake County Board of Supervisors earlier in the week held another public hearing on the county supervisorial redistricting process and directed staff to complete a resolution to adopt map #6 as the final map in order to meet the December 15th deadline. Map #6 meets all legal requirements, including all districts being contiguous and … Read more
The Velvet Bandit has struck again, this time at the Willits Charter School. The street artist, mom, and lunch lady this time painted golden California poppies on one of the school buildings sometime during the Thanksgiving holiday. For residents eager to see more, the Velvet Bandit has left two other “small pieces around Bud Park” … Read more