The Mendo-Lake Food Hub will receive the 2022 “food business of the year” award from the Community Alliance with Family Farmers this year and will receive the award at the upcoming California Small Farm Conference on March 2, 2022. During the pandemic, the Food Hub initiated a program that provides direct deliveries of local produce … Read more
Tomorrow, Congressman Mike Thompson and Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry will hold a Zoom town hall at 7 pm. All constituents of California’s Fifth Congressional District and California’s Fourth Assembly District are invited to attend. Email thompson.townhall@mail.house.gov for a Zoom link or watch live on Rep. Thompson’s Facebook page.
The Department of Water Resources has launched a new website, California Water Watch, that tracks information on current local and statewide water conditions, right down to your own neighborhood. For information about other DWR and State drought response efforts and funding programs, go to drought.ca.gov/.
National Weather Service forecasters are calling for a change in the weather, with clouds building this afternoon with a chance of rain in the forecast and then changing to rain and snow showers possible overnight into tomorrow morning.
Fort Bragg Police have posted on Facebook in hopes of retrieving an envelope with $1,000 cash lost by a resident in her 70’s at the Harvest Market on Wednesday. In surveillance footage, a man wearing a camo jacket was seen picking up the envelope of cash and leaving the store. Keeping the property without making … Read more
A Fort Bragg man has been arrested for allegedly robbing the Chase Bank in Willits on Wednesday. Jonathan Sales was arrested after a Mendocino County Sheriff’s Deputy apprehended him, as he fled from the bank on foot. A taser was used to subdue Sales, the amount of money taken was found on his person, and … Read more
The Mendocino-Lake Community College District has refinanced a portion of its existing general obligation bonds, creating a savings of $12.7 million dollars for district residents. The district had in 2015 refinanced bonds, saving taxpayers over $36 million. The combined savings will be realized in lower property tax bills for residents. Before the bond sale, the … Read more
The Clearlake City Council on Thursday voted to extend a consulting agreement that it’s hoped will lead to the development of the city’s former airport property as a major commercial center. According to the Lake County News, the agreement between the city and Margetich/Sutter Equities is intended to lead to a master development agreement for … Read more
A former Ukiah Police Department officer has been cited for petty theft after allegedly taking a woman’s wallet from a grocery store in Lake County. Kevin P. Murray was seen on surveillance taking the wallet and then he later returned it to Lakeport PD, with items missing. A warrant was issued and he was cited … Read more
The sentencing of a former Lakeport business owner on charges of possession of child pornography has been continued by Judge Shanda Harry. Jeffrey Scott Cramer was set to be sentenced when Judge Harry rejected his plea agreement, stating that Cramer wasn’t just in possession of child pornography, but that he actively participated in creating “tribute … Read more