Lakeport public school classes start today, and a traffic safety advisory is in effect. The Lakeport Police Department and LUSD staff is reminding all drivers to use extreme caution when traveling in the area of and on the grounds of the Lakeport schools. Expect heavier than normal vehicle and pedestrian traffic near the school grounds … Read more
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office responded to assist CAL FIRE and the Ukiah Valley Fire Authority in a vegetation fire on Vichy Springs Road in Ukiah yesterday approximately 12:50 PM. MCSO says the fire was quickly controlled because of the quick response from ground and air fire personnel.
While Lake County’s COVID-19 case rate has dropped, it’s still among the highest in the state. During a meeting yesterday with the Board of Supervisors, health officials said Lake County currently has a case rate of 53 per 100,000, which is the 4th highest in the state.
Clearlake’s mayor is urging city staff to get vaccinated. During last week’s City Council meeting, Mayor Dirk Slooten said his wife recently contracted COVID-19, even though they both have been vaccinated. Because his wife has immune deficiency issues, her doctor said she might have died without the vaccine.
Lake County and Mendocino County are under a heat advisory from this afternoon through tomorrow at 5 PM. Temperatures up to 105 expected. To avoid heat-related illness, drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun.
More details have been released regarding this weekend’s single-vehicle accident south of Ukiah that resulted in a fatality. Ukiah Police Department tried to stop a 2017 Volkswagen Bug within city limits around 1:30 a.m., Saturday, but the 15-year-old driver fled on South State Street then to U.S. Highway 101 at speeds in excess of 100 … Read more
Air quality with conditions are expected to improve today into tomorrow. Lake County’s Air Pollution Control Officer, Douglas Gearhart, says multiple fires including the Dixie Fire, the McFarland Fire, and Monument Fire, and the River Complex Fires, and other fires burning in Northern California and Oregon are creating the regional smoke impacts throughout Lake County … Read more
Mendocino County Public Health reported another COVID-19 related death last night. The county’s 54th death is a 77-year-old woman from Fort Bragg. The Public Health Department also reported that an additional 132 cases of COVID-19 have been reported since August 5, bringing the total to 5,024. There are 18 people in the hospital, and 10 … Read more
A Clearlake man died in a motorcycle crash on Highway 281. The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office says when 27-year-old Jessie Taylor failed to negotiate a curve, he went down an embankment, ran into a wire fence, and was ejected from the bike. The crash happened after 9PM Friday, and a nearby resident … Read more
A single-vehicle accident south of Ukiah resulted in the death of one person and the injury of two. On Saturday, at approximately 1:35 AM, Ukiah Police Officers observed a vehicle running a red light at Gobbi Street and South State Street. The Officers attempted to make a traffic stop, but the driver sped off. Officers … Read more