The Lakeport City Council recently approved updated plans for this year’s July 4 celebration. The plan includes COVID-19 mitigation measures for a safer, modified event. There will be a larger area for safe and sane fireworks to be used in order to ensure social distancing. The fireworks barge will be moved and positioned more to … Read more
Mendocino Fire Safe Council received $60,000 from PG&E. The Mendocino County FSC will use the funds to expand its chipping program. The free community chipper days help communities, homeowner’s associations, fire departments, and individual landowners with vegetation-fuel reduction to reduce wildfire hazards. Learn more about the program online at https://www.chipperday.com/mendocino.
A motor home that sat abandoned just off Highway 101 south of Comminsky Station Road in southern Mendocino County has been removed. District Attorney David Eyster took action out of concern that the vehicle was not only both a public nuisance, but also a potential environmental hazard to the Russian River flowing just 300 feet … Read more
The Middletown Area Town Hall is this evening. The Lake Area Planning Council will give an update regarding the Regional Transportation Plan update. PG&E will offer an update on its public safety power shut offs and wildfire safety. Get the link to the meeting with the Agenda, in the Middletown Area Town Hall section at … Read more
The Lake County Board of Supervisors granted an appeal for a commercial cannabis development. A permit had been granted to the We Grow LLC project for a major cannabis operation to be located next to Hidden Valley Lake. The appeal was filed by concerned residents and was granted over procedural issues with the environmental document. … Read more
Caltrans District 1 and the Mendocino Department of Transportation will be teaming up to clear heavy brush along Highway 20 and Road 144 tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. A full closure of the entrance and exit of Road 144 from Highway 20 will be in effect. Emergency vehicles will be accommodated through the … Read more
Congressman Mike Thompson announced that his request for over $2 million for Lake County’s chip seal project to address county roads in Lakeport, Kelseyville, Cobb Mountain and Hidden Valley was included in the infrastructure package that will be marked up later this week by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Thompson said Lake County roads … Read more
UUSD will continue to administer antigen COVID-19 testing in June. This testing is available to all UUSD employees and students, even if they are not participating in summer school. The testing will take place from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at the District Service Center at 511 South Orchard Avenue. Testing Dates are: today as … Read more
An update on a boat accident that claimed two lives. The boat capsized on Clear Lake early Saturday morning. 51-year-old Webster Medley III went missing after trying to rescue his fiance 50-year-old Novia Walton. She was pulled from the water and died later at a hospital from her injuries. Lake County authorities say Medley’s body … Read more
An incident on the Coyote Valley Indian Reservation last week, where a suspect barricaded himself inside a shed, ended peacefully, as MCSO’s SWAT team used verbal negotiations to persuade the man to surrender. Mendocino County Sheriff Matt Kendall attributes the outcome to hard work, training, tools and trust. He also is thanking the community who … Read more