The non-profit Mendocino County Fire Safe Council is hosting a workday on Saturday to maintain a fuel break in the Pine Mountain neighborhood east of Willits. Volunteers will work on a fire break on private land created by CalFire in 2017 during the Redwood Complex Fire. Volunteers are needed. Find more information at firesafemendocino.org. —
A Sacramento man has gone missing and may have disappeared along the Mendocino Coast. Ashish Patel, 37, left home last Thursday in distress according to a close friend. The friend believes he traveled to the coast in possession of a firearm with the intent of taking his own life. Patel’s vehicle was found abandoned along … Read more
The 2024 NEA Big Read, supported by an $8,000 grant, is kicking off its next series of events in Lake County this week. This year’s featured read is “The Bear” by Andrew Krivak, and there will be a kickoff event at the Anderson Marsh State Historic Park Ranch House in Lower Lake on Saturday at … Read more
The Lakeport Public Works Department has announced that work on the South Main Street Sidewalk Project has been completed. The department also announced the beginning of the South Main Street Paving project, scheduled to start next month. The project, which will include resurfacing and pedestrian enhancements from First Street to Lakeport Boulevard, should be done … Read more
The Clearlake City Council meets tomorrow evening at 6 p.m. Staff will provide an update on the Boyles Fire, and the council will discuss water service for the city. Following the open portion of the meeting, the council will go into closed session to discuss the existing litigation against Highlands Mutual Water Co.
Members of Lake County’s Vet Connect will be hosting the annual Veteran’s Stand Down event on Wednesday from 10 am to 4:30 pm at the American Legion Post Konocti in Clearlake. Vets and active duty personnel can avail themselves of a number of services at the event. Lake Transit will provide free rides to the … Read more
The Mendocino County Superior Court is undergoing some reorganization due to retirements from the bench. Judge Cindee Mayfield will finish trials she is already involved with and will retire at the end of the year, and Judge Jeanine Nadel’s retirement will make for two vacancies. Felonies and misdemeanors will now be heard by Judges Faulder … Read more
A shooting Monday night in Redwood Valley has left one man injured. Law enforcement was told two suspects wearing ski masks were involved in the shooting of a man in the leg. Law enforcement is looking for those two suspects.
The man found guilty of setting the Hopkins Fire was sentenced on Monday. Devin L. Johnson was given 15 years in prison in Marin County Superior Court after a mistrial was declared in his first trial, and his second trial was moved from Mendocino County to Marin County. He was credited with the 1099 days … Read more
The Lakeport City Council meets tomorrow at 6 pm and will discuss forming a working group to make recommendations on the use of city-owned property, give direction to a voting delegate to a state conference, and consider an administrative policy relating to the employee wellness program.