Playlist 9/1/10

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS W/PITBULL-I LIKE IT

JASON DERULO-RIDIN’ SOLO

KATY PERRY-TEENAGE DREAM

MAROON 5-MISERY

TAIO CRUZ-DYNAMITE

USHER W/PITBULL-DJ GOT US FALLIN’ IN LOVE

ADAM LAMBERT-IF I HAD YOU

AUBURN W/IYAZ-LA LA LA

B.O.B. W/RIVERS CUOMO-MAGIC

BRUNO MARS-JUST THE WAY YOU ARE

EMINEM-NOT AFRAID

FLO RIDA W/DAVID GUETTA-CLUB CAN’T HANDLE ME

JOHN MAYER W/TAYLOR SWIFT- HALF OF MY HEART

KESHA-TAKE IT OFF

MIRANDA COSGROVE-KISSIN U

NICKI MINAJ-YOUR LOVE

ONE REPUBLIC-SECRETS

PARAMORE-THE ONLY EXCEPTION

TAYLOR SWIFT-MINE

TRAIN-IF IT’S LOVE

HOT CHELLE RAE-BLEED

JAY SEAN-2012 (IT AIN’T THE END)

NELLY-JUST A DREAM

NEON TREES-ANIMAL

SELENA GOMEZ AND THE SCENE- ROUND AND ROUND

THE SCRIPT-THE MAN WHO CAN’T BE MOVED

2AM CLUB-WORRY ABOUT YOU

JUSTIN BIEBER-U SMILE

RICHARD VISSION AND STATIC REVENGER-I LIKE THAT

RUNNER RUNNER-SO OBVIOUS

SEAN KINGSTON W/NICKI MINAJ- LETTING GO (DUTTY LOVE)

THE READY SET-LOVE LIKE WOE

News 8/31/10

PANTALEON DIES IN PRISON JKB 8/31/10

· A FORMER SANTA ROSA MAN CONVICTED OF STABBING THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN 68 TIMES AND STUFFING HER BODY INSIDE A TOY BOX HAS DIED FROM INJURIES HE SUFFERED WHEN HE HUNG HIMSELF AND CUT HIS OWN THROAT IN SAN QUENTIN PRISON LAST WEEK.

33 YEAR OLD HONORIO PANTALEON WAS FOUND HANGING IN HIS CELL LAST MONDAY. HE WAS TAKEN OFF LIFE SUPPORT ON FRIDAY. DOCTORS KEPT HIS ORGANS FUNCTIONING AFTER HE WAS DEAD IN ORDER TO HARVEST THEM FOR DONATION. PANTALEON WAS SERVING 2 CONSECUTIVE LIFE TERMS FOR THE MOTHERS DAY 2008 MURDER OF 25 YEAR OLD PATRICIA BARRALES, AND FOR THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF HER MOTHER IN UKIAH THE NEXT DAY. THE MOTHER SURVIVED WHEN THE GUN PANTALEON WAS USING MISFIRED. HE WAS CAPTURED AFTER A DAY LONG MANHUNT IN UKIAH.

FATAL HOUSE FIRE JKB 8/31/10

· A HOUSE FIRE EAST OF CLEARLAKE OAKS CLAIMED THE LIFE A RETIRED FIREFIGHTER ON SUNDAY.

THE HOME LOCATED OFF LONG VALLEY ROAD WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES BY THE TIME FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AT AROUND 6:30 AM. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, 83 YEAR OLD EUGENE THROOP AND EX-WIFE WHO LIVED WITH HIM WERE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE SAFELY, BUT THROOP WENT BACK INTO THE BURNING HOUSE TO SEARCH FOR THE FAMILY DOG AND WAS OVERCOME BY THE FLAMES AND SMOKE. THE DOG ESCAPED WITH MINOR INJURIES. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THROOP SUFFERED FROM ALZHEIMERS DISEASE, AND THE BLAZE MAY HAVE TRIGGERED OLD MEMORIES AND FIREFIGHTING INSTINCTS, LEADING HIM TO RISK HIS LIFE FOR THE DOG. THROOP SERVED WITH THE CDF FROM 1966 UNTIL HE RETIRED IN 1992. THE CAUSE OF THE BLAZE IS BELIEVED TO BE ACCIDENTAL.

UKIAH MAN HELD ON $1 MILLION BAIL JKB 8/31/10

· A FORMER UKIAH MAN ACCUSED OF FATALLY SHOOTING ONE MAN AND INJURING ANOTHER IN A HUMBOLDT COUNTY POT GARDEN OVER A DISPUTE ABOUT MARIJUANA, HAD HIS BAIL SET AT $1 MILLION DOLLARS YESTERDAY.

28 YEAR OLD MYKAL XYLONE WILDE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF MARIO ROBERTO JUAREZ MADRID OF SANTA ROSA GUATEMALA AND THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF ANOTHER MAN WHO ESCAPED AFTER BEING SHOT. A THIRD MAN ESCAPED UNHARMED. INVESTIGATORS FOUND MORE THAN 1500 MARIJUANA PLANTS WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. WILDE WILL BE OFFICIALLY ARRAIGNED ON WEDNESDAY.

MARIJUANA ERADICATION JKB 8/31/10

· MENDOCINO COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE SEIZED MORE THAN 56,000 MARIJUANA PLANTS FROM A NUMBER OF GARDENS OVER THE PAST 10 DAYS.

THE RAIDS WERE CONDUCTED ON GARDENS NEAR YORKVILLE, COMPTCHE, RED MOUNTAIN, COW MOUNTAIN AND THE FISH ROCK ROAD AREA NEAR GUALALA. EVIDENCE THAT GROWERS HAD BEEN LIVING AT THE SITES WAS FOUND, BUT NO ARRESTS WERE MADE. SO FAR IN MENDOCINO COUNTY IN 2010, 542,388 PLANTS HAVE BEEN ERADICATED, 594 POUNDS OF PROCESSED MARIJUANA AND 66 WEAPONS HAVE BEEN SEIZED AND 50 ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

MOTORIST DIED BY FIRE IN CRASH JKB 8/31/10

· CHP INVESTIGATORS CONFIRMED YESTERDAY THAT A DRIVER WHO WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 29 NEAR KELSEYVILLE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT, DIED AFTER THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND NOT FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE CRASH.

A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INDICATED DAMAGE TO THE 2004 DODGE STRATUS CAUSED THE GAS TANK RUPTURE AND IGNITE WHEN THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND STRUCK A TREE AT AROUND 11 PM. A PASSING MOTORIST TIRED TO HELP THE DRIVER GET OUT OF THE BURNING VEHICLE, BUT WAS PREVENTED FROM DO SO BY THE INTENSITY OF THE FIRE. THE DRIVER, WHOS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, DIED AT THE SCENE.

DOG AND CAT PERISH IN FIRE JKB 8/31/10

· A DOG AND CAT DIED IN A FIRE THAT CONSUMED A TRAILER IN THE 500 BLOCK OF MILINI DRIVE BETWEEN UKIAH AND CALPELLA YESTERDAY MORNING.

THE BLAZE WAS SPOTTED BY A UKIAH VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER THAT WAS DRIVING BY AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE TRAILER JUST BEFORE 9:30 AM. IT WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED THAT AN OCCUPANT WAS INSIDE THE TRAILER, BUT HE WAS LATER FOUND TO HAVE GONE INTO TOWN WHEN THE FIRE BROKE OUT. UNFORTUNATELY HIS DOG AND CAT WERE TRAPPED INSIDE. THE TRAILER WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

E-QUAKE JKB 8/31/10

· THE LAKE PILLSBURY AREA WAS SHAKEN BY A 3.6 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

THE QUAKE OCCURRED AT 4:49 AM AND WAS CENTERED 25 MILES EAST NORTH EAST OF UKIAH, AND 25 MILES NORTH-NORTH WEST OF CLEARLAKE. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE OR INJURIES.

ANTIFREEZE KILLER DIES IN PRISON JKB 8/31/10

· 41 YEAR OLD JULIA LYNN WOMACK TURNER, WHO WAS CONVICTED OF MURDER BY ANTIFREEZE POISONING IN 2007, WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER PRISON CELL AT THE METRO STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN IN ATLANTA MONDAY MORNING.

THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. TURNER WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF HER HUSBAND, POLICE OFFICER GLENN TURNER IN 1995, AND THE DEATH OF HER BOYFRIEND, FIREFIGHTER RANDY THOMPSON IN 2001. BOTH MEN WERE POISONED WITH ANTIFREEZE. TURNER WAS CONVICTED IN 2004 FOR THE MURDER OF TURNER, AND IN 2007 FOR THE MURDER OF THOMPSON. TURNER WAS SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.

MEDICAL HELICOPTER CRASH KILLS 3 JKB 8/31/10

· A MEDICAL HELICOPTER CRASH NEAR CLINTON ARKANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING CLAIMED THE LIFE OF ALL 3 CREW MEMBERS ABOARD.

THE CRASH OCCURRED AT AROUND 3:45 AM AS POLICE AND THE AIR EVAC LIFEFLIGHT CREW WERE RESPONDING TO A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES THE CHOPPER WENT DOWN IN A FIELD AND BURST INTO FLAMES. NO OTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE CRASH WERE RELEASED.

NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS ARRIVE AT BOARDER JKB 8/31/10

· ADDITIONAL NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS ASSIGNED TO THE MEXICAN BOARDER AS PART OF PRESIDENT OBAMAS BOARDER SECURITY INITIATIVE HAVE BEGUN REPORTING TO THEIR POSTS.

MORE THAN 30 NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS BEGAN THEIR DEPLOYMENT THIS WEEK. TROOPS WILL CONTINUE TO ARRIVE OVER THE NEXT 2 MONTHS, WITH AN EXPECTED FORCE OF 532 MEMBERS BY THE END OF OCTOBER. TROOPS PARTICIPATING IN THE OPERATION WILL NOT HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS, BUT WILL HELP CUSTOMS AND BOARDER PROTECTION AGENTS WITH CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE AND ENTRY IDENTIFICATIONS.

HURRICANE EARL JKB 8/31/10

· AFTER SKIPPING BY PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS WITH RELATIVELY LITTLE IMPACT, HURRICANE EARL IS HEADED BACK OUT TO THE ATLANTIC AND IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE CAROLINAS LATER THIS WEEK.

EARL WAS MEASURED AS A CATEGORY 4 STORM YESTERDAY WITH WINDS OF 135 MILES PER HOUR. METEOROLOGISTS SAY EARL COULD STRENGTHEN AS IT HEADS OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC, BUT SHOULD WEAKEN TO A CATEGORY 3 BY THE TIME IS NEARS THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA EARLY FRIDAY. EARL IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN FURTHER STILL TO A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE AS IT APPROACHES CAPE COD, MASSACHUSETTS ON SATURDAY.

News 8/30/10

MURDER CONVICTION JKB 8/30/10

• A HOPLAND MAN WAS CONVICTED OF 2ND DEGREE MURDER ON FRIDAY IN THE STABBING DEATH OF ANOTHER MAN AT A PARTY IN SEPTEMBER OF 2008.

38 YEAR OLD TIMOTHY ELLIOTT AND 27 YEAR OLD SAMUEL BILLY WERE AT THE SAME PARTY ON SHANEL ROAD IN HOPLAND WHEN THE TWO GOT INTO A FIGHT JUST BEFORE 4 AM. ELLIOTT STABBED BILLY IN THE ABDOMEN WITH A KNIFE DURING THE ALTERCATION AND HE DIED AFTER BEING FLOWN TO SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. IT WAS THE 2ND FIGHT ELLIOTT HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT NIGHT. HE NOW FACES A SENTENCE OF 16 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON. ELLIOT IS SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED OCTOBER 8TH.

FATAL POT GARDEN SHOOTING DETAILS RELEASED JKB 8/30/10

• HUMBOLDT COUNTY AUTHORITIES SAY A UKIAH MAN WAS ON THE HUNT FOR TWO MEN WHO ESCAPED THE SCENE OF A FATAL SHOOTING IN A MARIJUANA GARDEN OUTSIDE KNEELAND AFTER KILLING A THIRD MAN LAST WEDNESDAY.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE TWO MEN, WHO HAD BEEN HIRED BY 28 YEAR OLD MYKAL XYLON ALONG WITH THE THIRD MAN TO TEND THE GARDEN, HID IN FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES THROUGH OUT THE NIGHT AFTER THE SHOOTING OCCURRED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF AUGUST 25TH. ONE MAN WHO SUFFERED AT LEAST ONE GUNSHOT WOUND MADE HIS WAY SEVERAL MILES TO A CALFIRE HELICOPTER BASE TO REPORT THE INCIDENT. THE OTHER MAN ESCAPED UNHARMED. THE DEAD MAN WAS IDENTIFIED AS 40 YEAR OLD MARIO ROBERTO JUAREZ MADRID OF SANTA ROSA GUATEMALA. WILDE WAS ARRESTED DURING A TRAFFIC STOP LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND CHARGED WITH MURDER. AUTHORITIES LOCATED 1554 MARIJUANA PLANTS FROM THE GARDEN WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY HAVE A GOOD IDEA WHAT LED TO THE SHOOTING, BUT HAVE NOT RELEASED THAT INFORMATION.

SOME CHARGES DROPPED IN EMBEZZLEMENT CASE JKB 8/30/10

• THE MENDOCINO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE HAS DROPPED ALL CHARGES AGAINST ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS IN AN EMBEZZLEMENT CASE INVOLVING THE SHO-KA-WAH CASINO IN HOPLAND, AND WILL NOT PURSUE FORGERY CHARGES AGAINST 6 OTHER DEFENDANTS DESPITE EVIDENCE OF FORGERY.

CHARGES WERE DROPPED AGAINST 77 YEAR OLD GLORIA NELSON OF NICE ON FRIDAY WHEN HANDWRITING ON A TICKET THAT NELSON WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE SIGNED FOR A $1000 JACKPOT DIDNT MATCH HER HANDWRITING. ACCORDING TO HER ATTORNEY KEITH FAULDER, NELSON HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE SCAM UNTIL SHE WAS CHARGED. FORGERY CHARGES WILL NOT BE PURSUED AGAINST THE OTHER DEFENDANTS BECAUSE OF LACK OF EVIDENCE, BUT GRAND THEFT CHARGES REMAIN. 42 YEAR OLD JOAN PICKRON OF UKIAH ALSO REMAINS CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT FOR ALLEGEDLY USING A HUB MACHINE TO CREATE FALSE SLOT MACHINE PAYOUTS THAT WERE THEN ALLEGEDLY CASHED BY ACCOMPLICES.

FATAL ACCIDENT J KB 8/30/10

• LAKE COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE CHARRED REMAINS OF A DRIVER WHO WAS KILLED AFTER THEIR CAR BURST INTO FLAMES DURING A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 29 NEAR KELSEYVILLE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.

ACCORDING TO THE CHP, THE DRIVER OF A DODGE STRATUS COUPE LOST CONTROL, OVER CORRECTED, CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND COLLIDED WITH A TREE, ERUPTING INTO FLAMES SHORTLY BEFORE 11 PM. ANOTHER DRIVER CAME UPON THE BURNING CAR AND CALLED 911. HE TRIED TO RESCUE THE PERSON INSIDE, BUT THE CAR WAS TOO HOT. THE VICTIM EVENTUALLY HAD TO BE EXTRICATED BY FIREFIGHTERS, WHO ALSO PUT OUT A SMALL VEGETATION FIRE THAT WAS SPARKED BY THE ACCIDENT.

GRAPEVINE MOTH ERADICATION TO BEGIN JKB 8/30/10

• THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE WILL BEGIN TREATING THE UKIAH HOPLAND AREA IN AN EFFORT TO ERADICATE THE EUROPEAN GRAPEVINE MOTH THIS WEEK.

FRUIT REMOVAL ACTIVITIES WILL BEGIN TODAY. ACCORDING TO THE CDFA, THE FIRST CHOICE FOR TREATMENT IS THE HARVESTING OF GRAPES FROM BACKYARD VINES THAT ARE WITHIN 400 METERS OF WHERE THE MOTH HAS BEEN FOUND. THE SECOND CHOICE IS GROUND TREATMENT WITH THE NATURALLY OCCURRING ORGANIC BACTERIAL COMPOUND BT.. BOTH OPTIONS WILL HELP ERADICATE THE MOTH AND REDUCE THE RISK OF IT SPREADING TO COMMERCIAL VINEYARDS. APPROXIMATELY 1000 PROPERTIES ARE WITHIN THE DESIGNATED TREATMENT AREAS. AN INFORMATION OPEN HOUSE TO DISCUSS THE ERADICATION PROGRAM IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW FROM 5:30 TO 7:30 PM AT THE ALEX RORABAUGH CENTER 1640 SOUTH STATE STREET.

MAN TO UNDERGO PSYCH EVALUATION JKB 8/30/10

• A CLEARLAKE MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HIS ESTRANGED WIFE WILL UNDERGO A PSYCH EVALUATION TO DETERMINE IF HE IS MENTALLY COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL.

51 YEAR OLD EDDIE GILLESPIE COULD FACE 50 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON IF CONVICTED OF ALL COUNTS IN THE DEATH OF 52 YEAR OLD TRACEY GILLESPIE ON MAY 25TH. CONCERNED THAT GILLESPIE COULD NOT AID IN HIS OWN DEFENSE, HIS ATTORNEY REQUESTED THAT HE BE EVALUATED FOR MENTAL COMPETENCY AT A HEARING ON FRIDAY. HE IS DUE BACK IN COURT AFTER HIS EVALUATION OCTOBER 1ST. GILLESPIE REMAINS IN THE LAKE COUNTY JAIL ON $1.5 MILLION DOLLARS BAIL.

News 8/27/10

MARIJUANA RELATED MURDER KB 8/27/10

• A UKIAH MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN CONNECTION WITH A MARIJUANA RELATED MURDER.

28 YEAR OLD MYKAL XYLON WILDE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT AROUND 11 AM YESTERDAY MORNING DURING A TRAFFIC STOP, 2 HOURS AFTER A GUNSHOT VICTIM WALKED INTO THE CAL FIRE AIR STATION IN KNEELAND TO REPORT THE SHOOTING. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE VICTIM WHO REPORTED THE CRIME HIKED MORE THAN 2 MILES WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO HIS FACE AND BACK BEFORE REACHING THE FIRE STATION. ANOTHER MAN WHO MAY HAVE WITNESSED THE SHOOTING HAS BEEN PLACED IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY. AUTHORITIES WHO WENT TO THE SITE FOUND A MAN WHO HAD APPARENTLY BEEN SHOT TO DEATH AND 4 GARDEN SITES CONTAINING 1500 TO 2000 MARIJUANA PLANTS. NONE OF THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN RELEASED. WILDE WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER AND BOOKED INTO THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY JAIL.

MAN STABS SELF AT MENTAL HEALTH JKB 8/27/10

• AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING A MAN WHO APPARENTLY STABBED HIMSELF IN FRONT OF THE MENDOCINO COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON BUSH STREET JUST AFTER 10 AM YESTERDAY MORNING.

VERY FEW DETAILS ABOUT THE INCIDENT HAVE BEEN RELEASED. THE VICTIM, WHO SUFFERED WOUNDS TO HIS UPPER ABDOMEN, WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE UKIAH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER AND THEN AIRLIFTED TO SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. NO WORD YET ON HIS CONDITION.

SEARCH FOR MAN WHO MADE THREATS JKB 8/27/10

• CLEARLAKE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY THREATENED TO KILL HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

23 YEAR OLD IVAN VARGAS WAS ARMED WITH A LOADED GUN WHEN HE MADE THE THREATS DURING A DOMESTIC DISPUTE AT AROUND 11:30 PM. THE VICTIM FLED FROM THE HOME, AND BELIEVING VARGAS WAS STILL THERE WITH CHILDREN IN THE HOUSE, CALLED POLICE. A SWAT TEAM RESPONDED ONLY TO FIND THAT VARGAS HAD FLED. 6 CHILDREN IN THE HOME WERE NOT HARMED. VARGAS IS DESCRIBED AS A HISPANIC MALE ADULT, 5 FEET 5 INCHES TALL WEIGHING 220 POUNDS WITH BLACK HAIR AND BROWN EYES. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON HIS WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE CLEARLAKE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

NAPA MARIJUANA SHOOTING DEATH JUSTIFIED JKB 8/27/10

• AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A POT GROWER BY TWO NAPA COUNTY DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENTS DURING AN INVESTIGATION INTO A CLANDESTINE POT GARDEN NEAR LAKE BERRYESSA JUNE 30TH, HAS CONCLUDED THE USE OF DEADLY FORCE WAS JUSTIFIED.

THE TWO OFFICERS WERE HIKING INTO THE GARDEN AREA WHEN THEY ENCOUNTERED TWO MEN. WHEN AGENTS IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES, JOSE LUIS CHAVEZ MARTINEZ REACHED FOR A GUN TUCKED INTO HIS WAISTBAND AND RAN FOR COVER. FEARING FOR THEIR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF OTHER AGENTS IN THE AREA, THE TWO OFFICERS FIRED MULTIPLE SHOTS AND MARTINEZ WAS FATALLY WOUNDED. THE NAPA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE FOUND THE SHOOTING LEGALLY JUSTIFIED. THE INCIDENT IS ONE OF 4 THIS YEAR ON THE NORTH COAST IN WHICH A SUSPECT WAS SHOT DEAD TRYING TO DEFEND A MARIJUANA GARDEN AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS.

PAROLEE SOUGHT JKB 8/27/10

• THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IS ASKING FOR THE PUBLICS HELP IN TRACKING DOWN A PAROLEE WANTED ON A NUMBER OF PAROLE VIOLATIONS.

32 YEAR OLD SHANE HUTCHINS WAS LAST SEEN THURSDAY AT ROBINSON RANCHERIA RESORT & CASINO IN NICE. HE IS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE MALE ADULT, 5 FEET 7 INCHES TALL, 150 POUNDS WITH BROWN HAIR AND HAZEL EYES. HE MAY TRAVEL BETWEEN LAKE COUNTY AND UKIAH IN A BRONZE OR GOLD COLORED CHEVY 4-WHEEL DRIVE EXTENDED CAB PICK UP. ANYONE WHO SEES HIM OR KNOWS OF HIS WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CALL 911 WITH THE DETAILS.

2ND EUREKA MAN FILE LAWSUIT ALLEGING ABUSE BY PRIEST JKB 8/27/10

• A 2ND EUREKA MAN HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESES IN SANTA ROSA ALLEGING SEXUAL ABUSE AT THE HANDS OF FORMER PRIEST PATRICK JOSEPH MCCABE.

THE SUIT, LIKE THE FIRST ONE FILED BY A 35 YEAR OLD EUREKA MAN LAST WEEK, ALLEGES THE CHURCH KNEW MCCABE WAS A PEDOPHILE BEFORE HE WAS SENT TO ST. BENARDS, WHERE HE SERVED FROM 1983 TO 1985. THE DIOCESES SAID THEY HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING THE MCCABE HAD BEEN TREATED FOR INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR JUST MONTHS BEFORE COMING TO EUREKA. MACCABE IS CURRENTLY AWAITING EXTRADITION TO IRELAND TO FACE CHARGES OF MOLESTING 6 BOYS THERE BETWEEN 1973 AND 1981.

ROUGH LANDING INJURES 5 JKB 8/27/10

• A JETBLUE AIRWAYS PLANE BLEW TWO TIRES WHILE LANDING AT SACRAMENTO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT YESTERDAY, TRIGGERING AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF THE PLANE AND LEAVING SEVERAL PASSENGERS WITH MINOR INJURIES.

THE AIRBUS A320 HAD 86 PASSENGERS AND 5 CREW MEMBERS ABOARD WHEN IT TOUCHED DOWN JUST BEFORE 1 PM. THE INCIDENT FORCED THE AIRPORT TO CLOSE ONE OF ITS TWO RUNWAYS, BUT THE AIRPORT REMAINED OPEN. 15 PEOPLE WERE SHAKEN UP ON THE ROUGH LANDING. 5 WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF MINOR INJURIES.

CARTER WINS AMNESTY FOR PRISONER JKB 8/27/10

• FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER WON THE RELEASE OF AN AMERICAN WHO WAS IMPRISONED IN NORTH KOREA IN JANUARY.

AIJALON MAHLIE GOMES WAS SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS OF HARD LABOR AND A FINE OF $600,000 FOR ILLEGALLY CROSSING NORTH KOREAS BORDER WITH CHINA AND FOR AN UNSPECIFIED HOSTILE ACT. ACCORDING TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AT THE REQUEST OF PRESIDENT CARTER AND FOR HUMANITARIAN PURPOSES, GOMES WAS GRANTED AMNESTY BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE COMMISSION KIM JONG II. BOTH ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES TODAY.

TOYOTA RECALL JKB 8/27/10

• ANOTHER VEHICLE RECALL WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION YESTERDAY, THIS TIME FOR 1.33 MILLION COROLLA SEDANS AND MATRIX HATCHBACKS SOLD IN NORTH AMERICA.

THE RECALL COVERS VEHICLES FROM 2005 TO 2008 EQUIPPED WITH THE 1ZZ-FE ENGINE THAT COULD CONTAIN A DEFECTIVE CONTROL MODULE AND LEAD TO ENGINE STALLING. GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING 200,000 PONTIAC VIBES DUE TO THE SAME PROBLEM. THE VIBE IS BUILT UNDER A JOINT VENTURE WITH TOYOTA.

MAID INJURED BY EMPLOYER HAS SURGERY JKB 8/27/10

• A SRI LANKAN MAID WHO HAD 23 NAILS HAMMERED INTO HER ARMS, LEGS AND FOREHEAD BY HER EMPLOYER WILL UNDERGO SURGERY TODAY.

ACCORDING TO SRI LANKAN OFFICIALS, THE HOUSEMAID WHO WORKED FOR A COUPLE IN RIYADH SAUDI ARABIA, WAS HELD DOWN BY HER EMPLOYERS WIFE WHILE HE HAMMERED THE HEATED NAILS INTO HER BODY. IT WAS REPORTED THE EMPLOYER PUNISHED THE HOUSEMAID BECAUSE SHE HAD COMPLAINED THAT SHE WAS BEING OVERWORKED. AN INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN LAUNCHED TO SEE IF CRIMINAL CHARGES WILL BE FILED AGAINST THE EMPLOYER AND HIS WIFE.

SALMONELLA BACTERIA FOUND IN CHICKEN FEED JKB 8/27/10

• FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS SAY A NATIONWIDE EGG RECALL COULD BE LINKED TO SALMONELLA BACTERIA FOUND IN CHICKEN FEED AND IN BARN AND WALKWAY AREAS AT TWO EGG PRODUCING PLANTS AT THE CENTER OF THE OUTBREAK.

THE FEED, WHICH WAS PRODUCED AT THE WRIGHT COUNT EGG FACILITY WAS GIVEN TO CHICKENS AT BOTH WRIGHT COUNTY EGG AND HILLANDALE FARMS. THE TWO COMPANIES HAVE RECALLED MORE THAN HALF A BILLION EGGS BETWEEN THEM. MORE THAN 2400 CASES OF SALMONELLA POISONING HAVE BEEN REPORTED BETWEEN MAY 1ST AND AUGUST 25 IN THE 18 STATES WHERE THE EGGS WERE DISTRIBUTED, ALMOST 3 TIMES THE NORMAL AMOUNT.

News 8/26/10

INDIAN VALLEY FIRE UPDATE JKB 8/26/10

• A FIRE BURNING NEAR THE INDIAN VALLEY RESERVOIR IN EASTERN LAKE COUNTY HAS CONSUMED 363 ACRES. AUTHORITIES SAY FIREFIGHTERS HAD ACHIEVED 80% CONTAINMENT AS OF LAST NIGHT WITH FULL CONTAINMENT EXPECTED BY TODAY.

THE BLAZE WAS FIRST REPORTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT THE NORTH END OF THE RESERVOIR NEAR THE COLUSA COUNTY LINE. NO STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN THREATENED. THERE HAVE BEEN 3 HEAT RELATED INJURIES REPORTED AMONG FIREFIGHTERS. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

TWO FIRES BLACKEN VEGETATION JKB 8/26/10

• TWO FIRES THAT BROKE OUT WITHIN AN HOUR OF EACH OTHER, BURNED APPROXIMATELY 6 ACRES EACH IN LAKE COUNTY LAST NIGHT.

THE FIRST FIRE WAS REPORTED AT AROUND 9:30 PM WHEN A TRANSFORMER BLEW ON OLD LONG VALLEY ROAD. THE 2ND BLAZE WAS LOCATED ON NEW LONG VALLEY ROAD AND WAS REPORTED SHORTLY AFTER 10:30 PM. THE CAUSE OF THAT FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

HOUSE FIRE JKB 8/26/10

• A WINDOW MOUNTED AIR CONDITIONER IS THOUGHT TO BE THE CAUSE OF A FIRE THAT DESTROYED A SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME AT THE U WANNA CAMP CAMPGROUND ON SCOTTS CREEK ROAD NEAR LAKEPORT YESTERDAY.

THE FIRE BROKE OUT IN ONE OF THE PERMANENT RESIDENTS HOME AT AROUND 4:30 PM WHEN THE HOME OWNER WAS VISITING A NEIGHBORS HOUSE. THE STRUCTURE WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES BY THE TIME FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AND WAS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS. NO ONE WAS INJURED DURING THE INCIDENT.

E-QUAKE JKB 8/26/10

• THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY COAST WAS RATTLED BY ANOTHER MODERATE SIZED EARTHQUAKE YESTERDAY.

THE QUAKE OCCURRED AT 6:23 AM AND WAS CENTERED 30 MILES SOUTH WEST OF FORTUNA. IT WAS TOO SMALL AND TOO DEEP TO GENERATE ANY SIGNIFICANT WAVE ACTIVITY. IT WAS THE 6TH QUAKE TO STRIKE ON OR NEAR THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY COAST IN THE PAST WEEK. 4 OF THE 6 HAVE BEEN GREATER THAN 2.5 IN MAGNITUDE.

EMBEZZLEMENT CASE JKB 8/26/10

• A PRELIMINARY HEARING DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR 8 PEOPLE INVOLVED IN A PLOT THAT EMBEZZLED MORE THAN $102,000 FROM SLOT MACHINES AT THE SHO-KA-WAH CASINO IN HOPLAND DURING A 7 MONTH PERIOD BEGINNING IN MARCH OF 2007.

ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS, 42 YEAR OLD JOAN PICKRON OF UKIAH ALLEGEDLY USED A HUB MACHINE TO INTERFACE WITH DIGITAL SLOT MACHINES TO CREATE FALSE PAYOUTS TO ACCOMPLICES WHILE WORKING AS A SHIFT MANAGER FOR THE CASINO. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BEGAN THEIR INVESTIGATION IN OCTOBER OF 2008. A COMPLAINT WAS FILED IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR. 4 OF THE 8 SUSPECTS, 58 YEAR OLD MARY ANN MOORE OF ROHNERT PARK, 27 YEAR OLD THOMAS WILLIAMS OF REDWOOD VALLEY, 77 YEAR OLD GLORIA NELSON OF NICE AND ROBERTA REEDER OF UKIAH TURNED THEMSELVES ON JUNE 26TH. PICKRON, 47 YEAR OLD ALEX MARTIN OF UKIAH AND 38 YEAR OLD JOHN GLASS JR OF UKIAH WERE ARRESTED AUGUST 19TH. AN 8TH SUSPECT IS STILL BEING SOUGHT. A PRELIMINARY HEARING HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 20TH.

HEAT WAVE AFFECTING GRAPES JKB 8/26/10

• THE RECENT HEAT WAVE IS CAUSING ADDED CONCERN FOR NORTH COAST GRAPE GROWERS WITH SOME VINEYARDS IN SONOMA AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES REPORTING AS MUCH AS 50% LOSS TO SUN SCORCHING OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

THE MOST RECENT CHALLENGE COMES ON THE HEALS OF A DAMP COOL SUMMER THAT HAS LED TO MOLD AND MILDEW THAT WAS ALREADY TAKING ITS TOLL ON THE 2010 CROP. ACCORDING TO GROWERS, VINES HAD BEEN PRUNED BACK TO COMBAT POSSIBLE MOLD PROBLEMS BY OPENING THE FRUIT UP TO THE SUN, BUT THE EXCESSIVE HEAT DESTROYED A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE CROP. EXACTLY HOW MUCH DAMAGE WAS DONE WILL NOT BE KNOWN UNTIL THE HARVEST COMES IN.

WILLITS WANTS TAX SHARING AGREEMENT WITH COUNTY JKB 8/26/10

• ON A VOTE OF 4 TO 1 LAST NIGHT THE WILLITS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A MOTION TO ENTER INTO DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COUNTY TOWARD ACHIEVING A 50% TAX SHARING AGREEMENT IN REGARDS TO THE PROPOSED SALES TAX MEASURE THAT WILL BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS MAYOR BRUCE BURTON AND VICE MAYOR VICTOR HANSEN WILL NEGOTIATE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. 2ND DISTRICT SUPERVISOR JOHN MCCOWEN SUGGESTED ADDING SUCH A PROVISION TO THE PROPOSED TAX MEASURE TO GENERATE SUPPORT AMONG THE CITIES, BUT THAT PROPOSITION WAS DECLINED IN FAVOR OF OTHER POSSIBLE REVENUE SHARING AGREEMENTS. IF PASSED BY VOTERS, THE COUNTY SALE TAX WOULD INCREASE TO 8.75% WHILE THE SALES TAX IN THE CITIES OF WILLITS, UKIAH, POINT ARENA AND FORT BRAGG WOULD JUMP TO 9.25%.

MINERS REQUEST ITEMS TO MAKE STAY EASIER JKB 8/26/10

• COMMUNICATIONS AND SUPPLIES ARE FLOWING EFFICIENTLY BETWEEN RESCUERS AND 33 TRAPPED MINERS IN CHILE.

THE MINERS HAVE BEEN TRAPPED FOR 20 DAYS 2300 FEET BELOW THE EARTHS SURFACE. A PROBE SENT BY RESCUERS FOUND THE MEN ALIVE ON SUNDAY. SINCE THEN THE MINERS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR PLAYING CARDS, RELIGIOUS ITEMS AND A CHILEAN FLAG TO LIFT THEIR SPIRITS AND PASS THE TIME. OFFICIALS SAY IT COULD TAKE UP TO 4 MONTHS TO DRILL AN ACCESS HOLE TO REACH THE TRAPPED MEN.

RECALLED EGGS BEING PASTEURIZED JKB 8/26/10

• EGGS BEING PRODUCED BY FARMS AT THE CENTER OF A MASSIVE NATIONWIDE RECALL ARE BEING DIVERTED TO USDA APPROVED FACILITIES FOR PASTEURIZATION TO RID THEM OF ANY SALMONELLA BACTERIA.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SICKENED IN THE 18 STATES THE EGGS WERE DISTRIBUTED. THE EGGS PRODUCED FROM WRIGHT COUNTY EGG AND HILLANDALE FARMS SINCE THE RECALL ARE BEING SOLD TO BREAKING PLANTS THAT BREAK THE EGGSHELLS, PASTEURIZE THE EGGS AND TURN THEM INTO LIQUID OR OTHER FORMS USED IN A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS.

News 8/25/10

INMATE SUICIDE ATTEMPT JKB 8/25/10

• A SANTA ROSA MAN CONVICTED OF MURDERING THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN, AND WHO LATER LED UKIAH POLICE ON A DAY LONG MANHUNT IS NOT EXPECTED TO SURVIVE AFTER A SUICIDE ATTEMPT IN PRISON.

33 YEAR OLD HONORIO PANTALEON WAS FOUND HANGING FROM A BED SHEET IN HIS SAN QUENTIN PRISON CELL DURING A ROUTINE SECURITY CHECK ON MONDAY. HE HAD ALSO APPARENTLY CUT HIS OWN THROAT. PANTALEON WAS CONVICTED OF STABBING 25 YEAR OLD PATRICIA BARRALES 68 TIMES IN FRONT OF THE COUPLES TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, AGES 2 AND 4 AND THEN STUFFING HER BODY INSIDE A TOY BOX ON MOTHERS DAY OF 2008. HE THEN DROVE TO UKIAH THE NEXT DAY TO SHOOT BARRALES MOTHER, BUT SHE SURVIVED WHEN THE GUN MISFIRED. PANTALEON WAS SENTENCED TO TWO CONSECUTIVE LIFE TERMS PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 16 YEARS.

INDIAN VALLEY RESERVOIR FIRE JKB 8/25/10

• FIREFIGHTERS ARE BATTLING A 300 ACRE BRUSH FIRE IN THE INDIAN VALLEY RESERVOIR IN LAKE COUNTY, THAT BROKE OUT NEAR THE COLOUSA COUNTY LINE YESTERDAY.

THE BLAZE WAS REPORTED AT AROUND 3:30 PM. NO STRUCTURES ARE THREATENED AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTED INJURIES. THE FIRE WAS ESTIMATED AT 10% CONTAINED AS OF LAST NIGHT. THE CAUSE OF THE BLAZE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

ANOTHER HOT DAY JKB 8/25/10

• IT IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER HOT DAY ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY.

TEMPERATURES IN INLAND MENDOCINO COUNTY ARE EXPECTED TO BE UP AROUND 105 TODAY AND 107 IN LAKE COUNTY. GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENNEGER IS ADVISING ALL RESIDENTS TO TAKE STEPS TO PREPARE FOR THE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THAT ARE EXPECTED TO LAST UNTIL TOMORROW. STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS RECOMMEND DRINKING PLENTY OF WATER, STAYING INDOORS DURING THE HOTTEST TIMES OF THE DAY AND PACING YOURSELF WHEN OUTSIDE. SPECIAL ATTENTION SHOULD BE PAID TO INFANTS, SMALL CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY, PEOPLE WITH ILLNESSES AND PETS DURING TIMES OF EXTREME HEAT. EMPLOYERS ARE ALSO ASKED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS FOR THEIR WORK CREWS. TEMPERATURES IN LAKE AN MENDOCINO COUNTIES IS EXPECTED TO EASE INTO THE MID 90S BY TOMORROW.

EMBEZZLEMENT ARRESTS JKB 8/25/10

• 7 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND ONE PERSON IS BEING SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH THE EMBEZZLEMENT OF MORE THAN $100,000 FROM THE SHO-KA-WAH CASINO IN HOPLAND.

THE ARRESTS ARE THE RESULT OF AN INVESTIGATION BEGUN LAST NOVEMBER. 42 YEAR OLD JOAN ELIZABETH PICKRON OF UKIAH AND 7 ACCOMPLICES ARE SUSPECTED OF STEALING FROM THE CASINO BY OVERRIDING JACKPOT SLOT MACHINES. PICKRON AND THE OTHERS WERE ORDERED TO APPEAR IN COURT ON EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES JUNE 26TH. 4 OF THE SUSPECTS TURNED THEMSELVES IN AS ORDERED. PICKRON AND 3 OTHERS FAILED TO APPEAR. SHE WAS ARRESTED, ALONG WITH 38 YEAR OLD JOHN GLASS JR, AND 47 YEAR OLD ALEX MARTIN AUGUST 19TH. ONE SUSPECT IS STILL BEING SOUGHT.

ARMED ROBBERY INVESTIGATION JKB 8/25/10

• LAKEPORT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A TEENAGE BOYS CLAIM THAT HE WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT MONDAY EVENING.

THE TEEN REPORTED THAT THE SUSPECT DEMANDED AND TOOK PRIVATE PROPERTY FROM HIM JUST BEFORE 10 PM. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY BELIEVE IT IS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, BUT DID ADVISE CITIZENS TO BE AWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND REPORT ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY.

GORSE CONTROLLED BURN JKB 8/25/10

• THERE IS GOING TO BE A CONTROLLED BURN OF GORSE BRUSH ON THE MENDOCINO COAST AT CASPAR TOMORROW THAT COULD PUT UP A LOT OF SMOKE, AND IN TURN REDUCE VISIBILITY ON HIGHWAY 1.

THE BURN IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 6 AM AND CONTINUE UNTIL 6 PM. GORSE IN AN AGGRESSIVE NON NATIVE WEED AND IS HIGHLY FLAMMABLE. ALTHOUGH A CALFIRE BURN BAN IS IN EFFECT THE AGRICULTURAL BURN PERMIT WAS ISSUED TO RID THE AREA OF THE GORSE SEED AND BRUSH BECAUSE OF THE HIGH POTENTIAL FOR FIRE DANGER.

BEAR WOMAN STILL FEEDING WILDLIFE JKB 8/25/10

• A LAYTONVILLE WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN WARNED MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS BY THE FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT TO STOP FEEDING WILDLIFE, IS IN TROUBLE AGAIN.

STATE FISH AND GAME WARDENS FOUND 1,000 POUNDS OF CORN, AND 4 BEARS AFTER SERVING A SEARCH WARRANT ON THE HOME AND 40 ACRE PROPERTY OF 76 YEAR OLD LYNNE GRAVIER EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE WARRANT WAS SERVED AFTER A 3 MONTH LONG INVESTIGATION PROMPTED BY NEIGHBORS COMPLAINTS. GRAVIER WAS THREATENED WITH PROSECUTION FOR FEEDING BEARS 5 YEARS AGO, BUT THEN DISTRICT ATTORNEY NORM VROMAN REFUSED TO FILE CHARGES. AUTHORITIES SAY BEARS USED TO BEING FED BY HUMANS CAN BECOME DESTRUCTIVE AND DANGEROUS WHEN LOOKING FOR HANDOUTS. TWO OF THE BEARS FOUND ON GRAVIERS PROPERTY WERE ON HER FRONT PORCH.

72 DEAD BODIES DISCOVERED JKB 8/25/10

• THE MEXICAN NAVY DISCOVERED 72 DEAD BODIES ON A RANCH IN THE NORTHEASTERN STATE OF TAMAULIPAS MEXICO TUESDAY.

THE BODIES OF 58 MEN AND 14 WOMEN WERE FOUND ABOVE GROUND ON A RANCH 14 MILES FROM THE TOWN OF SAN FERNANDO. AUTHORITIES CALLED IT ONE OF THE LARGEST DISCOVERIES OF DEAD BODIES IN THE COUNTYS 4 YEAR OLD WAR ON ORGANIZED CRIME. INVESTIGATORS WERE TIPPED OFF ABOUT THE MAKESHIFT BURIAL GROUND AFTER ENCOUNTERING A MAN WHO WAS SUFFERING FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND. HE STATE HE HAD BEEN INJURED BY A CRIMINAL GANG.

BOMBING ATTACKS IN IRAQ KILL 48 JKB 8/25/10

• A WAVE OF BOMBING ACROSS IRAQ KILLED AT LEAST 48 PEOPLE AND INJURED AS MANY AS 286, JUST DAYS AFTER THE LAST U.S. COMBAT TROOPS PULLED OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

THE ATTACKS MOSTLY TARGETED IRAQI SECURITY FORCES IN 13 CITIES AND WERE CARRIED OUT BY AL QAEDA MILITANTS. A SIMILAR COORDINATED ATTACK IN MAY KILLED 85 AND INJURED MORE THAN 300.

Playlist 8/24/10

EMINEM W/RIHANNA-LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS W/PITBULL -I LIKE IT

JASON DERULO-RIDIN’ SOLO

KATY PERRY-TEENAGE DREAM

TAIO CRUZ-DYNAMITE

USHER W/PITBULL-DJ GOT US FALLIN’ IN LOVE

ADAM LAMBERT-IF I HAD YOU

AUBURN W/IYAZ-LA LA LA

B.O.B. W/RIVERS CUOMO-MAGIC

BRUNO MARS-JUST THE WAY YOU ARE

DRAKE-FIND YOUR LOVE

EMINEM-NOT AFRAID

FLO RIDA W/DAVID GUETTA- CLUB CAN’T HANDLE ME

JOHN MAYER W/TAYLOR SWIFT-HALF OF MY HEART

KESHA-TAKE IT OFF

MAROON 5-MISERY

MIRANDA COSGROVE-KISSIN U

NICKI MINAJ-YOUR LOVE

ONE REPUBLIC-SECRETS

PARAMORE-THE ONLY EXCEPTION

HOT CHELLE RAE-BLEED

JAY SEAN-2012 (IT AIN’T THE END)

NEON TREES-ANIMAL

TAYLOR SWIFT-MINE

THE SCRIPT-THE MAN WHO CAN’T BE MOVED

TRAIN-IF IT’S LOVE

A ROCKET TO THE MOON-LIKE WE USED TO

JESSIE JAMES-BOYS IN THE SUMMER

JUSTIN BIEBER-U SMILE

NELLY-JUST A DREAM

READY SET-LOVE LIKE WOE

RICHARD VISSION AND STATIC REVENGER-I LIKE THAT

SEAN KINGSTON W/NICKI MINAJ-LETTING GO (DUTTY LOVE)

SELENA GOMEZ AND THE SCENE-ROUND AND ROUND

News 8/24/10

HOT WEATHER WARNING JKB 8/24/10

• IT IS GOING TO BE HOT ALL ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

HERE IN MENDOCINO COUNTY TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE UP IN THE 103 TO 104 DEGREE RANGE TODAY AND TOMORROW, WITH A DROP INTO THE HIGH 90S BY THURSDAY AND THE UPPER 80S BY FRIDAY. LAKE COUNTY WILL BE SLIGHTLY HOTTER WITH HIGHS OF 107 AND 106 EXPECTED TODAY AND TOMORROW, FOLLOWED BY A SIMILAR COOLING TREND TOWARD THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE HIGH TO LOW 90S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL WEATHER ALERT DUE TO THE HIGHER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO DRINK PLENTY OF WATER, AVOID GOING OUTSIDE DURING THE HOTTEST PARTS OF THE DAY, BE AWARE FOR SIGNS OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS AND TO TAKE OTHER PRECAUTIONS AS NECESSARY FOR THE HOT WEATHER.

EMBEZZLEMENT PLEA JKB 8/24/10

• A LAKE COUNTY WOMAN WAS SENTENCED YESTERDAY, AFTER PLEADING NO CONTEST IN JULY TO EMBEZZLING MORE THAN $150,000 FROM HER EMPLOYER OVER A YEAR AND A HALF LONG PERIOD.

MICHELLE DAVIS WAS WORKING AS A BOOKKEEPER FOR SHANNON RIDGE WINERY WHEN THE THEFTS OCCURRED BETWEEN MARCH 2006 AND DECEMBER OF 2007. SHE PLEADED NO CONTEST TO 8 MISDEMEANOR COUNTS OF GRAND THEFT JULY 21ST. DAVIS WAS SENTENCED TO 45 DAYS IN JAIL, 360 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, 3 YEARS PROBATION AND ORDERED TO PAY $50,000 IN RESTITUTION.

NO RECORD OF PEDOPHILIA REGARDING PRIEST JKB 8/24/10

• ACCORDING TO SANTA ROSA BISHOP DANIEL WALSH THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE FILE OF FORMER PRIEST PATRICK MCCABE THAT WOULD HAVE ALERTED THE LOCAL CATHOLIC DIOCESE HE WAS A PEDOPHILE BEFORE BEING APPOINTED TO A PARISH IN EUREKA.

IN HIS FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CASE, WALSH SAID LOCAL CHURCH OFFICIALS HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING THAT MCCABE HAD BEEN TREATED AT A SPECIAL CLINIC FOR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT BEFORE HE WAS ASSIGNED TO ST BERNARD PARISH IN 1983. TWO FORMER ALTER BOYS HAVE COME FORWARD TO REPORT MOLESTATIONS BY MCCABE BEFORE HE LEFT THE PARISH IN 1985, AND ONE HAS FILED SUIT CLAIMING CHURCH OFFICIALS KNEW MCCABE WAS A PEDOPHILE WHEN HE WAS SENT TO ST BERNARDS. MCCABE IS CURRENTLY AWAITING EXTRADITION TO IRELAND TO ANSWER CHARGES HE MOLESTED 6 BOYS FROM 1973 TO 1981.

MONEY SOUGHT TO RAISE COYOTE DAM JKB 8/24/10

• OFFICIALS FOR THE RUSSIAN RIVER FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND THE WATER CONSERVATION IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WILL ASK CONGRESS FOR MONEY TO RAISE COYOTE DAM TO INCREASE THE WATER LEVEL IN LAKE MENDOCINO.

ACCORDING TO WATER OFFICIALS, THE DAM WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT TO BE RAISED OVER TIME AND ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO BE RAISED IN 1994. IF THE DAM IS RAISED AND WIDENED IT IS ESTIMATED THE CAPACITY OF LAKE MENDOCINO COULD ALMOST BE DOUBLED. AUTHORITIES SAY THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE LAKE WITH A MULTIPLE YEARS SUPPLY OF WATER RATHER THAN JUST A SINGLE SEASONS WORTH. WATER BOARD MEMBERS SAY THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS WILL BE TO GENERATE LOCAL PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT. THE COST OF THE PROPOSED DAM RAISING PROJECT IS UNKNOWN BUT EXPECTED TO EXCEED $100 MILLION DOLLARS.

GAMING COMPACT DENIED JKB 8/24/10

• A RULING BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HAS PUT A CASINO PLANNED FOR UPPER LAKE IN JEOPARDY.

ACCORDING TO THE RULING, A PROPOSED GAMING COMPACT BETWEEN THE HABEMATOLEL POMO INDIANS AND THE STATE, THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR, IS IN VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT. AT ISSUE IS A REVENUE SHARING AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE. TRIBE OFFICIALS PLAN TO APPEAL THE DECISION HANDED DOWN LAST WEEK. THE HABEMATOLEL TRIBE HAS PROPOSED BUILDING A $25 MILLION DOLLAR, 34,000 SQUARE FOOT CASINO, COMPLETE WITH RETAIL SHOPS, RESTAURANTS, GAMING TABLES AND 349 SLOT MACHINES ON AN 11 ACRE PARCEL ON HIGHWAY 20 JUST OUTSIDE OF UPPER LAKE. THAT PROJECT IS NOW ON HOLD.

MARTIN SHORTS WIFE DIES JKB 8/24/10

• NANCY DOLMAN, THE WIFE OF ACTOR COMEDIAN MARTIN SHORT HAS DIED.

THE LOST ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A CALL FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL AID AT THE COUPLES PACIFIC PALISADES HOME SATURDAY MORNING. NO DETAILS ABOUT THE TIME, LOCATION, OR CAUSE OF HER DEATH WERE RELEASED. SHE WAS 58.

FINE FOR SEAWORLD JKB 8/24/10

• THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION HAS FINED SEA WORLD ORLANDO $75,000 FOR VIOLATIONS UNCOVERED WHILE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF ANIMAL TRAINER DAWN BRANCHEAU, WHO WAS GRABBED BY A KILLER WHALE AND DRAGGED UNDERWATER IN FEBRUARY.

OSHA CATEGORIZED THE MOST SERIOUS VIOLATION AS WILLFUL OR SHOWING INDIFFERENCE OR INTENTIONAL DISREGARD FOR EMPLOYEE SAFETY FOR EXPOSING WORKERS TO DROWNING HAZARDS WHEN INTERACTING WITH KILLER WHALES. THE AGENCY PROPOSED NOT ALLOWING TRAINERS TO HAVE ANY PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH THE WHALE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRANCHEAUS DEATH UNLESS PROTECTED BY A PHYSICAL BARRIER. IT ALSO SUGGESTED THAT TRAINERS NOT INTERACT WITH OTHER KILLER WHALES AT THE PARK EITHER IN OR OUT OF THE WATER UNLESS PROTECTED BY A BARRIER OR DECK.

U.S. TROOPS FALL BELOW 50,000 IN IRAQ JKB 8/24/10

• THE NUMBER OF U.S. TROOPS IN IRAQ HAS FALLEN BELOW 50,000, THE LOWEST LEVEL SINCE THE U.S. LED INVASION IN 2003.

THE DROP COMES AHEAD OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMAS DEADLINE TO BRING DOWN TROOP LEVELS BY AUGUST 31ST. THE MILITARY SAID U.S. TROOPS WILL NOW TRANSITION TO OPERATION NEW DAWN, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST. IN THIS PHASE, THE UNITED STATES WILL HELP TRAIN IRAQI SECURITY FORCES UNTIL THE END OF ITS MISSION IN DECEMBER OF 2011.

PLANE CRASH KILLS 14 JKB 8/24/10

• A SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT CARRYING 11 PASSENGERS AND 3 CREW MEMBERS CRASHED SOUTH OF KATMANDU, NEPAL TUESDAY MORNING.

THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, 4 OF THE PASSENGERS WERE U.S. CITIZENS, ONE WAS A JAPANESE CITIZEN AND ONE WAS A BRITISH CITIZEN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING TO THE EVEREST REGION OF NEPAL WHEN IT WENT DOWN. A POLICE RESCUE TEAM HAS HEADED INTO THE MOUNTAINS TO RECOVER THE BODIES, BUT RAINY CONDITIONS COULD HAMPER RECOVER EFFORTS.

News 8/23/10

E-QUAKES JKB 8/23/10

• A PAIR OF MODERATE SIZED EARTHQUAKES RATTLED THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY COAST OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE FIRST STRUCK OFF SHORE 13 MILES WEST OF HUMBOLDT HILL AT 12:28 PM ON FRIDAY AND MEASURED 3.0 IN MAGNITUDE. IT WAS TOO DEEP AND TOO SMALL TO GENERATE ANY SIGNIFICANT WAVE ACTIVITY. THE 2ND QUAKE WAS LOCATED ON LAND, AND STRUCK AN AREA 5 MILES NORTH OF FORTUNA AT 2:02 PM SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IT MEASURED 3.3 IN MAGNITUDE. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF DAMAGES OR INJURIES.

COUPLE ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES JKB 8/23/10

• TWO PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES AFTER A CAR PARKED AT THE UKIAH AIRPORT LATE TUESDAY NIGHT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF POLICE OFFICERS.

OFFICERS RECOGNIZED 37 YEAR OLD PRIEST MARTINEZ OF REDWOOD VALLEY AS A WANTED PAROLEE AND TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY. 18 YEAR OLD JEANNETTE LONG OF UKIAH WAS ALSO ARRESTED WHEN SHE WAS FOUND IN POSSESSION OF SEVERAL HYDROCODONE TABLETS. A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE TURNED UP A PIPE USED FOR SMOKING METHAMPHETAMINE, SEVERAL TABLETS OF PERCOCET AND OXYCODONE AND APPROXIMATELY 2 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA. BOTH WERE BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL AND ARE BEING HELD ON $25,000 BAIL EACH.

DEAD BATS JKB 8/23/10

• A NUMBER OF DEAD AND SICK BATS HAVE BEEN SHOWING UP IN LAKE COUNTY, PROMPTING HEALTH OFFICIALS TO ISSUE ADVISORIES ABOUT POSSIBLE RABIES INFECTION.

RESIDENTS FROM UPPER LAKE TO KELSEYVILLE HAVE REPORTED FINDING DEAD AND DYING BATS AROUND THEIR PROPERTY. THE LAKE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT ADVISES THAT PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID HANDLING ANY DEAD OR SICK BATS. DEAD BATS SHOULD BE PICKED UP USING A TOWEL OR GLOVE AND BOTH THE BAT AND WHAT WAS USED TO PICK IT UP SHOULD BE DISCARDED. ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME, ABOUT 1 IN VERY 200 SICK BATS WILL HAVE THE RABIES VIRUS, AND A BITE IS NOT NECESSARY TO TRANSMIT THE DISEASE. SIMPLY COMING IN CONTACT WITH A CONTAMINATED ANIMAL CAN CAUSE INFECTION. AUTHORITIES SAY ALL DOGS AND CATS SHOULD BE VACCINATED AGAINST RABIES AS WELL. DEAD OR SICK BATS CAN BE REPORTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME.

WHOOPING COUGH DECLARED AN EPIDEMIC IN CALIFORNIA JKB 8/23/10

• THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH HAS DECLARED AN EPIDEMIC OF WHOOPING COUGH IN CALIFORNIA.

AT LEAST 3,076 CASES OF PERTUSSIS HAVE BEEN REPORTED THOUGHOUT THE STATE SO FAR THIS YEAR, MORE THAN 7 TIMES THE NUMBER OF CASES LAST YEAR. 8 INFANTS HAVE DIED. TWO CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN LAKE COUNTY AND ONE IN MENDOCINO COUNTY. THERE HAVE BEEN 131 CASES OF WHOOPING COUGH REPORTED IN SONOMA COUNTY. STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS RECOMMEND GETTING VACCINATED AGAINST THE DISEASE, ESPECIALLY IF YOUNG CHILDREN ARE IN THE HOME.

ACCUSED HAD HISTORY OF ELDER ABUSE JKB 8/23/10

• ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ONE OF THE 6 PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR ELDER ABUSE AT VALLEY VIEW SKILLED NURSING CENTER IN UKIAH 3 WEEKS AGO, WAS ACCUSED OF FAILING TO REPORT SIMILAR ABUSES 3 YEARS AGO.

A COMPLAINT OF MISCONDUCT WAS FILED AGAINST 29 YEAR OLD CERTIFIED NURSES ASSISTANT JARED BUCKLEY IN MARCH OF 2007 FOR FAILING TO REPORT SEVERAL ACTS OF PHYSICAL AND VERBAL ABUSE TOWARDS RESIDENTS. HE WAS ALLOWED TO COMPLETE A 2 YEAR DIVERSION PROGRAM AND CONTINUED WORKING AS A C.N.A. BUCKLEY WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH 5 OTHER EMPLOYEES OF VALLEY VIEW NURSING CENTER AUGUST 3RD FOR ALLEGEDLY SLATHERING SEVERAL DEMENTIA PATIENTS WITH OINTMENT TO MAKE THEM SLIPPERY FOR THE NEXT SHIFT AS A PRANK IN NOVEMBER OF 2009. ALL SIX ARE SCHEDULED TO BE ARRAIGNED ON THE CHARGES NEXT MONTH.

D.A. DEMANDS REPAYMENT OF OVERPAID EXPENSES JKB 8/23/10

• MENDOCINO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY MEREDITH LINTOTT HAS ORDERED COUNTY AUDITOR CONTROLLER MEREDITH FORD TO BEGIN PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS ON 4TH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR KENDALL SMITH FOR OVERPAID TRAVEL EXPENSES.

AN INVESTIGATION BY THE GRAND JURY FOUND THAT SMITH WAS OVERPAID $3,087 BETWEEN JANUARY 2005 AND NOVEMBER 2006. LINTOTT MADE THE DEMAND FOR REPAYMENT THROUGH DEDUCTIONS IN A LETTER DATED AUGUST 6TH. FORD SAYS SHE WILL WAIT FOR A LEGAL OPINION FROM COUNTY COUNSEL JEANINE NADEL BEFORE COMPLYING WITH THE DIRECTIVE. NADEL IS ON VACATION UNTIL AUGUST 30TH.

WILLITS MAN ARRESTED FOR THREATS JKB 8/23/10

• AN ARGUMENT OVER WEDDING PLANS LED TO THE ARREST OF A WILLITS MAN FOR MAKING TERRORIST THREATS AGAINST HIS FUTURE FATHER IN LAW.

21 YEAR OLD STEPHAN PREISSLER AND THE FATHER OF HIS FIANCÉ GOT INTO A VERBAL ALTERCATION LAST WEDNESDAY WHEN THE VICTIM WAS AT HIS DAUGHTERS HOUSE DISCUSSING THE UPCOMING WEDDING. PREISSLER ALLEGEDLY BECAME ENRAGED, GRABBED A BASEBALL BAT AND THREATENED TO STRIKE THE VICTIM IN THE HEAD, AND THREATENED TO STAB HIM WITH A KNIFE. THE VICTIM LEFT OUT OF FEAR FOR HIS SAFETY AND CALLED POLICE. PREISSLER WAS ARRESTED ON SATURDAY AND SERVED WITH AN EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDER TO PREVENT CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM.

HOME INVASION ROBBERY JKB 8/23/120

• ONE PERSON WAS ARRESTED AND ANOTHER IS BEING SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH A HOME INVASION ROBBERY IN LAYTONVILLE LATE LAST WEEK.

THE VICTIMS IDENTIFIED 25 YEAR OLD SHAWNTELL HOAGLEN AS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ENTERED THEIR HOME ON BRANSCOMB ROAD THROUGH AN OPEN FRONT DOOR AND BEGAN DEMANDING MONEY OR VALUABLES. SHE AND HER MALE ACCOMPLICE REPORTEDLY TERRORIZED THE VICTIMS FOR ALMOST AN HOUR IN THEIR SEARCH FOR SOMETHING OF VALUE. HOAGLEN REPORTEDLY PUNCHED A FEMALE VICTIM THE IN THE FACE WHEN TOLD THERE WAS NO MONEY IN THE HOUSE, AND THE MALE VICTIM THREATENED TO STAB ONE OF THE VICTIMS IF THEY DID NOT PROVIDE THEM WITH VALUABLES. HOAGLEN AND HER ACCOMPLICE EVENTUALLY LEFT AFTER FORCING THE VICTIMS TO LOAD THEIR GET AWAY CAR WITH A TV AND OTHER ELECTRONICS. HOAGLEN WAS ARRESTED HIDING INSIDE A HOME ON FRIDAY WHERE SOME OF THE STOLEN PROPERTY WAS RECOVERED FROM A SHED WHERE SHE HAD BEEN STAYING. HER ACCOMPLICE IS STILL OUTSTANDING. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CRIME IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.

TRAPPED MINERS ALIVE AFTER 17 DAYS JKB 8/23/10

• 33 MINERS THAT HAVE BEEN TRAPPED FOR NEARLY 3 WEEKS IN CHILE ARE STILL ALIVE IN AN UNDERGROUND SHELTER.

OFFICIALS GOT THE CONFIRMATION YESTERDAY WHEN A HAND WRITTEN NOTE SAYING ALL 33 MEN WERE ALIVE AND WELL WAS RETRIEVED FROM A PROBE THAT HAD BEEN LOWERED INTO THE MINE. THE WORKERS HAVE BEEN TRAPPED SINCE THE COPPER AND GOLD MINE CAVED IN ON AUGUST 5TH. AUTHORITIES SAY IT COULD TAKE AS LONG AS 4 MONTHS TO RESCUE THE WORKERS.

EGG RECALL UPDATE JKB 8/23/10

• ACCORDING TO THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, THE COMPANIES THAT HAVE RECALLED MORE THAN HALF A BILLION EGGS FOLLOWING A SALMONELLA OUTBREAK, FELL WELL SHORT OF SAFETY STANDARDS AT THEIR EGG PRODUCING FACILITIES.

MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SICKENED NATIONWIDE BY A SALMONELLA OUTBREAK THAT FEDERAL REGULATORS HAVE TRACED BACK TO TWO IOWA EGG FARMS. WRIGHT COUNTY EGG AND HILLANDALE FARMS SHIPPED TAINTED EGGS TO 17 STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING CALIFORNIA. SEVERAL HUNDRED CASES OF SALMONELLA HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED IN THE STATE, WITH MOST OF THE CASES CLUSTERED IN SANTA CLARA, LOS ANGELES, AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES.

News 8/20/10

ARRESTS MADE DURING FATAL POT BUST JKB 8/20/10

• THE MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT HAS RELEASED THE NAMES OF 4 MEN WHO WERE ARRESTED ON PROPERTY THAT CONTAINED SEVERAL LARGE MARIJUANA GARDENS IN LAYTONVILLE IN WHICH AN ARMED SUSPECT WAS SHOT TO DEATH ON WEDNESDAY.

JUST PRIOR TO THE RAIDS BEING CONDUCTED ON THE GARDENS, AGENTS SERVED SEARCH WARRANTS ON SEVERAL HOMES ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON BRANSCOMB ROAD AT AROUND 6 AM. 52 YEAR OLD GERALD STEPHENSON WAS ARRESTED FOR BEING AN EX-FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND AMMUNITION AS WELL AS CULTIVATION CHARGES. 50 YEAR OLD DAVID HIGGS WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF AN ASSAULT RIFLE, TAMPERING WITH A FIREARMS SERIAL NUMBER AND POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. 41 YEAR OLD KELLY DUTRA WAS BOOKED ON POSSESSION AND CULTIVATION CHARGES. 22 YEAR OLD DEFINO CONTRERAS IS BEING HELD ON AN IMMIGRATION VIOLATION. A TOTAL OF A 2,406 PLANTS WERE ERADICATED FROM THE GARDENS AFTER THE FIREFIGHTS. SEVERAL OTHER FIREARMS WERE ALSO CONFISCATED. THE MAN SHOT TO DEATH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 31 YEAR OLD MARIANO LOPEZ FERNANDEZ. OFFICERS NAMES OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.

STABBING IN COVELO JKB 8/20/10

• A MAN AND A WOMAN WERE STABBED IN COVELO LAST NIGHT. THE WOMANS 13 YEAR OLD SON HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR THE CRIME.

THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 5:08 PM. ACCORDING TO POLICE THE COUPLE WERE INVOLVED IN A DOMESTIC DISPUTE WHEN THE WOMANS SON INTERVENED WITH A KNIFE. THE 28 YEAR OLD MALE VICTIM SUFFERED NUMEROUS STAB WOUNDS AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO THE UKIAH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER WHERE HE WAS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION. THE 31 YEAR OLD MOTHER SUFFERED A WOUND TO THE BACK OF ONE LEG DURING THE ALTERCATION WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO HOWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN WILLITS WHERE SHE WAS LISTED IN GOOD CONDITION. THE 13 YEAR OLD WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO JUVENILE HALL FOR ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON.

MAN ARRESTED FOR THREATS OF FOOD TAMPERING JKB 8/20/10

• A LUCERNE MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER CLAIMING HE INTENTIONALLY CONTAMINATED PRODUCE WITH FECAL MATTER AT THE LAKE PORT SAFEWAY ON WEDNESDAY.

THE INCIDENT BEGAN THE DAY BEFORE WHEN DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE LUCERNE COMMUNITY CLINIC ON HIGHWAY 20 TWICE WHERE 46 YEAR OLD ROGER GORDON WAS CAUSING A DISTURBANCE. HE WAS TAKEN TO SUTTER LAKESIDE HOSPITAL FOR A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION. WHILE THERE HE TOLD HOSPITAL STAFF THAT AMONG OTHER IRRATIONAL THOUGHTS HE WAS HAVING, HE WAS CONSIDERING GOING TO THE LAKEPORT SAFEWAY WITH FECES ON HIS HANDS TO CONTAMINATE PRODUCE THERE. HE WAS LATER RELEASED. DEPUTIES CONTACTED MANAGEMENT AT SAFEWAY WITH GORDONS STATMENTS, AND THEY SHUT DOWN THE PRODUCE DEPARTMENT FOR SANITATION MEASURES AS A PRECAUTION. GORDON WAS ARRESTED FOR MAKING MALICIOUS STATEMENTS AND FOR POSSESSION OF A NON-PRESCRIBED CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAKE COUNTY JAIL WITH BAIL SET AT $10,000.

REMAINS RECOVERED AT SEA JKB 8/20/10

• HUMAN REMAINS FOUND ENTANGLED IN A FISHING NET 18 MILES OFF THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY COAST HAVE BEEN TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THOSE OF A FISHERMAN WHO WAS SWEPT OVERBOARD AND DISAPPEARED MORE THAN A YEAR AGO.

A FISHING VESSEL BROUGHT UP ITS NETS ON SUNDAY TO FIND THE SKELETAL REMAINS INSIDE A PAIR OF ORANGE FOUL WEATHER OVERALLS. CLOTHING AND PERSONAL ITEMS HAVE LEAD AUTHORITIES TO BELIEVE THE REMAINS ARE THOSE OF DAVID BURNS MORGAN WHO WAS REPORTED MISSING AFTER HE FELL OVERBOARD LATE AT NIGHT WHEN THE FISHING TRAWLER HE WAS WORKING ON WAS HIT BY A ROUGE WAVE MARCH 10 OF 2009. ABOUT 65% OF THE SKELETON WAS RECOVERED. FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGISTS WILL USE DNA TESTING TO CONFIRM THE IDENTITY. WEDNESDAY WOULD HAVE BEEN MORGANS 50TH BIRTHDAY.

MEN ARRESTED FOR SNIFFING NITROUS OXIDE JKB 8/20/10

• TWO UKIAH MEN WERE ARRESTED FOR HUFFING NITROUS OXIDE OUT OF CANNED WHIP CREAM CONTAINERS IN FRONT OF A CHURCH ON JONES STREET TUESDAY.

AT THE LOCATION OFFICERS FOUND SEVERAL FULL AND EMPTY BEER CANS, NUMEROUS EMPTY AND FULL WHIP IT WHIPPED CREAM CONTAINERS, A DEVICE USED TO EXTRACT NITROUS OXIDE FROM THE CANS, AND A BALLOON TO HOLD THE INHALANT. COLETON MUMMERT AND COLTON HONNOLD, BOTH AGED 20, WERE ARRESTED FOR POSSESSING AN INHALANT INTOXICANT, RESISTING ARREST AND BEING MINORS IN POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL.

SHOOTING CHARGES DROPPED JKB 8/20/10

• CHARGES AGAINST A KELSEYVILLE MAN WHO SHOT ANOTHER MAN WITH A SHOTGUN WHO CAME ONTO HIS PROPERTY ARE BEING DROPPED.

48 YEAR OLD NICKOLAS LEONE SHOT 32 YEAR OLD JOHN KNISS FROM A DISTANCE OF 80 TO 100 FEET WHEN KNISS TRIED TO FORCE HIS WAY ONTO HIS PROPERTY JULY 10TH DURING A CONFRONTATION OVER A WOMAN BOTH MEN KNEW. KNISS SUFFERED WOUNDS TO AN ARM AND SHOULD AND FLED. HE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT TO POLICE BECAUSE HE KNEW HE HAD A WARRANT OUT FOR HIS ARREST. POLICE PICKED HIM UP A WEEK LATER. DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY RICHARD HINCHCLIFF IN DROPPING THE CHARGES, SAID KNISS HAD SHOWED A PREVIOUS HISTORY OF VIOLENT CONDUCT AND HAD MADE THREATS AGAINST LEONE EARLIER IN THE DAY THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.

CHP CHECKPOINT JKB 8/20/10

• THE CHP WILL BE CONDUCTING A SOBRIETY CHECKPOINT SOMEWHERE IN THE UKIAH AREA TOMORROW NIGHT.

TRAFFIC VOLUME PERMITTING, ALL VEHICLES WILL BE STOPPED AND DRIVERS FOUND UNDER THE INFLUENCE OR UNLICENSED WILL BE ARRESTED AND THEIR VEHICLES IMPOUNDED. THE LOCATION OF THE CHECKPOINT WILL NOT BE RELEASED UNTIL JUST BEFORE IN GOES INTO OPERATION.

FLIGHT DELAYED DUE TO THREATS JKB 8/20/10

• AN AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO NEW YORK WAS DELAYED YESTERDAY WHEN SOMEONE PHONED IN A HIGH JACKING THREAT.

FLIGHT 24, BOUND FOR NEW YORKS JOHN F. KENNEDY AIRPORT WAS TAKEN TO A REMOTE LOCATION WERE PASSENGERS WERE INTERVIEWED AND RE-SCREENED WHILE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SEARCHED THE AIRCRAFT. AUTHORITIES QUESTIONED TWO PASSENGERS FURTHER. AUTHORITIES FOUND NO EVIDENCE TO BACK UP THE HIJACKING CLAIM. INVESTIGATORS LATER DEEMED THE THREAT NON CREDIBLE.

SALMONELLA OUTBREAK PREVENTABLE JKB 8/20/10

• ACCORDING TO FEDERAL OFFICIALS, THE SALMONELLA OUTBREAK THAT HAS LED TO THE RECALL OF MORE THAN 380 MILLION EGGS WAS PREVENTABLE AND WILL LIKELY SPREAD.

HUNDREDS OF AMERICANS HAVE LIKELY BECOME ILL FROM EATING THE TAINTED EGGS IN RECENT MONTHS ACCORDING TO ESTIMATES FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. ALMOST 2000 CASES OF SALMONELLA HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM MAY TO AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, AND THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO GROW. IT IS THE LARGEST EGG RECALL IN HISTORY.

FUGITIVE COUPLE ARRESTED JKB 8/20/10

• A TIP FROM AN OBSERVANT FOREST RANGER LED TO THE ARREST OF AN ARIZONA PRISON ESCAPEE AND HIS ALLEGED ACCOMPLICE FIANCÉ WHO HAD BEEN ON THE RUN SINCE LAST MONTH.

JOHN MCCLUSKEY AND CASSLYN WELCH WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT A CAMPGROUND NEAR THE APACHE AND SITGREAVES NATIONAL FORESTS IN SPRINGERVILLE ARIZONA. BOTH ARE SUSPECTED IN THE KILLING OF A NEW MEXICO COUPLE WHOSE BODIES WERE FOUND IN THEIR BURNED OUT CAMPER. MCCLUSKEY WAS SERVING A 15 YEAR SENTENCE FOR ATTEMPTED 2ND DEGREE MURDER WHEN HE AND TWO OTHER INMATES BROKE OUT OF A PRIVATE PRISON JULY 30TH WITH WELCHS HELP. THE OTHER TWO ESCAPEES WERE CAPTURED SHORTLY AFTER THE ESCAPE.

22 MILE OIL PLUM DISCOVERED IN GULF OF MEXICO JKB 8/20/10

• A 22 MILE LONG, 650 FOOT HIGH PLUME OF OIL, MORE THAN A MILE WIDE, HAS BEEN DISCOVERED 3000 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.

SCIENTISTS MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY, AND SAY THAT ITS PRESENCE EXPLAINS THE APPARENT DISAPPEARANCE OF OIL ON THE SURFACE. RESEARCHES FIRST SPOTTED THE PLUME 2 WEEKS AGO, BUT HAD TO LEAVE THE AREA DUE TO BAD WEATHER. RESEARCHES HAVE CONCLUDED THAT OIL MAY HAVE SETTLED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GULF FARTHER EAST THAN PREVIOUSLY SUSPECTED AND THAT 70 TO 70% OF THE ESTIMATED 4.9 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL RELEASED FROM THE RUPTURED BP WELL HAS NOT BEEN RECOVERED AND REMAINS A THREAT TO THE ECO SYSTEM.