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News 10/29/10

SEARCH FOR MISSING MAN JKB 10/29/10

MENDOCINO COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A MENDOCINO REDWOOD EMPLOYEE WHO DISAPPEARED WHILE ON HIS LUNCH BREAK AT THE ALBION BLUFFS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

33 YEAR OLD ERIC GRANT OF FORT BRAGG WAS REPORTED MISSING AT AROUND 6 PM AFTER COMPANY OFFICIALS DISCOVERED HIS WORK TRUCK NEAR THE BLUFFS. GRANT WAS KNOWN TO FREQUENTLY GO TO THE AREA TO EAT LUNCH, BUT HAD NOT RETURNED TO WORK OR HOME. AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH OF THE SURROUNDING AREA FAILED TO LOCATE HIM. OFFICIALS SAY GRANTS VEHICLE DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN TAMPERED WITH AND THERE IS NO REASON TO SUSPECT FOUL PLAY AT THIS TIME. THE INVESTIGATION AND SEARCH IS CONTINUING.

MARIJUANA RELATED SHOOTING JKB 10/29/10

A LAYTONVILLE MAN WAS SHOT IN THE FACE IN WHAT POLICE DESCRIBE AS A MARIJUANA RELATED INCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING.

ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, 19 YEAR OLD WILLIAM GRAVES AND THE UNNAMED SUSPECT WERE ENGAGED IN A MARIJUANA OPERATION IN THE BELL SPRINGS ROAD AREA. AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN THE TWO ENDED WHEN GRAVES WAS SHOT ONCE IN THE FACE AT AROUND 11 AM. HE WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO HOWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN WILLITS AND THEN AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL OUT OF THE COUNTY FOR TREATMENT. NO WORD YET ON HIS CONDITION. WITNESSES WHO WERE AT THE SCENE AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING ARE BEING QUESTIONED AND THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING. THE SUSPECTS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED AND SO FAR NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

PROSECUTION RESTS CASE AGAINST GRAY JKB 10/28/10

LAKE COUNTY PROSECUTORS RESTED THEIR CASE AGAINST JOHN GRAY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

GRAY FACES CHARGES OF MURDER AND TWO SPECIAL ALLEGATIONS OF INFLICTING GREAT BODILY HARM AND USING A DEADLY WEAPON IN THE BLUDGEONING DEATH OF HIS ROOMMATE, ERIC JOAQUIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF FEBRUARY 28TH 2009. A DNA EXPERT TESTIFIED YESTERDAY THAT MINUTE BLOOD EVIDENCE FOUND ON GRAYS CLOTHING MATCHED THAT OF THE VICTIM. GRAY HAS MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE AND HIS FAMILY HAS OFFERED A $10,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION THAT WOULD POINT TO ANOTHER ASSAILANT. THE DEFENSE WILL BEGIN PRESENTING ITS CASE TODAY. THE TRIAL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 13TH.

HALLOWEEN WEEKEND JKB 10/29/10

IT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE HALLOWEEN WEEKEND, WITH OF COURSE HALLOWEEN FALLING ON SUNDAY THIS YEAR.

THAT MEANS THAT YOU COULD SEE COSTUMED REVELERS OF ALL AGES OUT AND ABOUT DURING THE NEXT 3 NIGHTS, AND AUTHORITIES ARE EMPHASIZING SAFE AND VIGILANT DRIVING FOR THE WEEKEND. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, CHILDREN ARE 4 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE STRUCK BY A MOTOR VEHICLE ON HALLOWEEN THAN ON ANY OTHER DAY OF THE YEAR. THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES IN VEHICLE RELATED CRASHES ALSO INCREASES WHEN HALLOWEEN FALLS ON A FRIDAY, SATURDAY OR SUNDAY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL BE OUT IN FORCE OVER THE WEEKEND TO KEEP AN EYE OUT OF THE UNSAFE AND UNDER THE INFLUENCE DRIVER. FROM ALL OF US HERE AT K-WINE, WE HOPE YOU AND YOURS HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE HALLOWEEN.

WILLITS VOTES TO NOT PARTICIPATE IN TAX SHARING JKB 10/29/10

IN A SURPRISE MOVE, THE WILLITS CITY COUNCIL VOTED NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TAX SHARING AGREEMENT FROM ANY FUTURE REVENUE GENERATED BY THE COUNTYS MEASURE C IF IT PASSES.

THE MEASURE PASSED ON A VOTE OF 3 TO 2, WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS MADRIGAL AND KANNE DISSENTING. IF PASSED, MEASURE C WILL INCREASE THE COUNTYS SALES TAX HALF A CENT TO 7.75% AND THE SALES TAX IN THE CITIES OF WILLITS, UKIAH, FORT BRAGG AND POINT ARENA TO 8.25% WITH NO OPTION TO OPT OUT OF THE INCREASE WEATHER THE CITIES SHARE IN THE PROCEEDS OR NOT. THE COUNCIL SAID THEY ARE TURNING DOWN THE TAX SHARING AGREEMENT ON PRINCIPAL.

News 10/28/10

KNIFE ATTACKER SOUGHT JKB 10/28/10

FORT BRAGG POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT WHO ATTACKED ANOTHER MAN ON THE FRONT PORCH OF HIS HOME WITH A KNIFE MONDAY EVENING.

POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE HOME OF 45 YEAR OLD BRYAN HARROUN AT AROUND 8:30 PM. HE REPORTED THAT THE UNKNOWN SUSPECT BECAME ANGRY AND ATTEMPTED TO STAB HIM WITH A KNIFE AFTER BEING ASKED TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY. THE SUSPECT FLED BEFORE POLICE ARRIVED AND AN ENSUING SEARCH FAILED TO LOCATE HIM. THE ATTACKER IS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE MALE ADULT, APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET 9 INCHES TALL WITH A MEDIUM BUILD, WEARING PRESCRIPTION GLASSES. HE WAS WEARING A BLACK OR DARK BROWN JACKET OVER A GREY HOODED SWEATSHIRT, JEANS, AND A BEANIE STYLE CAP. THE VICTIM SAID HE SAW DARKER HAIR WITH GREY BENEATH THE EDGE OF THE CAP. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS INCIDENT OR THE SUSPECT IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE FORT BRAGG POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WILLITS POLICE HELP CAPTURE WATSONVILLE KILLER JKB 10/28/10

A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP IN WILLITS LED TO THE ARREST OF A 17 YEAR OLD SUSPECT ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A STORE CLERK TO DEATH IN WATSONVILLE.

WILLITS POLICE PULLED OVER A CAR WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED JUVENILE AND 17 YEAR OLD CHRISTIAN SPEAKER AT 1:25 AM OCTOBER 20TH. THE JUVENILE TURNED OUT TO BE WANTED ON A PROBATION VIOLATION AND THE TWO WERE DETAINED. IT WAS LATER LEARNED THAT BOTH TEENS HAD ESCAPED FROM A TULARE COUNTY GROUP HOME 4 DAYS EARLIER. AFTER LEAVING THE HOME, THE TWO WENT TO THE WATSONVILLE AREA WHERE SPEAKER ALLEGEDLY ROBBED A CONVENIENCE STORE AND SHOT THE 32 YEAR OLD STORE CLERK DEAD AFTER BEING GIVEN THE MONEY. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE TWO TEENS WERE ON THEIR WAY TO THE EUREKA AREA WHEN THEY WERE STOPPED IN WILLITS. SPEAKERS NAME WAS RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC EVEN THOUGH HE IS A JUVENILE BECAUSE SANTA CRUZ DISTRICT ATTORNEYS PLAN TO CHARGE HIM AS AN ADULT.

SECURITY MEASURES AT NAPA HOSPITAL INCREASED JKB 10/28/10

AUTHORITIES HAVE ELEVATED SECURITY AT NAPA STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IN THE WAKE OF A NURSE BEING STRANGLED TO DEATH BY A PATIENT INMATE OVER THE WEEKEND.

ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS AT THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, POLICE PRESENCE AT THE HOSPITAL HAS BEEN INCREASED, PATIENT ACCESS TO HOSPITAL GROUNDS HAS BEEN RESTRICTED AND A SHUTTLE SERVICE IS NOW AVAILABLE TO TAKE STAFF TO THE PARKING LOT. THE BODY OF 54 YEAR OLD PSYCHIATRIC NURSE DONNA GROSS WAS FOUND IN A HOSPITAL COURTYARD SATURDAY EVENING. 37 YEAR OLD PATIENT INMATE JESS WILLARD MASSEY HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH HER MURDER. MASSEY HAS A LONG HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND HAS BEEN A RESIDENT AT THE HOSPITAL SINCE BEING DECLARED LEGALLY INSANE IN 1993.

SENTENCE FOR BURGLARY OF DEAD FAMILYS HOME JKB 10/28/10

A REDWOOD CITY WOMAN WHO, ALONG WITH HER BOYFRIEND, PLEADED NO CONTEST TO BURGLARIZING THE HOME OF A SONOMA VALLEY FAMILY AFTER THEY WERE KILLED IN A CAR CRASH LAST YEAR, WAS SENTENCED TO A YEAR IN JAIL AND GIVEN 5 YEARS PROBATION YESTERDAY.

PROSECUTORS ARGUED THAT 30 YEAR OLD AMBER TRUE SHOULD SERVE AT LEAST 6 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE NOVEMBER 30TH BURGLARY AT THE HOME OF JOHN AND SUSAN MALONEY, WHO, ALONG WITH THEIR CHILDREN, AGES 8 AND 5, WERE KILLED IN A TRAFFIC COLLISION A MONTH EARLIER, SAYING THE COUPLE KNEW THE FAMILY WAS DEAD. SONOMA COUNTY JUDGE ARTHUR WICK HOWEVER SAID THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE TRUE AND HER BOYFRIEND, 27 YEAR OLD MICHAEL GUITIERREZ KNEW WHY THE HOUSE WAS EMPTY BEFORE THE ROBBERY. GUITIERREZ WAS SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS IN PRISON EARLIER THIS MONTH, DUE IN PART TO A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY AND COMMITTING THE CRIME WHILE ON FELONY PROBATION. WITH TIME SERVED, TRUE COULD BE RELEASED AS EARLY AS NEXT SPRING.

MORE INFO RELEASED ON HIT AND RUN VEHICLE JKB 10/28/10

THE CHP HAS RELEASED MORE INFORMATION ON A VEHICLE BEING SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH THE HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT THAT INJURED ONE OF THE RIDERS IN THE GRANFONDO BICYCLE RACE IN SONOMA COUNTY OCTOBER 9TH.

AUTHORITIES SAY THE SUV THAT STRUCK 57 YEAR OLD ANOUSH ZEBARJADAIN WAS MOST LIKELY A 1991 TO 1994 MAROON COLORED FORD EXPLORER. WITNESSES SAID THE DRIVER WAS ACTING AGGRESSIVELY AND DRIVING ERRATICALLY JUST BEFORE THE COLLISION AND MAY HAVE STRUCK THE RIDER INTENTIONALLY. ZEBARJADAIN SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES AND WAS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR SEVERAL DAYS. HE HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASED. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS INCIDENT OR THE SUSPECT VEHICLE IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SONOMA COUNTY AREA CHP.

THOMPSON WARNS OF SCAM JKB 10/28/10

NORTH COAST CONGRESSMAN MIKE THOMPSON IS WARNING SENIORS ABOUT A MAILER BEING SENT AROUND THE COUNTY THAT CLAIMS CUTS TO MEDICARE ARE PENDING.

THOMPSON SAYS THE MAILER, FROM THE NATIONAL PROCESSING CENTER, IS A SCAM AND INCLUDES A RETURN MAIL CARD THAT ASKS FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION. THOMPSON SAID THE MAILER IS NOT OFFICIAL OR FACTUAL AND SHOULD BE IGNORED BY SENIORS. HE ADDED THAT CONGRESS IS INVESTIGATING.

MORE UTILITY HELP FOR UKIAH RESIDENTS JKB 10/28/10

· THE UKIAH CITY COUNCIL HAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CAN RECEIVE HELP WITH ELECTRIC BILLS THROUGH THE UKIAH CARES PROGRAM.

THE COUNCIL AGREED WITH ELECTRIC UTILITY DIRECTOR MEL GRANDI TO INCREASE THE PROGRAMS FUNDING BY $120,000, AS WELL AS INCREASE THE INCOME GUIDELINES SO MORE PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE. ACCORDING TO GRANDI THE CHANGES WILL ALLOW FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF UP TO 1500 CUSTOMERS, MORE THAN DOUBLING THE CURRENT NUMBER. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT AS MANY AS 4000 UKIAH HOUSEHOLDS WILL QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM.

News 10/27/10

MANSLAUGHTER ARREST JKB 10/27/10

A FORT BRAGG WOMAN IS UNDER ARREST AFTER POLICE DETERMINED SHE WAS INVOLVED IN THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF ANOTHER WOMAN SUNDAY NIGHT.

THE UNUSUAL INCIDENT BEGAN WHEN PARAMEDICS WERE CALLED TO A HOME ON SOUTH MCPHERSON STREET JUST BEFORE 9 PM ON A REPORT OF A WOMAN SUFFERING FROM A DIABETIC COMA. THE WOMAN, IDENTIFIED AS SHELLY RAE HERNANDEZ DIED AT THE SCENE DESPITE LIFE SAVING EFFORTS. MEDICAL PERSONNEL CONTACTED THE FORT BRAGG POLICE DEPARTMENT AFTER FINDING EVIDENCE THAT HERNANDEZS DEATH MAY HAVE BEEN FROM A DRUG OVERDOSE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION LED TO THE ARREST OF CHRISTOL CHILES ON CHARGES OF MANSLAUGHTER AND DISPENSING DANGEROUS DRUGS. ANYONE WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CASE IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE FORT BRAGG POLICE DEPARTMENT.

MURDER SENTENCE JKB 10/27/10

29 YEAR OLD SONOMA COUNTY RESIDENT JOSHUA BEGLEY WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE YESTERDAY FOR THE STABBING DEATH OF WORLD RENOWNED GUITAR MAKER TAKU SAKASHITA.

BEGLEY MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE YESTERDAY, SAYING IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT THROUGH HIS ATTORNEY THAT THE COURT WAS SENTENCING THE WRONG PERSON. ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS BEGLEY ATTACKED SAKASHITA IN HIS ROHNERT PARK GUITAR SHOP FEBRUARY 11TH, STABBED HIM NUMEROUS TIMES AND LEFT HIS BODY IN BUSHES NEAR THE PARKING LOT, COVERED IN A JACKET THAT CONTAINED THE MURDER WEAPON AND GLOVES. WITNESSES TESTIFIED THE ITEMS LEFT AT THE SCENE RESEMBLED ITEMS BEGELEY OWNED. A PAIR OF BOOTS FOUND AT THE APARTMENT OF BEGLEYS GIRLFRIEND ALSO MATCHED A BLOODY FOOTPRINT LEFT AT THE MURDER SCENE AND HAD SAKASHITAS BLOOD ON THEM. BEGLEY CLAIMED HE FOUND THE BOOTS DUMPSTER DIVING. BEGLEYS ATTORNEY INDICATED THEY PLAN TO APPEAL.

CONTRA COSTA JAIL NURSE ATTACKED JKB 10/27/10

A CONTRA COSTA COUNTY JAIL NURSE WAS SEVERELY INJURED TUESDAY AFTER SHE WAS ATTACKED BY AN INMATE FEIGNING ILLNESS.

34 YEAR OLD AARON NYGAARD OF EL CERRITO WAS BEING HELD ON BURGLARY CHARGES WHEN HE FAKED A SEIZURE. AFTER HE APPEARED TO STABILIZE, HE STRUCK THE NURSE IN THE HEAD WITH A TABLE LAMP AND THEN CONTINUED TO FIGHT WITH DEPUTIES UNTIL HE WAS SUBDUED. THE NURSE WAS TAKEN TO JOHN MUIR MEDICAL CENTER IN WALNUT CREEK WITH A SEVERE HEAD INJURY. AUTHORITIES SAY THERE WAS NOTHING ABOUT NYGAARD THAT WOULD HAVE INDICATED HE WAS VIOLENT, AND THAT HE HAD NOT EXHIBITED ANY AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR PRIOR TO THE ATTACK. THE INCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

PSYCHIATRIC NURSE WAS STRANGLED JKB 10/27/10

AN AUTOPSY HAS CONFIRMED THAT A PSYCHIATRIC NURSE WHO WAS KILLED BY A MENTALLY ILL PATIENT INMATE OVER THE WEEKEND WAS STRANGLED TO DEATH.

ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, 54 YEAR OLD DONNA GROSS WAS ATTACKED AND KILLED BY 37 YEAR OLD JESS WILLARD MASSEY AT NAPA STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL SOMETIME AFTER THE DINNER BREAK SATURDAY NIGHT. GROSS HAD WORKED AS A PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIAN AT THE HOSPITAL FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS. MASSEY IS BEING HELD AT THE NAPA COUNTY JAIL ON SUSPICION OF MURDER. MASSEY HAS BEEN INCARCERATED AT THE HOSPITAL SINCE BEING FOUND LEGALLY INSANE IN 1993.

FIRE THAT KILLED CATS DUE TO FAULTY WIRING JKB 10/27/10

NAPA COUNTY FIRE OFFICIALS SAY FAULTY ELECTRICAL WIRING WAS THE CAUSE OF A FIRE THAT DESTROYED A STRUCTURE KILLING 30 PUREBRED CATS ON SUNDAY.

THE CATS WERE BEING HOUSED IN AN OUTBUILDING BEHIND THE MAIN HOME OF A WOMAN WHO USED TO BREED AND SELL THE ANIMALS. ONLY TWO CATS WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE. THE OWNER ESTIMATED THE PEDIGREED CATS WERE WORTH ABOUT $500 EACH.

WEST NILE MOSQUITO SAMPLE FROM LAKE COUNTY JKB 10/27/10

A MOSQUITO SAMPLE FROM LAKE COUNTY HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR WEST NILE VIRUS.

THE MOSQUITO SAMPLE WAS ONE OF 10 THAT TESTED POSITIVE FROM AROUND THE STATE LAST WEEK. NO OTHER WEST NILE VIRUS POSITIVE CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN LAKE COUNTY THIS YEAR, IN HUMANS, HORSES, BIRDS, ANIMALS OR SENTINEL CHICKENS. STATEWIDE THE NUMBER OF COUNTIES CONFIRMING THE PRESENCE OF WEST NILE VIRUS THIS YEAR IS 35, DOWN FROM 42 LAST YEAR.

D.A CANDIDATES POST CAMPAIGN FINANCES JKB 10/27/10

MENDOCINO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY CANDIDATE DAVID EYSTER REPORTED RECEIVING A $10,000 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION FROM A MAN THAT HIS OPPONENT, INCUMBENT MEREDITH LINTOTT CLAIMS, WAS TRYING TO SEEK A CONCEALED CARRY WEAPONS PERMIT AFTER ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING ANOTHER MAN WITH A LOADED GUN.

LINTOTT CONTENDS THAT SHE OPPOSED THE ISSUANCE OF THE GUN PERMIT FOR RANCHO CORDOVA RESIDENT ROBERT FOREST. EYSTER LISTED FOREST AS THE LARGEST CASH CONTRIBUTOR TO HIS CAMPAIGN DURING THE LATEST REPORT ON CANDIDATES FINANCES FOR THE FIRST HALF OF OCTOBER. THE REPORT SHOWS EYSTER RAISED $12,048 FROM OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH OCTOBER 16TH, IN HIS BID FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE, WHILE LINTOTT REPORTED RAISING $2,744 DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD. TO DATE, EYSTER HAS RAISED $43,580 INCLUDING CASH CONTRIBUTIONS, LOANS AND $1,955 IN NON CASH CONTRIBUTIONS, TO LINTOTTS $36,666.

GOLD HUNGER CHAMPION AWARD FOR MENDO COUNTY JKB 10/27/10

THE MENDOCINO COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY IS ONE OF ONLY TWO COUNTY AGENCIES NATIONWIDE TO RECEIVE THE USDAS SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OR SNAPS HIGHEST HONOR.

THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED THE GOLD HUNGER CHAMPION AWARD FOR 2010 THIS WEEK AND WAS THE ONLY CALIFORNIA AGENCY HONORED OUT OF MORE THAN 30 AWARDEES. THE AGENCIES HONORED WERE RECOGNIZED FOR DEMONSTRATING EXEMPLARY SERVICE IN OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND ASSISTING CLIENTS TO OBTAIN NUTRITION BENEFITS. MENDOCINO COUNTY WAS NOMINATED FOR THE AWARD BY PLOWSHARES AND FIRST 5 MENDOCINO.

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News 10/26/10

HOME INVASION IN LOWER LAKE JKB 10/26/10

LAKE COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO MEN CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS AFTER A DARING HOME INVASION ROBBERY IN LOWER LAKE YESTERDAY MORNING.

ACCORDING TO POLICE, 27 YEAR OLD MICHELLE TRUONG AND 33 YEAR OLD DUSTIN LEE WILLSON WERE AWAKENED BY THE TWO MEN WHEN THEY ENTERED A HOME ON MORGAN VALLEY ROAD AT AROUND 8 AM. ONE OF THE MEN HELD A GUN TO WILLSONS HEAD AND A STRUGGLE ENSUED. HE WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE AND RUN TO A NEIGHBORS HOUSE AS ONE OF THE SUSPECTS FIRED SHOTS AT HIM. TRUONG WAS LOCKED IN A BATHROOM WHILE THE INTRUDERS RANSACKED THE HOUSE. ONE OF THE SUSPECTS ATTEMPTED TO FLEE IN HER CAR BUT WAS PREVENTED IN DOING SO BY A LOCKED GATE. THE OTHER SUSPECT WAS SEEN RUNNING TOWARD THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY WHERE INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE A CAR WAS WAITING. ONE SUSPECT IS DESCRIBED AS A BLACK MALE ADULT WITH SHORT WAVY HAIR AND TATTOOS ON HIS ARMS. HE WAS WEARING A BEANIE AND ALL BLACK CLOTHING. THE 2ND SUSPECT IS DESCRIBED AS A BLACK MALE ADULT WITH BRAIDED HAIR WEARING A BLACK BEANIE AND GRAY SWEATSHIRT. HE MAY BE ARMED WITH A 40 CALIBER HANDGUN. LOWER LAKE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA WERE LOCKED DOWN WHILE POLICE SEARCHED FOR THE SUSPECTS. AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT DETERMINED THE MOTIVE BEHIND THE HOME INVASION OR IF THE VICTIMS AND SUSPECTS KNEW EACH OTHER. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THIS CRIME IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.

AN INTERESTING SIDE NOTE TO THIS STORY IS THAT WILSON AND TRUONG WERE ARRESTED LAST WEEK ON DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES. WILSON WAS ACTUALLY ARRESTED TWICE, ONCE FOR POSSESSION OF COCAINE FOR SALE, AND THE 2ND TIME FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA FOR SALE AND BEING A CONVICTED FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND AMMUNITION.

MAN SHOT AND BEATEN IN POTTER VALLEY JKB 10/26/10

A POTTER VALLEY MAN WAS SHOT, TIED UP, AND BEATEN BY A GROUP OF 4 OR 5 MEN, IN WHAT HE BELIEVES WAS A MARIJUANA RELATED ROBBERY SATURDAY NIGHT.

45 YEAR OLD KEVIN PAUL ALLEN WAS IN HIS GARAGE ON DE SHIELDS RANCH ROAD WHEN HE WAS ASSAULTED BY SEVERAL HISPANIC MEN, ONE OF WHOM WAS CARRYING A RIFLE AT AROUND 10 PM. HE WAS SHOT IN THE RIGHT ARM, RESTRAINED WITH ROPE, DUCT TAPE, AND HANDCUFFS, AND THEN BEATEN. AFTER TAKING THE KEYS TO HIS PICK UP TRUCK, THE MEN PLACED ALLEN IN A SHED ON THE PROPERTY WHERE HE EVENTUALLY FREED HIMSELF AND ESCAPED TO A NEIGHBORS HOUSE TO CALL POLICE. THE NEIGHBOR TOOK ALLEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE SUSPECTS WERE GONE BY THE TIME POLICE ARRIVED. ALLEN TOLD DEPUTIES THAT HE BELIEVED THE MEN WERE AFTER HIS 25 MARIJUANA PLANTS, HOWEVER THERE HAS BEEN NO CONFIRMATION THAT MARIJUANA OR ANY OTHER ITEMS WERE TAKEN. A DESCRIPTION OF THE INTRUDERS HAS NOT BEEN MADE AVAILABLE. DETECTIVES WERE UNABLE INTERVIEW THE VICTIM IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EVENT DUE TO HIS INJURIES. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS INCIDENT IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.

FIERY ACCIDENT JKB 10/26/10

AN ALISO VIEJO COUPLE WERE LUCKY TO ESCAPE AFTER THEIR CAR PLUNGED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND CAUGHT FIRE ON HIGHWAY 101 JUST SOUTH OF RICHARDSON GROVE STATE PARK ON SUNDAY.

ACCORDING TO THE CHP, 41 YEAR OLD SEAN HANNON WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND, WHEN HE ALLOWED HIS CAR TO DRIVE OFF THE EAST ROADWAY EDGE AT AROUND 11:15 AM. HE STRUCK A METAL PADDLE MARKER AND THEN WENT OVER A STEEP 50 FOOT EMBANKMENT WHERE THE CAR CAME TO REST AGAINST A TREE AND CAUGHT FIRE. HE AND HIS PASSENGER, 40 YEAR OLD CHRISTINE HANNON WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE THE BURNING VEHICLE BEFORE IT BECAME FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE DRIVER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO JEROLD PHELPS HOSPITAL, TREATED AND RELEASED. THE PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED.

POT BUSTS JKB 10/26/10

ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOPS LED TO THE ARREST OF 5 PEOPLE ON MARIJUANA CHARGES LAST WEEK.

ON THURSDAY, 20 YEAR OLD JORGEN JOHNSON OF UKIAH AND 26 YEAR OLD MATTHEW BISCHEL OF CASTRO VALLEY WERE FOUND TO BE TRANSPORTING APPROXIMATELY 23 POUNDS MARIJUANA IN VARIOUS STAGES OF PROCESSING IN THE BACK OF A TARP COVERED PICK UP TRUCK AT AROUND 1:20 PM. JOHNSON SAID HE HAD JUST TAKEN THE WEED FROM A GROW AT A LOCKWOOD DRIVE HOME BECAUSE HE WAS HALF VESTED IN THE VENTURE AND HAD A FALLING OUT WITH HIS PARTNER, WHO WAS OUT OF TOWN AT THE TIME. THAT INFORMATION LED TO A SEARCH OF THE HOME WHERE ANOTHER 14 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA WAS DISCOVERED.

IN THE 2ND INCIDENT18 YEAR OLD SMANTHA BURGESS AND TWO PASSENGERS, ALL FROM RENO NEVADA WERE FOUND TRANSPORTING SEVERAL PLASTIC BUCKETS, TRIMMING SHEARS, AND OTHER ITEMS USED TO PROCESS MARIJUANA, ALONG WITH A HALF POUND OF WEED DURING A TRAFFIC STOP ON EAST PERKINS STREET ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE 3 ADMITTED TO BEING IN THE AREA TO TRIM MARIJUANA. ALL 5 SUSPECTS IN BOTH STOPS WERE BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL FOR THE POSSESSION AND TRANSPORTATION OF MARIJUANA FOR SALE.

DRUG AND WEAPONS ARREST JKB 10/26/10

TWO PEOPLE FROM FORT BRAGG WERE ARRESTED ON DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES AFTER DEPUTIES SEARCHED THEIR HOME LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.

49 YEAR OLD MICHAEL HENNESSY HAD BEEN RELEASED ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE IN AN UNRELATED COURT MATTER AND WAS SUBJECT TO A SEARCH AND SEIZURE PROVISION UNDER TERMS OF THE RELEASE. POLICE SERVING A WARRANT JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON SATURDAY FOUND HENNESSY AND 46 YEAR OLD SUNNY EDWARDS IN POSSESSION OF 2.8 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE, PACKAGING, SCALES, A LOADED SYRINGE AND PARAPHERNALIA USED FOR INGESTING METH. THEY ALSO FOUND A LOADED FIREARM. BOTH WERE BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL ON A NUMBER OF CHARGES.

News 10/25/10

NAPA HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE KILLED BY PATIENT JKB 10/25/10

AN EMPLOYEE AT NAPA STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL WAS KILLED BY PATIENT INMATE ON SATURDAY.

ACCORDING TO POLICE THE BODY OF 54 YEAR OLD DONNA GROSS WAS FOUND INSIDE AN ENCLOSED COURTYARD AREA AT AROUND 7 PM. SHE HAD WORKED AS A PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIAN AT THE FACILITY FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS. 37 YEAR OLD JESS MASSEY WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES AND IS BEING HELD AT THE NAPA COUNTY JAIL ON SUSPICION OF MURDER. MASSEY HAS BEEN CONFINED TO THE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL SINCE BEING FOUND LEGALLY INSIDE IN 1993. NO DETAILS OF HOW GROSS WAS KILLED HAVE BEEN RELEASED. AN AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK.

RAIN LEADS TO CRASHES JKB 10/25/10

RAIN SLICKED ROADWAYS LED TO SEVERAL CAR CRASHES AROUND THE AREA, INCLUDING TWO THAT OCCURRED NEAR REYNOLDS HIGHWAY ON HIGHWAY 101 NORTH OF WILLITS.

THE FIRST CRASH OCCURRED THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN A SOUTHBOUND VEHICLE CONTAINING 4 PEOPLE ROLLED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHILE DESCENDING OIL WELL HILL AT AROUND 9:30 PM. AT LEAST TWO OF THE INJURED OCCUPANTS WERE AIRLIFTED TO SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

A WILLITS POLICE OFFICER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES WHEN HIS PATROL CAR WAS STRUCK BY A PASSING MOTORIST JUST MINUTES AFTER THE INITIAL CRASH. THE OFFICER WAS HEADED NORTHBOUND TOWARD WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAD OCCURRED WHEN A SOUTHBOUND VEHICLE CROSSED THE CENTERLINE AND SIDESWIPED HIS PATROL CAR AT AROUND 10 PM. THE OFFICER TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID A HEAD ON COLLISION, LEFT THE ROADWAY STRUCK A UTILITY POLE AND OVERTURNED. THE SOUTHBOUND VEHICLE FLED THE SCENE AND IS STILL BEING SOUGHT. THE OFFICER WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM HOWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. IT IS NOT CLEAR IF HE WAS HEADED TO THE EARLIER CRASH SITE WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

TWO PEOPLE SUFFERED MAJOR INJURIES IN A HEAD ON COLLISION ON FRIDAY MORNING AT ALMOST THE EXACT SAME SPOT ON OIL WELL HILL WHERE THE ROLL OVER COLLISION HAPPENED THE NIGHT BEFORE. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT 8:42 AM AND TEMPORARILY SHUT DOWN THE HIGHWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR.

WET ROADWAYS ARE ALSO BEING BLAMED FOR AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH A VEHICLE SPUN OUT ON HIGHWAY 101 JUST NORTH OF THE SONOMA MENDOCINO COUNTY LINE AND PLUNGED 100 FEET OVER THE SIDE OF A CLIFF AND INTO THE RUSSIAN RIVER. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT 8:21 FRIDAY MORNING. ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. NO OTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE CRASH HAVE BEEN RELEASED.

SEVERAL INJURED AT BAR BY PEPPER SPRAY JKB 10/25/10

SEVERAL PEOPLE SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES WHEN A MAN SPRAYED PEPPER SPRAY INSIDE SILKS BAR ON LAKESHORE DRIVE IN CLEARLAKE FRIDAY NIGHT.

ACCORDING TO POLICE, A SUSPECT DESCRIBED AS A WHITE MALE ADULT WITH TATTOOS TARGETED ONE PERSON INSIDE THE BAR WITH PEPPER SPRAY AT AROUND 11 PM, BUT CONTINUED TO DISCHARGE PEPPER SPRAY INTO THE AIR AS HE FLED INTO A WAITING RED CAR BEING DRIVEN BY A FEMALE SUBJECT. IT IS UNCLEAR WHO THE TARGET OF THE ATTACK WAS, OR WHAT THE MOTIVE MAY HAVE BEEN. ABOUT 100 PEOPLE WERE INSIDE THE BAR WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED, AND APPROXIMATELY 10 WERE TREATED FOR EXPOSURE TO THE IRRITANT. THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT IS CONTINUING.

POT BUST JKB 10/25/10

5 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED WHEN MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES SERVED AN ARREST WARRANT AT A HOME ON BLACK OAK DRIVE IN REDWOOD VALLEY LAST WEDNESDAY.

WHILE SERVING THE WARRANT, DEPUTIES NOTICED SEVERAL GROWING MARIJUANA PLANTS ON THE PROPERTY AND 4 PEOPLE STANDING NEXT TO A TARP COVERED STRUCTURE IN THE BACK YARD. THE 4 ADMITTED TO WORKING AT THE PROPERTY MANICURING MARIJUANA. A FURTHER SEARCH OF THE PROPERTY TURNED UP 65 GROWING MARIJUANA PLANTS AND APPROXIMATELY 60 POUNDS OF PROCESSED MARIJUANA. WHILE DEPUTIES WERE CONDUCTING THEIR INVESTIGATION, THE PROPERTY OWNER, 47 YEAR OLD MARTHA VON FELDT ARRIVED. SHE AND THE OTHER 4 SUBJECTS WERE ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL FOR THE CULTIVATION AND POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA FOR SALE WITH BAIL SET AT $25,000 EACH. VON FELDT CLAIMS SHE WAS NEVER SHOWN AN ARREST WARRANT AND THAT ALL OF THE MARIJUANA SEIZED WAS DOCUMENTED FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES UNDER PROP 215.

FIRE IN NAPA KILLS 30 CATS JKB 10/25/10

A FIRE IN NAPA KILLED 30 CATS ON SUNDAY.

THE BLAZE OCCURRED IN AN OUTBUILDING BEHIND A RESIDENCE ON SILVERADO TRAIL AT AROUND 4:20 PM. THE STRUCTURE, DESCRIBED AS A CATTERY, WAS FULLY ENGULFED I FLAMES BY THE TIME FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED. ALL 30 ANIMALS THAT DIED WERE LOCATED INSIDE THE BUILDING. IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY WERE CAT BREEDERS. NO PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE BLAZE AND THE MAIN HOME ON THE PROPERTY WAS NOT DAMAGED. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

HUMBOLDT ARSON INVESTIGATION JKB 10/25/10

HUMBOLDT COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING SEVERAL FIRES OVER THE PAST 3 MONTHS THAT COULD BE LINKED TO A SERIAL ARSONIST.

THE LATEST FIRE OCCURRED AT A 108 YEAR OLD WAREHOUSE ON 10TH AND L STREETS IN ARCATA LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND BEGAN IN A TRASH BIN AT THE REAR OF THE BUILDING. THE BUILDINGS SPRINKLER SYSTEM KEPT THE FIRE FROM CONSUMING THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE BEFORE FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BLAZE IS SIMILAR TO SEVERAL OTHERS THAT HAVE ALL BEGUN IN TRASH OR RECYCLING BINS IN THE ARCATA AREA OVER THE PAST 3 MONTHS.

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MCEO STRIKES DEAL WITH EMPLOYEE GROUP JKB 10/22/10

AFTER NEARLY 3 MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS, THE MENDOCINO COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE HAS ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAS REACHED A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE MENDOCINO COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES.

THE AGREEMENT INCLUDES A 10% WAGE CUT FOR EMPLOYEES IN THE BARGAINING GROUP RETROACTIVE FROM OCTOBER 1ST 2010 THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2011 AT A COST SAVINGS TO THE COUNTY ESTIMATED AT $54,000. THE DEAL ALSO INCLUDES A NEW REDUCED BENEFIT RETIREMENT TIER FOR NEW HIRES. SUPERVISOR CARRE BROWN COMMENDED THE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION BARGAINING TEAM FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS SAYING THEIR WILLINGNESS TO COME TO TERMS ON THE WAGE CONCESSIONS WAS APPRECIATED.

ASSETS SEIZED DURING POT RAID RETURNED JKB 10/22/10

THE OWNER OF THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA CLINIC, ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION COLLECTIVE IN CLEARLAKE OAKS, GOT SOME OF THE ASSETS SEIZED DURING A RAID LAST YEAR, RETURNED ON MONDAY.

OWNER DAVE MOSES SAID THAT A CHECK IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,151 REPLACED CASH THAT WAS SEIZED FROM THE TILL DURING THE RAID ON JANUARY 29TH 2009. A LAKE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE ORDERED THE RETURN OF ALL PROPERTY AND FUNDS SEIZED AFTER FINDING THE RAID ON THE COLLECTIVE AND A CONNECTED GROW SITE HAD BEEN ILLEGAL. NEGOTIATIONS ARE CONTINUING IN COMPENSATION FOR PROPERTY THAT WAS LOST OR DESTROYED DURING THE INVESTIGATION.

METH BUST JKB 10/22/10

THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT SEIZED MORE THAN $29,000 WORTH OF CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE ON WEDNESDAY, AFTER A MONTH LONG INVESTIGATION.

26 YEAR OLD STEPHEN POPPE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP ON HIGHWAY 20 NEAR THE RED AND WHITE MARKET JUST AFTER 11 AM. HE WAS FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF METH, AND MORE THAN $2,800 IN CASH. A SEARCH OF HIS HOME YIELDED 298 GRAMS OF CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE, SEVERAL SCALES, AND A LOADED .45 CALIBER SEMI-AUTOMATIC HANDGUN. DEPUTIES ALSO FOUND 22 YEAR OLD JERRICA ALVAREZ OF HOPLAND UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. POPPE WAS BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL ON A NUMBER OF DRUG CHARGES. HE IS BEING HELD ON $100,000 BAIL.

POT SMELL LEADS TO POT BUST JKB 10/22/10

NEIGHBORS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE STRONG ODOR OF RIPENING MARIJUANA COMING FROM A HOME ON RICHEY ROAD, LEAD TO THE ARREST OF A UKIAH MAN ON CULTIVATION CHARGES MONDAY.

DEPUTIES CONTACTED THE HOMES OCCUPANT, 47 YEAR OLD CLINT JACKSON AT AROUND 4:30 PM WHILE FOLLOWING UP ON THE COMPLAINT. HE ADMITTED TO GROWING MARIJUANA AND ALLOWED DEPUTIES TO EXAMINE HIS CROP. POLICE FOUND APPROXIMATELY 100 MARIJUANA PLANTS BEING GROWN BOTH INDOORS AND OUTDOORS, NEARLY 28 POUNDS OF PROCESSED MARIJUANA PACKAGED FOR SALE AND A SCALE. JACKSON WAS ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF POSSESSION AND CULTIVATION OF MARIJUANA FOR SALE. HE WAS RELEASED AFTER POSTING $25,000 BAIL.

GRAPE GROWERS RUSHING TO GET CROP IN JKB 10/22/10

NORTH COAST GRAPE GROWERS ARE RACING AGAINST THE WEATHER TO HARVEST THE LATE RIPENING GRAPE CROP BEFORE THE RAINS COME THIS WEEKEND.

PICKERS ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO GET THE CROP IN, WHICH HAS BEEN PLAGUED BY PROBLEMS ALL YEAR. POOR WEATHER AT THE START OF THE SEASON, A MIDSEASON COOL SPELL IN JULY, FOLLOWED BY RECORD HEAT IN AUGUST HAS ALREADY REDUCED THE CROP BY 20 TO 30%. NOW GROWERS ARE RACING TO GET HARVEST COMPLETE BEFORE THE WEEKENDS RAIN DOES EVEN MORE DAMAGE. ANALYSTS ESTIMATE ABOUT 70% OF THE HARVEST WILL BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF TODAY.

RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE PASSES JKB 10/22/10

THE UKIAH CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO OFFICIALLY ADOPT A RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE, MODELED AFTER ONE IN SANTA ROSA, AT THEIR MEETING ON WEDNESDAY.

THE ORDINANCE LIMITS THE AMOUNT MOBILE HOME PARK OWNERS CAN INCREASE LOT RENTS EACH YEAR AND OUTLINES WHAT MAINTENANCE COSTS AND FEES CAN BE PASSED ON TO TENANTS. THE MEASURE PASSED 4 TO 1 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DOUG CRANE THE ONLY DISSENTING VOTE.

SHAKE OUT DRILL JKB 10/22/10

· MORE THAN 7.8 MILLION CALIFORNIANS PARTICIPATED IN THE GREAT SHAKEOUT EXERCISE DRILL EARLIER TODAY.

THE ANNUAL DRILL CONDUCTED BY THE CALIFORNIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, ALONG WITH LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SINCE 2008, IS DESIGNED TO HELP CALIFORNIANS REDUCE THEIR RISK OF DEATH AND INJURY DURING AN EARTHQUAKE BY EMPLOYING THE DROP, COVER AND HOLD ON SAFETY PROCEDURE. TODAYS DRILL OCCURRED AT 10:21 AM. THE GREAT CALIFORNIA SHAKEOUT IS SPONSORED BY THE EARTHQUAKE COUNTRY ALLIANCE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO STAY SAFE DURING AN EARTHQUAKE, VISIT THE WEBSITE AT EARTHQUAKECOUNTRY.ORG OF SHAKEOUT.ORG.

POOLS TO BE FIXED JKB 10/22/10

· THE CITY OF UKIAH POOLS AT TODD GROVE PARK WILL GET FIXED THANKS TO THE UKIAH CITY COUNCIL VOTING TO ALLOW THE CITY TO LOAN ITSELF $148,000 FROM THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FEES TO PAY FOR REPAIRS.

THE CITY PLANS TO USE THE LOAN AND JUST OVER $42,300 IN PARK DEVELOPMENT MONEY PLUS A MATCHING STATE GRANT TO RENOVATE THE TWO POOLS. CITY OFFICIALS ARE HOPING REPAIRS CAN BEGIN BY FEBRUARY 2011. THE STATE GRANT STIPULATES THAT ALL WORK MUST BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER OF NEXT YEAR.

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MOM BUSTED FOR PAYING SON TO STAY HOME TO TRIM POT JKB 10/21/10

A UKIAH MOTHER WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY PAYING HER 15 YEAR OLD SON TO STAY HOME FROM SCHOOL AND TRIM MARIJUANA.

POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE HOME OF 46 YEAR OLD DENA PRICE AFTER A CITIZEN SPOTTED 7 FOOT TALL MARIJUANA PLANTS GROWING ABOVE HER BACKYARD FENCE. AT THE HOME POLICE FOUND 15 PLANTS BEING GROWN OUTDOORS AND APPROXIMATELY 11 POUNDS OF PROCESSED AND DRYING MARIJUANA IN THE GARAGE. THEY ALSO FOUND PRICES TEENAGED SON AND A 21 YEAR OLD WOMAN TRIMMING MARIJUANA. BOTH WERE BEING PAID FOR THE WORK. INVESTIGATORS SAY PRICES SON HAD STAYED HOME SICK FROM SCHOOL AND WAS ALLOWED TO USE MARIJUANA FROM THE GROW. PRICE WAS BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL ON CULTIVATION AND POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA FOR SALE CHARGES, CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR, AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT. SHE WAS ALSO CITED FOR VIOLATING THE CITYS ORDINANCE AGAINST OUTDOOR MARIJUANA GROWING. CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES WERE NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT.

STORAGE BURGLARY ARRESTS JKB 10/21/10

A COMBINED EFFORT BY UKIAH POLICE AND THE MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT LED TO THE ARREST OF A UKIAH MAN ON BURGLARY CHARGES TUESDAY.

THE INCIDENT BEGAN WHEN UKIAH POLICE DETECTIVES FOLLOWED RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY SUSPECT, 35 YEAR OLD TONY MARSH TO A STORAGE FACILITY OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS. DURING THEIR INVESTIGATION THEY FOUND EVIDENCE THAT 4 OR 5 UNITS HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO. SINCE THE STORAGE FACILITY WAS IN COUNTY JURISDICTION, SHERIFFS DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE. MARSH CONFESSED TO BREAKING INTO ONE OF THE STORAGE UNITS TO STEAL APPROXIMATELY $3000 WORTH OF DISC JOCKEY EQUIPMENT BUT DENIED BURGLARIZING THE OTHER UNITS. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL WHERE HE IS BEING HELD ON $67,500 BAIL.

ASSAULT ARREST JKB 10/21/10

A UKIAH WOMAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER ASSAULTING ANOTHER WOMAN WITH A 2 FOOT LONG PIECE OF PVC PIPE ON TUESDAY.

SHERIFFS DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE LOCATION ON LAKERIDGE DRIVE AT AROUND 9:15 PM, WHERE THE VICTIM, 43 YEAR OLD LISA MCKINNEY REPORTED THAT SHE WAS INJURED AFTER 46 YEAR OLD PATRICIA HALL-PARKER STRUCK HER SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LEG WITH THE PLASTIC PIPE DURING AN ARGUMENT. HALL-PARKER WAS STILL AT THE LOCATION AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT. SHE WAS BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL FOR ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON AND IS BEING HELD ON $30,000 BAIL.

HUMBOLDT COUNTY SUPERVISORS ENDORSE PROP 19 JKB 10/21/10

HUMBOLDT COUNTY SUPERVISORS HAVE THROWN THEIR SUPPORT BEHIND PROP 19, THE NOVEMBER BALLOT INITIATIVE THAT SEEKS TO LEGALIZE THE RECREATIONAL USE OF MARIJUANA.

THE BOARD HAD ORIGINALLY INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE TAKING A POSITION ON THE MEASURE BUT DECIDED TO PUT IT TO A VOTE AFTER SUPERVISOR BONNIE NEELY ARGUED THAT THE BOARD COULD NOT IGNORE MARIJUANAS ROLE IN THE COUNTYS ECONOMIC FUTURE. THE BOARD THEN VOTED 4 TO 1 TO IN FAVOR OF THE INITIATIVE. MEANWHILE, THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES HAS COME OUT AGAINST PROP 19.

E-QUAKE AT THE GEYSERS UPGRADED JKB 10/21/10

AN EARTHQUAKE THAT RATTLED THE GEYSERS AREA TUESDAY MORNING, WAS UPGRADED BY GEOLOGISTS ON WEDNESDAY.

INITIALLY THOUGHT TO BE A 3.4 MAGNITUDE QUAKE, THE SEISMIC EVENT WAS OFFICIALLY RECORDED AS BEING 3.5 IN MAGNITUDE BY THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY YESTERDAY. THE QUAKE WAS CENTERED 4 MILES NORTH OF THE STEAM FIELDS AND STRUCK AT 10:51 AM. IT WAS THE 26TH QUAKE 3.0 OR LARGER TO STRIKE THE AREA SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

FIRE THREATENS STRUCTURE JKB 10/21/10

QUICK ACTION BY FIREFIGHTERS AND A PAIR OF GOOD SAMARITANS WITH GARDEN HOSES HELPED KNOCK DOWN A FAST SPREADING VEGETATION FIRE THAT BRIEFLY THREATENED A STRUCTURE YESTERDAY.

A QUAD PULLING A LAWN MOWER SPARKED THE FIRE AT AROUND 2 PM. THE DRIVER OF THE QUAD AND A NEIGHBOR INITIALLY BEGAN FIGHTING THE BLAZE WITH GARDEN HOSES. FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED WITHIN 5 MINUTES AND KEPT THE FIRE CONTAINED TO LESS THAN 3 ACRES AS IT BURNED INTO A HEAVY TIMBER AREA NEAR A CREEK. A STRUCTURE IN DANGER OF BURNING WAS SAVED WITHOUT SUFFERING DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF INJURIES.

OLD GROWTH FOREST TO BE SAVED JKB 10/21/10

A SECTION OF OLD GROWTH REDWOOD AND DOUGLAS FIR FOREST THAT WAS IN DANGER OF BEING HARVESTED, NOW LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE PRESERVED, THANKS TO THE INTERVENTION OF A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION.

THE SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE HAS SIGNED AN EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE THE 426 ACRE BURBECK TRACT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NOYO RIVER REDWOODS FOREST, FROM THE WILLITS REDWOOD COMPANY. THE FOREST, LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF WILLITS IS FAMOUS FOR BEING HOME TO THE SWITCHBACK SECTION OF THE SKUNK TRAIN RUN AND CONTAINS 123 ACRES OF OLD GROWTH REDWOOD AND DOUG FIR FOREST. THE AGREEMENT REQUIRES THE LEAGUE TO PAY $7 MILLION TO THE WILLITS REDWOOD COMPANY BY APRIL 1ST 2011.

GAS PRICES RISE JKB 10/21/10-

YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT GAS PRICES IN THE AREA HAVE RISEN DURING A TIME OF YEAR THAT THEY NORMALLY GO DOWN.

SINCE LABOR DAY, PUMP PRICES HAVE JUMPED SIGNIFICANTLY. THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR SELF SERVE UNLEADED IN CALIFORNIA IS NOW $3.15, UP 14 CENTS FROM A MONTH AGO AND 11 CENTS HIGHER THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR. ANALYSTS SAY THE CAUSE OF THE PRICE SPIKE IS LARGELY BEING DRIVEN BY OIL INVESTORS AND NOT DUE TO SUPPLY ISSUES.

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BODY FOUND BELOW ALBION BRIDGE JKB 10/20/10

THE BODY OF A MISSING ELK MAN WAS FOUND BELOW THE ALBION BRIDGE MONDAY MORNING.

ACCORDING TO THE MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT, 63 YEAR OLD LLOYD DEAN PEDERSEN WAS ALLEGEDLY DESPONDENT WHEN HE WAS REPORTED MISSING. THE REPORTING PARTY INDICATED PEDERSEN MIGHT BE IN THE AREA OF THE ALBION BRIDGE. DEPUTIES LOCATED PEDERSENS BODY AT THE WEST END OF THE ALBION RIVER CAMPGROUND BELOW THE BRIDGE AT AROUND 8:30 MONDAY MORNING. THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

WOMAN INJURED IN CRASH JKB 10/20/10

A 40 YEAR OLD MENDOCINO WOMAN IDENTIFIED ONLY AS VICKY WAS SEVERELY INJURED WHEN SHE CRASHED INTO A TREE OFF HIGHWAY 1 JUST SOUTH OF NAVARRO RIDGE LAST NIGHT.

THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT AROUND 8:40 PM. SEVERAL PASSING MOTORISTS STOPPED AND HELPED THE VICTIM GET OUT OF HER CAR AS IT SLOWLY CAUGHT FIRE. AFTER SHE WAS REMOVED, THE VEHICLE BECAME FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE VICTIM WAS AIRLIFTED TO SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WITH MAJOR INJURIES. THE ACCIDENT SHUT DOWN TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY 1 FOR MORE THAN 2 HOURS.

E-QUAKE JKB 10/20/10

A 3.4 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE SHOOK THE GEYSERS AREA YESTERDAY.

THE QUAKE OCCURRED AT 10:51 AM AND WAS CENTERED 4 MILES NORTH OF THE STEAM FIELDS. IT WAS FOLLOWED BY A DOZEN AFTERSHOCKS, RANGING FROM 1.2 TO 2.1 IN MAGNITUDE. YESTERDAYS EVENT WAS THE 26TH QUAKE 3.0 OR LARGER TO STRIKE THE GEYSERS SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

ARCATA BUSINESSMAN KILLED IN PLANE CRASH JKB 10/20/10

A WELL KNOWN ARCATA BUSINESSMAN AND HIS 7 YEAR OLD SON WERE KILLED IN A PRIVATE PLANE CRASH IN GEORGIA ON SATURDAY.

KEITH NEWCOMER, CO OWNER OF THE ARCATA EXCHANGE FURNITURE STORE, WAS VISITING HIS SON IN GEORGIA. THE TWO WERE IN NEWCOMERS SELF BUILT SINGLE ENGINE PLANE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND CAUGHT FIRE JUST AFTER TAKEOFF FROM GARVEY AIRFIELD IN MONTICELLO. THE ACCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE NTSB.

VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE JKB 10/20/10

THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN THE NOVEMBER 2ND ELECTION IS MIDNIGHT MONDAY.

VOTERS ONLY HAVE TO RE-REGISTER IF THEY HAVE MOVED SINCE THE LAST ELECTION.

SANTA ROSA GIRL COMES OUT OF COMA JKB 10/20/10

A 6 YEAR OLD SANTA ROSA GIRL WHO WAS SEVERELY INJURED IN A CRASH THAT KILLED HER MOTHER AND INJURED 3 OF HER SIBLINGS CAME OUT OF A MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA YESTERDAY.

HAILLIE SHIMMEL IS RECOVERING FROM INJURIES SHE RECEIVED IN THE OCTOBER 8TH CRASH. HER 18 YEAR OLD BROTHER SEBASTIAN HOLLINGWORTH WAS DRIVING THE FAMILY SUV WHEN HE LOOKED DOWN FOR A MOMENT, VEERED INTO THE ONCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC, OVERCORRECTED AND THEN LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED. 43 YEAR OLD SHELLIE SHIMMEL DIED AT THE SCENE. HOLLINGWORTH AND TWO OTHER SISTERS AGES 13 AND 16, SUFFERED MINOR TO MODERATE INJURIES IN THE CRASH.

CAMP NUMBERS UP IN MENDOCINO COUNTY JKB 10/20/10

PLANT SEIZURES BY THE FEDERAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST MARIJUANA PLANTING OR CAMP SET A RECORD IN MENDOCINO COUNTY THIS YEAR.

STATEWIDE CAMP SEIZURES DROPPED SLIGHTLY FROM 4.4 MILLION PLANTS LAST YEAR TO 4.3 MILLION THIS YEAR. IN MENDOCINO COUNTY HOWEVER, SEIZURE NUMBERS JUMPED FROM 440,689 PLANTS LAST YEAR TO 572,680 PLANTS IN 2010. THOSE FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE PLANTS SEIZED BY THE COUNTYS MARIJUANA ERADICATION TEAM OUTSIDE OF CAMPS 108 DAY ERADICATION SEASON. TO DATE, COMMET HAS SEIZED JUST OVER 541,000 POT PLANTS, INCLUDING THOSE TAKEN DURING CAMPS CAMPAIGN. LAKE COUNTY WAS THIRD ON CAMPS ERADICATION LIST THIS YEAR WITH 374,958 PLANTS SEIZED.

CRACK FOUND IN SAN MATEO BRIDGE JKB 10/20/10

A SECTION OF THE WESTBOUND LANE ON THE SAN MATEO BRIDGE WAS CLOSED YESTERDAY, AFTER CREWS FOUND A 10 INCH CRACK IN A STEEL BEAM DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION.

THE AFFECTED BEAM, LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE DECK, IS SUPPOSED TO HELP SUPPORT THE BRIDGE DURING AN EARTHQUAKE. AUTHORITIES SAY THE CRACK DOES NOT POSE AN IMMEDIATE DANGER BUT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THOSE REPAIRS ARE SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE THURSDAY MORNING. DRIVERS ARE ADVISED TO TAKE THE DUMBARTON OR BAY BRIDGE TO AVOID DELAYS.

BOS VOTE TO KEEP POINT ARENA LIBRARY JKB 10/20/10

THE MENDOCINO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY AT THEIR MEETING YESTERDAY TO KEEP THE POINT ARENA LIBRARY AS PART OF THE COUNTYS LIBRARY SYSTEM.

COUNTY LIBRARIAN MELANIE LIGHTBODY RECOMMENDED CANCELING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE FRIENDS OF THE COST COMMUNITY LIBRARY, AND TURN OPERATIONS OVER TO THE FRIENDS GROUP. YESTERDAYS VOTE KEPT THE MOU IN PLACE AND AUTHORIZED THE HIRING OF AN EXTRA HELP POSITION THROUGH JUNE OF 30TH OF 2011.

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