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News 2/28/11

HOME OF DROWNED TEEN BURGLARIZED JKB 2/28/11

THE HOME OF A TEEN THAT DROWNED WHILE RAFTING ON A RAIN SWOLLEN CREEK NEAR WALNUT CREEK LAST WEEKEND, WAS BURGLARIZED WHILE HIS FAMILY WAS AT HIS BURIAL SERVICE ON THURSDAY.

THE FAMILY OF 16 YEAR OLD MATTHEW MILLER TOLD POLICE THEY RETURNED HOME FROM THE SERVICE TO FIND THE FRONT DOOR HAD BEEN FORCED OPEN AND ITEMS MISSING. THE BURGLARY OCCURRED SOMETIME BETWEEN 10 AM AND 12:30 PM. MILLER AND 17 YEAR OLD GAVIN POWELL BOTH DROWNED AFTER THEIR TWO PERSON RAFT OVERTURNED IN A FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL FEBRUARY 19TH.

DOMESTIC ASSAULT ARREST JKB 2/28/11

A FORT BRAGG MAN WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK AFTER CHOKING HIS GIRLFRIEND INTO UNCONSCIOUSNESS DURING A DOMESTIC DISPUTE.

THE 48 YEAR OLD VICTIM TOLD POLICE THAT 54 MARK ALLEN NUEGEBAUER HAD COME UP BEHIND HER, PUT HER IN A CHOKE HOLD AND PULLED HER TO THE FLOOR, CUTTING OFF HER AIR SUPPLY UNTIL SHE PASSED OUT. SHE ALSO STATED THAT NUEGEBAUER TOLD HER THAT THE NEXT TIME HE WOULD FINISH HER OFF AND BURY HER ON THE PROPERTY. WEDNESDAYS ASSAULT ALLEGEDLY FOLLOWED TWO OTHER INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED ON VALENTINES DAY AND SUPER BOWL SUNDAY. NEUGEBAUER WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL FOR SPOUSAL ABUSE AND MAKING CRIMINAL THREATS WITH BAIL SET AT $25,000.

HIGH SPEED CHASE AND CRASH JKB 2/28/11

A HIGH SPEED CHASE INVOLVING A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY BURGLARIZED A CLOVERDALE HOME ENDED WHEN THE SUSPECT CRASHED HIS CAR NEAR WINDSOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

24 YEAR OLD JOSEPH REXFORD OF WINDSOR ALLEGEDLY SMASHED A SLIDING GLASS DOOR AT A HOME ON THERESA DRIVE JUST BEFORE 1 PM AND FLED WITH SEVERAL ITEMS, INCLUDING A GUN. WINDSOR POLICE SPOTTED HIS CAR HEADING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 101 NEAR DRY CREEK, AND ATTEMPTED TO PULL HIM OVER. REXFORD REFUSED TO STOP AND LED POLICE ON A CHASE ON EASTSIDE ROAD IN HEALDSBURG AND ONTO SEVERAL RURAL ROADS WEST OF THE AIRPORT AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 100 MILES AN HOUR. HE EVENTUALLY RETURNED TO HIGHWAY 101 BEFORE LOOSING CONTROL AND CRASHING DOWN A GRASSY EMBANKMENT OFF THE SHILOH ROAD ONRAMP. HE SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES IN THE CRASH AND WAS BOOKED INTO THE SONOMA COUNTY JAIL ON A NUMBER OF CHARGES AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. HIS BAIL WAS SET AT $150,000.

PEIDMONT FIRE INVESTIGATION COMPLETE JKB 2/28/11

FIRE INVESTIGATORS SAY A MASSIVE BLAZE THAT DESTROYED THE PIEDMONT LUMBER AND MILLWORK COMPANY YARD IN WALNUT CREEK LAST YEAR AND WAS INITIALLY THOUGHT TO BE SUSPICIOUS, WAS NOT DUE TO ARSON.

THE TIMING OF THE BLAZE FUELED SUSPICION ABOUT THE FIRE AS THE COMPANY WAS FACING FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES, AND ANOTHER ARSON FIRE HAD OCCURRED AT ANOTHER PEIDMONT OWNED LUMBER YARD IN PITTSBURG JUST MONTHS BEFORE. THE BLAZE CAUSED MORE THAN $6 MILLION IN DAMAGE AND THE COMPANY PUT THE PROPERTY UP FOR SALE. AN INVESTIGATION FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY SURROUNDING THE MARCH 13TH INCIDENT. OFFICIALS SAY THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE FIRE MAY NEVER BE KNOWN.

VFW COMMANDER RESIGNS JKB 2/28/11

THE COMMANDER OF THE LAKEPORT VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST HAS RESIGNED AMID ACCUSATIONS THAT HE FALSIFIED HIS MILITARY CAREER.

ACCORDING TO A GROUP DEDICATED TO UNCOVERING WHAT THEY CALL STOLEN VALOR, 57 YEAR OLD ROBERT DEPPE HAS PLAGIARIZED AND OR MODIFIED OTHER PEOPLES WAR STORIES, INCLUDING THE AWARDING OF A PURPLE HEART AND SILVER AND BRONZE STARS FOR HEROISM IN VIETNAM, AND CLAIMED THEM AS HIS OWN. ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS AT POW NETWORK, THEY CANNOT FIND ANY RECORD OF DEPPE EVER SERVING IN THE MILITARY. DEPPE, WHO HAS BEEN THE VFW COMMANDER FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS, WAS ARRESTED EARLIER THIS MONTH ON SUSPICION OF STEALING MONEY FROM A FAMILY MEMBER AND REPLACING $100 BILLS HE ALLEGEDLY TOOK WITH PLAY MONEY. HIS LETTER OF RESIGNATION STATED ONLY THAT HE WAS STEPPING DOWN FOR PERSONAL REASONS, AND WAS SUBMITTED TWO DAYS AFTER THE VFW POST ASKED HIM FOR AUTHORIZATION TO ACCESS HIS MILITARY RECORDS.

NEW POLICE CHIEF FOR FORT BRAGG JKB 2/28/11

AFTER A NATIONWIDE SEARCH, THE CITY OF FORT BRAGG HAS CHOSEN A NEW POLICE CHIEF, AND IT TURNS OUT, THEY DIDNT HAVE TO LOOK FAR TO FIND ONE.

SCOTT MAYBERRY, A FORMER FORT BRAGG HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, WAS CHOSEN OUT OF A FILED OF 34 APPLICANTS FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY. MAYBERRY SERVED 5 YEARS WITH THE FORT BRAGG POLICE DEPARTMENT, 5 YEARS WITH THE PETALUMA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND 17 YEARS WITH THE REDDING POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHERE HE IS CURRENTLY A CAPTAIN. MAYBERRY MUST STILL COMPLETE THE REQUIRED BACKGROUND CHECK, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS. IF ALL GOES WELL HE WILL BECOME THE CHIEF OF THE FORT BRAGG POLICE DEPARTMENT IN MID APRIL.

News 2/25/11

WINTER WEATHER JKB 2/25/11

THE WINTER STORM IS HERE. MANY AREAS IN LAKE AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES REPORTING SNOW LATE LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING.

RIGHT NOW, CHAINS ARE REQUIRED ON HIGHWAY 175, AND THE WILLITS GRADE. THERE IS SNOW IN THE BURKE HILL AREA SOUTH OF UKIAH, AND HEAVY SNOW IN THE BROOKTRAILS AND PINE MOUNTAIN AREAS OF WILLITS. IN LAKE COUNTY HEAVY SNOW IS BEING REPORTED IN SEVERAL AREAS. CHAIN RESTRICTIONS ARE IN EFFECT ON HIGHWAY 29 BETWEEN KELSEYVILLE AND LOWER LAKE. SNOW IS AFFECTING JUST ABOUT EVERY ROAD ABOVE 1000 FEET IN LAKE AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES.

WEATHER ADVISORIES JKB 2/25/11

AS FAR AS WHAT WE CAN EXPECT LATER TODAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BE DESCENDING ON THE NORTH COAST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. A HARD FREEZE WARNING WILL GO INTO EFFECT IN BOTH LAKE AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH 8 AM SATURDAY MORNING. THAT OF COURSE COULD LEAD TO A LOT OF ICE ON THE ROADWAYS AND RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR PETS AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

IN MENDOCINO COUNTY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY WITH 2 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 900 FEET. SNOW LEVEL MAY BRIEFLY REACH SEA LEVEL AND THE VALLEY FLOORS BUT LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THERE.

IN LAKE COUNTY THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISOR WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET, AND UP TO 2 INCHES IN THE CLEARLAKE AREA. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ALSO, HIGH WINDS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS COULD LEAD TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

MOTORISTS IN BOTH COUNTIES ARE ADVISED TO BE PREPARED FOR EXTREME WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS, AND THOSE HEADED INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ARE ADVISED TO CARRY EXTRA CLOTHING, BLANKETS, FOOD AND WATER IN CASE THEY BECOME STRANDED.

WE WILL HAVE SCHOOL CLOSURES AND DELAYS FOR YOU AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.

FIRE AT REDWOOD VALLEY TRIBAL OFFICE JKB 2/25/11

A FIRE WAS REPORTED AT THE REDWOOD VALLEY RANCHERIA TRIBAL OFFICE YESTERDAY MORNING.

THE BLAZE BROKE OUT AT AROUND 8 AM, AND WAS CONTAINED BY 11:30. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, THE FIRE WAS UP IN THE CEILING AND WALLS OF THE MAIN ROOM AND BUT WAS CONTAINED MOSTLY IN THE ATTIC, AND APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN SMOLDERING FOR SOME TIME. INVESTIGATORS SAY IT STARTED IN AN AREA WHERE WORK WAS BEING DONE TO THE HEATING SYSTEM AND DID NOT APPEAR TO BE SUSPICIOUS. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.

E-QUAKES JKB 2/25/11

A PAIR OF SMALL EARTHQUAKE POPPED UP IN UNUSUAL PLACES YESTERDAY.

THE FIRST QUAKE OCCURRED AT 11:32 AM AND WAS CENTERED 5 MILES EAST OF HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE. IT MEASURED 2.5 IN MAGNITUDE. THE SECOND, A 2.2 MAGNITUDE QUAKE, OCCURRED AT 11:43 AM AND WAS CENTERED 14 MILES NORTH WEST OF CLOVERDALE.

BAIL RAISED FOR FUGITIVE JKB 2/25/11

A WANTED FUGITIVE OUT OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY WHO WAS INVOLVED IN A 12 HOUR STANDOFF WITH POLICE IN THE BROOKTRIALS AREA LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, HAD HIS BAIL AMOUNT RAISED SIGNIFICANTLY YESTERDAY.

36 YEAR OLD JASON FRICK OF MCKINLEYVILLE WAS ORIGINALLY BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL ON A NUMBER OF CHARGES WITH BAIL SET AT $200,000. WHEN HE SURRENDERED, OFFICERS FOUND HIM IN POSSESSION OF AN EXPLOSIVE INCENDIARY DEVICE, AND THE MATERIALS TO MAKE SEVERAL MORE. BASED ON CHARGES STEMMING FROM POSSESSING A DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE, HIS BAIL AMOUNT WAS RAISED TO $ 2 MILLION.

CRAIGSLIST SCAM WARNING JKB 2/25/11

THE LAKE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE HAS ISSUED A WARNING TO LOCAL RESIDENTS TO BE CAUTIOUS WHEN USING CRAISGLIST, E-BAY OR OTHER CONSUMER EXCHANGE WEBSITES.

A RESIDENT WHO POSTED AN ITEM FOR SALE ON CRAIGSLIST AND WAS CONTACTED BY AN ALLEGED INTERESTED BUYER WHO SENT A COUNTERFEIT CHECK FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE THAN THE PURCHASE PRICE. THE SUSPECT THEN CONTACTED THE VICTIM BY PHONE AND STATED THEY HAD SENT THE WRONG AMOUNT AND THAT THE CHECK SHOULD BE CASHED AND THE OVERAGE RETURNED. FORTUNATELY, THE VICTIM CHECKED THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE CHECK AND DISCOVERED IT WAS FRAUDULENT BEFORE SENDING ANY MONEY. AUTHORITIES ARE ADVISING RESIDENTS TO BE WARY OF ONLINE TRANSACTIONS THAT APPEAR TO BE UNUSUAL.

SEX CRIME SENTENCE JKB 2/25/11

THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE NAPA STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL WAS SENTENCED TO 248 YEARS IN PRISON FOR MOLESTING HIS ADOPTED FOSTER SON OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD.

PROSECUTORS SAY 11 OTHER VICTIMS CAME FORWARD TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE AGAINST 63 YEAR OLD CLAUDE FOULK JR, WHO THEY SAY ENGAGED IN A SYSTEMATIC PATTER OF SEXUAL ABUSE WITH YOUNG MALE VICTIMS OVER A SPAN OF MORE THAN 4 DECADES. AUTHORITIES COULD ONLY PROSECUTE FOULK ON THE MOLESTATION OF HIS YOUNGEST SON BECAUSE OF THE STATUE OF LIMITATIONS HAD EXPIRED ON THE OTHER VICTIMS. FOULK WAS FOUND GUILTY ON 20 COUNTS OF FORCIBLE ORAL COPULATION, 9 COUNTS OF SODOMY, AND 2 COUNTS OF LEWD ACTS OF ABUSE THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN 1992 AND 2001.

News 2/24/11

WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS JKB 2/24/11

WINTER WEATHER IS ON THE WAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR BOTH LAKE AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES UNTIL 4 PM FRIDAY. A HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MENDOCINO COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY.

IN MENDOCINO COUNTY, SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM MID MORING TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET. HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 3000 FEET. UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE DOWN TO ELEVATIONS AS LOW AS 500 FEET THROUGH FRIDAY, AND MAY BRIEFLY REACH SEA LEVEL AND THE VALLEY FLOORS.

IN LAKE COUNTY 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE AT ELEVATIONS AS LOW AS 1000 FEET, WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW COULD ALSO FALL AT LAKE LEVEL. WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN COULD ALSO LEAD TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS.

THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES IS ADVISING ALL RESIDENTS IN LAKE AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES TO BE PREPARED FOR THE EXTREME WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. TRAVELERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THOSE HEADED INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP EXTRA CLOTHING, BLANKETS, FOOD AND WATER IN THEIR VEHICLES IN CASE THEY BECOME STRANDED. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED ON ALL MAJOR ROUTES IN BOTH LAKE AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES.

THE QUAKE IN WILLITS WAS ACTUALLY TWO QUAKES JKB 2/24/11

THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NOW SAYS THE MODERATE SIZED EARTHQUAKE THAT SHOOK THE LAKE PILLSBURY, WILLITS AREA TUESDAY NIGHT, WAS ACTUALLY TWO QUAKES ABOUT THE SAME SIZE.

THE FIRST QUAKE WHICH STRUCK AT 8:49 PM WAS INITIALLY SIZED AT 4.1 IN MAGNITUDE. IT WAS UPGRADED TO A 4.3 ON WEDNESDAY, AND HAS SINCE BEEN RECORDED AS A 4.4 MAGNITUDE QUAKE. A SECOND QUAKE MEASURING 4.1 IN MAGNITUDE STRUCK 33 SECONDS LATER. THOSE TWO EVENTS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED BY 8 AFTERSHOCKS, INCLUDING ONES OF 2.3 AND 2.7 IN MAGNITUDE. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE OR INJURIES.

SEWER BACK UP SHUTS DOWN FRANK ZEEK SCHOOL JKB 2/24/11

A SEWER BACK UP SHUT DOWN FRANK ZEEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YESTERDAY.

SCHOOL OFFICIALS CLOSED THE SCHOOL AFTER MOST OF THE TOILETS STOPPED WORKING DURING THE MORNING RECESS. THE SCHOOL SENT THE STUDENTS HOME AND CALLED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO SCHOOL OFFICIALS, WEDNESDAYS ARE SHORT DAYS ANYWAY, SO THE STUDENTS ONLY LOST A COUPLE HOURS DUE TO THE PROBLEM. FRANK ZEEK WILL BE OPEN TODAY, WITH PORTABLE TOILETS STANDING BY IN CASE THE PROBLEM WITH THE SEWAGE SYSTEM IS NOT FIXED, OR OCCURS AGAIN.

UKIAH POST OFFICE SLATED FOR CLOSURE JKB 2/24/11

IT IS OFFICIAL. THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE HAS ANNOUNCED THAT UKIAHS HISTORIC DOWNTOWN POST OFFICE IS SCHEDULED FOR CLOSURE.

POSTAL OFFICIALS PLAN TO MOVE OPERATIONS FROM THE DOWNTOWN OFFICE TO THE POSTAL ANNEX ON ORCHARD AVENUE. ACCORDING TO THE POSTAL SERVICE, THE CURRENT DOWNTOWN LOCATION WOULD NEED MORE THAN $780,000 IN REPAIRS IN ORDER TO REMAIN OPEN. CLOSING THE DOWNTOWN LOCATION AND MOVING OPERATIONS IS EXPECTED TO COST CLOSE TO $360,00, BUT POSTAL OFFICIALS SAY IT WILL SAVE ALMOST $187,000 IN OPERATIONAL COSTS A YEAR. UKIAH CITY OFFICIALS AND A GRASS ROOTS COMMUNITY GROUP SAY THEY WILL FIGHT TO KEEP THE FACILITY OPEN. A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED CLOSURE IS EXPECTED TO BE HELD WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS.

PLEA DEAL IN FREEWAY DEATH CASE JKB 2/24/11

A SANTA ROSA WOMAN PLEADED NO CONTEST TO A SINGLE COUNT OF GROSS VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER WHILE INTOXICATED IN THE DEATH OF A WINDSOR MAN WHO FELL OUT OF THE BACK OF HER PICK UP TRUCK AND DIED DECEMBER 22ND.

IN THE DEAL WITH PROSECUTORS, 33 YEAR OLD RUBI ANN MARTINEZ WILL SERVE 6 YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR THE DEATH OF 21 YEAR OLD ENRIQUE RAMIREZ ALVAREZ. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, IT IS BELIEVED THAT BOTH MARTINEZ AND ALVAREZ HAD BEEN DRINKING WHEN ALVAREZ FELL OUT OF THE BACK OF THE PICK UP ON HIGHWAY 101. AT SOME POINT MARTINEZ BECAME AWARE ALVAREZ WAS MISSING, BUT CONTINUED DRIVING AND DID NOT CALL AUTHORITIES. A PASSING MOTORIST SPOTTED AVLAREZ BODY AT AROUND 1:40 AM AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. MARTINEZ WILL BE OFFICIALLY SENTENCED MARCH 17TH.

ACCUSED PRIEST TO FIGHT EXTRADITION JKB 2/24/11

75 YEAR OLD FORMER SANTA ROSA DIOCESE PRIEST PATRICK MCCABE, WHO IS ACCUSED OF MOLESTING BOYS IN ALAMEDA AND HUMBOLDT COUNTY, SAYS HE WILL FIGHT EXTRADITION TO HIS NATIVE IRELAND, WHERE IS ACCUSED OF MOLESTING AT LEAST 6 OTHER CHILDREN.

MCABES ATTORNEY SAYS THEY WILL FILE PAPERS BY FRIDAY TO APPEAL THE EXTRADITION ORDER ON THE GROUNDS THAT HE WOULD BE TRIED FOR CRIMES THAT ARE NOT PUNISHABLE IN THE U.S UNDER INTERNATIONAL TREATY. WHILE CHILD MOLESTATION IS A CRIME IN BOTH IRELAND AND THE U.S., THE U.S. SURPEME COURT RULED THAT CRIMES COMMITTED PRIOR TO 1988 CANNOT BE PROSECUTED HERE. MCCABE IS ACCUSED OF MOLESTING THE BOYS IN IRELAND BETWEEN 1973 AND 1981.

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BRUNO MARS-GRENADE

CHRIS BROWN-YEAH 3X

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS W/LUDACRIS-TONIGHT

FAR EAST MOVEMENT-ROCKETEER

PINK-F***IN’ PEFECT

AVRIL LAVIGNE-WHAT THE HELL

CEE LO GREEN-FORGET YOU

CHRISTINA PERRI-JAR OF HEARTS

DIDDY-DIRTY MONEY-COMING HOME

FLO RIDA W/AKON-WHO DAT GIRL

KESHA-BLOW

LADY GAGA-BORN THIS WAY

LINKIN PARK-WAITING FOR THE END

PITBULL W/T-PAIN-HEY BABY (DROP IT TO THE FLOOR)

PLAIN WHITE T’S-RHYTHM OF LOVE

RIHANNA-S & M

TAYLOR SWIFT-BACK TO DECEMBER

TRAIN-MARRY ME

USHER-MORE

WAKA FLOCKA FLAME-NO HANDS

WIZ KHALIFA-BLACK AND YELLOW

BLACK EYED PEAS-JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH

JESSIE J. W/B.O.B.-PRICE TAG

JUSTIN BIEBER W/JADEN SMITH-NEVER SAY NEVER

KERI HILSON-PRETTY GIRL ROCK

THE SCRIPT-FOR THE FIRST TIME

TINIE TEMPAH W/ERIC TURNER-WRITTEN IN THE STARS

30 SECONDS TO MARS-CLOSER TO THE EDGE

BIG TIME RUSH-BOYFRIEND

JENNIFER LOPEZ W/PITBULL-ON THE FLOOR

MANN W/50 CENT-BUZZIN’

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News 2/22/11

MORE WINTER WEATHER ON THE WAY JKB 2/22/11

MORE WINTER WEATHER IS ON THE WAY FOR THE NORTH COAST, AND WE COULD SEE PLENTY OF SNOW IN BOTH LAKE AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES STARTING LATE TOMORROW.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL GO INTO EFFECT AT 6 PM WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW LEVEL IN MENDOCINO COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO DROP TO 1500 FEET BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND TO AS LOW AS 1000 FEET IN LAKE COUNTY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED AT ELEVATIONS BETWEEN 1500 AND 2000 FEET IN BOTH COUNTIES, WITH MORE AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. IN LAKE COUNTY, WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR, WITH HIGHER GUSTS AT THE UPPER ELEVATIONS COULD LEAD TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO BE PREPARED FOR EXTREME WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS IN BOTH COUNTIES, ESPECIALLY WHEN HEADED INTO THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

BODIES OF TEEN RAFTERS FOUND JKB 2/22/11

THE BODIES OF TWO TEENAGE BOYS WHO DISAPPEARED AFTER GOING RAFTING NEAR WALNUT CREEK WERE FOUND ON SUNDAY.

THE BODY OF 16 YEAR OLD MATTHEW MILLER WAS LOCATED AT AROUND 11:30 AM NEAR CONCORD. THE BODY OF 17 YEAR OLD GAVIN POWELL WAS FOUND SEVERAL HOURS LATER A FEW MILES DOWN STREAM. THE BOYS WERE REPORTED MISSING JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY BY FAMILY MEMBERS WHEN THEY HAD NOT RETURNED IN THEIR TWO PERSON INFLATABLE RAFT BY LATE AFTERNOON. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, THE BOYS LEFT ON THE TRIP DURING A STORM THAT DUMPED HEAVY RAIN, SWELLING THE CREEK TO A DANGEROUS LEVEL AND SPEED. AUTOPSIES ARE SCHEDULED FOR LATER THIS WEEK.

BURGLARS ARRESTED JKB 2/22/11

TWO NICE MEN WERE ARRESTED WITHIN HOURS OF BURGLARIZING THE AG UNLIMITED WAREHOUSE IN KELSEYVILLE EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

A SECURITY GUARD WITNESSED THE THEFT AT AROUND 7:20 AM AND CALLED POLICE, GIVING THEM A DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECTS VEHICLE. 50 YEAR OLD CRAIG ALLEN SNYDER WAS IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THE POSSIBLE SUSPECTS. DEPUTIES LOCATED HIM AT HIS HOME AT AROUND 11:30 AM, WITH HIS CAR PARKED IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE, THAT MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ONE INVOLVED IN THE BURGLARY. THE VEHICLE WAS FOUND TO BE LOADED WITH PROPERTY TAKEN FROM THE WAREHOUSE, AND MORE STOLEN ITEMS WERE FOUND INSIDE THE HOME. SNYDER AND HIS ACCOMPLICE, 57 YEAR OLD DENNIS BLAINE WERE ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL ON A NUMBER OF CHARGES. BOTH ARE BEING HELD ON $25,000 BAIL EACH.

CITY TO TRY TO SAVE RDA MONEY JKB 2/22/11

THE CITY OF UKIAH IS CONSIDERING THE ISSUANCE OF AS MUCH AS $18 MILLION DOLLARS IN BONDS FOR FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE STATES PLAN TO ELIMINATE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES AND RAID THEIR COFFERS.

UNDER A PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN, REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE STATE WOULD BE DISESTABLISHED BY JULY 1ST, AND THE RDA MONEY WOULD BE REDISTRIBUTED TO OTHER AREAS. CRITICS OF THE PLAN SAY LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD GRIND TO A HALT. PROPONENTS CLAIM THE MONEY IS BEING MISUSED ANYWAY. IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP THE LOCAL RDA MONEY AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL USE, CITY OFFICIALS HAVE PROPOSED 3 SCENARIOS BUILT ON THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY TIE UP THE EXISTING RDA MONEY, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR THE STATE TO RE-CLAIM. EACH SCENARIO HAS ITS OWN PROS AND CONS, AND EACH WILL BE DISCUSSED AT A SPECIAL MEETING SCHEDULED FOR 6 PM WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE UKIAH CONFERENCE CENTER.

MURAL UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT JKB 2/22/11

THE UKIAH PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE COLLECTING COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT REGARDING A PROPOSED MURAL THAT IS SLATED TO BE PAINTED AT 107 EAST PERKINS STREET.

THE DISCUSSION OVER THE MURAL IS NOT SO MUCH ITS CONTENT, BUT WHERE IT SHOULD GO. MUCH OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS STATED THAT THE MURAL, ENTITLED COMMUNITY BUILT MIGHT BE A BETTER FIT FOR THE FARMERS MARKET, AND SHOULD BE MOVED TO THE ALEX THOMAS PLAZA. OTHERS SAY HAVING THE MURAL ON EAST PERKINS NEAR A BUSY INTERSECTION WOULD GIVE IT HIGHER VISIBILITY TO VISITORS, AND MAKE THE GATEWAY TO THE DOWNTOWN MORE ATTRACTIVE. THE MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 6 PM WEDNESDAY AT THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

MAVERICKS SURF CONTEST TO BE CANCELED JKB 2/22/11

SURFING OFFICIALS SAY IT APPEARS THAT THE BIG WAVE SURF CONTEST AT MAVERICKS WILL HAVE TO BE CANCELED THIS YEAR.

ACCORDING TO FORECASTERS, THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF SWELL, WIND AND WEATHER WILL NOT OCCUR TO PUT ON THE PRESTIGIOUS BIG WAVE CONTEST WILL HAPPEN BEFORE THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD THE EVENT WILL CLOSE ON FEBRUARY 28TH. ACCORDING TO SURING INSIDERS, EVERYONE THOUGHT IS MIGHT BE A LONG SHOT BECAUSE IT IS A LA NINA YEAR, WHICH IS NOT FAVORABLE FOR PRODUCING CONSISTENT BIG WAVES.

News 2/21/11

WOMAN KILLED IN CRASH JKB 2/21/11

· A HONEYDEW WOMAN WAS KILLED IN SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON WILDER RIDGE ROAD IN SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY LAST WEEK.

ACCORDING TO THE CHP, 23 YEAR OLD LAUREN SANDERS WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS SHE ALLOWED HER VEHICLE TO DRIFT OFF THE ROADWAY WHERE IT COLLIDED WITH A TREE JUST BEFORE 8 PM WEDNESDAY. SANDERS WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT AND WAS PARTIALLY EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE, STRIKING THE TREE. SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. A 15 YEAR OLD FEMALE PASSENGER IN HER VEHICLE WAS NOT INJURED.

DRUG BUSTS JKB 2/21/11

· AN ONGOING EFFORT TO CRACK DOWN ON ILLICIT DRUG SALES IN LAKE COUNTY RESULTED IN SEVERAL ARRESTS, THE SEIZURE OF 9 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE, 30 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA AND $700 IN CASH LAST WEEK.

PROBATIONS AND WARRANT SEARCHES ON TUESDAY AND FRIDAY ENDED IN THE ARREST OF 50 YEAR OLD DARRELL COLLINS OF LUCERNE, AND SEVERAL OTHER SUBJECTS WHO WERE NOT IDENTIFIED. ALONG WITH THE DRUGS AND CASH, POLICE ALSO SEIZED A STUN GUN, RADIO SCANNERS, PARAPHERNALIA AND ITEMS USED IN THE PACKAGING AND SALES OF DRUGS. THE TASK FORCE IS CONTINUING THEIR OPERATIONS, AND ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO REPORT ANY SUSPECTED DRUG ACTIVITY ANONYMOUSLY VIA THEIR TIP LINE AT 263-3663.

THEFT ARREST JKB 2/21/11

· A SANTA ROSA MAN WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THEFTS IN THE CLEARLAKE AREA LATE LAST WEEK.

30 YEAR OLD JEREMY LEE WHITE CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF DEPUTIES BY APPEARING TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE WHILE OUTSIDE THE KONOCTI VISTA CASINO IN LAKEPORT AT AROUND 3 AM THURSDAY. A SEARCH OF HIS PERSON TURNED UP A SMALL AMOUNT OF METHAMPHETAMINE, AND A 200,000 VOLT TASER. IN A SEARCH OF HIS VEHICLE, DEPUTIES FOUND A GPS UNIT, A LAPTOP COMPUTER AND A LEATHER LAPTOP BAG THAT HAD BEEN REPORTED STOLEN IN THE CLEARLAKE AREA FEBRUARY 14TH. WHITE WAS FOUND TO BE ON BAIL FOR SEVERAL FELONY CASES PENDING AGAINST HIM IN BOTH LAKE AND SONOMA COUNTIES. AS A RESULT, HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAKE COUNTY JAIL WITH THE ENHANCED BAIL AMOUNT OF A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS.

GOVERNOR ORDERS AN END TO STATE SWAG JKB 2/21/11

· IN HIS ONGOING EFFORT TO CUT $363 MILLION DOLLARS IN GOVERNMENT SPENDING BY NEXT FISCAL YEAR, GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN HAS ORDERED AN END STATE TAX PAYER GIFT GIVEAWAYS OR SWAG ITEMS.

STUFF WE ALL GET, OR SWAG GIVEN OUT BY STATE AGENCIES INCLUDE PENS, KEY CHAINS, COFFEE MUGS, SQUEEZE TOYS, AND OTHER TRINKETS, ORIGINALLY MANUFACTURED AS PROMOTIONAL TOOLS FOR BUSINESSES. A RECENT STATEWIDE REVIEW FOUND THAT CALIFORNIA SPENT MORE THAN $7.5 MILLION DOLLARS IN TAX PAYER MONEY ON SUCH ITEMS BETWEEN 2007 AND 2010. THE BIGGEST OFFENDER WAS THE BUSINESS, TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING AGENCY WHICH SPENT $5,088,037 DOLLARS ON ITEMS GOVERNOR BROWN STATED MOST LIKELY ENDS UP IN LANDFILLS.

POWER OUTAGES JKB 2/21/11

· PG&E CREWS WERE STILL WORKING YESTERDAY TO RESTORE POWER TO SOME CUSTOMERS WHO LOST THEIR ELECTRICITY DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL LATE LAST WEEK.

MORE THAN 2600 CUSTOMERS IN THE LOWER LAKE, COBB, HIDDEN VALLEY AND MIDDLETOWN AREA WERE STILL WITHOUT POWER AS OF SATURDAY NIGHT. THEY HAD BEEN WITHOUT POWER SINCE THURSDAY MORNING WHEN MORE THAN 28 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN SOME PARTS OF LAKE COUNTY. MOST EVERYONE WAS BACK ONLINE BY SUNDAY EVENING.

THOMPSON COMMUNITY FORUMS JKB 2/21/11

· NORTH COAST REPRESENTATIVE MIKE THOMPSON WILL BE HOLDING A COMMUNITY FORUM ON THE NATIONS BURGEONING DEBT, AND AN OVERVIEW OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATIONS FISCAL COMMISSION IN LAKE COUNTY TOMORROW.

THOMPSON WILL ALSO BE TAKING DEBT CUTTING SUGGESTIONS AND COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE. THE FORUM WILL BE HELD AT THE LAKE COUNTY BAORD OF SUPERVISORS CHAMBERS FROM 6:30 TO 8 PM.

GORDON WAGENET DIES JKB 2/21/11

· THE PATRIARCH OF THE WAGENET FAMILY, AND LONG TIME MENDOCINO COUNTY RESIDENT AND BUSINESS MAN GORDON WAGENET PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 11TH, JUST TWO MONTHS SHY OF HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY.

WAGENET FOUNDED 101 REDWOOD INCORPORATED IN 1952, WHICH CONTINUED IN OPERATION FOR 53 YEARS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 67 YEARS, CATHARINE, 5 CHILDREN AND THEIR SPOUSES, INCLUDING FORMER 3RD DISTRICT SUPERVISOR HAL WAGENET, AND A NUMBER OF GRANDCHILDREN. A CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE LITTLE LAKE GRANGE ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26TH AT 2 PM.

LAST WORKER OF BAY & GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE DIES JKB 2/21/11

· A MAN BELIEVED TO BE THE LAST SURVIVING EMPLOYEE WHO WORKED ON THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY BRIDGE AND THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE HAS DIED.

HARRY FOGLE PASSED AWAY FEBRUARY 10TH OF NATURAL CAUSES AT THE AGE OF 97. FOGEL GOT A JOB PAITING THE TOWERS ON THE BAY BRIDGE IN 1935 AND TRANSFERRED TO THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE AS A TOWER PAINTER THE FOLLOWING YEAR. HE RETIRED AT A GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE PAINTER 40 YEARS LATER.

RECALL PETITION FOR PT. ARENA CITY COUNCIL FILED JKB 2/21/11

· A GROUP OF CITY RESIDENTS HAVE FILED A RECALL PETITION WITH THE MENDOCINO COUNTY CLERK-RECORDERS OFFICE TO HAVE 4 OF THE 5 PT. ARENA CITY COUNSEL MEMBERS REMOVED FROM OFFICE.

THE PETITION IS BEING SPEARHEADED BY FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER BRAIN RIEHL, WHO QUIT AFTER FORMER CITY CLERK ADMINISTRATOR CLAUDIA HILLARY WAS FIRED. NAMED IN THE PETITION ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS JOE RIBOLI, LAUREN SINNOTT, DAVID INGHAM, AND ELOSIA OROPEZA. OREPEZA HUSBAND, MAYOR TERRY HUGHEY WAS NOT NAMED IN THE RECALL IN PART BECAUSE HE IS NEW TO THE COUNCIL, TAKING OFFICE JANUARY 25, REPLACING RIEHL. TO PUT THE RECALL TOA VOTE, THE PETITION WOULD NEED TO COLLECT SIGNATURES FROM 30% OF THE CITYS 246 REGISTERED VOTERS, OR 74 PEOPLE.

News 2/18/11

SCHOOL CLOSURE UPDATE IN LAKE COUNTY JKB 2/18/11

A LOT OF ICE AND SNOW STILL ON THE ROADS IN LAKE COUNTY AND THAT HAS LED TO SOME SCHOOL CLOSURES.

KELSEYVILLE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CLOSED.
KONOCTI UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CLOSED
LAKE COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND ASPIRE ARE CLOSED
COBB ELEMENTARY IS CLOSED, BUT ALL OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE MIDDLETOWN AREA ARE ON A 2 HOUR DELAY TO CLEAR WALKWAYS OF ICE AND TO ASSESS CONDITIONS.

PLEASE DRIVE CAREFULLY BECAUSE OF THE ICE AND SNOW NEAR THE SCHOOLS.

STORMS AFTERMATH JKB 2/18/11

THERE ARE STILL SOME ROADS TIED UP THIS MORNING AFTER YESTERDAYS SNOW STORM.

IN LAKE COUNTY, HIGHWAY 29 BETWEEN BRADFORD AND ST HELENA IS CLOSED. ALSO, HIGHWAY 175, CHAINS ARE REQUIRED. UP TO 28 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN SOME PARTS OF LAKE COUNTY, CLOSING SCHOOLS, NUMEROUS ROADS, DOWNING POWER AND PHONE LINES AND TOPPLING TREES. THE CHP RECORDED MORE THAN 100 TRAFFIC IMPACTING INCIDENTS, AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WERE OVERWHELMED AT THE NUMBER OF CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE. THE STORMS KNOCKED OUT POWER TO AN ESTIMATED 16,000 LAKE COUNTY RESIDENTS. THE SNOW LEVEL IN LAKE COUNTY WILL HOVER RIGHT AROUND THE 2000 FOOT MARK TODAY, BUT LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.

CRAB FISHERMAN DIES JKB 2/18/11

A SACRAMENTO MAN DIED AFTER HIS BOAT CAPSIZED IN BODEGA BAY WHILE FISHING FOR CRAB ON THURSDAY.

THE BODY OF 65 YEAR OLD MANUAL SILVA SILVEIRA WAS RECOVERED JUST BEFORE 5 PM NEAR PINNACLE GULCH BEACH. INVESTIGATORS SAY SILVEIRA HAD LAUNCHED HIS 15 FOOT FIBERGLASS BOAT FROM THE HARBOR DESPITE WARNINGS OF ROUGH AND WINDY CONDITIONS ON THE WATER. WAVES WERE ESTIMATED AT BETWEEN 12 AND 15 FEET WITH WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 KNOTTS. HIS SMALL BOAT SWAMPED AND CAPSIZED NEAR THE SURF LINE, AND HE DIED, DESPITE WEARING A LIFE JACKET. THE EXACT CAUSE OF DEATH HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED.

SEXUAL ASSAULT SUSPECT SOUGHT JKB 2/18/11

SANTA ROSA POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECT IN A SEXUAL ASSAULT THAT ALLEGEDLY OCCURRED IN THE 300 BLOCK OF STONY POINT ROAD TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

ACCORDING TO THE 19 YEAR OLD VICTIM, A MASKED MAN DRESSED ALL IN BLACK, FORCED HIS WAY INTO THE RESIDENCE AT AROUND 1 PM AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER. THE SUSPECT IS DESCRIBED AS A MALE ADULT, 5 FOOT 8 INCHES TALL WITH A MEDIUM ATHLETIC BUILD. HE WAS WEARING A BLACK SKI MASK, BLACK LONG SLEEVED SHIRT, BLACK GLOVES, BLACK JEANS AND BLACK SHOES. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS INCIDENT IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SANTA ROSA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

MORE GANG ARRESTS IN FORT BRAGG JKB 2/18/11

THE FORT BRAGG POLICE DEPARTMENT MADE MORE ARRESTS YESTERDAY IN A CRACK DOWN FOLLOWING A WEEK OF INCREASED GANG ACTIVITY AND VIOLENCE THAT OCCURRED IN THE WAKE OF GANG RELATED BRAWL IN LATE JANUARY.

POLICE ARRESTED 6 JUVENILES FOR VARIOUS PROBATION VIOLATIONS YESTERDAY. SOME OF THE ARRESTS WERE MADE BASED ON INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE INVESTIGATION INTO SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF GANG VIOLENCE LAST WEEK. AUTHORITIES SAW A SPIKE IN SUCH VIOLENCE FOLLOWING A FIGHT BETWEEN RIVAL GANGS IN WHICH A FORT BRAGG WOMAN WAS ARRESTED FOR ATTACKING ANOTHER WITH A HATCHET. THE FORT BRAGG POLICE IS ASKING RESIDENTS TO REPORT SUSPECTED GANG ACTIVITY SO THEY CAN ADDRESS AND INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENTS.

DUI HIT AND RUN ARREST JKB 2/18/11

A UKIAH MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER A WITNESS SAW HIM HIT A PARKED CAR WHILE DRIVING ON SOUTH OAK STREET WEDNESDAY EVENING.

THE WITNESS FOLLOWED THE SUSPECTS CAR WHILE CALLING POLICE AT AROUND 7 PM, BUT LOST SIGHT OF IT NEAR SCOTT STREET. A RESPONDING UKIAH POLICE OFFICER SPOTTED AND STOPPED THE SUSPECT VEHICLE HEADING THE WRONG WAY ON THE ONE WAY WEST SMITH STREET. 30 YEAR OLD DAVID BOLOGNA WAS ARRESTED FOR DUI, HIT AND RUN AND POSSESSION OF A SWITCHBLADE KNIFE. A 24 FEMALE PASSENGER IN HIS CAR WAS ALSO ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION.

News 2/17/11

MORE WINTER WEATHER ON THE WAY JKB 2/17/11

MORE WINTER WEATHER IS ON THE WAY FOR THE NORTH COAST.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MENDOCINO COUNTY UNTIL 10 AM THIS MORNING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET.

SNOW SHOWERS WITH LITTLER OR NO ACCUMULATIONS COULD OCCUR AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 1000 FEET THROUGH OUT THE DAY, ALONG WITH FREEZING RAIN AND HAIL.

IN LAKE COUNTY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET WITH WINDS THAT COULD LEAD TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

TRAVELERS IN BOTH COUNTIES ARE BEING ADVISED TO BE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY IF HEADED INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS, AND TO BE ALERT FOR ROCK SLIDES IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

ROADWAY OPEN AGAIN AFTER FATAL CHP CRASH JKB 2/17/11

HIGHWAY 101 NEAR PIERCY IS OPEN AGAIN AFTER BEING SHUT DOWN IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AFTER A COLLISION THAT KILLED CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER THOMAS ADAMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

TRAFFIC WAS BEING RE-ROUTED ONTO HIGHWAY 271 THROUGH PIERCY UNTIL JUST BEFORE NOON YESTERDAY. THE CHP DID RELEASE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CRASH, SAYING IT APPEARS THAT ADAMS MAY HAVE BEEN RESPONDING TO SOME SORT OF INCIDENT WHEN HE LOST CONTROL WHILE ROUNDING A RIGHT HAND CURVE IN THE ROAD IN WET CONDITIONS, TRAVELED ACROSS PAVED MEDIAN DIVIDER AND SLID SIDEWAYS INTO THE PATH OF A FULL SIZED PICK UP TRUCK AT 2:15 PM. THE TRUCK STRUCK THE DRIVERS SIDE OF ADAMS PATROL CAR AND HE DIED AT THE SCENE. THE DRIVER OF THE PICK UP AND A PASSENGER SUFFERED ONLY MINOR INJURIES. THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.

HOUSE FIRE JKB 2/17/11

A FIRE DESTROYED A HOME ON OLD HIGHWAY 53 IN CLEARLAKE EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING.

FIREFIGHTERS GOT THE CALL AT 7:44 AM, BUT THE HOME WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED 3 MINUTES LATER. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, THE RESIDENTS OF THE 600 SQUARE FOOT CABIN WERE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING OUT, AND NO ONE WAS INSIDE THE HOME WHEN THE BLAZE BROKE OUT. THE INTERIOR OF THE HOME WAS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS WITH DAMAGE ESTIMATES AT AROUND $70,000.

MISSING HUMBOLDT MAN FOUND JKB 2/17/11

A SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY MAN WHO WAS REPORTED MISSING AND BELIEVED TO BE AT RISK, WAS FOUND SAFE AND SOUND IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA YESTERDAY.

KYLE WHITNEY WAS REPORTED MISSING BY FAMILY MEMBERS FEBRUARY 9TH. DEPUTIES PERFORMING A WELL FARE CHECK FOUND FOOLD LEFT ON THE STOVE AND ALL OF HIS BELONGING AT HIS SALMON CREEK HOME. FAMILY MEMBERS REPORTED WHITNEY HAD MADE A DISTRESSED PHONE CALL ON JANUARY 23RD, AND HE HAD NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE. A TURLOCK POLICE OFFICER SPOTTED WHITNEYS VEHICLE ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, AND LOCATED THE MISSING MAN A SHORT TIME LATER. WHITNEY TOLD POLICE THAT HE HAD VOLUNTARILY LEFT HIS HOME DUE TO PERSONAL REASONS.

MOSQUITO CONTROL IN LAKE COUNTY JKB 2/17/11

SPRAYING TO CONTROL MOSQUITO POPULATIONS IN LAKE COUNTY IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

THE LAKE COUNTY VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT WILL USE LOW FLYING CROP DUSTERS WILL BEING SPRAYING LAKESIDE MARSHLANDS BETWEEN CLEAR LAKE STATE PARK AND LAKEPORT. ACCORDING TO VECTOR CONTROL OFFICIALS, LESS TOXIC LARVICIDES WILL BE USED TO TARGET THE MOSQUITO LARVAE, AND THE SPRAY WILL NOT HARM PLANTS, PEOPLE OR OTHER ANIMALS. THE ACTUAL DATES OF THE SPRAYING WILL DEPEND ON WEATHER CONDITIONS.

News 2/16/11

CHP OFFICER KILLED IN CRASH JKB 2/16/11

A CHP OFFICER WAS KILLED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION NEAR PIERCY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE GARBERVILLE AREA CHP OFFICE, 24 YEAR OLD PATROL OFFICER THOMAS ADAMS WAS DRIVING HIS PATROL CAR NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 101 JUST SOUTH OF THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY LINE WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, HE CROSSED OVER THE PAVED DIVIDING SECTION AND INTO THE ONCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC AT 2:15 PM. HE COLLIDED HEAD ON WITH A FULL SIZED PICK UP TRUCK BEING DRIVEN BY 39 YEAR OLD JEFF KIDD OF PERRIS CALIFORNIA. OFFICER ADAMS SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES AND DIED AT THE SCENE. KIDD AND A 31 YEAR OLD MALE PASSENGER IN HIS TRUCK SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR INJURIES. THEY WERE TAKEN TO JEROLD PHELPS HOSPITAL, TREATED AND RELEASED. THE ROADWAY WAS CLOSED AS OFFICERS CONDUCTED THEIR INVESTIGATION AND TRAFFIC WAS DETOURED ONTO HIGHWAY 271 THROUGH PIERCY. THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND MORE INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.

FIRE DESTROYS UKIAH HOME JKB 2/16/11

A FIRE DESTROYED A HOME AND THREATENED TWO OTHERS ON SOUTH DORA STREET JUST SOUTH OF THOMPSON AVENUE LATE YESTERDAY MORNING.

THE FIRE WAS REPORTED AT 11:47 AM AND THE FIRST ENGINE ARRIVED JUST 4 MINUTES LATER. INITIAL REPORTS INDICATED THAT THERE WERE POSSIBLY PEOPLE TRAPPED INSIDE THE HOME, BUT FIREFIGHTERS WERE TOLD THAT ALL RESIDENTS AND PETS HAD BEEN ABLE TO ESCAPE PRIOR TO THEIR ARRIVAL. DESPITE THE QUICK RESPONSE TIME THE HOME WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN FLAMES AND HAD BEGUN TO DAMAGE A NEIGHBORING HOUSE. QUICK ACTION BY FIREFIGHTERS KEPT THE ADJACENT HOME FROM SUFFERING TOO MUCH DAMAGE AND FROM SPREADING TO OTHER NEARBY STRUCTURES. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, THE FIRE APPEARS TO HAVE STARTED OUTSIDE THE HOME. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE FIRE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION BUT IS NOT BELIEVED TO BE SUSPICIOUS.

3.0 QUAKE AT GEYSERS JKB 2/16/11

THE GEYSERS WERE SHAKEN BY A 3.0 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THE 3RD QUAKE 3.0 OR LARGER TO STRIKE THE AREA SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

THE QUAKE OCCURRED AT 3:38 PM AND WAS CENTERED 2 MILES NORTH OF THE STEAM FIELDS.

SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT LAYOFFS DELAYED FOR NOW JKB 2/16/11

A PROPOSAL TO LAYOFF ANOTHER 6 POSITIONS IN THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT HAS COME TO AN END FOR NOW AT LEAST.

THE DECISION TO STAY THE LAYOFFS PROPOSED BY COUNTY CEO CARMEL ANGELO WAS MADE AFTER IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ACTION COULD LEAD TO AN EXPENSIVE LEGAL BATTLE, OFFSETTING ANY POSSIBLE SAVINGS. SHERIFF TOM ALLMAN, WHO EARLIER SAID THAT HE HAD RETAINED OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNCIL TOLD SUPERVISORS YESTERDAY THAT HE WOULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY MORE LAYOFFS IN HIS DEPARTMENT. ALLMAN SAID EARLIER IN THE WEEK THAT HE BELIEVED ADDITIONAL LAYOFFS WOULD COMPROMISE PUBLIC SAFETY. COUNTY COUNSEL JEANINE NADEL TOLD SUPERVISORS THAT WHETHER THE COUNTY WON OR LOST ANY LITIGATED OUTCOME, IT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR BOTH THE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE COSTS.

MAN ARRESTED FOR THREATS JKB 2/16/11

A REDWOOD VALLEY MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER THREATENING TO KILL HIS MOTHER AND BURN DOWN HER HOUSE YESTERDAY.

THE VICTIM CALLED POLICE AT AROUND 6:30 PM AND TOLD DEPUTIES THAT SHE HAD FOUND A THREATENING NOTE FROM HER SON ON HER FRONT PORCH STEP THAT STATED HE WAS GOING TO BURN DOWN HER HOUSE. DEPUTIES CONTACTED 26 YEAR OLD ROBERT RODRICK, WHO LIVED IN A CAMP TRAILER ON THE SAME PROPERTY AND FOUND HIM TO BE INCOHERENT AND RAMBLING ABOUT HIS MOTHER. AT ONE POINT DURING THE INTERVIEW, RODRICK STATED HE WAS GOING TO KILL HIS MOTHER. THE DEPUTIES INFORMED RODRICK THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR CRIMINAL THREATS AND ATTEMPTED TO HANDCUFF HIM, BUT HE PULLED AWAY AND ATTEMPTED TO RUN INSIDE HIS TRAILER. HE WAS SUBDUED AFTER A BRIEF STRUGGLE AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL FOR THE THREATS AND RESISTING ARREST. HIS BAIL WAS SET AT $30,000.

GOVERNOR BROWN ORDERS HIRING FREEZE JKB 2/16/11

GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN HAS ORDERED A STATEWIDE GOVERNMENTAL HIRING FREEZE TO HELP CURB THE STATES $25 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT.

THE HIRING FREEZE APPLIES TO VACANT, SEASONAL, FULL AND PART TIME POSITIONS. IT ALSO PROHIBITS THE HIRING OF OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS TO CIRCUMVENT THE HIRING FREEZE ORDER, THE CONVERSION OF PART TIME POSITIONS INTO FULL TIME POSITIONS OR THE TRANSFERRING OF EMPLOYEES BETWEEN AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENT. THE MOVE IS PART OF THE GOVERNORS EFFORT TO SAVE MONEY THIS FISCAL YEAR AND CUT $363 MILLION DOLLARS IN OPERATION COSTS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

UKIAH CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT JKB 2/16/11

THE UKIAH CITY COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS NEW PROCEDURES FOR PICKING A MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR AT THEIR MEETING TONIGHT.

THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER ADOPTING A RECOMMENDED PROCEDURE TO CLARIFY THE SENIORITY ROTATION, BASED ON A RECENT SURVEY OF OTHER CALIFORNIA CITIES GUIDELINES. THE ACTION STEMS PARTLY FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DOUG CRANE BEING PASSED OVER FOR THE MAYORS POSITION WHEN THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ELECTED MAYOR MARI RODIN AND VICE MAYOR MARY ANN LANDIS IN DECEMBER. THE COUNCIL WILL ALSO HEAR AN UPDATE ON THE RULE COMPLIANCE OR LACK THEREOF AT THE NEWLY BUILT CITY OWNED SKATE PARK. ACCORDING TO A REPORT, OFFICIALS HAVE SEEN A DROP IN THE USE OF SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND CLOSED THE PARK FOR HALF A DAY EARLIER THIS MONTH BECAUSE USERS WERE IGNORING THE POSTED RULES.

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