News 6/30/11

BODY FOUND JKB 6/30/11

• THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY CORONERS OFFICE HAS IDENTIFIED THE BODY OF A MAN FOUND DEAD YESTERDAY IN THE TRINITY RIVER AS THAT OF A HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT WHO WAS SWEPT AWAY IN THE RIVER MORE THAN A WEEK AGO.

21 YEAR OLD JIAN KANG WAS WADING IN THE RIVER AT THE TISH TANG CREEK CAMPGROUND WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND WAS SWEPT DOWNSTREAM JUNE 19TH. A MEMBER OF THE HOOPA TRIBE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUND KANGS BODY ABOUT 6 MILES DOWNSTREAM FROM WHERE HE DISAPPEARED.

SCOOTER ACCIDENT INJURED MAN JKB 6/30/11

• A WILLITS MAN RIDING A PERSONAL MOBILITY SCOOTER WAS SEVERELY INJURED WHEN HE WAS DRAGGED UNDER THE WHEELS OF A BIG RIG LAST WEEK.

54 YEAR OLD NEIL WRIGHT WAS RIDING ON THE SIDEWALK JUST NORTH OF THE BAECHTEL CREEK MEDICAL CLINIC WHEN, ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, HIS SCOOTER WHEELS GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE AND HE TILTED ONTO THE WHEELS OF A TANKER TRUCK THAT HAD SLOWED DUE TO TRAFFIC. THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS UNAWARE THAT WRIGHT WAS ENGAGED WITH HIS WHEELS AND DROVE ON, DRAGGING WRIGHT UNDERNEATH. WRIGHT WAS TAKEN TO HOWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BEFORE BEING TRANSFERRED TO SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL. NO WORD YET ON HIS CONDITION.

FORMER BASKETBALL COACH ON TRIAL FOR MOLESTATION JKB 6/30/11

• A FORMER VARSITY BASKETBALL COACH AT ST VINCENT DE PAUL HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED TO STAND TRIAL FOR MOLESTING ONE OF HIS STUDENT BASKET BALL PLAYERS.

JEFF NEHMENS, CEO OF SHAMROCK MATERIALS IN PETALUMA, IS ACCUSED OF SENDING THE PLAYER EXPLICIT TEXT MESSAGES, KISSING HER ON THE LIPS AND HUGGING HER OVER A 3 MONTH PERIOD IN 2009. IF CONVICTED, NEHMANS COULD BE REQUIRED TO SERVE UP TO A YEAR IN JAIL AND REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES ARE ELIMINATED JKB 6/30/11

• GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN SIGNED A NUMBER OF BUDGET TRAILER BILLS YESTERDAY INCLUDING ONE THAT ELIMINATES THE STATES REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES, AND ANOTHER THAT GIVES AN OPTION FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE.

ASSEMBLY BILL 26 ELIMINATED RDAS, WHILE AB 27 ALLOWS THEM TO CONTINUE IF VOLUNTARY PAYMENTS ARE MADE TO SCHOOLS, FIRE AND TRANSIT DISTRICTS. UKIAH CITY OFFICIALS SAY THE INITIAL ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST FOR THE CITY TO EXERCISE THAT OPTION IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $1.7 AND $1.8 MILLION DOLLARS, FOLLOWED BY AN ADDITIONAL $300,000 TO $400,000 A YEAR. IF THE CITY IS UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY, THE MOST IMMEDIATE IMPACT WOULD BE REPLACING THE $600,000 TO $900,000 A YEAR THE CITY HAS BEEN USING IN REDEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO PAY CITY EMPLOYEES.

MOLESTATION ARREST JKB 6/30/11

• A SONOMA COUNTY MAN SENT TO PRISON IN 1997 FOR THE INFAMOUS BEATING OF A WINDSOR TEENAGER OVER THE COLOR OF HIS SHIRT, HAS BEEN ARRESTED AGAIN, THIS TIME FOR CHILD MOLESTATION.

32 YEAR OLD JOSE JUAN MADRID HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THE SEXUAL MOLESTATION OF A 6 YEAR OLD GIRL LAST MONTH. MADRID WAS 17 WHEN HE AND AN ACCOMPLICE WERE TRIED AS ADULTS FOR THE GANG RELATED BEATING OF 16 YEAR OLD DYLAN KATS IN 1996 BECAUSE HE WAS WEARING A RED SHIRT. KATS SUFFERED BRAIN DAMAGE AND WAS IN A COMA FOR 10 WEEKS. MADRID WAS SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS IN PRISON AND WAS RELEASED IN 2008.

CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS NOW MANDATORY JKB 6/30/11

• AS OF TOMORROW, CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS WILL BE REQUIRED IN EVERY HOME IN CALIFORNIA.

A NEW BILL THAT GOES INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST, MAKES A C.O. DETECTOR MANDATORY FOR ALL EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH AN ATTACHED GARAGE OR A FOSSIL FUEL SOURCE. CARBON MONOXIDE IS A COLORLESS, ODORLESS GAS THAT IS PRODUCED FROM HEATERS, FIREPLACES, FURNACES AND MANY TYPES OF COOKING APPLIANCES AND DEVICES. C.O. POISONING IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALMOST 500 DEATHS A YEAR IN CALIFORNIA.

CAL REDWOOD ACQUIRES SISKIYOU LUMBER JKB 6/30/11

• THE CALIFORNIA REDWOOD COMPANY BASED IN EUREKA HAS COMPLETED ACQUISITION OF SISKIYOU LUMBER PRODUCTS OUT OF WOODLAND.

SLPS FENCE PLANT IN UKIAH WILL NOW OPERATE AS PART OF THE CALIFORNIA REDWOOD COMPANY, DISTRIBUTING REDWOOD LUMBER PRODUCTS, DOUGLAS FIR LUMBER AND TREATED LUMBER.

SMART METER INSTALLATIONS TO BEGIN JKB 6/30/11

• PG&E IS SET TO BEGIN INSTALLING SMART METERS IN MENDOCINO COUNTY BEGINNING IN JULY, DESPITE A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE METERS THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM COUNTY CEO CARMEL ANGELO, PG&E HAS MADE A COMMITMENT NOT TO INSTALL SMART METERS AT ANY HOME FOR WHICH A DELAY HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY THE CUSTOMER. THERE IS ALSO AN OPT OUT OPTION THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, BUT WILL MOST LIKELY COME AT AN ADDITIONAL COST. DETAILS OF THE OPT OUT OPTIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER. RESIDENTS CAN DELAY THE INSTALLATION OF THEIR SMART METER UPGRADE BY CALLING 866 743-0263.

UVSD MEETING JKB 6/30/11

• THE UKIAH VALLEY SANITATION DISTRICT WILL BE HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT ON PROPOSED SEWER RATE HIKES THAT WOULD AMOUNT JUST SHORT OF A 31% INCREASE OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS.

SANITATION DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAY THE INCREASE IS NECESSARY TO MEET THE DISTRICTS ANNUAL DEBT PAYMENTS FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS $75 MILLION EXPANSION. THE HEARING WILL BEGIN AT 6 PM AT THE UKIAH CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

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News 6/29/11

MURDER RE-ARREST JKB 6/29/11

• A MAN WHO HAD BEEN ARRESTED AND THEN RELEASED IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING IN CLEARLAKE THAT INJURED 5 PEOPLE AND LEFT A 4 YEAR OLD BOY DEAD, WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AGAIN ON TUESDAY.

PROSECUTORS SAY THEY HAD DEVELOPED SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO CHARGE 23 YEAR OLD ORLANDO LOPEZ WITH MURDER. ANOTHER MAN CHARGED IN THE CASE, 21 YEAR OLD PAUL BRADEN, PLEADED NOT GUILTY IN COURT YESTERDAY. POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR A THIRD SUSPECT IN THE CASE, 29 YEAR OLD KEVIN STONE. ALL THREE MEN ARE BELIEVED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHOOTING THAT KILLED 4 YEAR OLD SKYLAR RAPP ON JUNE 18TH.

FATAL ID RELEASED JKB 6/29/11

• A SANTA ROSA MAN WHO DIED MONDAY EVENING AFTER FALLING INTO LAKE SONOMA FOLLOWING WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN A MEDICAL EMERGENCY WAS IDENTIFIED AS 39 YEAR OLD ERIC BROWN.

BROWN HAD COMPLAINED TO HIS MOTHER THE HE WASNT FELLING WELL EARLIER IN THE DAY BEFORE FALLING OVERBOARD FROM A DOCKED CABIN CRUISER NEAR THE ISLAND VIEW GROUP CAMP AT AROUND 7:30 PM. HIS CAUSE OF DEATH HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED.

APPARENT SUICIDE ATTEMPT JKB 6/29/11

• A WASHINGTON STATE WOMAN VISITING FORT BRAGG WITH HER HUSBAND, JUMPED OFF THE 2ND STORY BALCONY OF HER ROOM AT THE NORTH CLIFF MOTEL, IN AN APPARENT SUICIDE ATTEMPT LAST TUESDAY.

RESPONDING POLICE FOUND THE UNCONSCIOUS WOMAN LYING FACE DOWN IN THE BUSHES NEAR THE BASE OF THE MOTEL AT AROUND 11:30 PM. AFTER REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS, SHE COULD NOT REMEMBER WHERE SHE WAS OR ANY EVENTS LEADING UP TO HER FALL. THE WOMAN REPORTEDLY HAS A HISTORY OF SUICIDAL TENDENCIES AND HAD BEEN DRINKING ALCOHOL WITH HER HUSBAND JUST PRIOR TO THE FALL.

SERIAL KILLER VICTIM FOUND JKB 6/29/11

• POLICE HAVE FOUND THE REMAINS OF A WALNUT CREEK WOMAN WHO WAS KIDNAPPED, RAPED AND MURDERED BY THE SERIAL KILLER KNOWN AS THE I-5 STRANGLER 34 YEARS AFTER SHE WAS KILLED.

THE BODY OF 21 YEAR OLD ELLEN BURLEIGH WAS RECOVERED FROM A DRY RIVERBED NEAR LAKE BERRYESSA. ROGER REECE KIBBE WAS CONVICTED OF THE MURDER OF BURLEIGH AND 5 OTHER WOMEN IN 2009. AS PART OF A PLEA AGREEMENT, HE AGREED TO HELP LOCATE HER BODY. KIBBE WAS IN PRISON FOR STRANGLING A TEEN PROSTITUTE WHEN HE WAS CHARGED IN 2009 WITH MURDERING 6 WOMEN AND DROPPING THEIR BODIES ALONG FREEWAYS BETWEEN 1977 AND 1987.

E-QUAKES -= JKB 6/29/11

• AN AREA 2 MILES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF ANDERSON SPRINGS AND 5 MILES WEST OF MIDDLETOWN HAS BEEN RATTLED BY A SERIES OF SMALL EARTHQUAKES THIS MORNING.

THE FIRST QUAKE MEASURED 3.5 IN MAGNITUDE AND STRUCK AT 4:13 AM. IT OCCURRED IN THE SAME PLACE AS A 2.9 MAGNITUDE QUAKE YESTERDAY. IT HAS BEEN FOLLOWED BY 3 AFTERSHOCKS MEASURING 1.0, 1.8 AND 2.3 IN MAGNITUDE.

MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT JKB 6/29/11

• A UKIAH WOMAN RIDING A MOTORCYCLE WAS SEVERELY INJURED WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK BY A CAR AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST GOBBIE AND SOUTH OAK STREETS ON MONDAY.

ACCORDING TO THE UKIAH POLICE DEPARTMENT, 54 YEAR OLD GAIL CARGILE WAS RIDING WESTBOUND ON GOBBIE STREET WHEN 65 YEAR OLD ALICE HAWLEY OF COVELO TURNED LEFT ONTO OAK STREET, STRIKING THE LEFT SIDE OF CARGILES BIKE. CARGILE SUFFERED MAJOR INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE UKIAH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER, BEFORE BEING AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL OUT OF THE AREA FOR FURTHER TREATMENT.

KIDNAPPERS CAUGHT JKB 6/29/11

• A HUMBOLDT COUNTY COUPLE WANTED FOR THE KIDNAPPING, BEATING, AND ROBBERY OF A EUREKA MAN WERE ARRESTED AFTER A CITIZEN PHONED IN A TIP TO POLICE ON MONDAY.

37 YEAR OLD CHANDLER NELSON, AND 32 YEAR OLD GINGER HOWARD WERE ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN EUREKA.

STATE BUDGET DEAL JKB 6/29/11

• WITH JUST DAYS BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE PASSED A BUDGET PACKAGE THAT SUPPOSEDLY ALREADY HAS GOVERNOR BROWNS APPROVAL.

THE PACKAGE CLOSES THE STATES CURRENT $9.6 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT, BUT ASSUMES THE STATE WILL SEE A $4 BILLION INCREASE IN REVENUE OVER THE NEXT YEAR. IF THAT FAILS TO HAPPEN, A SERIES OF TRIGGER CUTS WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED LATER IN THE YEAR. ALSO, REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DID NOT SURVIVE THE BUDGET AXE, AND ARE SCHEDULED FOR ELIMINATION. REDEVELOPMENT BACKERS HAVE THREATENED TO SUE IF THAT PORTION OF THE BUDGET IS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.

CITY OF UKIAH ADOPTS BUDGET WITH 4 DAY WORK WEEK JKB 6/29/11

• THE CITY OF UKIAH APPROVED A $58 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR THAT INCLUDES MOVING TO A 4 DAY WORK WEEK, WITH CITY OFFICES CLOSING ON FRIDAYS.

THE 36 HOUR WORK WEEK IS EXPECTED TO SAVE THE CITY $1 MILLION DOLLARS, AND REPRESENTS A 10% PAY CUT FOR CITY EMPLOYEES. THE BUDGET PASSED ON A VOTE OF 3 TO 1 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CRANE DISSENTING. COUNCIL MEMBER BALDWIN WAS ABSENT.

TRANSPORTATION FUNDS APPROVED JKB 6/29/11

• THE STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION HAS APPROVED THE SPENDING OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR SEVERAL ROAD PROJECTS ON THE NORTH COAST, INCLUDING SOME IN LAKE AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES.

MENDOCINO COUNTY WILL RECEIVE $9 MILLION TO REPLACE THE GREENWOOD CREEK BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 1 NEAR ELK, AND $3 MILLION DOLLARS TO DECOMMISSION AN OLD STRETCH OF HIGHWAY 101 NEAR CONFUSION HILL THAT WAS BYPASSED WITH THE NEW BRIDGE, BEFORE IT FALLS INTO THE EEL RIVER. IN LAKE COUNTY, $6.1 MILLION DOLLARS WAS APPROVED FOR THE REPAVING OF SEVERAL STRETCHES ON HIGHWAYS 29 AND 53.

News 6/28/11

MAN ARRESTED FOR SETTING FIRE JKB 6/28/11

• A GUALALA MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER SETTING HIS BOYFRIENDS PERSONAL BELONGINGS ON FIRE AFTER AN ARGUMENT SUNDAY.

46 YEAR OLD DARIN DAWSON ALLEGEDLY PILED 63 YEAR OLD DANIEL MONDRAGONS BELONGINGS AGAINST AN EXTERIOR WALL OF A SHED AT THE HOME THEY SHARED ON TICKLED PINK DRIVE JUST BEFORE 11 AM. HE THEN DOUSED THEM WITH GASOLINE, LIT THEM ON FIRE AND LEFT. OTHER RESIDENTS OF THE PROPERTY EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE, BUT NOT BEFORE IT CAUGHT THE SHED ON FIRE. DAWSON WAS LATER LOCATED BY DEPUTIES HIDING IN A SHED ON ANOTHER NEARBY PROPERTY.

KIDNAPPERS SOUGHT JKB 6/28/11

• A EUREKA COUPLE IS BEING SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH THE KIDNAPPING, ASSAULT, AND ROBBING OF A 40 YEAR OLD EUREKA MAN ON FRIDAY.

37 YEAR OLD CHANDLER NELSON AND 32 YEAR OLD GINGER HOWARD ALLEGEDLY KIDNAPPED THE MAN AND DROVE HIM AROUND CUTTEN IN A RED VAN. THE VICTIM WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS DURING THE ABDUCTION. HE WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO ESCAPE WHEN THE VAN SLOWED AT AN INTERSECTION. NELSON IS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE MALE WITH BLACK HAIR, BLUE EYES, 6 FEET 2 INCHES TALL AND WEIGHING 165 POUNDS. HOWARD IS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE WOMAN, 5 FEET 2INCHES TALL, WEIGHING 115 POUNDS, WITH STRAWBERRY BLOND HAIR AND GREEN EYES. POLICE SAY THE COUPLE HAVE CONNECTIONS ALL ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND COULD BE ANYWHERE IN HUMBOLDT, DEL NORTE, OR MENDOCINO COUNTIES.

MAN DIES AFTER FALLING INTO LAKE SONOMA JKB 6/28/11

• A 39 YEAR OLD SANTA ROSA MAN DIED AFTER FALLING INTO LAKE SONOMA FOLLOWING WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN A MEDICAL EMERGENCY MONDAY EVENING.

THE MAN HAD COMPLAINED THAT HE WASNT FEELING WELL EARLIER IN THE DAY. HE AND HIS MOTHER WERE ON A LARGE CABIN CRUISER TETHERED TO THE SHORE NEAR THE ISLAND VIEW GROUP CAMP. THE MOTHER WAS AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE BOAT WHEN SHE HEARD HER SON FALL THROUGH THE RAILING AND INTO THE WATER AT AROUND 7:30 PM. HE WAS FACE DOWN AND NON RESPONSIVE IN THE WATER WHEN SHE GOT TO HIM. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL HIM TO SHORE, BUT HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD A SHORT TIME LATER. HIS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.

MISSING MAN IDENTIFIED JKB 6/28/11

• A MAN WHO WENT MISSING AFTER FALLING OUT OF HIS BOAT ON TOMALES BAY OVER THE WEEKEND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 48 YEAR OLD BACH VAN NGUYEN OF VACAVILLE.

NGUYEN WAS TAKING A GROUP OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY BETWEEN LAWSONS LANDING AND A BEACH TOWARD THE TIP OF TOMALES POINT IN A 12 FOOT ALUMINUM BOAT. HE HAD JUST DROPPED PEOPLE OFF AT THE LANDING AND WAS RETURNING TO THE BEACH WHEN A WITNESS USING BINOCULARS, SAW HIM FALL OUT OF THE BOAT NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE BAY.

FIRE THREATENS HOMES JKB 6/28/11

• QUICK ACTION BY FIREFIGHTERS KEPT A FIRE THAT THREATENED SEVERAL HOMES ON THE ROBINSON RANCHERIA FROM DOING ANY SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

THE BLAZE, ON MANZANITA CIRCLE ACROSS FROM ACORN DRIVE WAS REPORTED AT ABOUT 4 PM. IT BURNED APPROXIMATELY 7 ACRES AND THREATENED 4 OR 5 NEARBY HOMES BEFORE BEING BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL. THE FIRE DID SCORCH SOME FENCES, BUT CAUSED NO DAMAGE TO THE HOMES. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

ARSON INVESTIGATION JKB 6/28/11

• AUTHORITIES ARE CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO A FIRE THAT DESTROYED A BRAND NEW MOBILE HOME ON THE ELEM INDIAN COLONY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AS ARSON.

THE OWNERS OF THE HOME HAD TAKEN POSSESSION OF IT JUST THE DAY BEFORE IT BURNED TO THE GROUND. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A DISPUTE BETWEEN FAMILY MEMBERS THAT MAY HAVE LED TO THE HOME BEING TARGETED. 3 MEN INSIDE THE HOME WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE UNINJURED. THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS HAS BEEN ASKED TO ASSIST WITH THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.

WOOLSEY OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT JKB 6/28/11

• AS EXPECTED, NORTH COAST REPRESENTATIVE LYNN WOOLSEY OF PETALUMA, MADE IT OFFICIAL OVER THE WEEKEND AND ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WOULD RETIRE FROM CONGRESS AFTER SHE COMPLETES HER CURRENT 10TH TERM IN OFFICE AT THE END OF 2012.

WOOSELY MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO ABOUT 200 SUPPORTERS AT A PRIVATE EVENT THAT WAS HELD IN THE BACKYARD OF HER HOME ON MONDAY.

UKIAH WILL APPEAL POST OFFICE CLOSURE JKB 6/28/11

• THE UKIAH CITY COUNCIL AGREED TO OFFICIALLY APPEAL THE U.S POSTAL SERVICES PLAN TO CLOSE THE NORTH OAK STREET POST OFFICE AND MOVE SERVICES TO THE SOUTH ORCHARD AVENUE POSTAL ANNEX.

AT A MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE COUNCIL DIRECTED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT A LETTER REQUESTING AN APPEAL OF THE DECISION, THAT THEY WILL REVIEW AT THEIR NEXT MEETING ON JULY 6TH.

BUI CHECKPOINT JKB 6/28/11

• A BOATING UNDER THE INFLUENCE CHECKPOINT OPERATION ON CLEARLAKE, CONDUCTED BY THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT ON SATURDAY WENT WELL.

A TOTAL OF 33 BOATERS WERE CONTACTED AND SCREENED. 7 OPERATORS WERE GIVEN FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS, BUT NO ARRESTS WERE MADE OF BUI.

News 6/27/11

PROVOCATIVE ACT MURDER TRIAL JKB 6/27/11

• A LAYTONVILLE MAN WILL STAND TRIAL FOR MURDER UNDER A LAW THAT CAN HOLD A PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR A DEATH, EVEN IF SOMEONE ELSE COMMITTED THE KILLING.

39 YEAR OLD NOAH SHINN IS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN THE MASTERMIND BEHIND A MARIJUANA RELATED HOME INVASION ROBBERY IN WHICH ONE OF HIS ACCOMPLICES, 21 YEAR OLD TIMOTHY BURGER WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY THE HOME OWNER JILL CAHILL. SHINNS 19 YEAR OLD SON, AND ANOTHER MAN INVOLVED IN THE ROBBERY HAVE AGREED TO TESTIFY AGAINST SHIN. SHINN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER UNDER THE PROVOCATIVE ACT DOCTRINE.

STABBING INVESTIGATION JKB 6/27/11

• LAKEPORT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A THE STABBING OF A MAN THAT OCCURRED AT AROUND 2:30 FRIDAY MORNING.

THE 20 YEAR OLD MALE VICTIM SAID HE DISCOVERED TWO UNKNOWN MALES IN AN ADJACENT VACANT HOME ON MANZANITA STREET AND CONFRONTED THEM. ONE OF THE MALES STABBED THE VICTIM WITH A SMALL KNIFE AND BOTH MEN FLED ON FOOT. THE SUSPECT WHO DID THE STABBING IS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE MALE WITH SHORT DARK HAIR WEARING DARK CLOTHING. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL, TREATED AND RELEASED.

E-QUAKES JKB 6/27/11

• A COUPLE MODERATE SIZED EARTHQUAKE RATTLED THE NORTH COAST ON FRIDAY.

THE FIRST WAS A 3.0 MAGNITUDE QUAKE THAT OCCURRED 6 MILES SOUTH EAST OF THE GEYSERS AT 1:24 AM FRIDAY MORNING. THE EVENT WAS THE 16TH QUAKE 3.0 OR LARGER TO STRIKE THE AREA SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. THE 2ND QUAKE MEASURED 3.1 IN MAGNITUDE AND STRUCK AN AREA 7 MILES SOUTH EAST OF WILLITS AT 9:42 PM FRIDAY. IT WAS FOLLOWED BY TWO AFTERSHOCKS MEASURING 2.6 AND 2.1 IN MAGNITUDE.

ID IN FATAL CRASH RELEASED JKB 6/27/11

• A WOMAN WHO WAS KILLED IN A VEHICLE COLLISION INVOLVING A BIG RIG THURSDAY AFTERNOON WAS IDENTIFIED AS 69 YEAR OLD SAMIRA SICKELS OF CLEARALKE.

ACCORDING TO THE CHP, SICKELS TURNED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE BIG RIG WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN FROM HARTMAN ROAD ONTO HIGHWAY 29 JUST AFTER 3 PM. SICKELS DIED AT THE SCENE. A PASSENGER IN HER CAR, 75 YEAR OLD EMMA PROCTOR OF CLEARLAKE, WAS AIRLIFED TO A HOSPITAL OUT OF THE COUNTY FOR TREATMENT OF MAJOR INJURIES. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WAS NOT INJURED.

POTTER VALLEY MAN SOUGHT FOR ARSON JKB 6/27/11

• A POTTER VALLEY MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY SETTING FIRE TO CAR AFTER AN ARGUMENT WITH A FRIEND FRIDAY NIGHT.

38 YEAR OLD RYAN SILVA USED A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL INCENDIARY DEVICE TO SET FIRE TO THE CAR, DESTROYING THE VEHICLE. HE THEN FLED THE AREA, AND WAS BELIEVED TO BE ARMED WITH A RIFLE. A SWAT TEAM RAIDED SILVAS HOME IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOCATE HIM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, BUT HE WASNT THERE. SILVA WAS FOUND AT A LOCATION ON TALMAGE ROAD ON SUNDAY AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

SEARCH FOR MISSING BOATER JKB 6/27/11

• AUTHORITIES WERE CONTINUING TO SEARCH LATE LAST NIGHT FOR AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN WHO REPORTED FELL OUT OF A SMALL ALUMINUM BOAT INTO TOMALES BAY.

HIS 14 FOOT SKIFF WAS FOUND WASHED ASHORE NEAR TOMS POINT, SOUTH OF DILLON BEACH NEAR THE MOUTH OF TOMALES BAY. THE COAST GUARD, WHICH IS COORDINATING THE SEARCH, HAD FEW DETAILS ABOUT THE BOATER OR HIS WHEREABOUTS WHEN HE WENT OVERBOARD. HE REPORTEDLY WAS NOT WEARING A LIFE JACKET.

BOY INJURED IN LAKE SONOMA JKB 6/27/11

• A 7 YEAR OLD SAN FRANCISCO BOY WHO WAS BADLY INJURED OVER THE WEEKEND BY A BOAT PROPELLER ON LAKE SONOMA IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.

HIS INJURIES ARE SIGNIFICANT AND HE HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL TO A CHILDRENS HOSPITAL. THE BOY, WHOSE NAME WAS NOT RELEASED HAD BEEN TUBING WITH HIS FAMILY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. INITIAL REPORTS INDICATED THE BOY MAY HAVE BEEN PULLED INTO THE MOVING PROPELLER WHEN THE TOW ROPE BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE PROP. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN INJURED WHILE CLIMBING INTO OR OUT OF THE BOAT. THE BOY SUFFERED DEEP LACERATIONS TO HIS LEGS, GROIN AND STOMACH AREAS.

ARSON FIRE JKB 6/27/11

• A LAKE COUNTY FAMILY ESCAPED A FIRE THAT DESTROYED A NEW MOBILE HOME IN THE ELEM INDIAN COLONY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE FIRE IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS AN ARSON.

3 MEN WERE ASLEEP IN THE HOME WHEN ONE OF THE MEN SLEEPING ON A COUCH IN THE LIVING ROOM AWOKE TO FIND FLAMES IN THE KITCHEN. FAMILY MEMBERS ALLEGE 3 BROTHERS FROM AN ESTRANGED BRANCH OF THEIR FAMILY HAD BEEN HARASSING AND THREATENING THE MEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE BLAZE MAY HAVE BEEN SPARKED BY MOLOTOV COCKTAIL TYPE DEVICE. EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE TRAILER BEFORE IT WAS DESTROYED. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.

MISSING GIRL FOUND IN IDAHO JKB 6/27/11

• A LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS ABDUCTED BY HER NON CUSTODIAL FATHER FROM HER HOME IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, AND LATER SPOTTED IN LAKE COUNTY, HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE AND SOUND IN IDAHO.

3 YEAR OLD AVA RIGLE WAS TAKEN BY HER FATHER 22 YEAR OLD NICHOLAS RIGGLE ON MY 6TH. AVA WAS RECOVERED AND HAS BEEN RETURNED TO HER HOME IN PHELAN. NO OTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE CASE HAVE BEEN RELEASED.

News 6/24/11

ONE CHARGED, ONE RELEASED, ONE SOUGHT JKB 6/24/11

• ONE MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED, ONE SUSPECT RELEASED, AND ONE CONTINUES TO BE SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING THAT KILLED A 4 YEAR OLD BOY AND WOUNDED 5 OTHERS IN CLEARLAKE LAST SATURDAY.

21 YEAR OLD PAUL BRADEN HAS BEEN FORMALLY CHARGED WITH MURDER, AND 5 COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. A SECOND MAN WHO WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASE, 23 YEAR OLD ORLANDO LOPEZ, WAS RELEASED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE. 29 YEAR OLD KEVIN STONE BACKED OUT OF A DEAL TO TURN HIMSELF IN AND REMAINS AT LARGE. STONE MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH AUTHORITIES TO SURRENDER ON WEDNESDAY, BUT NEVER APPEARED AT THE ARRANGED TIME AND PLACE.

HIT AND RUN FATALITY JKB 6/24/11

• A MOTORIST WHO APPARENTLY RAN OUT OF GAS AND LEFT HIS CAR ON THE SIDE OF HIGHWAY 101 SOUTH OF HOPLAND WAS KILLED BY WHAT APPEARS TO BE A HIT AND RUN DRIVER.

THE MAN WAS STRUCK IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF WRECKAGE LEFT BEHIND BY THE VEHICLE AT THE SCENE, NOR ANY INDICATION THE DRIVER TOOK EVASIVE ACTION BEFORE HITTING THE MAN AND DRIVING OFF. A SOUTHBOUND MOTORIST SPOTTED THE MANS BODY AT AROUND 11:20 PM APPROXIMATELY A MILE SOUTH OF THE BRIDGE. THE VICTIM WAS NOT CARRYING IDENTIFICATION AND NONE WAS FOUND IN HIS CAR. HIS IDENTITY REMAINS UNKNOWN.

FATAL ACCIDENT JKB 6/24/11

• A WOMAN WAS KILLED WHEN HER CAR COLLIDED WITH A SEMI TRUCK DELIVERING GROCERIES ON HIGHWAY 29 NEAR HARTMANN ROAD OUTSIDE OF MIDDLETOWN YESTERDAY.

THE CRASH OCCURRED JUST AFTER 3 PM. THE WOMAN, WHOS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. ANOTHER PERSON WAS AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL OUT OF THE AREA WITH MODERATE TO MAJOR INJURIES. NO OTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE CRASH HAVE BEEN RELEASED.

ARSON FIRES NEAR COVELO AIRPORT JKB 6/24/11

• AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING TWO GRASS FIRES THAT BROKE OUT NEAR THE ROUND VALLEY AIRPORT IN COVELO LATE WEDNESDAY AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

THE FIRST FIRE BROKE OUT BETWEEN FOOTHILL BLVD. AND AIRPORT ROAD AT AROUND 11 PM, AND CONSUMED APPROXIMATELY 4 ACRES. THE 2ND BLAZE OCCURRED JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT IN A GRASS FIELD NEAR FOOT HILL BLVD. AND TABOR LANE, AND BLACKENED 1 ACRE. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY BOTH FIRES APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN DELIBERATELY SET.

HOUSE FIRE JKB 6/24/11

• A FIRE DESTROYED A CLEARLAKE HOME LAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON, BUT QUICK ACTION BY FIREFIGHTERS SAVED SEVERAL NEARBY OUTBUILDINGS AND TWO OTHER HOMES ON THE VINEYARD PROPERTY.

THE HOME WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES BY THE TIME FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED, AND CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BLAZE WAS SPARKED BY SPONTANEOUS IGNITION, DUE TO A CHEMICAL REACTION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN THE LAUNDRY. DAMAGE TO THE PROPERTY THAT IS CURRENTLY FOR SALE, WAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN $600,000 AND $800,000.

INSURANCE FRAUD ARREST JKB 6/24/11

• A WILLITS MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FELONY INSURANCE FRAUD FOR MAKING FALSE CLAIMS IN A WORKERS COMP CASE.

48 YEAR OLD OSCAR FUENTES III ALLEGEDLY RECEIVED MORE THAN $80,000 IN STATE BENEFITS AFTER HE WAS INJURED IN 2003. HE LATER SOUGHT ADDITIONAL BENEFITS, BUT WAS DENIED AFTER A MEDICAL EXAMINER FOUND HE OVER-REPORTED HIS INJURIES AND LIMITATIONS. INSURANCE INVESTIGATORS REPORTEDLY FILMED FUENTES PERFORMING VARIOUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES WITHOUT ANY SIGNS OF PAIN OR DISCOMFORT. HE WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE COUNT JAIL ON TUESDAY.

7.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE OFF ALASKA JKB 6/24/11

• A 7.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED NEAR THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, IN ALASKA EARLY YESTERDAY EVENING, PROMPTING A TSUNAMI WARNING, THAT HAS SINCE BEEN CANCELED.

THE QUAKE OCCURRED AT 6:09 PM PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME AND WAS CENTERED 39 MILES SOUTH OF AMUKTA ISLAND. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE OR INJURIES.

CRESCENT CITY MANS BODY RECOVERED IN OREGON JKB 6/24/11

• THE BODY OF A CRESCENT CITY MAN WHO DISAPPEARED WHILE SWIMMING IN THE ROUGE RIVER IN SOUTHERN OREGON WAS RECOVERED BY AUTHORITIES A WEEK AFTER HE WENT MISSING.

26 YEAR OLD ROBERT GREVIOUS JR DISAPPEARED WHILE TRYING TO SWIM ACROSS THE RIVER AT CHINOOK PARK IN GRANTS PASS ON JUNE 15TH. HIS BODY WAS RECOVERED A MILE DOWNSTREAM FROM WHERE HE WAS LAST SEEN ON WEDNESDAY.

BUI CHECKPOINT JKB 6/24/11

• THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS MARINE PATROL WILL BE CONDUCTING A BOATING UNDER THE INFLUENCE CHECKPOINT ON CLEARLAKE THIS SATURDAY.

BOATERS WILL BE STOPPED RANDOMLY AND BRIEFLY INTERVIEWED. ANY BOAT OPERATORS SHOWING SIGNS OF ALCOHOL USE, INTOXICATION OR IMPAIRMENT MAY BE SUBJECT TO FURTHER TESTING AND ARREST.

LIBRARIES TO CLOSE AN ADDITIONAL DAY JKB 6/24/11

• ALL BRANCHES OF THE MENDOCINO COUNTY LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSING AN ADDITIONAL DAY PER WEEK BEGINNING IN JULY.

BUDGET SHORTFALLS ARE CAUSING THE CUT BACK IN OPERATIONAL HOURS. THE COAST COMMUNITY LIBRARY WILL NOW BE CLOSED FRIDAYS AND SUNDAYS. FORT BRAGG WILL BE CLOSED MONDAYS, THURSDAYS FRIDAYS, AND SUNDAYS. ROUND VALLEY WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, AND SUNDAYS. THE WILLITS LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ON TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS, AND SUNDAYS. THE UKIAH LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, FRIDAYS, AND SUNDAYS BEGGING AUGUST 1ST. ROUTES FOR THE BOOKMOBILE ON TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.

News 6/23/11

FAKE BOMB FOUND IN POT GARDEN JKB 6/23/11

• A FAKE BOMB PUT A TEMPORARY HALT TO A RAID ON AN ILLEGAL MARIJUANA GARDEN NEAR MIDDLETOWN TUESDAY MORNING.

THE SUSPECTED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE CONTAINED 20, 12 GAUGE SHOTGUN SHELLS THAT HAD BEEN TAPED TOGETHER AND WERE ATTACHED TO A SMALL BATTERY. THE RAID WAS SUSPENDED UNTIL TWO BOMB TECHNICIANS WERE ABLE TO EXAMINE THE DEVICE. THEY DETERMINED IT WAS A NON FUNCTIONING DECOY THAT HAD PROBABLY BEEN PUT THERE TO DELAY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND GIVE PEOPLE IN THE CAMP TIME TO FLEE. AFTER THE DEVICE WAS REMOVED, AGENTS ERADICATED MORE THAN 21,000 MARIJUANA PLANTS.

CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL FOR 4 YEAR OLD JKB 6/23/11

• HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TURNED OUT FOR A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL AT REDBUD PARK IN CLEARLAKE LAST NIGHT TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF 4 YEAR OLD SKYLER RAPP, WHO WAS SHOT TO DEATH WHEN HIDDEN GUNMAN OPENED FIRE ON HIS FAMILY WHILE THEY WERE HAVING A BAR BE QUE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.

HIS MOTHER, 22 YEAR OLD DESIREE KIRBY REMAINS IN SERIOUS CONDITION AT UC DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER. 4 OTHERS WERE INJURED. POLICE STILL HAVE NOT DISCLOSED A POSSIBLE MOTIVE FOR THE SHOOTING. 21 YEAR OLD PAUL BRADEN AND 23 YEAR OLD ORLANDO LOPEZ, BOTH OF CLEARLAKE, WERE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING EARLIER IN THE WEEK. POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR 29 YEAR OLD KEVIN RAY STONE.

METHLAB BUST JKB 6/23/11

• STATE AND LOCAL DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENTS, SERVING A SEARCH WARRANT, DISCOVERED AN OPERATING METHAMPHETAMINE LAB AT AN APARTMENT AT CREEKSIDE COURT IN WILLITS LAST WEEK.

RESIDENTS OF NEARBY APARTMENT WERE EVACUATED WHEN THE DISCOVERY WAS MADE AT AROUND 1:30 PM THURSDAY. 35 YEAR OLD MICHAEL CAMPBELL WAS ARRESTED AT THE SCENE. A 2ND RESIDENT OF THE APARTMENT, 39 YEAR OLD KRYSTIE LEWIS WAS ARRESTED AT ANOTHER LOCATION.

HIGH SPEED CHASE AND POT BUST JKB 6/23/11

• A DRUG DEAL GONE BAD, THAT ERUPTED IN GUN FIRE NEAR RED MOUNTAIN ACCESS ROAD NEAR PIERCY FRIDAY NIGHT, RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF A WOODLAND HILLS MAN AFTER A HIGH SPEED CHASE ON SOUTHBOUND HIGHWAY 101 NEAR WILLITS.

40 YEAR OLD CHARLES MERRITT-OSBORNE WAS SPOTTED BY POLICE NEAR SPY ROCK ROAD NORTH OF LAYTONVILLE. HE SPED SOUTH AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 100 MILES AN HOUR BEFORE HIS CAR WAS DISABLED BY A SPIKE STRIP JUST NORTH OF WILLITS. HE WAS APPREHENDED BY A CHP OFFICER AFTER A SHORT FOOT CHASE. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE SHOOTING NEAR PIERCY. A SEARCH OF MERRITT-OSBORNES VEHICLE TURNED UP A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF PROCESSED MARIJUANA, BUT POLICE DID NOT SAY HOW MUCH.

PASTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO SEX CRIMES JKB 6/23/11

• A FORMER ARCATA PASTOR PLEADED GUILTY TO THE ONGOING SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD, CHILD MOLESTATION AND OTHER CHARGES RELATED TO TWO VICTIMS, ONE OF WHOM LIVED IN HIS HOME.

50 YEAR OLD DINO CARDELLI ALSO PLEADED GUILTY TO 25 COUNTS OF VIOLATING A COURT ORDER BY USING A DISPOSABLE CELL PHONE, AND FAKE FACEBOOK PAGE TO CONTACT ONE OF THE VICTIMS. HE NOW FACES UP TO 18 YEARS IN PRISON, AND WILL HAVE TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

CHILD PORN EXTRADITION JKB 6/232/11

• A EUREKA MAN FACING FEDERAL CHARGES OF PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, AGREED TO WAIVE HIS BAIL HEARING YESTERDAY AND BE EXTRADITED TO VIRGINIA TO STAND TRIAL.

25 YEAR OLD COLE JACK MACHADO WAS ARRESTED EARLIER THIS MONTH ON A FEDERAL WARRANT ISSUED OUT OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA FOR 2 COUNTS OF PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND 6 COUNTS OF DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. IF FOUND GUILTY OF ALL CHARGES, HE COULD FACE A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF 180 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON.

TWO ARRESTED FOR CREDIT CARD THEFT JKB 6/23/11

• TWO TEENAGERS WERE ARRESTED AFTER USING A WOMANS MISPLACED CREDIT CARD TO PURCHASE GASOLINE, MERCHANDISE, FAST FOOD AND X-BOX VIDEO GAMES.

18 YEAR OLD MCDONALDS EMPLOYEE JESS CRAIGHEAD ADMITTED TO POLICE THAT HE FOUND THE CREDIT CARD OF THE SHINGLE SPRINGS WOMAN ON THE DRIVE THRU WINDOW SILL AND DECIDED TO USE IT BECAUSE HE NEEDED MONEY. CRAIGHEAD AND 19 YEAR OLD RACHELLE KAHLEN WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH 2ND DECREE BURGLARY AND CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY.

FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM TO CLOSE JKB 6/23/11

• AFTER MORE THAN 40 YEARS OF SERVICE, THE MENDOCINO COUNTY FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM CLINIC WILL CLOSE ITS DOORS PERMANENTLY AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES THAT WILL BE NO LONGER AVAILABLE INCLUDE, BIRTH CONTROL, STD TESTING AND TREATMENT, PREGNANCY TESTING, PHYSICAL EXAMS, MAMMOGRAM REFERRALS, PAP TESTS, AND COUNSELING. A LIST OF FAMILY PLANNING OR STD TESTING SERVICES CAN BE OBTAINED BY CONTACTING THE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVIES PUBLIC HEALTH BRANCH AT 472-2700.

COUNTY SAYS OFFER NOT APPROVED JKB 6/23/11

• MENDOCINO COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY SOME OF THE PROPOSALS BEING PRESENTING TO SEIU MEMBERSHIP TO VOTE ON, HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AND COULD CAUSE CONFUSION AMONGST THE MEMBERSHIP REGARDING THE COUNTYS POSITION IN BARGAINING TALKS WITH THE UNION.

THE COUNTY IS CURRENTLY AT AN IMPASSE WITH THE UNION REGARDING WAGES AND BENEFITS IN UPCOMING CONTRACTS. COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE MEETING WITH THE SEIU NEGOTIATING TEAM TODAY TO DISCUSS THE DISCREPANCIES.

SMART METER INSTALLATION MEETINGS JKB 6/23/11

• PG&E IS STILL PLANNING ON GOING AHEAD WITH THE INSTALLATION OF MORE THAN 52,000 WIRELESS SMART METERS IN MENDOCINO COUNTY, DESPITE A MORATORIUM ON THE DEVICES ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

PG&E WILL BE HOLDING TWO EDUCATION CENTER MEETINGS ABOUT THE METERS NEXT WEEK, ON WEDNESDAY AT ALBION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BETWEEN 3 AND 6:30 PM, AND ON THURSDAY AT THE COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN LATONVILLE FROM NOON TO 5 PM. INSTALLATION IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN JULY.

News 6/22/11

FATAL BOATING ACCIDENT JKB 6/22/11

• A SONOMA COUNTY WINE EXECUTIVE WAS KILLED IN A BOATING ACCIDENT ON LAKE PILLSBURY MONDAY EVENING.

DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE RESORT AT AROUND 9:45 PM. WHEN THEY ARRIVED THEY FOUND 55 YEAR OLD GARY ANTHONY ARCHER OF SANTA ROSA LYING DEAD ON THE DOCK SURROUNDED BY WITNESSES AND RESCUE PERSONNEL. ACCORDING THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION, ARCHER WAS WATER SKIING BEHIND A BOAT BEING PILOTED BY 39 YEAR OLD CHRISTIAN SPECKMAN OF SAN FRANCISCO. SPECKMAN REPORTEDLY MADE A SHARP TURN BEFORE REACHING THE SHORELINE WITH THE INTENT THAT ARCHER WOULD RELEASE THE SKI LINE AND GLIDE INTO SHORE. SOMEHOW, THE BOAT STRUCK ARCHER DURING THE TURN MANUEVER. ARCHER WAS THE OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR THE GARY FARRELL WINERY IN HEALDSBURG.

FATAL MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT JKB 6/22/11

• A MOTORCYCLIST WAS KILLED IN A COLLISION AT THE INTERSECTION HIGHWAY 53 AND DAM ROAD SUNDAY NIGHT.

ACCORDING TO THE CHP, 53 YEAR OLD BRIAN CHATFILED WAS RIDING NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 53 WHEN HE ENTERED THE INTERSECTION JUST BEFORE 7 PM AND COLLIDED WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE OF A VEHICLE BEING DRIVEN BY 29 YEAR OLD JEREMY SCHENK OF CLEARLAKE, AS HE WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN FROM NORTHBOUND HIGHWAY 53 UNDER A GREEN LIGHT. CHATFIELD WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AFTER BEING TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL.

MOBILE HOME FIRE JKB 6/22/11

• AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING A SUSPICIOUS FIRE THAT DESTROYED A VACANT DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME ON CARSON WAY IN NICE EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

THE HOME WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES BY THE TIME FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AT AROUND 3:30 AM. THE STRUCTURE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE MOBILE HOME HAD BEEN VACANT FOR SOME TIME AND THERE WAS NO POWER OR WATER TO THE HOME. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

WOMAN ARRESTED FOR MICROWAVING BABY JKB 6/22/11

• SACRAMENTO POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MOTHER AFTER AN INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT HER BABY LIKELY DIED FROM BURNS SUFFERED IN A MICROWAVE OVEN.

29 YEAR OLD KA YANG WAS BOOKED INTO JAIL 3 MONTHS AFTER HER 6 WEEK OLD DAUGHTER WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE FAMILY HOME. POLICE DESCRIBED THE CHILD AS SUFFERING EXTENSIVE THERMAL INJURIES. YANG HAS 3 OTHER CHILDREN, ALL BOYS THAT ARE 7 AND YOUNGER. THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM HER HOME.

STATE LEGISLATORS NOT GETTING PAID JKB 6/22/11

• STATE LAWMAKERS NOW HAVE ADDED INCENTIVE TO WORK A LITTLE HARDER AFTER STATE CONTROLLER JOHN CHIANG ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT NONE OF THEM WILL BE GETTING PAID UNTIL A BALANCED BUDGET IS REACHED.

CHIANG UPHELD HIS PROMISE TO ENFORCE PROPOSITION 25, KNOWN AS THE ONE TIME BUDGET ACT THAT REQUIRES LAWMAKERS TO FORFEIT THEIR PAY FOR EVERY DAY AFTER JUNE 15TH THAT THEY FAIL TO PRODUCE A BALANCED BUDGET. TO DATE, THE STATE HAS SAVED MORE THAN $194,000 IN SALARIES FOR THE 120 LEGISLATORS IN EACH HOUSE. IF A BALANCED BUDGET IS NOT REACHED BY THEIR NEXT SCHEDULED PAY DATE ON JUNE 30TH, THAT FIGURE WILL JUMP TO MORE THAN $534,000.

NAPA HOSPITAL FINED JKB 6/22/11

• OSHA HAS FINED THE NAPA STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL $16,875 OVER AN ATTACK ON A THERAPIST THAT LEFT HIM WITH SERIOUS HEAD INJURIES.

OSHA CITED THE HOSPITAL FOR NOT HAVING ADEQUATE ALARM SYSTEMS, PROPER ESCORT PATIENT PROCEDURES, OR INJURY AND ILLNESS PREVENTION PROGRAMS. 25 YEAR OLD HOSPITAL PATIENT SEAN BOUCHIE WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE SEVERELY BEAT THERAPIST GEORGE ANDERSON IN DECEMBER DURING A WALK. HE WAS LATER FOUND INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL.

WOOLSEY TO RETIRE JKB 6/22/11

• LONGTIME NORTH BAY CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE LYNN WOOLSEY OF PETALUMA, IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE HER RETIREMENT NEXT MONDAY.

THE 73 YEAR OLD WOOLSEY, WHO HAS SERVED IN CONGRESS FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES, IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE HER RETIREMENT AFTER THE COMPLETION OF HER 10TH TERM IN 2012.

EQUINE HERPES CONTAINED JKB 6/22/11

• CALIFORNIA AG OFFICIALS HAVE DECLARED THE RECENT OUTBREAK OF EQUINE HERPES CONTAINED.

THE OUTBREAK WAS ASSOCIATED WITH HORSES THAT ATTENDED THE NATIONAL CUTTING HORSE ASSOCIATIONS WESTERN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN OGDEN UTAH IN LATE APRIL AND EARLY MAY. CALIFORNIA HORSE OWNERS ARE URGED TO REMAIN VIGILANT FOR SIGNS OF THE DISEASE TO PREVENT ANOTHER OUTBREAK.

RASMUSSEN SWORN IN AS LAKEPORT POLICE CHIEF JKB 6/22/11

• INTERIM LAKEPORT POLICE CHIEF BRAD RASMUSSEN WAS GIVEN THE JOB OFFICIALLY YESTERDAY, AS HE WAS SWORN IN AS THE CITYS 24TH CHIEF OF POLICE.

RASMUSSEN HAS WORKED HIS WAY UP THROUGH THTE DEPARTMENT OVER A NEARLY 21 YEAR CAREER. HE WAS MADE INTERIM CHIEF WHEN FORMER CHIEF KEVIN BURKE LEFT LAST OCTOBER TO TAKE THE CHIEFS OF POLICE POSITION IN HEALDSBURG.

SHERIFFS BUDGET BETTER THAN ANTICIPATED JKB 6/22/11

• THE BUDGET FOR THE MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT FOR THE 2011/2012 FISCAL YEAR TURNED OUT TO BE BETTER THAN FIRST ANTICIPATED.

THE $19 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET FOR THE DEPARTMENT IS ALMOST $1 MILLION DOLLARS MORE THAN ORIGINALLY RECOMMENDED BY COUNTY CEO CARMEL ANGELO. SHERIFF TOM ALLMAN CREDITED HAVING A WORKABLE BUDGET THIS YEAR TO THE EFFORTS OF ANGELO AND HER STAFF.

Playlist 6/23/11

ADELE-ROLLING IN THE DEEP

BRUNO MARS-THE LAZY SONG

LADY GAGA-THE EDGE OF GLORY

LMFAO-PARTY ROCK ANTHEM

LUPE FIASCO-THE SHOW GOES ON

PITBULL W/NE-YO, AFROJACK AND NAYER-GIVE ME EVERYTHING

DAVID GUETTA W/FLO RIDA AND NICKI MINAJ-WHERE THEM GIRLS AT

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS W/USHER AND LIL WAYNE-DIRTY DANCER

HOT CHELLE RAE-TONIGHT TONIGHT

JASON DERULO-DON’T WANNA GO HOME

KATY PERRY-LAST FRIDAY (T.G.I.F.)

MARTIN SOLVEIG & DRAGONETTE-HELLO

NICKI MINAJ-SUPER BASS

ONE REPUBLIC-GOOD LIFE

RIHANNA-CALIFORNIA KING BED

SELENA GOMEZ AND THE SCENE-WHO SAYS

TAYLOR SWIFT-THE STORY OF US

WIZ KHALIFA-ROLL UP

CHRIS BROWN-SHE AIN’T YOU

MAROON 5-NEVER GONNA LEAVE THIS BED

NEON TREES-YOUR SURRENDER

NICOLE SCHERZINGER W/50 CENT-RIGHT THERE

STEVEN TYLER-(IT) FEELS SO GOOD

T-PAIN W/CHRIS BROWN-BEST LOVE SONG

AVRIL LAVIGNE-SMILE

BEYONCE-BEST THING I NEVER HAD

BRITNEY SPEARS-I WANNA GO

CEE LO GREEN-BRIGHT LIGHTS BIGGER CITY

IYAZ-PRETTY GIRLZ

JENNIFER LOPEZ W/LIL’ WAYNE-I’M INTO YOU

LIL’ WAYNE-HOW TO LOVE

News 6/21/11

TWO OF THREE SHOOTING SUSPECTS ARRESTED JKB 6/21/11

• CLEARLAKE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED TWO OF THREE SUSPECTS RELATED TO A FATAL SATURDAY NIGHT SHOOTING THAT LEFT A 4 YEAR OLD BOY DEAD AND WOUNDED 5 OTHERS.

23 YEAR OLD ORLANDO JOSEPH LOPEZ OF CLEARLAKE OAKS WAS ARRESTED AT 5:30 PM YESTERDAY, JUST HOURS AFTER BEING IDENTIFIED AS A 2ND PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE CASE. ANOTHER MAN WHO AUTHORITIES HAD NOT YET PUBLICLY IDENTIFIED AS A SUSPECT, 21 YEAR OLD PAUL WILLIAM BRADEN OF CLEARLAKE OAKS, WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY. OFFICIALS ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR 29 YEAR OLD KEVIN RAY STONE OF CLEARLAKE, WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON IDENTIFIED AS HAVING A CONNECTION TO THE DEADLY SHOOTING THAT KILLED 4 YEAR OLD SKYLAR RAPP. HIS 22 YEAR OLD MOTHER DESIREE KIRBY REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT UC DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER. THE FOUR OTHER VICTIMS WERE ALL TREATED AND RELEASED FROM SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

GIRL DIES AFTER BEING TAKEN OFF LIFE SUPPORT JKB 6/21/11

• A 14 YEAR OLD CRESCENT CITY GIRL WHO WAS SHOT BY A MAN SUSPECTED OF MOLESTING HER FOR YEARS, DIED AFTER BEING TAKEN OFF LIFE SUPPORT FRIDAY.

CECILIA MORTENSON WAS REMOVED FROM LIFE SUPPORT AFTER HER ORGANS WERE HARVESTED FOR DONATION. AUTHORITIES SAY 60 YEAR OLD JERRY STEELE OF LOS GATOS, SHOT THE GIRL AND HER MOTHER TUESDAY AFTER A FAILED KIDNAPPING ATTEMPT. HE THEN KILLED HIMSELF AT A NEARBY BEACH PARKING LOT. THE MOTHER SURVIVED AND HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. STEELE WAS FACING CHILD MOLESTATION CHARGES IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND WAS UNDER A RESTRAINING ORDER TO STAY AWAY FROM THE GIRL.

SHARK SIGHTING OFF STINSON BEACH JKB 6/21/11

• PARK OFFICIALS ARE LIMITING WATER ACCESS OFF STINSON BEACH AFTER A GREAT WHITE SHARK WAS SIGHTED IN THE AREA SUNDAY.

A COAST GUARD HELICOPTER SPOTTED THE SHARK, ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 8 AND 10 FEET LONG, ABOUT 200 OR 300 YARDS OFF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE BEACH. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LIFEGUARDS ARE STILL ALLOWING SWIMMERS TO WADE INTO THE WATER OFF THE BEACH, BUT DEEPER WATERS WILL BE OFF LIMITS THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY.

BOY TRIES TO POISON MOTHER JKB 6/21/11

• A 15 YEAR OLD UKIAH BOY WAS ARRESTED ON ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES AFTER HE TRIED TO POISON HIS MOTHER WITH DRAIN CLEANER SUNDAY.

POLICE SAY THE BOY BECAME ANGRY AFTER BEING PLACED ON RESTRICTION AND PUT DRANO DRAIN CLEANER IN HIS MOTHERS COFFEE. SHE WAS ABLE TO TASTE THE CHEMICAL IMMEDIATELY AND INGESTED ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT. THE BOY ADMITTED TO PUTTING THE POISON IN HIS MOTHERS COFFEE, AND STATED HE WOULD EITHER KILL HIMSELF OR HIS MOTHER IF HE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE.

BOMB THREAT JKB 6/21/11

• A CROWD OF PEOPLE AT LIONS HALL IN FORT BRAGG WERE FORCED TO EVACUATE THE BUILDING AFTER A BOMB THREAT WAS CALLED INTO THE FORT BRAGG POLICE DEPARTMENT SATURDAY.

POLICE RECEIVED THE CALL AT AROUND 11 PM. A FEMALE JUVENILE CALLER USING A PAYPHONE STATED THERE WAS A BOMB IN LIONS HALL AND IT WOULD DETONATE WITHIN A HALF HOUR. POLICE EVACUATED THE BUILDING AND SEVERAL NEARBY RESIDENCES. A SEARCH DETERMINED THE CALL HAD BEEN A HOAX. POLICE ARE NOW WORKING TO IDENTIFY THE CALLER.

DOWNTOWN UKIAH POST OFFICE WILL CLOSE JKB 6/21/11

• THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN UKIAH POST OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED.

DOWNTOWN OPERATIONS WILL BE MOVED TO THE NORTH OAK STREET POSTAL ANNEX. THE CONSOLATION IS PART OF A NATIONWIDE POSTAL SERVICE EFFORT TO CUT COSTS AND BECOME MORE EFFICIENT. THE POSTAL SERVICE SAID THE MOVE IS EXPECTED TO SAVE $1.4 MILLION OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. MORE THAN 5000 UKIAH RESIDENTS HAVE SIGNED A PETITION OPPOSING THE CLOSURE. RESIDENTS WILL NOW HAVE UNTIL JULY 6TH TO APPEAL THE DECISION.

CALTRANS WORKER KILLED JKB 6/21/11

• CALTANS HAS HALTED ALL ROUTINE HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE STATEWIDE AFTER A CALTRANS WORKER WAS STRUCK AND KILLED WHILE PICKING UP TRASH ALONG A FREEWAY IN SAN DIEGO YESTERDAY.

52 YEAR OLD RICHARD GONZALES BECAME THE 3RD CALTRANS WORKER KILLED ON THE JOB IN THE LAST 7 WEEKS, THE DEADLIEST SPAN EVER IN CALTRANS HISOTRY. ALL 3 HAVE DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED IN THE SAN DIEGO DISTRICT.

SUSPECT AND DEPUTIES INJURED IN ARREST JKB 6/21/11

· AN ALAMEDA MAN WHO RODE A BUS TO UKIAH TO CONFRONT A FORMER GIRLFRIEND WAS ARRESTED AFTER ATTACKING A CAR AND TWO POLICE OFFICERS ON SATURDAY.

29 YEAR OLD DAVINDER KUMAR SHATTERED A SIDE WINDOW OF A CAR THAT HIS 18 YEAR OLD FORMER GIRLFRIEND WAS SITTING IN AND FLED THE SCENE. HE ALSO APPARENTLY ATTEMPTED TO GAIN ENTRY INTO A HOME WHILE TRYING TO AVOID POLICE. HE EVENTUALLY RETURNED TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME AND PUT UP A FIGHT WHILE BEING ARRESTED. TWO DEPUTIES SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES DURING THE ARREST, WHILE KUMAR SUFFERED A BRIEF BOUT OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS. ALL 3 WERE TREATED AT THE UKIAH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER AND RELEASED. THE DEPUTIES RETURNED TO WORK. KUMAR WENT TO JAIL.

HUMBOLDT STATE STUDENT MISSING IN RIVER JKIB 6/21/11

· A HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT IS MISSING AFTER BEING SWEPT DOWN THE TRINITY RIVER NEAR HOOPA ON SUNDAY.

21 YEAR OLD JIAN KANG OF CHINA LOST HIS BALANCE WHILE WADING IN THE RIVER NEAR THE TISH TANG CREEK CAMPGROUND LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HE HAD NOT BEEN LOCATED AFTER NEARLY TWO FULL DAYS OF SEARCHING. OFFICIALS SAY THE RIVER IS RUNNING ABOUT 3 TIMES HIGHER THAN AVERAGE BECAUSE OF THE RECENT SNOW MELT.