Playlist 8/30/12

CALVIN HARRIS W/NE-YO-LET’S GO

CHER LLOYD-WANT U BACK

DAVID GUETTA W/SIA-TITANIUM

DEMI LOVATO-GIVE YOUR HEART A BREAK

FLO RIDA-WHISTLE

PINK-BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS)

ALEX CLARE-TOO CLOSE

CHRIS BROWN-DON’T WAKE ME UP

FUN.-SOME NIGHTS

JASON MRAZ-I WON’T GIVE UP

JUSTIN BIEBER W/BIG SEAN-AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME

KELLY CLARKSON-DARK SIDE

MAROON 5-ONE MORE NIGHT

NEON TREES-EVERYBODY TALKS

NICKI MINAJ-POUND THE ALARM

NO DOUBT-SETTLE DOWN

OLLY MURS W/CHIDDY BANG-HEART SKIPS A BEAT

OWL CITY W/CARLY RAE JEPSON-GOOD TIME

TAYLOR SWIFT-WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER

WANTED (THE)-CHASING THE SUN

CONOR MAYNARD-VEGAS GIRL

DAVID GUETTA W/CHRIS BROWN & LIL WAYNE-I CAN ONLY IMAGINE

KARMIN-HELLO

LINKIN PARK-BURN IT DOWN

MATCHBOX TWENTY-SHE’S SO MEAN

PITBULL W/SHAKIRA-GET IT STARTED

TRAIN-50 WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE

AFROJACK & SHERMANOLOGY-CAN’T STOP ME

AUSTIN MAHONE-SAY SOMETHIN

BIG TIME RUSH-WINDOWS DOWN

CHRIS WALLACE-REMEMBER WHEN (PUSH REWIND)

ED SHEERAN-THE A TEAM

MARINA & THE DIAMONDS-PRIMADONNA

NE-YO-LET ME LOVE YOU (UNTIL YOU LEARN TO

PHILLIP PHILLIPS-HOME

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News 8/31/12

NORTH PASS FIRE EVACUATION ORDER PARTIALY LIFTED JH 08/31/12

A PARTIAL LIFTING OF THE EVACUATION ORDER FOR THE NORTH PASS FIRE AREA HAS BEEN ISSUED.

EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN LIFTED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

INDIAN DICK ROAD UP TO BOARDMAN CAMP IS OPEN. ALL POINTS NORTH ALONG THAT ROAD REMAIN CLOSED.

MENDOCINO PASS ROAD FROM THE EEL RIVER WORK STATION / BLACK BUTTE RANCH UP TO BENCHMARK 2444, OR THE SECOND DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE TO BAUER SUBDIVISION. ALL AREAS EAST OF THE INTERSECTION TO FOREST ROAD M4 REMAIN CLOSED AND WITHIN THE EVACUATION ORDER.

ONLY RESIDENTS IN POSSESSION OF A VALID ID WITH A LOCAL ADDRESS WILL BE ALLOWED INTO OPEN AREAS.

RESIDENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO DRIVE ON THE ROADS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7 AM AND 8 PM.

News 8/31/12

NORTH PASS FIRE UPDATE 1 JH 08/31/12

THE NORTH PASS FIRE THAT, STARTED NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO BY LIGHTNING STRIKE JUST 10 MILES OUTSIDE OF COVELO, CONTINUES TO RAGE, BUT FIREFIGHTERS ARE MAKING PROGRESS.

THE BLAZE HAS CONSUMED MORE THAN 34, 000 ACRES AS OF LAST NIGHT, AND IS 37% CONTAINED. OVER TWO THOUSAND FIREFIGHTERS ARE PUTTING OUT HOT SPOTS AND STRENGTHENING CONTROL LINES IN THE RUGGED MOUNTAIN TERRAIN. THE FIRE HAS DESTROYED 11 STRUCTURES, AND DOZENS MORE ARE STILL THREATENED. FIVE INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO FAR.

MAN SHOOTS AT UTILITY WORKERS JH 08/31/12

A LAKE COUNTY MAN SHOT AT UTILITY WORKERS INSTALLING EQUIPMENT AT HIS HOME.

TWO MEN WORKING FOR NORTH COAST ENERGY SERVICES HAD CALLED 64 YEAR OLD DENNIS LEROY CATO ON TUESDAY TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR WEDNESDAY TO INSTALL ENERGY EFFICIENT UTILITIES AT HIS HOME. THEY ARRIVED AT THE SCHEDULED TIME AND BEGAN WORK. JUST AS THEY WERE FINISHING UP, CATO EMERGED FROM THE HOME, APPEARING TO BE INTOXICATED, AND TOLD THE MEN HE WAS GOING TO SHOOT THEM. THEY BEGAN PACKING UP TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY. BEFORE THEY COULD FINISH, CATO CAME BACK OUTSIDE WITH A HANDGUN AND OPENED FIRE HITTING THEIR TRUCK AT LEAST TWICE. THE TWO WORKERS RAN AND TOOK REFUGE AT A NEARBY RESIDENCE WHILE CONTACTING THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT. DEPUTIES DETAINED CATO WITHOUT INCIDENT. HE WAS ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SEVERAL OTHER CHARGES.

POPEYE THE MUSSEL SNIFFING DOG JH 08/31/12

IF YOUR BOATING AT LAKE MENDOCINO OVER THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND, YOU WILL NEED TO PASS BY POPEYE THE MUSSEL SNIFFING DOG.

POPEYE WILL BE RANDOMLY INSPECTING BOATS BETWEEN 8 AM AND 1 PM THIS WEEKEND. IF A MUSSEL IS FOUND ON A BOAT, THE BOAT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO LAUNCH AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME WILL BE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED, ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS. THE INSPECTION PROGRAM IS TO HELP PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INVASIVE QUAGGA AND ZEBRA MUSSELS FROM INFESTING NORTH COAST WATERWAYS. POPEYE WILL BE AT THE LAKE MENDOCINO NORTH RAMP ON SUNDAY, AND AT THE SOUTH RAMP ON MONDAY.

CHP URGES DRIVING SAFETY JH 08/31/12

DURING THIS HEAVILY TRAVELED LABOR DAY WEEKEND, CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS WILL BE OUT IN FORCE.

THEY WILL BE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE ROADS DURING THIS MAXIMUM ENFORCEMENT PERIOD. ALL AVAILABLE OFFICERS WILL BE ON PATROL CRACKING DOWN ON IMPAIRED DRIVERS, SPEEDERS, AND THOSE WHO ARE A DANGER TO THEMSELVES AND OTHERS. THE MAXIMUM ENFORCEMENT PERIOD BEGINS TODAY AT 6PM AND RUNS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT.

GOVERNOR BROWN PENSION PLAN JH 08/31/12

GOVERNOR BROWNS PENSION REFORM AGREEMENT WILL LIKELY HAVE AN IMPACT ON LOCAL WORKERS.

THE AGREEMENT WILL SAVE TAX PAYERS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY CAPPING BENEFITS, INCREASING THE RETIREMENT AGE AND MORE. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, THE PLAN WILL NOT JUST AFFECT STATE WORKERS, BUT FUTURE MUNICIPAL WORKERS AS WELL. OFFICIALS SAY THE CHANGES WILL AFFECT LOCAL MISCELLANEOUS EMPLOYEES AND LOCAL FIRE AND POLICE EMPLOYEES, AS BOTH THE RETIREMENT AGES AND FORMULAS WILL UNILATERALLY ROLL BACK.

NORTH PASS FIRE BASE CAMP JH 08/31/12

CAL FIRE IS OFFERING A TOUR OF THE BASE CAMP FOR THE NORTH PASS FIRE.

THE TOUR WILL BE TODAY AT2 PM, GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THIS FIRE, THAT HAS AFFECTED FOR THAN 1800 PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. TO ATTEND, MEET AT THE HIDDEN OAKS PARKING LOT OFF HIGHWAY 162. CAL FIRE ASKS THAT YOU AVOID PARKING IN THE CASINO PARKING AREA. THEY RECOMMEND YOU WEAR COMFORTABLE WALKING SHOES.

AIR QUALITY ALERT JH 08/31/12

AN AIR QUALITY ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COVELO / ROUND VALLEY AREA AND INLAND MENDOCINO COUNTY.

SMOKE IS LIKELY TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES DUE TO THE WILDFIRES. IT IS ADVISED THAT ALL RESIDENTS DECREASE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND STAY INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. SENSITIVE INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL.

NORTH PASS FIRE UPDATE 2 JH 08/31/12

THE NORTH PASS FIRE, THAT STARTED NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO BY LIGHTNING STRIKE, DESTROYED ANOTHER RESIDENCE OVERNIGHT

THAT BRINGS THE DESTRUCTION TOTAL TO 5 RESIDENCES AND 7 OUTBUILDINGS, WHILE DOZENS MORE STRUCTURES REMAIN THREATENED. THE BLAZE HAS CONSUMED MORE THAN 34, 000 ACRES AS OF THIS MORNING, AND IS 37% CONTAINED. TWO MORE INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SINCE YESTERDAY, BRINGING THE TOTAL INJURIES TO SEVEN. THOUGH THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AND FIRE AGENCIES CONSIDERED RESENDING THE EVACUATION ORDERS IN THE AREA YESTERDAY, THE MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS REMAIN IN PLACE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EVACUATION ORDERS, VISIT MENDOCINO SHERIFF DOT COM.

REMEMBERING DOUG ROSOFF JH 08/31/12

MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE GATHERED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE INTERSECTION OF EAST GOBBI STREET AND SOUTH ORCHARD AVENUE, TO HONOR DOUG ROSOFF.

ROSOFF WAS KILLED AT THE INTERSECTION LAST FRIDAY, AFTER BEING HIT BY A DUMP TRUCK ON ITS WAY THE MCDONALDS CONSTRUCTION SITE. YESTERDAYS MEMORIAL WAS ORGANIZED IN PART BY A GROUP CALLED WALK AND BIKE MENDOCINO. PEOPLE STOOD ON ALL FOUR CORNERS OF THE INTERSECTION, MANY HOLDING SIGNS THE SIMPLY SAID REMEMBER DOUG. MUCH OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE RODE BICYCLES AND WALKED TO THE EVENT. SEVERAL ADDED FLOWERS TO THE GROWING COLLECTION NEAR A WHITE BICYCLE FRAME CHAINED TO A TREE AT THE CORNER, JUST FEET FROM WHERE ROSOFF DIED.

News 8/30/12

NORTH PASS FIRE UPDATE 1 JH 08/30/12

THE NORTH PASS FIRE RAGES ON AS CAL FIRE ROLLS CONTAINMENT BACK.

THE FIRE THAT STARTED BY LIGHTNING STRIKE NEARLY ON AUGUST 18 HAS CONSUMED MORE THAN 30,000 ACRES AS OF LAST NIGHT, AND IS 28% CONTAINED. FOUR RESIDENCES AND 7 OUTBUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED, AND DOZENS MORE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS ARE STILL THREATENED. MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS ARE IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL AREAS OUTSIDE OF COVELO. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EVACUATION ORDER, VISIT MENDOCINO SHERIFF DOT COM.

IVAN OLIVER SENTENCED JH 08/30/12

A LAKE COUNTY MAN WHO KILLED A NEIGHBOR HE MISTOOK FOR A CHILD MOLESTER, WAS SENTENCED YESTERDAY.

34 YEAR OLD IVAN OLIVER WAS CONVICTED TWO WEEKS AGO OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER FOR STABBING MICHAEL DODELE 65 TIMES AT A LAKEPORT MOBILE HOME PARK. OLIVER WAS SENTENCED TO 32 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON.

PRELIMINARY HEARING SET IN MURDER CASE JH 08/30/12

THE CASE AGAINST A NICE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A WOMAN DURING A ROBBERY ATTEMPT IN LUCERNE LAST YEAR IS SET FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING.

51 YEAR OLD DANIEL RAY LOYD FACES MURDER AND FIVE OTHER FELONY CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING 48 YEAR OLD CINDY YVETTE QUIETT LAST SEPTEMBER. THE PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 15 AT THE LAKE COUNTY COURT HOUSE.

80 POT PLANTS SEIZED FROM UKIAH HOME JH 08/30/12

A SEARCH WARRANT LED TO TWO ARRESTS AND SEIZURE OF MARIJUANA PLANTS IN UKIAH.

UKIAH POLICE SERVED THE SEARCH WARRANT AT THE RESIDENCE OF 39 YEAR OLD JESUS MARTINEZ, IN THE 600 BLOCK OF WALNUT AVENUE MONDAY MORNING. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THEY FOUND MORE THAN 80 GROWING MARIJUANA PLANTS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE, AS WELL AS ITEMS USED TO PACKAGE POT. MARTINEZ WAS ARRESTED WHILE DRIVING NEAR HIS RESIDENCE. 18 YEAR OLD ANGELA DELACRUZ, WHO WAS AT THE RESIDENCE WAS ALSO ARRESTED. BOTH WERE BOOKED INTO MENDOCINO COUNTY JAIL.

WOMAN HOSPITALIZED AFTER HIGHWAY 101 CRASH JH 08/30/12

A EUREKA WOMAN REMAINED IN SERIOUS CONDITION YESTERDAY, JUST TWO DAYS AFTER SHE CAREENED OVER THE SIDE OF HIGHWAY 101 AND HIT TWO TREES.

76 YEAR OLD JEANETTE CAREY LOST CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE NEAR STEEL ROAD AS SHE TRAVELED NORTH, ON MONDAY. SHE WAS AIRLIFTED TO SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, DRUGS AND ALCOHOL DID NOT APPEAR TO BE A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.

CHARGES FILED IN TRIPLE-FATAL CRASH JH 08/30/12

THE LAKE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST A HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE MAN, CHARGING HIM WITH FIVE MISDEMEANORS IN CONNECTION WITH A TRIPLE-FATAL CRASH IN JANUARY.

50 YEAR OLD MICHAEL JAMES WRIGHT LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY 29, AND SKIDDED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC HITTING AN SUV. WRIGHT IS CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF GROSS VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER FOR THE DEATHS OF HIS PASSENGERS. HE ALSO FACES TWO COUNTS OF RECKLESS DRIVING CAUSING SPECIFIC INJURY, RELATED TO THE PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLE HE HIT. THE DAS OFFICE SAID THE TWO SIDES ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS AND IF THE CASE DOES NOT RESOLVE, THE DA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO FILE FELONY CHARGES. WRIGHT IS SCHEDULED TO BE ARRAIGNED ON SEPTEMBER 11TH.

EVACUATION ORDER MAY BE LIFTED JH 08/30/12

THE MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE IS ANTICIPATING A PARTIAL LIFTING OF THE MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER RELATED TO THE NORTH PASS FIRE EAST OF COVELO.

FIRE MANAGEMENT AND SHERIFFS OFFICE PERSONNEL WILL EVALUATE THE FIRE PATTERN AND CONDUCT ANOTHER RISK ASSESSMENT TODAY. THIS WOULD ALLOW LOCAL RESIDENTS, AFTER BEING VERIFIED AS OWNING PROPERTY OR RESIDING ON BLANDS COVE ROAD, INDIAN DICK ROAD, AND MENDOCINO PASS ROAD, ACCESS TO THEIR RESIDENCE AND PROPERTY. IF THE RETRACTION IS ORDERED, THESE ROADS WILL REMAIN CLOSED TO NON-RESIDENTS. ONLY LOCAL LANDOWNERS AND FIREFIGHTING PERSONNEL WILL BE ALLOWED ACCESS. ANYONE WITH QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS POSSIBLE ACTION CAN CONTACT THE MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE AT 463-6536.

NORTH PASS FIRE UPDATE 2 JH 08/30/12

THE NORTH PASS FIRE RAGES ON AND BURNED SEVERAL THOUSAND ACRES OVERNIGHT.

THE FIRE THAT STARTED BY LIGHTNING STRIKE ON AUGUST 18 HAS CONSUMED MORE THAN 34,000 ACRES AS OF THIS MORNING, AND IS 28% CONTAINED. FOUR RESIDENCES AND 7 OUTBUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED, AND DOZENS MORE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS ARE STILL THREATENED. FIVE INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO FAR. MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS ARE IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL AREAS OUTSIDE OF COVELO. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EVACUATION ORDER, VISIT MENDOCINO SHERIFF DOT COM.

GOVERNOR HONORED LOCAL SOLDIER WHO DIED IN SERVICE JH 08/30/12

GOVERNOR BROWN AND FIRST LADY ANNE BROWN, YESTERDAY HONORED KELSEYVILLES SGT RICHARD ESSEX, WHO BRAVELY GAVE HIS LIFE IN SERVICE TO OUR STATE AND NATION.

IN MEMORIAL, GOVERNOR BROWN ORDERED THAT FLAGS BE FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF OVER THE STATE CAPITOL YESTERDAY. ESSEXS FAMILY WILL RECEIVE A LETTER OF CONDOLENCE FROM THE GOVERNOR.

MEMORIAL FOR ROSOFF JH 08/30/12

A MEMORIAL FOR DR ROSOFF IS PLANNED FOR THIS EVENING.

DOUG ROSOFF, WAS KILLED LAST FRIDAY AFTER BEING HIT BY A DUMP TRUCK WHILE RIDING HIS BICYCLE NEAR THE CORNER OF ORCHARD AVENUE AND GOBBI STREET IN UKIAH. MEMBERS OF THE GROUP WALK AND BIKE MENDOCINO HAVE PLANNED TONIGHTS GATHERING. ANYONE WISHING TO ATTEND IS ASKED TO STAND AT ANY OF THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE INTERSECTION AT 5:30 PM AND HOLD UP A SIGN SAYING REMEMBER DOUG. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, AND ANY NEW INFORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED UNTIL NEXT WEEK AT THE EARLIEST.

KELSEYVILLE HIGH GRAD IS RESERVE WORLD CHAMPION JH 08/30/12

A KELSEYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE IS A WORLD CHAMPION.

MARY BROWN, A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 2012, NOW ATTENDING BAYLOR UNIVERSITY IN TEXAS ON AN EQUESTRIAN SCHOLARSHIP, RECEIVED THE HONOR EARLIER THIS MONTH. BROWN SECURED THE RESERVE WORLD CHAMPION HONORS AT THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE YOUTH ASSOCIATION WESTERN HORSEMANSHIP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

News 8/29/12

NORTH PASS FIRE UPDATE 1 JH 08/29/12

THE NORTH PASS FIRE DESTROYED SEVERAL HOMES THIS WEEK AS IT CONTINUES TO SPREAD NORTH TOWARD THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE EEL RIVER.

CAL FIRE HAS ADJUSTED THE ESTIMATED ACREAGE CONSUMED BY THE FIRE TO 32,675, WITH 35% CONTAINMENT AS OF LAST NIGHT. FOUR HOMES, SEVEN BUILDINGS AND A FIRE ENGINE WERE DESTROYED, WITH ABOUT 74 HOMES, 77 OUTBUILDINGS AND FIVE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES STILL THREATENED. THREE INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. A MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER IS STILL IN PLACE FOR MULTIPLE AREAS OUTSIDE OF COVELO. FOR DETAILS ON THE EVACUATION ORDER, GO TO MENDOCINO SHERIFF DOT COM.

POINT ARENA BANK ROBBERS ARRAIGNED JH 08/29/12

SUSPECTS IN THE POINT ARENA BANK ROBBERY WERE ARRAIGNED MONDAY.

FREDRICK JOSEPH ORLANDOS BAIL WAS SET AT $1.125 MILLION DOLLARS, AND RAYMON JESUS OJEDAS BAIL WAS SET AT $100,000 DOLLARS. ORLANDOS BAIL IS SO MUCH HIGHER BECAUSE HE NOT ONLY USED A FIREARM DURING THE ROBBERY, BUT HE HAS A HISTORY WITH AT LEAST THREE OTHER BANK ROBBERIES AND A PRIOR RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY. ORLANDO FACES UP TO 45 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON IF CONVICTED, AND OJEDA FACES 6 YEARS. THE PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SET FOR SEPTEMBER 7.

MOTORCYCLIST INJURED IN CRASH ON HIGHWAY 101 JH 08/29/12

A MOTORCYCLIST SUFFERED MODERATE INJURIES FOLLOWING A COLLISION ON THE GREEN BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 101 SOUTH OF HOPLAND ON MONDAY.

ACCORDING TO CHP, A MOTOR HOME, DRIVEN BY 45 YEAR OLD DAVID ADDINGTON OF SAN FRANCISCO, LOST A CARGO DOOR WHILE CROSSING THE BRIDGE. A TRUCK, DRIVEN BY 27 YEAR OLD WESLEY GARSIDE OF ESCALON HIT THE DOOR, WHICH CAUSED THE TRUCKS FUEL TANK TO LEAK, UNBEKNOWNST TO GARSIDE. BOTH DRIVERS PULLED OVER, AND GARSIDE LET ADDINGTON INTO THE TRUCK TO GO RETRIEVE THE DOOR. AS THE TRUCK SLOWED DOWN ON THE BRIDGE TO REMOVE THE DOOR FROM THE ROADWAY, 45 YEAR OLD ROBERT HERNANDEZ, DRIVING A VAN, SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 20 MPH WHEN HE SAW THE LEAKING FUEL TANK ON THE TRUCK AHEAD OF HIM. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, A MOTORCYCLE, RIDDEN BY 58 YEAR OLD RICKY JAMES OF TULSA OKLAHOMA DID NOT SLOW AND REAR ENDED THE VAN. JAMES WAS TAKEN TO UKIAH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER.

TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO DRUG BUST JH 08/29/12

A TRAFFIC STOP IN GUALALA LED TO A DRUG BUST.

MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES PULLED OVER 72 YEAR OLD JOHN CULLEN IN A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP. THE DEPUTY NOTICED THE ODOR OF MARIJUANA AND SEARCHED THE VEHICLE, REVEALING APPROXIMATELY 27 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE, 5 GRAMS OF POT, SCALES AND OTHER ITEMS USED IN PACKAGING METH FOR SALE. CULLEN WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE DRIVING WITHOUT A VALID LICENSE. HE WAS ARRESTED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE MENDOCINO COUNTY JAIL.

THIRD FATALITY IDENTIFIED JH 08/29/12

THE THIRD PERSON WHO DIED IN A CRASH ON HIGHWAY 101 LAST THURSDAY, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.

THE VICTIM WAS 29 YEAR OLD JOSE GUADALUPE SOLORIO-LEON OF UKIAH. THE CRASH ALSO KILLED THE VEHICLES DRIVER, 35 YEAR OLD MIREYA AYALA OF UKIAH, AND HER 1 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER KAREN AYALA. HER OTHER DAUGHTER, 4 YEAR OLD JASMIN AYALA, WAS INJURED. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED, WHEN AYALA, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS CROSSED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC SOUTH OF HOPLAND, AND WAS BROADSIDED BY AN SUV. THE THREE PEOPLE IN THE SUV RECEIVED MODERATE INJURIES.

SHOOTING SUSPECT LINKED TO HOME INVASION JH 08/29/12

A CLEARLAKE POLICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION INTO AN ALLEGED HOME INVASION ROBBERY LAST WEEK HAS LINKED THE CRIME TO A MIDDLETOWN MAN ARRESTED OVER THE WEEKEND FOR A SHOOTING.

ACCORDING TO POLICE, 33 YEAR OLD JOHN CHESTER COOK WAS IDENTIFIED BY A WITNESS, AS A SUSPECT IN THE HOME INVASION, JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE COOK ALLEGEDLY SHOT A KELSEYVILLE MAN IN THE STOMACH DURING AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. POLICE ALSO ARRESTED 23 YEAR OLD JOHN WILLIAM BROTT OF CLEARLAKE FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE ROBBERY. BROTT AND COOK ALLEGEDLY BEAT 63 YEAR OLD PAUL NORSON WITH A HANDGUN, THEN RANSACKED HIS RESIDENCE STEALING TWO GUITARS, A WALLET AND CELL PHONE. POLICE ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS CASE TO CONTACT DETECTIVE ALVARADO AT 994-8251.

TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO POT BUST JH 08/29/12

MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES PULLED A VEHICLE OVER FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATION, AND FOUND MARIJUANA.

THE TRAFFIC STOP WAS IN THE AREA OF NORTH HIGHWAY 101 AND BELL SPRINGS ROAD. THE DEPUTY NOTICED THE STRONG ODOR OF MARIJUANA COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. WHEN QUESTIONED, THE DRIVER, 37 YEAR OLD ANTHONY PURDY OF CHICO SAID HE HAD A LEGAL RIGHT TO POSSES THE POT, BUT COULDNT PROVIDE ANY PROOF. HE VOLUNTARILY HANDED OVER 3 GRAMS OF POT TO THE DEPUTY. A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE REVEALED AN ADDITIONAL 108 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA AND $4800 DOLLARS IN CASH. PURDY WAS ARRESTED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE MENDOCINO COUNTY JAIL.

NORTH PASS FIRE UPDATE 2 JH 08/29/12

THE NORTH PASS FIRE CONTINUES TO BURN, BUT MADE NO NEW PROGRESS OVERNIGHT.

CAL FIRE HAS ADJUSTED THE ESTIMATED ACREAGE CONSUMED BY THE FIRE TO 32,675, WITH 35% CONTAINMENT AS OF THIS MORNING. FOUR HOMES, SEVEN BUILDINGS AND A FIRE ENGINE HAVE BEEN DESTROYED, WITH ABOUT 64 HOMES, 65 OUTBUILDINGS AND FIVE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES STILL THREATENED. THREE INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO FAR. A MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER IS STILL IN PLACE FOR MULTIPLE AREAS OUTSIDE OF COVELO. FOR DETAILS ON THE EVACUATION ORDER, GO TO MENDOCINO SHERIFF DOT COM.

COUNCIL MEMBERS APPOINTED TO NEW TERMS JH 08/29/12

AT A SPECIAL MEETING, THE UKIAH CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO APPOINT VICE MAYOR DOUG CRANE AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARI RODIN TO NEW TERMS RATHER THAN HOLD AN ELECTION WITH NO CHALLENGERS.

CITY TREASURER R. ALLEN CARTER WAS ALSO APPOINTED TO ANOTHER TERM SINCE HE HAD NO CHALLENGERS EITHER.

RESORT GETS MAKEOVER AND STARS ON TV JH 08/29/12

A HISTORIC RESORT ONCE OWNED BY BEATLES SPIRITUAL LEADER MAHARESHI IS NOT ONLY RE-OPENING, BUT ALSO STARRING ON TV.

HOBERGS CLUB RESORT PROGRESS WILL BE CHRONICLED ON EXTREME RESORT MAKEOVER, A REALITY TELEVISION SHOW. THE RESORT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN THE LATE 1800S AND WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST PRIVATE RESORTS IN THE STATE UNTIL IT WAS SOLD BY THE HOBERGS TO THE MAHARESHI IN THE 1970S. IT WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION CENTER FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS UNTIL ITS SALE TO THE CURRENT OWNERS. COBB MOUNTAIN DAYS WILL SERVE AS A SOFT OPENING WITH SHOWS IN HOBERGS MUSIC HALL STARTING ON SEPTEMBER 14.

News 8/28/12

NORTH PASS FIRE UPDATE 1 JH 08/28/12

THE NORTH PASS FIRE CONTINUES TO BURN AS FIREFIGHTERS HAVE IT ABOUT ONE THIRD CONTAINED.

THE FIRE THAT WAS STARTED BY LIGHTNING ON AUGUST 18 HAS CONSUMED 31,656 ACRES AS OF LAST NIGHT, AND IS 34% CONTAINED. THE FIRE STILL THREATENS DOZENS OF RESIDENCES AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, AND HAS DESTROYED AT LEAST ONE HOME SO FAR. A MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER REMAINS IN PLACE FOR THE AREA OF INDIAN DICK ROAD, MENDOCINO PASS ROAD, AND BLANDS COVE ROAD. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EVACUATION ORDER, VISIT THE K-WINE NEWS FACEBOOK PAGE, OR GO TO MENDOCINO SHERIFF DOT COM.

HITCHHIKER GETS SHOT JH 08/28/12

A KELSEYVILLE MAN WAS SHOT WHILE HITCHHIKING ON HIGHWAY 175.

THE VICTIM WAS NEAR WILDCAT ROAD WHEN HE GOT A RIDE FROM THREE MEN. THEY DROVE HIM TO AN AREA ON DIAMOND DUST ROAD, WHERE ONE OF THEM DEMANDED THE VICTIMS MARIJUANA AND OTHER POSSESSIONS. A STRUGGLE ENSUED OUT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, DURING WHICH ONE MAN PULLED A HANDGUN AND SHOT THE HITCHHIKER IN THE ABDOMEN. HE WAS ABLE TO GET TO HIS RESIDENCE AND CONTACT HIS ROOMMATE, WHO DROVE HIM TO SUTTER LAKESIDE HOSPITAL. DURING THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION DEPUTIES IDENTIFIED 33 YEAR OLD JOHN CHESTER COOK OF MIDDLETOWN AS THE SHOOTER. COOK WAS ARRESTED AND THE FIREARM BELIEVED TO BE USED WAS RECOVERED. COOK WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAKE COUNTY HILL ROAD CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.

VICTIMS IN SUV CRASH IDENTIFIED JH 08/28/12

CHP OFFICIALS RELEASED THE NAMES OF TWO OF THE PEOPLE FOUND DEAD LAST WEEK IN A CRASHED SUV NEAR LEGGETT.

THE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 55 YEAR OLD CINDY ANN LANE OF LAYTONVILLE, AND 38 YEAR OLD PHILLIP RANDALL MANUS OF LEGGETT. THE THIRD VICTIM WILL REQUIRE DNA TESTING TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY HIM. THE THREE WERE LAST SEEN AUGUST 4TH OR 5TH, WHEN THEY REPORTEDLY LEFT GARBERVILLE FOR LEGGETT. THEY NEVER ARRIVE, AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY REPORTED THEM MISSING AND LAUNCHED A SEARCH. THEY WERE FOUND AUGUST 21 IN A WRECKED SUV DOWN AN EMBANKMENT NEAR CONFUSION HILL.

TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO DRUG BUST JH 08/28/12

A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT STOP TURNED INTO A DRUG BUST.

DEPUTIES PULLED OVER A VEHICLE FOR A CODE VIOLATION ON SIMPSON LANE IN FORT BRAGG, SUNDAY MORNING. DEPUTIES IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER APPEARED TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. AN ON SITE EVALUATION RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF 22 YEAR OLD EVAN RUCZACK, AND 19 YEAR OLD BRITNEE HEMINGWAY. A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE REVEALED 4 BINDLES OF THE PSYCHEDELIC DRUG DMT. RUCZAK WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE. BOTH RUCZAK AND HEMINGWAY WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE MENDOCINO COUNTY JAIL.

PICKUP CRASHES INTO POWER POLE JH 08/28/12

A PICKUP TRUCK CRASHED INTO A POWER POLE ON HIGHWAY 20 YESTERDAY MORNING.

THE CRASH OCCURRED ABOUT SIX MILES EAST OF FORT BRAGG, CAUSING A TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE DRIVER SUFFERED ONLY MINOR INJURIES.

UPD INVESTIGATES BICYCLE ACCIDENT JH 08/28/12

THE DUMP TRUCK THAT HIT AND KILLED DR DOUG ROSOFF FRIDAY MORNING HAS BEEN IMPOUNDED, BUT INVESTIGATORS HAVE YET TO DETERMINE WHO WAS AT FAULT IN THE ACCIDENT.

THE TRUCK WAS TURNING ONTO SOUTH ORCHARD AVENUE FROM GOBBI STREET, ON ITS WAY TO THE MCDONALDS DEMOLITION, WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH ROSOFF ON HIS BICYCLE. AUTHORITIES SAID THAT DRUGS AND ALCOHOL DID NOT APPEAR TO BE A FACTOR. THE INVESTIGATION WILL LIKELY TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS TO COMPLETE. MULTIPLE WITNESSES HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED, AND THE UKIAH POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING THAT ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE SEEN THE INCIDENT OR HAS INFORMATION ABOUT IT CALL 463-6262.

LAKE COUNTY EMERGENCY DECLARATION JH 08/28/12

THE LAKE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OFFICIALLY DECLARED A COUNTYWIDE EMERGENCY LAST WEEK, IN RESPONSE TO THE WYE AND WALKER FIRES.

THE COUNTYS STATE SENATOR ASKED THE GOVERNOR FOR A SIMILAR DECLARATION ALTHOUGH THE COUNTY MAY NOT QUALIFY BASED ON FINAL DAMAGE ESTIMATES. HOWEVER, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL BIG FIRES AROUND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT HAVE DESTROYED DOZENS OF HOMES, GOVERNOR BROWN COULD MAKE A REGIONAL DECLARATION NAMING ELIGIBLE COUNTIES, THAT COULD INCLUDE LAKE. IF THE COUNTY HAS A WET WINTER AND SUFFERS EROSION AND SLIDES IN THE FIRE AREA, THAT COULD BE ADDED TO THE FIRE DAMAGE TOTALS, AND COULD ALSO QUALIFY THE COUNTY FOR STATE ASSISTANCE.

NORTH PASS FIRE UPDATE 2 JH 08/28/12

THE NORTH PASS FIRE BURNED ALMOST 4,000 ACRES SINCE YESTERDAY EVENING, AS FIREFIGHTERS HAVE IT ABOUT ONE THIRD CONTAINED.

THE FIRE THAT WAS STARTED BY LIGHTNING ON AUGUST 18 HAS CONSUMED 35,270 ACRES AS OF THIS MORNING, AND IS 32% CONTAINED. THE FIRE STILL THREATENS DOZENS OF RESIDENCES AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, AND HAS DESTROYED AT LEAST ONE HOME SO FAR. A MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER REMAINS IN PLACE FOR THE AREA OF INDIAN DICK ROAD, MENDOCINO PASS ROAD, AND BLANDS COVE ROAD. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EVACUATION ORDER, VISIT THE K-WINE NEWS FACEBOOK PAGE, OR GO TO MENDOCINO SHERIFF DOT COM.

HIGHWAY 299 REOPENS JH 08/28/12

HIGHWAY 299 HAS REOPENED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

THE HIGHWAY HAD BEEN CLOSED NEAR DEL LOMA IN TRINITY COUNTY, DUE TO FIRE ACTIVITY. FOR THE MOST CURRENT ROAD INFORMATION ON ALL STATE HIGHWAYS, CALL 1-800-GAS-ROAD, OR VISIT WWW.DOT.CA.GOV.

News 8/27/12

FATAL BICYCLE ACCIDENT JH 08/27/12

A BICYCLIST WAS KILLED AFTER BEING HIT BY A TRUCK FRIDAY MORNING IN UKIAH.

56 YEAR OLD DR. DOUG ROSOFF WAS RIDING HIS BICYCLE SOUTH ON ORCHARD AVENUE, WHEN A DUMP TRUCK HEADING WEST ON GOBBI TURNED ONTO SOUTH ORCHARD, ON ITS WAY TO THE MCDONALDS CONSTRUCTION SITE, ACCIDENTALLY HITTING ROSOFF. DR. ROSOFF DIED AT THE SCENE. THE ACCIDENT IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION.

News 8/27/12

NORTH PASS FIRE UPDATE JH 08/27/12

THE NORTH PASS FIRE RAGES ON AND CONSUMED SEVERAL THOUSAND MORE ACRES OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE FIRE HAD GROWN TO JUST OVER 27,000 ACRES BY SUNDAY EVENING, AND IS 34% CONTAINED. THE BLAZE CONTINUES TO THREATEN 75 RESIDENCES, 5 COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND 80 OUTBUILDINGS. A FIRE ENGINE WAS ALSO SEVERELY DAMAGED ON SATURDAY. PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE FOUR MAN CREW ON THE ENGINE IS FINE. A MANDATORY EVACUATION IS STILL IN PLACE FOR THE AREAS OF INDIAN DICK ROAD, MENDOCINO PASS ROAD, AND BLANDS COVE ROAD. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EVACUATION ORDER, PLEASE VISIT THE K-WINE NEWS FACEBOOK PAGE OR GO TO MENDOCINO SHERIFF DOT COM.

CREDIT UNION ROBBERY JH 08/27/12

TWO SUSPECTS ARE IN CUSTODY FOR ROBBING THE REDWOOD CREDIT UNION IN POINT ARENA.

THE SUSPECTS, ONE ARMED WITH A REVOLVER, FLED WITH APPROXIMATELY $50,000 DOLLARS, AFTER DEMANDING THE EMPLOYEES EMPTY THEIR CASH DRAWERS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WITNESSES WERE ABLE TO NOTE THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER ON THE JEEP THE SUSPECTS FLED IN. A CHP OFFICER THEN OBSERVED THE JEEP ON FISH ROCK ROAD WHERE IT STOPPED MOMENTARILY, AND ONE SUSPECT, 39 YEAR OLD RAYMOND OJEDA GOT OUT, BEFORE THE VEHICLE CONTINUED ON. OJEDA WAS QUICKLY ARRESTED. SHERIFFS DEPUTIES THEN PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER A SHORT TIME LATER. AFTER A SHORT STAND OFF WITH THE OTHER SUSPECT, 55 YEAR OLD FRED ORLANDO, HE WAS DETAINED AND ARRESTED. A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE REVEALED THE GUN AND STOLEN CASH. BOTH OJEDA AND ORLANDO WERE BOOKED INTO MENDOCINO COUNTY JAIL.

UKIAH RESIDENTS DIE IN FATAL CRASH JH 08/27/12

AUTHORITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED TWO OF THE THREE PEOPLE WHO DIED IN A CRASH ON HIGHWAY 101 SOUTH OF HOPLAND.

THE DECEASED DRIVER WHO LOST CONTROL OF HER HONDA, CROSSED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND WAS BROADSIDED BY AN ONCOMING VEHICLE, WAS IDENTIFIED AS 35 YEAR OLD MIREYA AYALA OF UKIAH. SHE HAD THREE PASSENGERS, TWO OF WHOM DIED, INCLUDING HER ONE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, KAREN AYALA. ALSO IN THE HONDA WAS AN UNIDENTIFIED MALE AND A 4 YEAR OLD GIRL WHO WAS FLOWN TO SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WITH MAJOR INJURIES. IN THE TAHOE THAT BROADSIDED THE HONDA WAS DRIVER, 35 YEAR OLD TENNILLE REYES OF CLOVERDALE, AND HER CHILDREN, 8 YEAR OLD JOHN REYES AND 5 YEAR OLD SILVIA REYES. THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WERE TAKEN TO UKIAH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER AND THE 8 YEAR OLD BOY WAS FLOWN TO OAKLAND CHILDRENS HOSPITAL, ALL WITH MODERATE INJURIES.

POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE JH 08/27/12

THE FORT BRAGG POLICE RECEIVED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN ABOUT SUBJECTS LOITERING AND CAUSING PROBLEMS.

OFFICERS ON FOOT PATROL CONTACTED A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS ON NORTH FRANKLIN STREET. ONE SUBJECT, 19 YEAR OLD SEAN SCOTT BLANEY CONSENTED TO A SEARCH, THAT TURNED UP METHAMPHETAMINE, A MORPHINE PILL AND A PIPE. BLANEY WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO MENDOCINO COUNTY JAIL.

FIVE ARRESTED IN POT GROW JH 08/27/12

A SEARCH WARRANT LEADS TO FIVE ARRESTS, AND SEIZURE OF MARIJUANA, FIREARMS AND CASH.

LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS NARCOTICS TASK FORCE SERVED THE WARRANT AT THE RESIDENCE O 53 YEAR OLD RONALD JOSEPH WHITNEY ON HIGHWAY 29 IN MIDDLETOWN. TWO SUBJECTS RAN FROM THE PROPERTY AND FIVE OTHERS WERE DETAINED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THOSE DETAINED ARE, RONALD WHITNEY, 25 YEAR OLD AARON ALEXANDER OF LANCASTER PENNSYLVANIA, 30 YEAR OLD AUSTIN ALEXANDER OF MAUI HAWAII, ALONG WITH 25 YEAR OLD AARON WHITNEY, AND 38 YEAR OLD ERNEST COSSE, BOTH OF MIDDLETOWN. THE SEARCH TURNED UP APPROXIMATELY 198 MARIJUANA PLANTS, 20 POUNDS OF PROCESSED POT, CONCENTRATED CANNABIS, 3 FIREARMS, AND JUST OVER $53,000 DOLLARS IN CASH. ALL FIVE SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE LAKE COUNTY HILL ROAD CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.

CAR THEFT AND KIDNAPPING JH 08/27/12

A MAN STOLE AN SUV FROM THE FORT BRAGG CICLE K, THAT HAD A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL SLEEPING IN IT.

FORT BRAGG POLICE WERE RESPONDING TO THE CARJACKING OF THE GOLD SUV YESTERDAY MORNING WHEN OFFICERS SPOTTED THE STOLEN VEHICLE TRAVELING ON MAIN STREET AND GAVE PURSUIT, ENDING WITH IT CRASHING INTO A HEDGE. THE DRIVER, IDENTIFIED AS JESSE WAYNE BACON, ATTEMPTED TO FLEE BUT WAS APPREHENDED QUICKLY. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE 14-YEAR OLD WAS NOT WITH HIM, AND IT WAS DETERMINED SHE HAD BEEN DROPPED OFF NEAR MCDONALD’S SOON AFTER BACON DISCOVERED SHE WAS IN THE VEHICLE.

AFTER BACON’S ARREST, POLICE SAID THEY LINKED HIM TO SEVERAL CAR BURGLARIES THAT OCCURRED THE DAY BEFORE ON NORTH MAIN STREET. BACON WAS ARRESTED ON CHARGES THAT INCLUDED CARJACKING, VEHICLE THEFT, KIDNAPPING, POSSESSING OF STOLEN PROPERTY, AND VARIOUS NARCOTIC VIOLATIONS.

ROAD CLOSURE DUE TO FIRE JH 08/27/12

CALTRANS HAS ANNOUNCE THAT HIGHWAY 299 IS CLOSED DUE TO FIRE.

THE ROAD IS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS NEAR DEL LOMA IN TRINITY COUNTY, AND WILL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. FOR THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION ON ALL STATE HIGHWAYS, PLEASE CALL 1-800-GAS-ROAD, OR VISIT WWW.DOT.CA.GOV.

LAKE COUNTY BUDGET JH 08/27/12

THE LAKE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL HOLD A HEARING ON THE COUNTYS FINAL RECOMMENDED BUDGET IN A SPECIAL MEETING THIS WEEK.

AT A TIME WHEN MOST BUDGETS ARE BEING SLASHED, OFFICIALS SAID THIS BUDGET ALLOWS DEPARTMENTS TO MAINTAIN EXISTING SERVICE LEVELS AND WILL ENABLE THE COUNTY TO CONTINUE INVESTING IN SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR LAKE COUNTY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. THE MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 8:30 AM AT THE LAKE COUNTY COURT HOUSE.

NORTH PASS FIRE UPDATE 2 JH 08/27/12

THE NORTH PASS FIRE RAGES ON AND CONSUMED SEVERAL THOUSAND MORE ACRES OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE FIRE HAD GROWN TO JUST OVER 31,600 ACRES BY THIS MORNING, AND IS 32% CONTAINED. THE BLAZE CONTINUES TO THREATEN 75 RESIDENCES, 5 COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND 77 OUTBUILDINGS. A FIRE ENGINE WAS ALSO SEVERELY DAMAGED ON SATURDAY. PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE FOUR MAN CREW ON THE ENGINE IS FINE. A MANDATORY EVACUATION IS STILL IN PLACE FOR THE AREAS OF INDIAN DICK ROAD, MENDOCINO PASS ROAD, AND BLANDS COVE ROAD. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EVACUATION ORDER, PLEASE VISIT THE K-WINE NEWS FACEBOOK PAGE OR GO TO MENDOCINO SHERIFF DOT COM.

PROCESSION PLANNED FOR LOCAL SOLDIER KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN JH 08/27/12

THE BODY OF A YOUNG LOCAL SOLDIER KILLED EARLIER THIS MONTH IN AFGHANISTAN WILL RETURN HOME THIS WEEK.

23 YEAR OLD SGT. RICHARD ALLEN ESSEX OF KELSEYVILLE DIED ON AUGUST 16 IN A BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER CRASH. ESSEX WAS THE DOOR GUNNER ON THE HELICOPTER, AND DIED WITH 10 OTHERS, INCLUDING 6 OTHER MEMBERS OF THE US MILITARY. A PROCESSION IN HIS HONOR IS PLANNED THROUGH THE STREETS OF KELSEYVILLE AND LAKEPORT TOMORROW AT NOON. ON SATURDAY, A PUBLIC MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT KELSEYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AT 11 AM. THE FAMILY INVITES THE COMMUNITY TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE SGT ESSEX LIFE.

News 8/24/12

NORTH PASS FIRE UPDATE 1 JH 08/24/12

THE NORTH PASS FIRE CONTINUES TO BURN WITH FIREFIGHTER MAKING LITTLE PROGRESS.

OVER 1,000 FIREFIGHTERS, NEAR 100 ENGINES, AND 6 HELICOPTERS ATTACK THE BLAZE AS HIGH TEMPERATURES, LOW HUMIDITY, WIND AND THE TRAIN SLOW THEIR PROGRESS. THE FIRE HAS CONSUMED 8,500 ACRES AND IS ONLY 10% CONTAINED AS OF 6:30 LAST NIGHT. A MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ANY AND ALL RESIDENCES IN THE AREAS OF INDIAN DICK ROAD, MENDOCINO PASS ROAD, AND BLANDS COVE ROAD. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EVACUATION ORDER, SEE THE K-WINE NEWS FACEBOOK PAGE, OR GO TO MENDOCINO SHERIFF DOT COM.

TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO METH BUST JH 08/24/12

A TRAFFIC STOP LED TO A METHAMPHETAMINE BUST.

FORT BRAGG POLICE PULLED OVER A VEHICLE ON SOUTH FRANKLIN STREET, EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. OFFICERS NOTICED THE PASSENGER, 22 YEAR OLD JORGE SANCHEZ ACOLTZI JR WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. AS ACOLTZI IS CURRENTLY ON PAROLE, A SEARCH WAS INITIATED AND BOTH METH AND PARAPHERNALIA WERE FOUND IN HIS POSSESSION. ACOLTZI WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO MENDOCINO COUNTY JAIL.

LAKEPORT MAN DIES IN MOTORCYCLE CRASH JH 08/24/12

A LAKEPORT MAN DIED WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN A MOTORCYCLE CRASH.

50 YEAR OLD BRUCE KNOLES WAS RIDING HIS HARLEY-DAVIDSON EAST ON BUTTS CANYON ROAD WHEN HE VEERED OFF THE NORTH SHOULDER WHILE NEGOTIATING A CURVE. KNOLES WAS THROWN FROM THE BIKE AND COLLIDED WITH A MILEPOST MARKER AND A FENCE. HE WAS AIRLIFTED TO SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. DRUGS AND ALCOHOL ARE NOT SUSPECTED IN THE ACCIDENT.

SEARCH WARRANT LEADS TO POT AND CASH JH 08/24/12

SERVICE OF A SEARCH WARRANT RESULTED IN SEIZURE OF MARIJUANA AND CASH.

LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS NARCOTICS TASK FORCE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM A SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IN VIRGINIA, REGARDING A CASE OF MARIJUANA SALES. THAT CASE LED TO SEIZURE OF THREE POUNDS OF POT SHIPPED THROUGH THE US POSTAL SERVICE BY 48 YEAR OLD GEORGE KEVIN RHODES OF KELSEYVILLE. DEPUTIES SECURED A SEARCH WARRANT FOR RHODES AND LOCATED 38 MARIJUANA PLANTS, PROCESSED POT, DIGITAL SCALES, US MAIL PACKAGING MATERIALS AND $6,500 IN CASH. RHODES WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE LAKE COUNTY HILL ROAD CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.

3 PEOPLE DIED IN CAR CRASH ON HIGHWAY 101 JH 08/24/12

THREE PEOPLE, INCLUDING AN INFANT, DIED AND FOUR OTHERS WERE INJURED IN A CRASH ON HIGHWAY 101 YESTERDAY.

THOSE KILLED WERE TRAVELING TOGETHER IN A HONDA THAT CROSSED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, AND WAS HIT BROADSIDE BY A LARGE SUV. A 4 YEAR OLD GIRL IN THE VEHICLE SURVIVED, AND WAS FLOWN TO SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. THREE PEOPLE IN THE SUV, A WOMAN AND TWO CHILDREN, AGES 4 AND 8, WERE ALSO INJURED. THE 8 YEAR OLD WAS FLOWN TO CHILDRENS HOSPITAL IN OAKLAND. THE MOTHER AND 4 YEAR OLD GIRL WERE TRANSPORTED TO UKIAH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER.

AIR QUALITY ATERT JH 08/24/12

AN AIR QUALITY ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COVELO / ROUND VALLEY AREA.

OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, SMOKE IS LIKELY TO BE ESPECIALLY HEAVY IN THESE AREAS OF MENDOCINO COUNTY. ALL RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO DECREASE ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITY AND STAY INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL.

HALLOWEEN CITY GRANTED PERMIT JH 08/24/12

AFTER AN HOUR OF MOSTLY OPPOSITION AT A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING YESTERDAY, HALLOWEEN CITY WAS GRANTED A MINOR USE PERMIT IN UKIAH.

MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO EXPRESSED OPINION, DIDNT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HONEST COMPETITION, BUT DIDNT LIKE THE SITE HALLOWEEN CITY CHOSE BECAUSE ITS ON LAND ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL USE, NOT RETAIL, AMONG OTHER REASONS. THAT REASONING DOESNT MAKE SENSE, SINCE THE LOCATION IS THE OLD UKIAH VALLEY LUMBER STORE ON SOUTH STATE STREET. THE BUILDING IN QUESTION HAS BEEN USED FOR RETAIL SALES FOR DECADES, BEFORE THE LUMBER AND HARDWARE STORE CLOSED. THE MOST VOCAL IN OPPOSITION TO THE PERMIT WAS THE OWNER OF INCOGNITO, STATING THAT HALLOWEEN CITY WOULD HURT HER BUSINESS. OFFICIALS POINTED OUT THAT THE STORE OPERATED FOR THE SAME TWO MONTHS LAST YEAR, AND WHILE IT MAY HAVE REDUCED INCOME FOR THE LOCAL COMPETITOR, THE BUSINESS STAYED OPEN. HALLOWEEN CITY WILL BE OPEN FOR TWO MONTHS AND TEMPORARILY EMPLOY 23 PEOPLE.

NEW MOSQUITO SAMPLES TEST POSITIVE FOR WEST NILE VIRUS JH 08/24/12

FOUR MORE MOSQUITO SAMPLES COLLECTED THIS WEEK IN LAKE COUNTY HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR WEST NILE VIRUS.

THAT BUMPS THE TOTAL UP TO NINE MOSQUITO SAMPLES THIS YEAR THAT HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE DANGEROUS AND SOMETIMES FATAL VIRUS. ACCORDING TO VECTOR CONTROL, THEY WERE ALL WESTERN ENCEPHALITIS MOSQUITOS AND WERE COLLECTED IN CLEARLAKE OAKS, ANDERSON MARSH STATE HISTORIC PARK, KELSEYVILLE AND UPPER LAKE. LAKE COUNTY VECTOR CONTROL PROVIDES FREE MOSQUITO-EATING FISH TO LOCAL RESIDENTS FOR USE IN WATER TROUGHS, ORNAMENTAL PONDS AND OUT OF SERVICE SWIMMING POOLS. TO REPORT NEGLECTED POOLS OR REQUEST ASSISTANCE WITH A MOSQUITO PROBLEM, CALL THE DISTRICT AT 263-4770.

CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ALLOCATES $745 MILLION FOR NEW PROJECTS JH 08/24/12

THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ALLOCATED $745 MILLION DOLLARS IN NEW FUNDING TO 118 TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE, INCLUDING MENDOCINO COUNTY.

YESTERDAYS ALLOCATIONS INCLUDE FUNDING FROM PROPOSITION 1B, APPROVED BY VOTERS IN 2006, AS WELL AS FROM ASSORTED STATE AND FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNTS. MENDOCINO COUNTY WILL RECEIVE $110,000 DOLLARS FOR A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER BRANSCOMB ROAD NEAR LAYTONVILLE, AND JUST OVER $4.1 MILLION DOLLARS TO REPLACE A CULVERT WITH A BRIDGE TO IMPROVE FISH PASSAGE AT DUNN CREEK ON HIGHWAY 1.

NORTH PASS FIRE UPDATE 2 JH 08/24/12

THE NORTH PASS FIRE CONTINUES TO BURN WITH FIREFIGHTER MAKING PROGRESS, ALBEIT SLOW.

OVER 1,000 FIREFIGHTERS, NEAR 100 ENGINES, AND 7 HELICOPTERS ATTACK THE BLAZE AS HIGH TEMPERATURES, LOW HUMIDITY, WIND AND THE TRAIN SLOW THEIR PROGRESS. THE FIRE HAS CONSUMED 20,775 ACRES AND IS 18% CONTAINED AS OF 6:30 THIS MORNING. A MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ANY AND ALL RESIDENCES IN THE AREAS OF INDIAN DICK ROAD, MENDOCINO PASS ROAD, AND BLANDS COVE ROAD. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EVACUATION ORDER, SEE THE K-WINE NEWS FACEBOOK PAGE, OR GO TO MENDOCINO SHERIFF DOT COM.

MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR KELSEYVILLE SOLDIER JH 08/24/12

THE FAMILY OF US ARMY SGT. RICHARD ALLEN ESSEX, WHO DIED IN AFGHANISTAN LAST WEEK, REQUESTS THE COMMUNITYS SUPPORT TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE HIS LIFE.

ESSEX, A 2008 KELSEYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, DIED ALONG WITH 10 OTHERS WHEN THE BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER THEY WERE RIDING IN CRASHED ON AUGUST 16. HE WAS 23 YEARS OLD. THE SERVICE FOR SGT ESSEX WILL BE AT KELSEYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ON SEPTEMBER 1ST. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EVENT, VISIT THE K-WINE NEWS FACEBOOK PAGE.

News 8/23/12

NORTH PASS FIRE UPDATE 1 JH 08/23/12

FIRE OFFICIALS PREDICT IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST TWO MORE WEEKS TO CONTAIN THE NORTH PASS FIRE EAST OF COVELO.

THE FIRE IS 11% CONTAINED, AND HAS CONSUMED OVER 11,600 ACRES SINCE IT STARTED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FROM A LIGHTNING STRIKE IN WILLIAMS VALLEY, ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH EAST OF COVELO. SEVERAL STRUCTURES ARE THREATENED ON INDIAN DICK ROAD NEAR COVELO AND THE ROUND VALLEY INDIAN RESERVATION.

A MANDATORY EVACUATION HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ANY AND ALL RESIDENTS IN THE AREA OF INDIAN DICK ROAD, MENDOCINO PASS ROAD, AND BLANDS COVE ROAD. THE ORDER ALSO INCLUDES ALL RESIDENCES AND US FOREST SERVICE CAMPSITES AT HOWARD LAKE CAMPGROUND, LITTLE DOE CAMPGROUND, AND HAMMERHORN CAMPGROUND.

HAM PASS, BLANDS COVE ROAD AND INDIAN DICK ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL NON EMERGENCY TRAFFIC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE EVACUATION ORDERS, PLEASE VISIT THE K-WINE NEWS FACEBOOK PAGE.

ANYONE DISPLACED BY THE EVACUATION ORDER CAN CONTACT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE AT 707-463-0112.

THREE PEOPLE FOUND DEAD IN CRASHED VEHICLE JH 08/23/12

THREE PEOPLE, AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM HAD BEEN REPORTED MISSING EARLIER THIS MONTH, WERE FOUND DEAD IN A CRASHED VEHICLE.

A MISSING PERSONS REPORT WAS FILED ON AUGUST 20 THAT LISTED A RED CHEVY TAHOE AS A VEHICLE ASSOCIATED WITH THREE PEOPLE WHO HAD NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE AUGUST 4TH OR 5TH. THE FOLLOWING DAY, SOMEONE LOOKING FOR THE GROUP FOUND THE RED CHEVY WITH EXTENSIVE COLLISION DAMAGE UNDER A TOPPLED TREE ABOUT 150 FEET DOWN AN EMBANKMENT ON HIGHWAY 101, JUST SOUTH OF CONFUSION HILL. ONLY THE DRIVER, 38 YEAR OLD PHILLIP MANUS OF LEGGETT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. AUTHORITIES ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY THE OTHER TWO VICTIMS.

IDENTITY THEFT SPREE ENDS WITH ARRESTS IN CLEARLAKE JH 08/23/12

TWO PEOPLE FROM CHICO SUSPECTED OF INVOLVEMENT IN SEVERAL IDENTITY THEFT CASES WERE ARRESTED IN CLEARLAKE.

27 YEAR OLD ELIZABETH LEE HOLCRAFT AND 20 YEAR OLD KRISTOPHER THOMAS CASTRO ARE THE ACCUSED. THEY ALLEGEDLY MOVED FROM HOTEL TO HOTEL FROM RENO TO FORT BRAGG, STEALING MAIL, CASHING CHECKS FOUND IN THE MAIL, DEVELOPING CREDIT INFORMATION ON THE VICTIMS AND USING THE INFORMATION TO OBTAIN GOODS, SERVICES AND HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS. ANYONE WHO MAY BE A VICTIM OF IDENTITY THEFT BY THE SUSPECTS, DUE TO THE PAIR STEALING MAIL, SHOULD CONTACT THE POSTAL INSPECTOR AT 877-876-2455.

COUNTY SUPERVISOR INVOLVED IN CONFRONTATION JH 08/23/12

CLEARLAKE CITY POLICE RESPONDED TO A REPORTED DISTURBANCE THAT INVOLVED A LAKE COUNTY SUPERVISOR.

TUESDAY NIGHT, CLEARLAKE POLICE WENT TO BUCKEYE STREET AND CONTACTED 55 YEAR OLD ROBERT SANDERS AND 52 YEAR OLD ROB BROWN. BROWN STATED HE WENT TO THE RESIDENCE TO SERVE CIVIL PAPERWORK REGARDING THE PROPERTY. WHILE DOING SO, A CONFRONTATION BROKE OUT BETWEEN THE TWO MEN, WITH BOTH TELLING OFFICERS THEY WERE ASSAULTED BY THE OTHER. BROWN SAID SANDERS WAS UPSET AND ALLEGED SANDERS GRABBED HIS ARM AND SPUN HIM AROUND. BROWN SAID HE STRUCK SANDERS IN THE JAW IN SELF-DEFENSE. THE CASE WILL LIKELY BE FORWARDED TO THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE FOR REVIEW.

LAKEPORT EMPLOYEE ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT JH 08/23/12

THE FORMER UTILITIES SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE CITY OF LAKEPORT IS ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLEMENT AND THEFT.

LAKEPORT POLICE DETECTIVES ARRESTED 36 YEAR OLD MATHEW ALLEN JOHNSON OF LAKEPORT, ON A LAKE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT WARRANT CHARGING HIM WITH SEVEN FELONY COUNTS OF EMBEZZLEMENT AND SEVEN FELONY COUNTS OF MISAPPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS. THE INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THAT JOHNSON STOLE OVER $6,500 DOLLARS WHILE IN OFFICE.

FIRE IN CLEARLAKE STATE PARK JH 08/23/12

FIREFIGHTERS QUICKLY CONTAINED AND EXTINGUISHED A FIRE AT CLEARLAKE STATE PARK LAST NIGHT.

THE FIRE OCCURRED IN THE 5400 BLOCK OF SODA BAY ROAD IN A PARK SHED WHERE GAS AND OTHER FUEL WAS STORED, AND CAUSED CONCERNS OF A HIGH DANGER OF EXPLOSION. THE FIRE DAMAGED TWO OUTBUILDINGS AND A STATE PARKS PICKUP TRUCK. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

WILLITS CITY COUNCIL APPROVES WATER UPGRADE JH 08/23/12

THE WILLITS CITY COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY LAST NIGHT, TO AUTHORIZE APPROVAL OF PLANS AND ADVERTISING FOR BIDS ON THE WILLITS WATER TREATMENT PLANT UPGRADE.

THE PROJECT ENCOMPASSES A NEW UPFLOW CLARIFIER FOR MORE EFFICIENT DRINKING WATER CREATION AND IMPROVED CHEMICAL PRE-TREATMENT. THE CURRENT BUILDING WILL BE EXPANDED AND A NEW DATA SYSTEM WILL BE INSTALLED. THE TOTAL COST ESTIMATE IS JUST OVER $5 MILLION DOLLARS. $3 MILLION WILL BE PAID BY A GRANT AND THE REMAINING $2 MILLION WILL BE FINANCED OVER 30 YEARS AT 0% INTEREST USING THE STATES SAFE WATER REVOLVING LOAN FUND.

SOBRIETY CHECKPOINT JH 08/23/12

UKIAH CHP WILL BE CONDUCTING A SOBRIETY CHECKPOINT TOMORROW, AUGUST 24, SOMEWHERE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF MENDOCINO COUNTY.

TRAFFIC VOLUME PERMITTING, ALL VEHICLES WILL BE CHECKED FOR DRIVERS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND/OR DRUGS. CHP DRUG RECOGNITION EXPERTS WILL BE ON SITE TO PROVIDE ON THE SPOT ASSESSMENT OF DRIVERS SUSPECTED OF DRUG USE. IF YOUR GOING OUT DRINKING, REMEMBER TO TAKE A DESIGNATED DRIVER.

NORTH PASS FIRE UPDATE 2 JH 08/23/12

FIRE OFFICIALS PREDICT IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST TWO MORE WEEKS TO CONTAIN THE NORTH PASS FIRE EAST OF COVELO.

AS OF THIS MORNING, THE FIRE IS 10% CONTAINED, AND HAS CONSUMED OVER 17,800 ACRES SINCE IT STARTED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FROM A LIGHTNING STRIKE IN WILLIAMS VALLEY, NORTH EAST OF COVELO. SEVERAL STRUCTURES ARE THREATENED ON INDIAN DICK ROAD NEAR COVELO AND THE ROUND VALLEY INDIAN RESERVATION.

A MANDATORY EVACUATION HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ANY AND ALL RESIDENTS IN THE AREA OF INDIAN DICK ROAD, MENDOCINO PASS ROAD, AND BLANDS COVE ROAD. THE ORDER ALSO INCLUDES ALL RESIDENCES AND US FOREST SERVICE CAMPSITES AT HOWARD LAKE CAMPGROUND, LITTLE DOE CAMPGROUND, AND HAMMERHORN CAMPGROUND.

HAM PASS, BLANDS COVE ROAD AND INDIAN DICK ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL NON EMERGENCY TRAFFIC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

FOR INFORMATION ON THE EVACUATION ORDERS, PLEASE VISIT THE K-WINE NEWS FACEBOOK PAGE.

ANYONE DISPLACED BY THE EVACUATION ORDER CAN CONTACT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE AT 707-463-0112.

AIR QUALITY ADVISORY JH 08/23/12

AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE INLAND AREAS OF MENDOCINO COUNTY.

SMOKE FROM ONGOING WILDFIRES MAY BECOME FAIRLY HEAVY TODAY. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS MAY CAUSE HEAVIER SMOKE CONCENTRATIONS IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS. SENSITIVE INDIVIDUALS SHOULD LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

ROAD CLOSURE JH 08/23/12

THE CITY OF WILLITS HAS ANNOUNCED THAT CENTRAL AVENUE AT BARBARA LANE WILL BE CLOSED TODAY.

THE CITY WILL BE INSTALLING NEW STORM DRAIN PIPING AND A MANHOLE STRUCTURE. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED THAT THERE WILL BE NO THROUGH TRAFFIC ON SOUTH STREET TO CENTRAL AVENUE DUE TO THIS CLOSURE.