Playlist 3/28/13

BRUNO MARS-WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN

CALVIN HARRIS W/FLORENCE WELCH-SWEET NOTHING

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE W/JAY-Z-SUIT & TIE

MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS W/WANZ-THRIFT SHOP

MAROON 5-DAYLIGHT

RIHANNA W/MIKKY EKKO-STAY

DEMI LOVATO-HEART ATTACK

FALL OUT BOY-MY SONG KNOWS WHAT YOU DID IN THE DARK

FUN.-CARRY ON

IMAGINE DRAGONS-IT’S TIME

KREWELLA-ALIVE

MUMFORD & SONS-I WILL WAIT

OF MONSTERS AND MEN-LITTLE TALKS

OLLY MURS W/FLO RIDA-TROUBLEMAKER

ONE DIRECTION-KISS YOU

PINK W/NATE RUESS-JUST GIVE ME A REASON

PITBULL W/CHRISTINA AGUILERA-FEEL THIS MOMENT

TAYLOR SWIFT-22

AFROJACK W/CHRIS BROWN-AS YOUR FRIEND

BRITT NICOLE-GOLD

CHER LLOYD-WITH UR LOVE

EMELI SANDE-NEXT TO ME

ICONA POP W/CHARLI XCX-I LOVE IT

JUSTIN BIEBER W/LUDACRIS-ALL AROUND THE WORLD

MUSE-MADNESS

NE-YO-FOREVER NOW

BAAUER-HARLEM SHAKE

BENNY BENASSI W/GARY GO-CINEMA

CARLY RAE JEPSEN-TONIGHT I’M GETTING OVER YOU

HOT CHELLE RAE-HUNG UP

LITTLE MIX-WINGS

MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS W/RAY DALTO-CAN’T HOLD US

MIGUEL-ADORN

ONE REPUBLIC-IF I LOSE MYSELF

News 3/29/13

BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT ARRESTED IN NAVATO JH 03/29/13

A NAPA COUNTY MAN ALLEGED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TWO MIDDLETOWN BANK ROBBERIES, WAS ARRESTED IN NAVATO LAST NIGHT.

23 YEAR OLD JOSHUA JAMES METOXEN WAS IDENTIFIED EARLIER THIS MONTH AS THE PRIMARY SUSPECT IN THE ROBBERIES OF THE WEST AMERICA BANK AND TRI COUNTIES BANK IN MIDDLETOWN. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, METOXEN IS BELIEVED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BANK ROBBERIES IN MILL VALLEY, SANTA ROSA, ROHNERT PARK AND NAVATO, AS WELL. METOXEN WAS BOOKED INTO MARIN COUNTY JAIL.

WILLITS TREE-SITTER GOES ON HUNGER STRIKE JH 03/29/13

A WILLITS WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN CAMPED OUT IN A PINE TREE PROTESTING THE HIGHWAY 101 BYPASS BEGAN A HUNGER STRIKE THURSDAY.

24-YEAR-OLD AMANDA SENSEMAN, NICKNAMED WARBLER, TOOK UP RESIDENCE IN THE TREE JAN. 28, HOPING TO STOP CONSTRUCTION AND INSPIRE CAL TRANS TO SEEK ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROJECT. CONSTRUCTION ON THE $210 MILLION BYPASS BEGAN FEB. 25, BUT SUFFERED DELAYS DUE TO THE DISCOVERY OF A BIRD’S NEST AND INTERFERENCE FROM PROTESTERS. SENSEMAN RELEASED THREE DEMANDS AT A NEWS CONFERENCE THURSDAY MORNING, SAYING SHE WILL GO ON A HUNGER STRIKE UNTIL THEY ARE MET. THE CHP BEGAN BLOCKING ACCESS TO PROTESTERS DELIVERING FOOD AND WATER TO THE TREE-SITTERS MARCH 23. SENSEMAN’S DEMANDS INCLUDED AN IMMEDIATE END TO BYPASS CONSTRUCTION UNTIL PENDING LEGAL ACTION IS RESOLVED, PUBLIC AND MEDIA ACCESS TO THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE AND THE ADOPTION OF AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE BYPASS. ACCORDING TO CAL TRANS OFFICIALS, HER ACTIONS DO NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT THE SAFETY FOR EVERYONE IN THE WILLITS BYPASS CONSTRUCTION AREA IS THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH CHP, AND IF ANYONE’S SAFETY IS AT RISK, CAL TRANS WILL ASK CHP TO TAKE ACTION AS NEEDED.

NOT GUILTY PLEAS IN CASE OF SHOOTING AT DEPUTIES CAR JH 03/29/13

THE TWO MEN ACCUSED OF FLEEING A DEPUTY AND SHOOTING AT HIS PATROL CAR LAST MONTH, PLEADED NOT GUILTY IN COURT YESTERDAY.

30 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER SKAGGS OF REDWOOD VALLEY, THE DRIVER IN THE CHASE, AND 42 YEAR OLD WALTER MILLER OF UKIAH, THE ALLEGED SHOOTER, FACE CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, RECKLESS EVADING AND ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM, AS WELL AS FIRST DEGREE BURGLARY. THE TWO ARE DUE BACK IN COURT FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING ON MAY 8TH.

LAKEPORT AND CLEARLAKE POLICE RECEIVE MONEY FROM STATE

JH 03/29/13

LAKEPORT AND CLEARLAKE POLICE HAVE RECEIVED $64,000 FROM THE BOARD OF STATE AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

IN JANUARY, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ALLOCATED FUNDING IN EXCESS OF $24 MILLION FOR CITY POLICE AGENCIES ACROSS THE STATE TO UTILIZE TOWARD BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS TO ADDRESS CRIME IMPACTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. LAKEPORT AND CLEARLAKE WILL UTILIZE FUNDING TO OFFSET OPERATING EXPENSES WHILE COMBINING RESOURCES TO CONDUCT ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS.

UKIAH MAN ACCUSED OF RAPE JH 03/29/13

A 52 YEAR OLD UKIAH MAN WAS ARRESTED ON ALLEGATIONS OF RAPING AN ACQUAINTANCE EARLIER THIS WEEK.

AN UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN REPORTED THAT SHE MET UP WITH FERNANDO BENITEZ MADA SR AT A UKIAH RESIDENCE TO DO SOME WORK ON HIS RV. WHILE WORKING, MADA ALLEGEDLY PHYSICALLY RESTRAINED THE WOMAN AND FORCED HER TO HAVE SEX WITH HIM. DETECTIVES LOCATED MADA YESTERDAY, WHO HAD RECENTLY BEEN RELEASED FROM CUSTODY ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE FOR DRUG POSSESSION. MADA WAS BOOKED INTO MENDOCINO COUNTY JAIL ON MULTIPLE CHARGES.

LAKE COUNTY PARKS BOARD VACANCY JH 03/29/13

LAKE COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE RECRUITING APPLICANTS FOR A VACANCY ON THE COUNTYWIDE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD.

THE POSITION REPRESENTS DISTRICT 4, WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE GREATER LAKEPORT AREA. DISTRICT RESIDENTS INTERESTED IN THE POSITION CAN OBTAIN AN APPLICATION BY CONTACTING THE COUNTY CLERK AT 263-2371.

FORT BRAGG FIRE DEPARTMENT GETS UNIQUE DONATION JH 03/29/13

THE FORT BRAGG FIRE DEPARTMENT RECENTLY RECEIVED A VERY UNIQUE DONATION, A FULLY RESTORED 1930 CHRYSLER ROYAL 66 SEDAN.

THE DONORS, PAUL AND MARCIA WEEKS, NOT ONLY GAVE THE DEPARTMENT THE CAR, BUT ALSO A PARTS CAR AND LOTS OF PARTS TO MAINTAIN IT. ACCORDING TO FIRE OFFICIALS, THE CAR IS IMMACULATE AND RUNS LIKE IT JUST ROLLED OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE. THE DEPARTMENT PLANS TO SELL THE CAR AND USE THE PROCEEDS FOR NEEDED EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS.

ROAD WORK TODAY JH 03/29/13

ROAD WORK TODAY MAY CAUSE MINOR DELAYS.

CAL TRANS WILL PERFORM ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON HIGHWAY 101 FROM EAST SIDE ROAD TO THE FELIZ CREEK BRIDGE FROM 8 AM TO 3 PM. ONE WAY TRAFFIC CONTROL WILL BE IN EFFECT WITH 10 MINUTE DELAYS ANTICIPATED.

News 3/28/13

FBI SEEKS HELP FINDING MURDER SUSPECT FROM SANTA ROSA

JH 03/28/13

THE FBI SEEKS THE PUBLICS HELP IN LOCATING A MURDER SUSPECT FROM SANTA ROSA.

35-YEAR-OLD RICARDO PUENTES JR IS AMONG SANTA ROSA POLICE DEPARTMENTS MOST WANTED SUSPECTS. PUENTES IS WANTED FOR THE 2005 MURDER OF A 27 YEAR OLD SANTA ROSA MAN, IN WHAT AUTHORITIES HAVE DESCRIBED AS A COLD BLOODED KILLING MOTIVATED BY DISPUTES OVER DRUGS AND GANG TURF. PUENTES IS DESCRIBED AS A LATINO MAN, 5 FOOT 8 OR 5 FOOT 9, 190 POUNDS WITH BLACK HAIR AND BROWN EYES AND SEVERAL MOLES ON HIS FACE. A PHOTO IS POSTED ON THE K-WINE NEWS FACEBOOK PAGE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT PUENTES WHEREABOUTS IS URGED TO CALL THE FBI AT 553-7400.

SEMI HITS CAR ON HIGHWAY 53 JH 03/28/13

A CLEARLAKE WOMAN WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN A SEMI TRAILER CRASHED INTO HER CAR TUESDAY MORNING.

28 YEAR OLD KELLY PUTRAH WAS STOPPED AT THE LIGHT ON LAKESHORE DRIVE WAITING TO CROSS HIGHWAY 53 WHEN A SEMI TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON THE HIGHWAY LOST CONTROL AND THE TRAILER CRASHED INTO PUTRAHS VEHICLE. PUTRAH WAS TRANSPORTED TO ST HELENA HOSPITAL CLEARLAKE BEFORE BEING AIRLIFTED TO AN OUT OF THE AREA TRAUMA CENTER. A 4 YEAR OLD PASSENGER IN PUTRAHS VEHICLE WAS UNINJURED, AS WAS, 45-YEAR-OLD RICARDO MARAVILLA, THE DRIVER OF THE BIG RIG. THE ACCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

FORMER CLEARLAKE PASTOR ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT

JH 03/28/13

A STOCKTON MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY EMBEZZLING LARGE SUMS OF MONEY FROM A CLEARLAKE CHURCH WHERE HE PREVIOUSLY WAS THE PASTOR.

62 YEAR OLD BRUCE ANTHONY STARK, THE FORMER PASTOR OF THE HILLTOP APOSTOLIC CHURCH, IS ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLING CASH AND PROPERTY IN EXCESS OF $100,000 BETWEEN 2002 AND 2007. STARK WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK AND BOOKED INTO LAKE COUNTY JAIL FOR FELONY GRAND THEFT.

UKIAH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL DEPLETE RESERVES IN 3 YEARS

JH 03/28/13

THE UKIAH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL HAVE DEPLETED ITS RESERVE CASH AND WILL BE FORCED INTO DEFICIT SPENDING IN THREE YEARS.

THE UKIAH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS STILL NEGOTIATING WITH THE UKIAH TEACHERS ASSOCIATION OVER A NEW CONTRACT, HOWEVER, LAST MONTH THE DISTRICT VOTED TO DEPLETE ITS RESERVES TO RAISE TEACHERS SALARIES. THE GOOD NEWS IS, ACCORDING TO DISTRICT OFFICIALS, THE NEW STARTING SALARY OF $40,000 IS ATTRACTING REALLY GOOD APPLICANTS. THE BAD NEWS HOWEVER, IS THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE A $2.25 MILLION NEGATIVE CASH FLOW BY FALL OF 2015.

PUBLIC COMMENT OPEN FOR NORTH COAST MARINE PROTECTED AREAS

JH 03/28/13

NORTH COAST COMMUNITIES ARE INVITED TO PROVIDE COMMENT ON THE DRAFT NORTH COAST MARINE PROTECTED AREA BASELINE PROGRAM.

THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN MONITORING THE 20 MARINE PROTECTED AREAS AND SEVEN SPECIAL CLOSURES THAT WERE ADOPTED LAST YEAR BY THE CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. THE PROTECTED AREAS SPAN FROM THE OREGON BORDER TO ALDER CREEK, NEAR POINT ARENA, AND THIS BASELINE PROGRAM WILL ESTABLISH A BENCHMARK AGAINST WHICH FUTURE PERFORMANCE CAN BE MEASURED AND DOCUMENTS ANY INITIAL CHANGES. COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH APRIL 10, AND CAN BE SUBMIT ONLINE AT OCEANSPACES.ORG.

LAKE COUNTY JUDGE REASSIGNED AFTER SON ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN FOR SHERIFF JH 03/28/13

A LAKE COUNTY JUDGE HAS BEEN REASSIGNED DUE TO HIS SON ANNOUNCING HIS CANDIDACY FOR LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF.

SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE RICHARD MARTIN WILL NO LONGER PRESIDE OVER THE COURTS WEEKLY FELONY CALENDAR, DUE TO A CONFLICT OF INTERESTS, AFTER HIS SON BRIAN MARTIN ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTION TO RUN FOR SHERIFF IF A RECALL ELECTION OCCURS FOR THE CURRENT SHERIFF, FRANK RIVERO. A GROUP OF CITIZENS IS CIRCULATING A PETITION TO RECALL RIVERO AFTER HE WAS FOUND TO HAVE LIED IN AN INVESTIGATION AROUND A SHOOTING HE INVOLVED IN. JUDGE MARTIN WILL NOW PRESIDE OVER CIVIL AND PROBATE CASES.

GRAND JURY APPLICANTS SOUGHT JH 03/28/13

APPLICANTS FOR THE 2013-2014 MENDOCINO COUNTY GRAND JURY ARE BEING SOUGHT.

THE 19 MEMBERS OF THE GRAND JURY SERVE FOR ONE YEAR AND ARE EMPOWERED TO INVESTIGATE OPERATIONS OF COUNTY, CITY AND DISTRICT GOVERNMENTS, AS WELL AS PROVIDE OVERSIGHT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES, AND RESPOND TO CITIZEN COMPLAINTS. APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL MAY 10TH, AND CAN BE DOWNLOADED ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.MENDOCINO.COURTS.CA.GOV. APPLICATIONS CAN ALSO BE ACQUIRED IN PERSON AT 100 NORTH STATE STREET.

FIRCREST FIRE VICTIMS STILL NEED HELP JH 03/28/13

THE VICTIMS OF THE FIRCREST FIRE IN UKIAH STILL NEED THE COMMUNITYS HELP.

THE FIRCREST APARTMENTS IN UKIAH LOST EIGHT UNITS WHEN A FIRE WAS STARTED JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON MARCH 4TH. THE EIGHT FAMILIES WERE RELOCATED WITHIN A WEEK, AND THE DONATIONS TO HELP THEM RESTART THEIR LIVES, AFTER LOOSING EVERYTHING, HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL. HOWEVER, MORE HELP IS STILL NEEDED. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS AT PLOWSHARES AND UKIAH VALLEY RENTALS, FAMILIES STILL NEED BASICS LIKE BEDS AND BEDDING, SOFAS, TOASTERS AND NUMEROUS OTHER ITEMS. DONATIONS OF ITEMS OR CASH CAN BE DROPPED OF AT UKIAH VALLEY RENTALS ON SOUTH MAIN STREET. CHECKS CAN BE SENT TO PLOWSHARES PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER WITH A NOTATION THAT THE MONEY IS FOR THE FIRCREST FIRE VICTIMS.

News 3/27/13

TSUNAMI WARNING TEST JH 03/27/13

THE MENDOCINO COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICE HAS SCHEDULED A TSUNAMI WARNING TEST FOR TODAY FROM 11 AM TO NOON.

IF YOUR WATCHING TV OR LISTENING TO THE RADIO DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, YOU WILL SEE OR HEAR WARNINGS. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THE CITIES OF FORT BRAGG OR POINT ARENA, YOU MAY HEAR THE SOUND OF THE TSUNAMI SIRENS. WHEN ACTIVATED, THE SIRENS WILL WAIL FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES. AS PART OF THE TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM, THE CIVIL AIR PATROL, WEATHER PERMITTING, WILL BE FLYING ALONG THE COASTLINE TESTING THEIR PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM AS WELL. REMEMBER THIS IS ONLY A TEST. IF A REAL TSUNAMI WARNING OCCURS, THE ALERTS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SPECIFIC INFORMATION OF WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO.

PRESCRIBED BURN JH 03/27/13

A PRESCRIBED FIRE IS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY ON THE GRINDSTONE RANGER DISTRICT IN THE MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST.

THE ALDER SPRINGS UNDERBURN IS PLANNED FOR APPROXIMATELY 250 ACRES AND IS LOCATED NEAR ALDER SPRINGS OFF OF FOREST HIGHWAY 7. SMOKE MAY BE NOTICEABLE IN THAT AREA OF THE FOREST TODAY, AS WELL AS RESIDUAL SMOKE AFTER THE IGNITIONS ARE OVER. IF IN THE AREA WATCH FOR SIGNS AND ACTIVE FIRE CREWS.

WILLITS BYPASS CONSTRUCTION DISCUSSED AT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING JH 03/27/13

NEAR 60 PEOPLE SPOKE AT TUESDAYS MENDOCINO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING IN REGARD TO THE HIGHWAY 101 BYPASS AROUND WILLITS.

THE MAJORITY OF THE SPEAKERS OPPOSED THE PROJECT, CITING THE LOSS OF TREES THAT ARE BEING CUT IN THE WET LANDS. SOME ARGUED THAT THERE WERE NO TRAFFIC CONGESTION ISSUES IN WILLITS, AND OTHERS CLAIMED THE BYPASS TRUE PURPOSE WAS TO CREATE A THOROUGHFARE FOR TOXIC CHEMICALS TO BE TRANSPORTED THROUGH THE AREA. BY THE END OF THE HEARING, THE BOARD APPROVED, IN A NARROW 3-2 VOTE, SENDING A LETTER OF SUPPORT TO CAL TRANS, CHP, ASSEMBLYMAN WESLEY CHESBRO, SENATOR NOREEN EVANS, AND CONGRESSMAN JARED HUFFMAN EXPRESSING THE COUNTYS CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT.

ROAD WORK TODAY JH 03/26/13

ROAD WORK TODAY WILL CAUSE SOME MINOR DELAYS.

AT&T WILL PERFORM UTILITY REPAIRS ON HIGHWAY 128 NEAR RAYS POINT ROAD FROM 8 AM TO 2 PM. AND A CAL TRANS SUB CONTRACTOR WILL PERFORM WELL MONITORING ON HIGHWAY 128 JUST WEST OF MENDOCINO/SONOMA COUNTY LINE FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM. ONE WAY TRAFFIC CONTROL WILL BE IN EFFECT AT BOTH LOCATIONS, WITH 5 MINUTE DELAYS ANTICIPATED.

MAN KILLED IN MONDAY MORNING CRASH IDENTIFIED JH 03/27/13

THE MAN KILLED MONDAY IN AN EARLY MORNING CRASH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.

21 YEAR OLD EVAN NICHOLS OF UKIAH, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE AND HIT AN EMBANKMENT ON HIGHWAY 20 JUST WEST OF THE POTTER VALLEY EXIT AROUND 4:45 AM. NICHOLS VEHICLE WAS IN THE EASTBOUND LANE WITH NO LIGHT ON, AND HE WAS STANDING INSIDE THE OPEN DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WHEN A GARBAGE TRUCK HIT HIM. ACCORDING TO CHP, THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK SAID HE DID NOT SEE THE VICTIM OR HIS CAR.

MORE ARRESTS AT WILLITS BYPASS WORK SITE JH 03/27/13

MORE ARRESTS WERE MADE AS THE WILLITS BYPASS CONSTRUCTION AND PROTESTS CONTINUE.

OVER THE WEEKEND, CAL TRANS INSTALLED LIGHTS AND GENERATORS AT EACH OF THE TREE-SIT LOCATIONS ALONG THE ROUTE. ON MONDAY, A CHP HELICOPTER MONITORED THE TREE SITTERS FROM ABOVE, BUT THEY HAVE NOT MOVED FROM THEIR POSITIONS. CONTRACTORS BEGAN TO CUT TREES AND CLEAR A PATH FOR THE PROJECT, AND ARE EXPECTED TO EXPAND THEIR WORK THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR AS SOON AS BIOLOGICAL SURVEYS AND FENCING ARE COMPLETED. FOUR MORE PROTESTERS WERE ARRESTED TUESDAY, BUT ONLY AFTER THEY GOT IN THE WAY OF EQUIPMENT AND STOPPED THE CHAIN SAWS.

HIKER LOST IN THE WOODS JH 03/27/13

A LOCAL HIKER DISAPPEARED IN THE WOODS OUTSIDE OF FORT BRAGG MONDAY AFTERNOON.

JAMIE ALFONSO AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WENT HIKING IN THE WOODED AREA NEAR MILE MARKER 16 ON HIGHWAY 20 OUTSIDE OF FORT BRAGG. WHEN JAMIE DIDNT RETURN TO THE VEHICLE, THE FAMILY NOTIFIED THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT WHO THEN INITIATED A SEARCH. JAMIE WAS FINALLY LOCATED AT ABOUT 10:15 THE NEXT MORNING, AND WAS IN GOOD HEALTH AND SPIRITS, AFTER SPENDING THE NIGHT IN THE WOODS.

UKIAH HIRES A FIRM TO CREATE AN AIRPORT PLAN JH 03/27/13

THE UKIAH CITY COUNCIL APPROVED HIRING A FIRM TO CREATE AN AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN FOR THE UKIAH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE COUNCIL APPROVED APPLYING FOR A $75,000 GRANT FROM THE FAA TO UPDATE THE PLAN. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, THIS IS NECESSARY, BECAUSE THE PLAN IS WHAT ALL FUTURE GRANT FUNDING IS BASED ON. THE FAA HAS ALREADY INDICATED THAT THE RUNWAY IS TOO WIDE AND NEEDS TO BE ALTERED. THE CITY HOPES TO HAVE THE LAYOUT PLAN APPROVED BY DECEMBER, WHICH WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO APPLY FOR A GRANT NEXT YEAR TO DESIGN THE RUNWAY REHABILITATION, AND ANOTHER GRANT FOR THE NEEDED CONSTRUCTION.

News 3/26/13

HOME INVASION IN KELSEYVILLE JH 03/26/13

THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING AN EARLY MORNING HOME INVASION ROBBERY.

THE VICTIM, A RESIDENT IN RURAL KELSEYVILLE, REPORTED THAT 4 MALES CARRYING FIREARMS ENTERED HIS HOME AT APPROXIMATELY 4 AM MONDAY AND TIED HIM UP. THEY STOLE MARIJUANA, A SHOTGUN, LAPTOP COMPUTER, AND A WALLET BEFORE LEAVING. THE CASE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AT 263-2690.

FOOD AND WATER DELIVERIES CUT OFF TO WILLITS TREE SITTERS

JH 03/26/13

TREE SITTERS PROTESTING THE HIGHWAY 101 BYPASS AROUND WILLITS WERE GIVEN AN ULTIMATUM OVER THE WEEKEND.

THERE ARE NOW THREE TREE SITTERS PROTESTING THE BYPASS PROJECT. 24 YEAR OLD AMANDA SENSEMAN, WHO HAS BEEN IN A PINE TREE SINCE JANUARY 28, AND TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN WHO JOINED THE PROTEST IN TWO OTHER TREES ON MARCH 18. CHP AGREED TO REFRAIN FROM ARRESTING THE SITTERS, IF THEY VOLUNTARILY REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM THE TREES. CAL TRANS AND CHP HAVE ALSO CUT OFF ALL ACCESS TO PROTESTERS LOOKING TO DELIVER FRESH FOOD, WATER AND SUPPLIES TO THE TREE SITTERS. ACCORDING TO CAL TRANS OFFICIALS, THEY ARE NOT DENYING THE TREE SITTERS FOOD AND WATER, IF THEY WANT IT, THEY CAN COME DOWN AND GET IT THEMSELVES. CHP IS MONITORING THE SITTERS, AS THEY ARE CONCERNED FOR THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY. NO TIME FRAME HAS BEEN SET IF THE SITTERS CHOOSE NOT TO COMPLY WITH CAL TRANS AND CHPS REQUEST, HOWEVER, OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THEIR REMOVAL IS IMMINENT.

TSUNAMI WARNING TEST JH 03/26/13

THE MENDOCINO COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICE HAS SCHEDULED A TSUNAMI WARNING TEST FOR TOMORROW, MARCH 27 FROM 11 AM TO NOON.

IF YOUR WATCHING TV OR LISTENING TO THE RADIO DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, YOU WILL SEE OR HEAR WARNINGS. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THE CITIES OF FORT BRAGG OR POINT ARENA, YOU MAY HEAR THE SOUND OF THE TSUNAMI SIRENS. WHEN ACTIVATED, THE SIRENS WILL WAIL FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES. AS PART OF THE TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM, THE CIVIL AIR PATROL, WEATHER PERMITTING, WILL BE FLYING ALONG THE COASTLINE TESTING THEIR PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM AS WELL. REMEMBER THIS IS ONLY A TEST. IF A REAL TSUNAMI WARNING OCCURS, THE ALERTS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SPECIFIC INFORMATION OF WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO.

UKIAH POLICE IN NEED OF MORE OFFICERS JH 03/26/13

UKIAH POLICE CHIEF CHRIS DEWEY HAS APPEARED BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TWICE THIS MONTH TO DISCUSS THE DAILY STRUGGLES HIS DEPARTMENT FACES WITH THE CITYS HOMELESS AND TRANSIENT POPULATION.

DEWEY TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT HIS OFFICERS HAVE A VIOLENT ENCOUNTER WITH A TRANSIENT AT LEAST ONCE A DAY, AND THE HOMELESS POPULATION HAS A CONTINUED IMPACT ON HIS DEPARTMENT ROUTINELY, AND THEY ARREST THREE TO FOUR PEOPLE A DAY.

DEWEY EXPRESSED THAT MORE THAN EVER, THERE IS A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS, AND THEY ARE SEARCHING EVERYWHERE TO FIND MONEY TO FUND THEM. DEWEY HAS REQUESTED MONEY FROM THE CITYS GENERAL FUND TO PAY FOR ONE ADDITIONAL OFFICER, HOWEVER, THAT REMAINS UNDER DISCUSSION.

PRESCRIBED BURN JH 03/26/13

A PRESCRIBED FIRE IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW ON THE GRINDSTONE RANGER DISTRICT IN THE MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST.

THE ALDER SPRINGS UNDERBURN IS PLANNED FOR APPROXIMATELY 250 ACRES AND IS LOCATED NEAR ALDER SPRINGS OFF OF FOREST HIGHWAY 7. SMOKE MAY BE NOTICEABLE IN THAT AREA OF THE FOREST TOMORROW, AS WELL AS RESIDUAL SMOKE AFTER THE IGNITIONS ARE OVER. IF YOU WILL BE IN THE ALDER SPRINGS AREA TOMORROW, AREAS WHERE PRESCRIBED BURNING OPERATIONS ARE TAKING PLACE WILL BE WELL SIGNED WITH INCREASED FIRE PERSONNEL IN THE AREA.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND MENDO LAKE CREDIT UNION PARTNER ON PROJECT JH 03/26/13

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY LAKE COUNTY AND MENDO LAKE CREDIT UNION HAVE PARTNERED ON A LAKEPORT HOME PROJECT.

MENDO LAKE CREDIT UNION PRESENTED A PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF LAKEPORT TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TO BE REFURBISHED FOR ONE OF HABITATS PARTNER FAMILIES. MENDO LAKE CREDIT UNION EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE REFURBISHMENT WORK AND EVEN ASSIST BY PROVIDING BEDS FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE FAMILY THAT WILL LIVE IN THE HOME. TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN HELP, OR FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HABITAT FOR HUMANITY LAKE COUNTY, VISIT WWW.LAKEHABITAT.ORG.

TELEPHONE TOWN HALL MEETING PLANNED ON STATE FIRE FEE

JH 03/26/13

THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION WILL HOST A TELECONFERENCE TOWN HALL MEETING ON THE STATE FIRE FEE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY THE FOCUS OF A LAWSUIT AND LEGISLATION SEEKING TO OVERTURN IT.

THE FIRE FEE, PASSED BY CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE AND SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR BROWN IN 2011, ASSIGNED A $150 FEE TO EVERY PARCEL OF LAND IN THE STATE RESPONSIBILITY AREA. FOR THOSE WANTING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TOWN HALL TELECONFERENCE, YOU ARE ASKED TO REGISTER IN ADVANCE AT WWW.CALFIREFEE.COM/TOWNHALL OR BAY CALLING 916-234-4970. PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE A TELEPHONE CALL AT THE START OF THE EVENT TO CONNECT THEM WITH THE GROUP.

ROAD WORK THIS WEEK JH 03/26/13

ROAD WORK THIS WEEK WILL CAUSE SOME MINOR DELAYS.

AT&T WILL PERFORM UTILITY REPAIRS ON HIGHWAY 128 NEAR RAYS POINT ROAD TOMORROW FROM 8 AM TO 2 PM. AND A CAL TRANS SUB CONTRACTOR WILL PERFORM WELL MONITORING ON HIGHWAY 128 JUST WEST OF MENDOCINO/SONOMA COUNTY LINE TOMORROW FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM. ONE WAY TRAFFIC CONTROL WILL BE IN EFFECT AT BOTH LOCATIONS, WITH 5 MINUTE DELAYS ANTICIPATED.

News 3/25/13

ENDANGERED RUNAWAY JH 03/25/13

INFORMATION IS SOUGHT ABOUT A TEEN RUNAWAY FROM WILLITS.

17-YEAR-OLD ANGELISA TREJO HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE FEBRUARY 28TH. SHE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE RUNAWAY, BUT IS STILL POSSIBLY IN THE AREA. ANGELISA IS DESCRIBED AS AN AMERICAN INDIAN FEMALE, 5 FEET, 3 INCHES TALL, WEIGHING 140 POUNDS, WITH BLACK HAIR AND BROWN EYES. SHE HAS A HEART TATTOO BETWEEN HER THUMB AND FOREFINGER ON HER RIGHT HAND, AND A TATTOO ON HER LOWER ABDOMEN. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE WHEREABOUTS OF ANGELISA SHOULD CONTACT THE WILLITS POLICE AT 459-6122.

MISSING COBB GIRL FOUND SAFE JH 03/25/13

A YOUNG GIRL MISSING FROM COBB, HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE.

12 YEAR OLD JANICA FREDRICK, WHO DISAPPEARED THURSDAY MORNING AFTER LEAVING HOME FOR SCHOOL, SHOWED UP AT A RELATIVES HOME IN SANTA ROSA SATURDAY. JANICA IS SAFE, AND NO OTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED.

UKIAH MAN KILLED IN HIGHWAY 20 CRASH JH 03/25/13

A 22 YEAR OLD UKIAH MAN WAS KILLED FRIDAY MORNING AFTER BEING HIT BY A GARBAGE TRUCK.

THE VICTIM, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED YET, WAS DRIVING EASTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 20 JUST WEST OF THE POTTER VALLEY EXIT AT AROUND 4:45 AM. ACCORDING TO CHP, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE AND HIT AN EMBANKMENT. WITH HIS CAR STOPPED IN THE EASTBOUND LANE WITH NO LIGHT ON, THE VICTIM THEN REPORTEDLY WAS STANDING IN THE V OF THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR TRYING TO STOP TRAFFIC, WHEN THE GARBAGE TRUCK HIT HIM. CHP REPORTED THAT THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK, 57 YEAR OF RON GROVE OF GLEN HAVEN, DID NOT SEE THE VICTIM OR HIS VEHICLE. THE COLLISION BLOCKED TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY 20 FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND CAUSED SIZABLE DELAYS FOR SOME TIME AFTER.

FUEL MIX-UP AT UKIAH GAS STATION JH 03/25/13

DRIVERS WHO FILLED THEIR GAS TANKS AT THE CHEVRON STATION ON LAKE MENDOCINO DRIVE LAST WEEK SHOULD BE AWARE THAT ONE OF THE STATIONS PLUS PUMPS HAD DIESEL FUEL IN IT INSTEAD OF GASOLINE.

ACCORDING TO A CHEVRON EMPLOYEE, THE DELIVERY COMPANY, REDWOOD COAST FUELS, ACCIDENTALLY FILLED THE WRONG TANK WITH DIESEL FUEL ON WEDNESDAY. DEPENDING ON THE RATIO OF DIESEL TO GASOLINE IN THE TANK, THE DIESEL FUEL WOULD CAUSE A GASOLINE ENGINE TO NOT START AT ALL, OR WOULD START AND AT SOME POINT START TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP RUNNING. REDWOOD COAST FUELS HAS SO FAR BEEN PAYING FOR ANY REPAIRS REQUIRED BY CUSTOMERS, AS A RESULT OF THE MIX-UP.

CONGRESSMAN HUFFMAN TO HONOR LOCAL AT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING JH 03/25/13

CONGRESSMAN JARED HUFFMAN WILL HONOR A LOCAL HERO FOR BRAVERY AT THIS WEEKS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.

HUFFMAN WILL PRESENT AN AWARD TO AUSTIN MORRIS FOR HIS BRAVERY IN RESCUING A FELLOW CREW MEMBER ON THE RESEARCH VESSEL KAISEI AS THEY MONITORED THE NUCLEAR SPILL AT FUKUSHIMA JAPAN IN 2012. MORRISS CREWMATE HAD FALLEN OVERBOARD DURING A NIGHT WATCH SHIFT, AND HE MANAGED TO PULL HER FROM THE 10 TO 12 FOOT WINTER SWELLS. ACCORDING TO MEETING AGENDA, AFTER THE AWARD, CONGRESSMAN HUFFMAN WILL ALSO UPDATE THE BOARD ON THE SEQUESTRATION, THE DEBT CEILING, AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE CURRENT CONGRESSIONAL SESSION.

LAKE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT VETERAN ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR SHERIFF IN RECALL ELECTION JH 03/25/13

AS A RECALL OF LAKE COUNTYS SHERIFF BEGINS, A LAW ENFORCEMENT VETERAN STEPPED UP THIS WEEKEND TO ANNOUNCE HE WOULD SEEK THE SHERIFFS JOB.

BRIAN MARTIN, A FORMER SHERIFFS LIEUTENANT CURRENTLY SERVING AS ASSISTANT CHIEF OF THE LAKE COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT, MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT SUNDAY MORNING. WHILE MARTIN POINTED OUT NUMEROUS SHORTCOMINGS IN RIVEROS LEADERSHIP, HE SAID HE INTENDED TO KEEP THE CAMPAIGN FOCUSED ON THE ISSUES AND WOULDNT ENGAGE IN THE KIND OF CHARACTER ASSASSINATION THAT RIVERO HAS EMPLOYED. THE GROUP BEHIND RIVEROS RECALL HAS FILED THE APPROPRIATE PAPERWORK, TO WHICH RIVERO HAS 7 DAYS TO RESPOND. THEY WILL THEN BEGIN THE PROCESS THAT INCLUDES GATHERING JUST OVER 7,000 SIGNATURES IN A 120-DAY PERIOD IN ORDER TO PLACE RIVEROS RECALL ON THE BALLOT BEFORE COUNTY VOTERS.

ROAD WORK TODAY JH 03/25/13

ROAD WORK TODAY WILL CAUSE SOME DELAYS.

AT&T WILL PERFORM UTILITY REPAIRS ON HIGHWAY 20 NEAR THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAYS 20 AND 29 THROUGH TOMORROW FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM.

CAL TRANS WILL PERFORM ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON HIGHWAY 29 FROM JUST SOUTH OF A STREET TO JUST SOUTH OF SPRUCE GROVE ROAD BEGINNING TODAY AND ONGOING FROM 9 AM TO 3 PM WEEKDAYS.

METAL BEAM GUARDRAIL REPAIR WILL BE DONE ON HIGHWAY 20 FROM THE SOUTH JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 20 AND 101 TO THE COLD CREEK BRIDGE #5 STARTING TODAY AND WILL BE ONGOING FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM WEEKDAYS.

ONE-WAY TRAFFIC CONTROL WILL BE IN EFFECT AT ALL LOCATIONS WITH 5-MINUTE DELAYS ANTICIPATED.

LOCAL ARTIST CREATED NATIONAL MONUMENT TO MILITARY DOGS

JH 03/25/13

A LOCAL SCULPTOR WAS CHOSEN TO CREATE A NATIONAL MONUMENT TO HONOR DOGS THAT HAVE SERVED IN THE US MILITARY.

SINCE 1958, DOGS HAVE UNDERGONE BASIC TRAINING AT LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE IN SAN ANTONIO TEXAS, AND SERVED IN EVERY WAR SINCE IN ALL FIVE BRANCHES OF ARMED SERVICE. PAULA SLATER OF HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE HAS CREATED THE BRONZE SCULPTURE THAT IS COMPRISED OF A 9 AND A HALF FOOT DOG HANDLER IN FULL COMBAT GEAR, AND ONE DOG OF EACH OF THE FOUR BREEDS USED IN SERVICE, DOBERMAN, LABRADOR RETRIEVER, GERMAN SHEPHERD, AND BELGIAN MALINOIS. THE MONUMENT IS CURRENTLY ON TOUR OF THE US, AND WILL BE DEDICATED ON OCTOBER 13 AT LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE WHERE IT WILL RESIDE PERMANENTLY. SLATER WAS RECENTLY QUOTED AS SAYING, IN REGARD TO BEING CHOSEN TO CREATE THIS SCULPTURE, ITS AMAZING AND ITS AN HONOR

News 3/22/13

SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT SEEKS PUBLIC HELP IN IDENTIFYING THE REMAINS FOUND IN PIERCY JH 03/22/13

THE MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT SEEKS THE PUBLICS HELP IN IDENTIFYING THE HUMAN SKELETON FOUND IN PIERCY LAST FALL.

AUTHORITIES WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT PHOTOS OF THE CLOTHING THAT WERE ON THE SKELETON, THEY ARE POSTED ON THE K-WINE NEWS FACEBOOK PAGE AS WELL AS THE MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS WEB SITE. ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT, THEY HOPE THE IMAGES WILL HELP GENERATE SOME NEW LEADS. THE TATTERED SHIRT BEARS A FADED MESSAGE THAT IS HARD TO READ IN THE PHOTOGRAPH, BUT AUTHORITIES BELIEVE IT SAYS, BEFORE I STARTED WORKING HERE, I DRANK, SMOKED, AND USED FOUL LANGUAGE FOR NO REASON AT ALL. BUT THANKS TO THIS JOB, I NOW HAVE A REASON. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE CASE IS URGED TO CALL THE MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS TIP LINE AT 234-2100.

CHP SECURED THE WILLITS BYPASS PROJECT SO CAL TRANS COULD CONTINUE WORKING JH 03/22/13

OPPONENTS OF THE HIGHWAY 101 BYPASS AROUND WILLITS WERE OVERWHELMED BY CHP OFFICERS THERE TO SECURE THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE AND ALLOW CAL TRANS TO CONTINUE WORKING.

JUST BEFORE 7 AM YESTERDAY DOZENS OF HIGHWAY PATROL VEHICLES ARRIVED AT THE BYPASS PROTEST LOCATION AND BEGAN REMOVING SIGNS AND WARNING PROTESTERS THAT THEY WERE TRESPASSING AND THEN GAVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE BEFORE BEING ARRESTED. BY NOON, CHP HAD ARRESTED SEVEN PROTESTERS, AND CAL TRANS WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE CLEARING AND INSTALLING FENCING ALONG THE BYPASS ROUTE. ANYONE SEEKING MORE INFORMATION ON THE BYPASS PROJECT SHOULD VISIT THE PROJECTS WEB SITE AT WILLITSBYPASS.WORDPRESS.COM

BICYCLIST KILLED IN THURSDAY NIGHT COLLISION JH 03/22/13

A BICYCLIST DIED LAST NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 20, AFTER BEING HIT BY A VEHICLE.

68-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM HARTMAN OF YUBA CITY WAS DRIVING EASTBOUND NEAR KEYS BOULEVARD IN CLEARLAKE OAKS AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30 PM, WHEN HE HIT A BICYCLIST FROM BEHIND. ACCORDING TO CHP, THE UNIDENTIFIED BICYCLIST WAS RIDING A BLACK BIKE WHILE WEARING DARK CLOTHING AND NO HELMET, AND HARTMAN WAS UNABLE TO SEE HIM. THE COLLISION IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

TWO ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH VEHICLE BREAK-INS JH 03/22/13

CLEARLAKE POLICE ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTS ALLEGEDLY RESPONSIBLE FOR BREAKING INTO VEHICLES AT A LOCAL HOTEL.

ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, THEY RECEIVED A REPORT OF SOMEONE TRYING TO BREAK INTO A VEHICLE AT ABOUT 4:22 AM YESTERDAY. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED AT THE EL GRANDE BEST WESTERN ON LAKESHORE DRIVE, THEY CONTACTED 19-YEAR-OLD JAMES METZGER IN THE PARKING LOT. HOWEVER, A WITNESS THEN POINTED OUT THE THEFT SUSPECT ACROSS THE STREET, WHO THEN FLED. AFTER A SHORT FOOT CHASE, 22-YEAR-OLD CYNTHIA LEE RUSSELL WAS APPREHENDED. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT METZGER NEW RUSSELL AND THE TWO OF THEM WERE ALLEGEDLY BREAKING INTO VEHICLES. METZGER WAS LATER LOCATED AT HIS RESIDENCE AND ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

WILLITS MAN ARRESTED FOR SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP MINOR HE MET ON FACEBOOK JH 03/22/13

A WILLITS MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY HAVING A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A MINOR HE MET ONLINE .

19 YEAR OLD JOSE ALFREDO ARELLANO-SANCHEZ MET THE 11 YEAR OLD GIRL ON FACEBOOK AND THE TWO BEGAN HAVING A RELATIONSHIP APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTH AGO. ACCORDING TO UKIAH POLICE, A PARENT OF THE 11 YEAR OLD GIRL REPORTED THE RELATIONSHIP TO AUTHORITIES TWO WEEKS AGO. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ARELLANO-SANCHEZ WAS COMING TO UKIAH THURSDAY MORNING TO GIVE THE GIRL A PREGNANCY TEST. ARELLANO-SANCHEZ WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO MENDOCINO COUNTY JAIL ON MULTIPLE CHARGES.

WOMAN SAVED FROM SUNKEN PICKUP IN CLEARLAKE JH 03/22/13

A LUCERNE WOMAN, WHOSE PICKUP TRUCK WENT OFF THE ROAD AND INTO CLEAR LAKE AND SUNK, WAS SAVED BY PASSERBYS, A SHERIFF DEPUTY, AND A MEDICAL TECHNICIAN.

71 YEAR OLD ANN ADAMS WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 20 JUST BEFORE 2:30 PM YESTERDAY, WHEN, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, HER PICKUP VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND LAUNCHED ABOUT 50 FEET OUT INTO THE LAKE. LUCERNE RESIDENT DOUG ARNOLD. WHO WAS DRIVING BEHIND HER, STOPPED AND JUMPED IN THE WATER TO TRY AND RESCUE ADAMS, BUT WAS UNABLE. HE THEN FLAGGED DOWN FRANK HAAS, WHO WAS DRIVING BY. HAAS CALLED 911, AS THE PICKUP QUICKLY SANK WITH ADAMS STILL INSIDE. A DEPUTY ARRIVED AND USED A SLEDGE HAMMER FROM HAASS WORK TRUCK TO BREAK OUT A WINDOW IN THE PICKUP AND EXTRICATE ADAMS. ARNOLD, HAAS, AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, AND A FEW YOUNG BICYCLIST ALL ENTERED THE LAKE TO ASSIST THE DEPUTY IN RESCUING ADAMS, WHO WAS FLOWN TO SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WITH A POSSIBLE FRACTURED ARM, BUT OTHERWISE DOING OK.

ROAD WORK TODAY JH 03/22/13

ROAD WORK TODAY WILL CAUSE SOME MINOR DELAYS.

CAL TRANS WILL PERFORM ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON HIGHWAY 101 FROM EAST SIDE ROAD TO THE FELIZ CREEK BRIDGE FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM. THEY WILL ALSO PERFORM MAINTENANCE FROM THE RAILROAD CROSSING TO THE OUTLET CREEK BRIDGE FROM 8:30 TO 3. ONE-WAY TRAFFIC CONTROL WILL BE IN EFFECT AT BOTH LOCATIONS WITH 5 TO 10 MINUTE DELAYS ANTICIPATED.

PARTNERSHIP HEALTHPLAN OF CALIFORNIA IS EXPANDING AND HIRING

JH 03/22/13

PARTNERSHIP HEALTHPLAN OF CALIFORNIA, THE PUBLIC NON-PROFIT AGENCY THAT ADMINISTERS MEDI-CAL BENEFITS IN SIX NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES, IS EXPANDING AND HIRING.

THE ORGANIZATION IS EXPANDING INTO EIGHT NEW COUNTIES, INCLUDING THE COUNTY OF LAKE, AND THEY WILL HAVE MORE THAN 100 NEW POSITIONS OF ALL TYPES AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. POSITIONS RANGE FROM ENTRY LEVEL TO PHYSICIANS AND OTHER MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. THE PARTNERSHIP HEALTHPLAN WILL HAVE A JOB FAIR AT ITS FAIRFIELD LOCATION ON APRIL 9TH TO TRY AND FILL POSITIONS CREATED BY THIS GROWTH. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT THEIR WEB SITE AT WWW.PARTNERSHIPHP.ORG.

News 3/21/13

WILLITS BYPASS WEB SITE JH 03/21/13

CAL TRANS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT THERE IS A NEW WEB SITE OFFERING THE LATEST OFFICIAL NEWS AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE WILLITS BYPASS PROJECT.

THE SITE, CALLED THE WILLITS BYPASS PROJECT NEWS, IS LOCATED AT WILLITSBYPASS.WORDPRESS.COM. IT INCLUDES NEWS RELEASES, MULTIMEDIA CONTENT, AND WILL ADDRESS TRENDING QUESTIONS AND COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT. IT IS MOBILE PHONE FRIENDLY AND HAS A SUBSCRIPTION FEATURE WHICH ALLOWS SUBSCRIBERS TO RECEIVE AN E-MAIL NOTIFICATION OF NEW POSTS.

NEW LAWYER APPOINTED FOR SHOOTING SUSPECT JH 03/21/13

THE ACCUSED SHOOTER IN A CHASE AND SHOOTING INVOLVING A MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY LAST MONTH, APPEARED IN COURT WEDNESDAY AND WAS ASSIGNED A NEW LAWYER.

42 YEAR OLD WALTER MILLER AND HIS CO-DEFENDANT, 30 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER SKAGGS FACE CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, RECKLESS EVADING, ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM, AND AT LEAST ONE COUNT OF FIRST-DEGREE BURGLARY. MILLER ALLEGEDLY LEANED OUT THE WINDOW OF A CAR DURING A HIGH SPEED CHASE AND SHOT AT A DEPUTY, DISABLING HIS PATROL CAR. DURING YESTERDAYS HEARING, THE ALTERNATE PUBLIC DEFENDER DECLARED A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN CONTINUING TO REPRESENT MILLER, AND UKIAH ATTORNEY AL KUBANIS WAS APPOINTED TO REPRESENT HIM.

TEACHER PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO CHILD PORN AND MOLESTATION CHARGES JH 03/21/13

A LOWER LAKE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND MOLESTATION CHARGES THIS WEEK.

38 YEAR OLD JEREMY DUANE STOCK WAS ARRESTED LAST DECEMBER AFTER INVESTIGATORS ALLEGEDLY FOUND ILLICIT MATERIALS ON A COMPUTER IN HIS LOCH LOMOND HOME. STOCK HAD BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION SINCE JANUARY 2012 AFTER HIGH SCHOOL STAFF RECEIVED INFORMATION ALLEGING STOCK ACTED INAPPROPRIATELY WITH STUDENTS. STOCK IS SET TO RETURN TO COURT ON MAY 7 TO SCHEDULE HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING, DURING WHICH TIME THE JUDGE WILL DETERMINE IF THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO REQUIRE A TRIAL.

BABY STEPS AT THE PALACE HOTEL IN UKIAH JH 03/21/13

THE OWNER OF THE PALACE HOTEL, ELADIA LAINES, TOLD THE UKIAH CITY COUNCIL AT THIS WEEKS MEETING THAT SHE HAS HIRED A NEW CONSULTANT TO OVERSEE THE REMOVAL OF ASBESTOS AND LEAD FROM THE BUILDING.

THIS IS REQUIRED BY THE MENDOCINO COUNTY AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BEFORE A BUILDING PERMIT CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE CITY. THE AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT HAS REQUESTED MORE SAMPLES FROM THE BUILDING, AND ACCORDING TO CITY OFFICIALS, HAS SAID THEY ARE PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS BEING MADE. THE CITY COUNCIL THEN VOTED AGAIN TO POSTPONE TAKING OVER ABATEMENT OF THE BUILDING AT THIS TIME, AND WILL HEAR ANOTHER REPORT FROM LAINES NEXT MONTH.

MULTIPLE ARRESTS DURING ABC STING OPERATION JH 03/21/13

SEVERAL ARRESTS WERE MADE LAST FRIDAY AS LOCAL AUTHORITIES PARTICIPATED IN A STATE WIDE SHOULDER TAP OPERATION MANAGED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL.

SHOULDER TAP OPERATIONS TARGET ADULTS WHO PURCHASE ALCOHOL FOR PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 21. FRIDAYS STING OPERATION ENDED WITH 7 ARRESTS IN CLEARLAKE AND 3 IN UKIAH. SEVERAL OF THE CLEARLAKE ARREST WERE DUE TO OTHER VIOLATIONS THAT CAME TO LIGHT OR OCCURRED DURING THE SHOULDER TAP OPERATION.

PARENTS IN TODDLER INTOXICATION CASE WERE IN COURT THIS WEEK

JH 03/21/13

A PHILO MOTHER, ACCUSED OF CHILD ENDANGERMENT AFTER HER 2 YEAR OLD SON WAS TAKEN TO UKIAH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER WITH METHAMPHETAMINE AND A LIFE THREATENING LEVEL OF ALCOHOL IN HIS SYSTEM, WAS IN COURT THIS WEEK.

22 YEAR OLD SAMANTHA DELVALLE, AND 21 YEAR OLD RAYMOND MAYBERY, WHO WAS ALSO AT HER HOME WHEN SHERIFFS DEPUTIES ARRIVED, FACE CHARGES OF CHILD ENDANGERMENT, BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, AND POSSESSING DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. DELVALLE IS DUE BACK IN COURT NEXT MONDAY FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING, AND THE CHILD IS IN THE CUSTODY OF CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES.

LAKE COUNTY SUPERVISORS GIVE SHERIFF NO CONFIDENCE VOTE AND SEEK RESIGNATION JH 03/21/13

AT THIS WEEKS LAKE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING, THE BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY THAT ITS MEMBERS HAD NO CONFIDENCE IN THE COUNTYS SHERIFF, AND THEY WERE SEEKING HIS RESIGNATION.

THIS ALL STARTED WHEN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOUND THAT SHERIFF RIVERO HAD LIED UNDER OATH DURING A SHOOTING INVESTIGATION IN 2008. RIVERO, WHO WAS ALSO SERVED WITH A NOTICE OF RECALL BY A COMMUNITY GROUP SHORTLY BEFORE THE MEETING, CALLED THE HEARING ILLEGITIMATE AND A SHAM. THE COMMUNITY GROUP IS CURRENTLY CIRCULATING A PETITION TO HAVE RIVERO REMOVED FROM OFFICE.

TSUNAMI WARNING TEST JH 03/21/13

THE MENDOCINO COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICE HAS SCHEDULED A TSUNAMI WARNING TEST FOR MARCH 27 FROM 11 AM TO NOON.

IF YOUR WATCHING TV OR LISTENING TO THE RADIO DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, YOU WILL SEE OR HEAR WARNINGS. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THE CITIES OF FORT BRAGG OR POINT ARENA, YOU MAY HEAR THE SOUND OF THE TSUNAMI SIRENS. WHEN ACTIVATED, THE SIRENS WILL WAIL FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES. AS PART OF THE TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM, THE CIVIL AIR PATROL, WEATHER PERMITTING, WILL BE FLYING ALONG THE COASTLINE TESTING THEIR PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM AS WELL. REMEMBER THIS IS ONLY A TEST. IF A REAL TSUNAMI WARNING OCCURS, THE ALERTS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SPECIFIC INFORMATION OF WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO.

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News 3/20/13

POLICE SEEK ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECTS JH 03/20/13

CLEARLAKE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO MEN WHO ALLEGEDLY ROBBED A CHECK CASHING BUSINESS AT GUNPOINT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

THE ALLIED CASH ADVANCE STORE IN THE BURNS VALLEY MALL ON OLYMPIC DRIVE WAS ROBBED AT APPROXIMATELY 1:45 PM. THE TWO MEN ENTERED THE BUSINESS AND ORDERED THE STAFF AND A CUSTOMER TO THE GROUND AT GUNPOINT, BEFORE FLEEING WITH CASH. THE FIRST SUSPECT IS DESCRIBED AS A BLACK MALE ADULT, ABOUT 6 FEET, 6 INCHES TALL WITH A THIN, SKINNY BUILD. THE SECOND SUSPECT IS DESCRIBED AS A BLACK MALE ADULT, SHORTER THAN THE FIRST SUSPECT WITH A HEAVIER BUILD. BOTH ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN WEARING BLACK CLOTHING WITH A HOODIE-TYPE SWEATSHIRT PULLED OVER THEIR FACES. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE SUSPECTS VEHICLE MAY BE A WHITE TWO-DOOR TOYOTA SOLARA WITH GOLD COLORED LETTERS ON THE REAR. THESE SUSPECTS ARE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ROBBERY OR POSSIBLE SUSPECTS SHOULD CONTACT OFFICER WINSLOW AT 994-8251. CALLERS MAY REMAIN ANONYMOUS.

UKIAH WOMAN IN DEPENDANT ADULT NEGLECT CASE DIES JH 03/20/13

THE UKIAH WOMAN, WHOSE BOYFRIEND AND CAREGIVER IS ACCUSED OF THE SEVERE NEGLECT THAT LED TO HER HOSPITALIZATION, HAS DIED.

THE 32 YEAR OLD VICTIM, WHO WAS HOSPITALIZED ON MARCH 7TH, WAS FOUND TO BE MALNOURISHED AND LYING IN HER OWN WASTE, AFTER AUTHORITIES SEARCHED HER HOME. HER BOYFRIEND AND STATE PAID CAREGIVER, 52 YEAR OLD THOMAS WINKLE, WAS ARRESTED FOR SEVERE NEGLECT THE DAY THE VICTIM WAS HOSPITALIZED. AN AUTOPSY WILL BE PERFORMED TO SEE IF ADDITIONAL CHARGES WILL BE SOUGHT AGAINST WINKLE.

MAN BRANDISHING AXE IN WILLITS PARK JH 03/20/13

A WILLITS MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR BRANDISHING AN AXE NEAR A PLAYGROUND IN A LOCAL PARK.

30 YEAR OLD ROBERT WAYNE BELL WAS SEEN WAVING AN AXE AROUND WHILE CIRCLING THE CHILDRENS PLAY AREA AT RECREATION GROVE PARK SATURDAY MORNING AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30. POLICE WERE CALLED AND BELL WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON SUSPICION OF BRANDISHING A DEADLY WEAPON IN A THREATENING MANNER. WILLITS POLICE SEEK INPUT FROM OTHERS WHO WITNESSED THE INCIDENT. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE WILLITS POLICE AT 459-6122.

MAN WHO SHOT HIMSELF OUTSIDE HOSPITAL IDENTIFIED JH 03/20/13

THE MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFF-CORONERS OFFICE HAS IDENTIFIED THE FORT BRAGG MAN WHO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE SHOT HIMSELF OUTSIDE A HOSPITAL SUNDAY MORNING.

AUTHORITIES RESPONDED TO THE MENDOCINO COAST DISTRICT HOSPITAL AT APPROXIMATELY 9:45 AM, WHEN THEY HEARD AN AMBULANCE BEING DISPATCHED THERE FOR A GUNSHOT VICTIM. WHILE EN ROUTE, THE POLICE WERE ALSO DISPATCHED TO THE HOSPITAL PARKING LOT FOR A REPORT OF A MAN WITH A GUN AND ONE SHOT FIRED. UPON ARRIVAL, POLICE FOUND 64 YEAR OLD THOMAS HENRY BURNAP WITH A BULLET WOUND IN THE BUSHES NEXT TO A VEHICLE WITH AN OPEN DOOR. THE GUN WAS ON THE GROUND NEAR HIM, AND A GUN CASE IN THE VEHICLE. BURNAP WAS ALIVE, BUT HOSPITAL STAFF WAS UNABLE TO SAVE HIM. AN INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT BURNAP CALLED 911 TO REPORT THAT HE WAS GOING TO SHOOT HIMSELF, AND WHERE HIS BODY COULD BE FOUND.

ROAD WORK TODAY JH 03/19/13

ROAD WORK WILL CAUSE SOME MINOR DELAYS TODAY.

THE CITY OF WILLITS WILL PERFORM ROAD WORK ON HUMBOLDT AND MADDEN STREETS TODAY. THE STREETS WILL NOT BE CLOSED SIMULTANEOUSLY. CLOSURES WILL BE ISOLATED TO THE AREAS OF WORK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, THE CITY ADVISES AVOIDING THESE STREETS WHILE THE WORK IS BEING DONE.

UNION WORKERS AND OTHER TO PICKET IN SUPPORT OF WILLITS BYPASS PROJECT JH 03/20/13

UNIONS, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND OTHER WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN A START THE BYPASS PICKET THIS FRIDAY.

THE EVENT WILL START WITH A RALLY IN DOWNTOWN WILLITS FOLLOWED BY A MARCH TO DEMAND THAT CONSTRUCTION OF THE BYPASS BE ALLOWED TO START. ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE BY THE PICKETERS, THEIR MESSAGE IS SIMPLE, STOP COSTING TAXPAYERS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A DAY AND LET THE UNEMPLOYED WORKERS DO THEIR JOBS. THE GROUP WILL BE ASKING CAL TRANS AND THE MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT TO REMOVE THE UNLAWFUL TRESPASSERS AND ALLOW CAL TRANS TO SECURE THE JOB SITE. THE GROUP BEHIND THIS EVENT WANTS TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY, THAT THIS PROJECT WILL NOT ONLY INJECT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO OUR COMMUNITY, BUT IT FIXES A HUGE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION ISSUE FOR THE WHOLE NORTH COAST REGION. IT WILL ALSO RECLASSIFY OVER 2,000 ACRES OF PREVIOUSLY UNPROTECTED LAND THAT WILL BE LABELED OPEN SPACE AND PROTECTED FOREVER. THE RALLY BEGINS AT 11 AM THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 22ND.

ASSEMBLY BILL MAY ALLOW CITY OF UKIAH TO USE BOND PROCEEDS

JH 03/20/13

THE UKIAH CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER AT TONIGHTS MEETING, SUPPORTING A STATE ASSEMBLY BILL THAT MIGHT ALLOW THE CITY TO USE THE PROCEEDS FROM BONDS SOLD BY ITS FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IN 2011.

THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE HAS SO FAR DENIED PAYMENT ON $6.2 MILLION WORTH OF CONTRACTS FROM THE FORMER AGENCY AS NOT ENFORCEABLE OBLIGATIONS. THAT MEANS THE CITY CANNOT USE PART OF THAT MONEY FOR TRAFFIC MITIGATIONS THAT ARE PART OF THE DEAL TO BRING A COSTCO STORE TO AIRPORT PARK BOULEVARD. THE COUNCIL MEETING BEGINS AT 6 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON SEMINARY AVENUE.

NAKED MAN TASED AFTER LEAVING THE HOSPITAL JH 03/20/13

A NAKED MAN WHO FLED THE CUSTODY OF MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS AT UKIAH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER WAS TASED AS AUTHORITIES ATTEMPTED TO SUBDUE HIM.

ACCORDING TO THE UKIAH POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE 39-YEAR-OLD MALE SUSPECT HAD BEEN DETAINED EARLIER IN THE DAY AS A THREAT TO OTHERS DUE TO A MEDICAL CONDITION, AS HE HAD APPARENTLY THREATENED TO KILL SOMEBODY. ABOUT 6:50 PM, THE SUSPECT FORCEFULLY PULLED THE IV FROM HIMSELF, AS WELL AS A CATHETER, AND THEN RAN FROM THE FACILITY. POLICE LOCATED THE NAKED MAN ON PERKINS STREET AND TRIED TO TALK TO HIM, BUT HE CONTINUED WALKING. THE OFFICER THEN TASED THE MAN, WHO FELL AND THEN BEGAN REMOVING THE TASER PROBES AS HE TRIED TO GET BACK UP. BACKUP LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVED AS THE MAN TRIED TO FLEE AGAIN. THE SUSPECT WAS TASED AGAIN BEFORE AUTHORITIES COULD WRESTLE HIM TO THE GROUND AND TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY.