Possible changes to the way the City of Ukiah handles vacant structures. The Daily Journal reports on a meeting of the Revitalization and Economic Development Committee. The committee comprised of city staffers, some community members and local business owners. They were discussing the latest draft of an ordinance on what to do with long vacant properties to get them filled or fixed up. Some of the topics considered were coming up with a list of all of the city’s vacant properties and a possible fee for building owners who have to register their properties and a fine for those who don’t. The committee also concerned with defining what blight is for the ordinance.
A man accused of shooting his ex girlfriend on a turnout off Highway 1 out of Little River, then taking off, has been arrested. The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office reports Andrew Crowningshield has been found in Glenn County after the shooting Sunday of the mother of his child. Police say Autumn Smith of Fort Bragg, also known as Autumn Johnson, had been in relationship with the guy and they had a three year old together. Cops now say Smith had a man in the car with her, Daniel Alonso, and Crowningshield started following them and Smith pulled over and was shot several times. Alonso telling police he thinks he was also shot at so he drove away in Smith’s car and called police.
Police in Ukiah searching for whoever may have beaten and stabbed another man, leaving him to die over the weekend. The Ukiah Valley Fire Authority reported getting a call from someone riding a bike who saw the victim face down in a driveway of an apartment complex early Saturday morning in the 700 block of South Oak Street. Cops say the man looked to have been beaten badly and was unconscious. The man was taken to an out of county hospital with his current condition, not available. The 37 year old victim also had multiple stab wounds to his body and blunt force trauma to his head. There are no suspects so far and police are asking anyone who may know anything about the attempted murder to call the police department.
A bomb threat at a middle school in Kelseyville had students quickly evacuated. The faculty at Mountain Vista Middle School got the kids out yesterday afternoon after a note was found on campus with an alleged bomb threat. The CHP and Lake County Sheriff’s Department deputies, along with the Sheriff himself went to the school. School buses and parents were told to get their kids at the nearby elementary school. Sheriff Brian Martin reported collecting evidence and there was a note with a threat to the school, but there was no bomb found. They were set to beef up patrols around the area this morning as kids got to school.
A shootout with Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies leads to a man’s death after some calls about a man with a weapon to police. It happened after deputies got a call yesterday for a man with a gun in the 6000 block of Marin Street in Nice. The Sheriff’s office reports a deputy got to the scene and saw the man armed. They’re not sure if the man who died, shot himself or was hit by the deputy. The deputy has been placed on paid administrative leave, which is routine. The D-A’s office says the man was known to them and they’d had contact with him in the past. The D-A also says the man had several stolen vehicles and guns, including an automatic weapon.
A man from Oakland’s been arrested for a murder in November 2016 in Clearlake. Police say David Ward was busted in Alameda County last week and brought to Lake County in connection to the murder of Brandon McAfee. There are also other charges against Ward including possession of a firearm and assault with a deadly weapon for the shooting death of McAfee. Police had been looking for Ward and another guy who they say had an automatic firearm, went to a home, demanding all those in the house down on the ground, but one of them wouldn’t comply and was shot, that was McAfee. He was hit in the chest. Police say it may have been a marijuana deal gone bad.
The new Lakeport postmaster is being sworn in this week. On Thursday evening Benjamin Lovato takes over what used to be the Big Valley Post Office, which has been open since 1858. The swearing in at the Hartley Masonic Lodge No. 199. Lovato says it’s an honor to take over at the post office where he started his career in 2005. He’s been in management in Laytonville, Hopland, Healdsburg, Sebastapol, Lakeport and Lower Lake.
A prescribed fire’s being ignited today in the Mendocino National Forest Upper Lake Ranger District. The Howard Mill prescribed fire will burn about 80 acres if the right conditions exist. It’s in Lake County, five miles north of Upper Lake and five miles south of Lake Pillsbury. So if you see smoke around Lakeport, Upper Lake, Kelseyville and Potter Valley, it’s being controlled by Forest Service staff. Some local trails will also be closed. The prescribed fires are lit to reduce hazardous fuels for possible future wildfires, increase firefighter safety, and protect communities and watersheds.
If you’ve got a medical marijuana recommendation, you may be able to go to a recreational store and not pay the taxes. The new recreational cannabis marketplace apparently is also attracting more people to get medical marijuana identification cards because cardholders don’t have to pay sales or use taxes at dispensaries. The Press Democrat’s reporting on the loophole, because customers can be spared the taxes which tally from 7 and 10 percent with another 3 percent sales tax for the state. But apparently there are months long waits to get marijuana recommendations. Medical pot users and qualified patient caregivers can apply for cards.
A new report shows there’s four lawmakers in Calif who had faced sexual misconduct complaints the last 12 years, but they’ve not been disciplined yet. The Press Democrat reports the complaints against the legislators range between inappropriate comments regarding sex to unwanted touching. The paper reports they were told to watch their behavior, but nearly a dozen legislative staffers targeted by complaints were either fired or suspended. Legislators calling the complaints against them political, due to poor record-keeping or because they were from disgruntled former employees. Those accused were Democratic Assemblywoman Autumn Burke of Los Angeles, Republican Assemblyman Travis Allen of Huntington Beach, Democratic Sen. Tony Mendoza of Artesia and Democratic Sen. Bob Hertzberg of LA.
Don’t put down the French Fries… or maybe rub the grease on your head instead? A new study shows a chemical in the preparation of some fried fast food items could actually cure baldness. Scientists at Yokohama National University say the oxygen-permeable agent dimethylpolysiloxane (die-methyl-poly-sy-locks-ann) or PDMS helped hair follicle germs regenerate, so hair would grow. The study’s been published in the science journal Biomaterials. The same chemical is used to cook Micky-D’s fries, keeping oil from foaming. It’s also apparently used in lubricating substances and skin conditioning cosmetics.
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