A man from The Forks gets life in prison for the murder of another man in his apartment. Oscar Alvarez Carrillo found guilty last December for the April 2016 premeditated, deliberate, and knifing death of 62-year old Salvardor Hernandez. He got 25 years to life for the murder, then this past January he also was found guilty of making criminal threats while armed with a machete and got another 3 years. They also tacked on one year for using the knife for the murder.
There’s a new permanent Public Health Officer in Lake County. Dr. Erin Gustafson has been the Interim PHO since last fall. Now she’ll take on the job in an official capacity. She’s been working on some of the largest fires in Calif. history saying the office had dedicated itself to make sure the community was safe, that evacuations of healthcare facilities happened fast and medical needs were met at shelters. Dr. Gustafson is working on increased access to Hepatitis C treatment for County residents and is working on the best possible local emergency medical care system.
A man from Willits has been arrested after some booze was ripped off from a grocery store. Deputies got a call last Thursday afternoon to the grocery store in the 900 block of School Way in Redwood Valley where the theft was captured on surveillance video. Police found Zebulion Couthren a couple hours later during a traffic stop for a minor traffic violation. Per chance, the deputy who pulled him over had seen the video from the grocery store as a responding officer and recognized the guy from his clothing. Since he was on probation, he was subject to search and police found meth on him and the stolen bottle of booze from the Redwood Valley market. He’s charged with petty theft with prior conviction, violation of probation, drug possession and held on $30,000.00 bail.
A Willits Man busted after a traffic stop leads to a bunch of ammunition. But police say James Stricklin’s passenger, Andrew Green was not allowed to have the multiple boxes of .22 caliber ammo due to past criminal behavior. Stricklen was stopped because his front and rear license plates didn’t match up. Green was arrested for possession of ammunition by a prohibited person and Stricklin for altered vehicle registration. The two men booked into jail on $15,000.00 bail each.
The Second Quarter/Mid-Year Budget report’s been released by Mendocino County. The accepted report by the Board of Supervisors considers all departments spending and what will be brought in for the fiscal year 2018-2019. It covers July 1st through December 31st. The board discussed each department and their financial health. The total revenue was supposed to hit nearly $70M expected for the 2018-2019 fiscal year. The first part of May, the next budget, the third quarter report will be presented to the Board of Supervisors and a final budget hearing is set for mid June.
A new report says some California law enforcement agencies are violating the state’s immigrant sanctuary law and working with ICE. The report released yesterday by Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus along with the University of Oxford Center for Criminology in England. It shows of 169 law enforcement agencies reviewed, 68 were not in compliance in state law. The state Senate passed a bill limited cooperation between police agencies and federal immigration agents. In San Diego, for instance, deputies were asking detainees about their immigration status and in Stanislaus, the Sheriff’s Department lets deputies hold detainees for immigration agents. And the Humboldt County Sheriff and San Jose Police are providing space for federal agents.
A free community health expo in Willits. Next Saturday, April 6th, at the Little Lake Grange, there will be a bunch of natural health practitioners at the Northern California Health Summit. Doors open at 11 AM with booths, food and a rummage sale with live music. There will be speakers and exercise demonstrations, health practitioner introductions, raffles and more. They say there’s still booth space and room for sponsorships…
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A man in Lake County appearing in court for allegedly molesting a child under ten years old. The Record Bee newspaper reports David Anthony Calvin Johnson was in court on two counts of oral copulation (with a victim under 10 years old) and other charges including sending harmful material to a minor and lewd acts with a victim under 14. His lawyer asking for a continuance to go over discovery. Johnson busted in January, Clearlake Police got a warrant to check his home in Newark, then he was booked into the Santa Rita Jail. He’s pleaded not guilty on all counts and denied the special allegations.
A woman from Fairfield gets probation and other punishment for growing weed. Elizabeth Garcia sentenced to three misdemeanors for using a banned pesticide on the marijuana. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife investigating the woman who’s been given three years probation, fines and fees of almost $23,000 and she has to do 240 hours of community service. The state wildlife agency along with the California State Water Resources Control Board investigating her for black market sales and environmental crimes, finding 850 plants that were not permitted by the county or licensed by the state. They found a dead bird there and did some plant samples finding the banned substance probably killed the bird. Carbofuran is not allowed in the United States. One tiny aspirin-sized tablet could kill 20,000 small birds and a teaspoon could kill a 300-lb. bear.
7,000 acres to be cleared out of dead trees after the Ranch Fire. The Mendocino National Forest doing the hazard tree removal so there’s a safe travel area with access for private properties, communication sites, forest facilities and developed recreational areas. Lake Co News reports the trees are 50 percent more likely to die because of the fire and are a hazard within 1-200 feet of certain roads will be removed. Other trees that are not being removed will be treated in various ways though. The news site reports the first project on the Upper Lake Ranger District on about 500 acres around Bartlett Springs. The fire burn area is still closed due to safety issues including flooding, debris flows and hazard trees and narrow roads.
A man who says he got cancer because of Roundup weed killer has won millions of dollars in federal court. The San Francisco jury awarded $80 million to Edwin Hardeman of Sonoma County, who claimed Roundup’s design was defective, lacked sufficient cancer warnings and Monsanto, its manufacturer, was negligent. The compensation, more than $5 million, plus $75 million more in punitive damages. But Monsanto claimed studies show glyphosate, the active ingredient in their popular weed killer, is safe and they’ll appeal. Hardeman used Roundup for poison oak, overgrowth and weeds for years and ended up years later with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, something the jury agreed was likely due in part from the weed killer. The World Health Organization has classified the weed killer a “probable human carcinogen” and now thousands of lawsuits are pending across the U-S.
Bonds being sold in Calif. to help fund the long awaited high speed rail project. $600 million in bonds will contribute to the challenged project that’s planned between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Voters agreed that $10 billion could be sold for the project back in 2008. The state had a sale this week for the bonds to add to the coffers of the $77 billion project. Wells Fargo and Jefferies, LLC, bought the bonds according to the state Treasurer. The state Senate is about to meet on the project too, to decide what’s next. An update to the legislature before that public hearing is set for May 1st.
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