MENDO COUNTY POT PERMITS NOT SUSPENDED YET JKB 1/11/12
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA PERMITS IN MENDOCINO COUNTY HAVE NOT BEEN SUSPENDED. NOT YET ANYWAY.
COUNTY COUNSEL JEANINE NADEL IS REPORTEDLY PREPARING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT COULD ENCOURAGE SUSPENSION OF THE PERMITS UNTIL A RULING IS MADE IN A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CASE. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL THEN MAKE A DECISION AS TO WEATHER TO SUSPEND THE PROGRAM OR NOT. THIS YEARS MEDICAL MARIJUANA PERMITS ARE NOT READY YET, AND NOTHING HAPPENS WITH THEM IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY. THE MENDOCINO MEDICAL MARIJUANA ADVISORY BOARD HAS ADVISED ITS SUPPORTERS TO NOT BE SURPRISED IF THE PERMITS ARE SUSPENDED.
DRIVE BY SHOOTING INVESTIGATION JKB 1/11/12
- THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING A DRIVE BY SHOOTING AT PIONEER PARK IN KELSEYVILLE THAT INJURED A 15 YEAR OLD BOY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
THE VICTIM SUFFERED A SUPERFICIAL WOUND TO HIS ANKLE IN THE ATTACK, THAT OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER 1 AM. RESPONDING DEPUTIES FOUND A SPENT .40 CALIBER CASING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SECOND AND SANDLUND STREETS. THE BULLET WAS ALSO FOUND WHEN IT FELL OUT OF THE VICTIMS PANT LEG WHILE HE WAS RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT AT SUTTER LAKESIDE HOSPITAL. THE VICTIM WAS REPORTEDLY UNCOOPERATIVE WITH THE INVESTIGATION AND A CLEAR DESCRIPTION OF THE VEHICLE AND SUSPECT COULD NOT BE ASCERTAINED. POLICE BELIEVE A WHITE PICK UP TRUCK MAY BE INVOLVED. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CASE IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
E-QUAKES ON HUMBOLDT COAST JKB 1/11/12
- THE TOWN OF PETROLIA ON THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY COAST WAS RATTLED BY A SERIES OF SMALL EARTHQUAKES LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING.
A 3.4 MAGNITUDE QUAKE STRUCK AT 8:09 PM TUESDAY. IT WAS FOLLOWED BY A 1.8 MAGNITUDE QUAKE 3 MINUTES LATER AND A 2.2 MAGNITUDE QUAKE AT 1:05 AM THIS MORNING. ALL OF THE QUAKES WERE CENTERED BETWEEN 4 AND 5 MILES NORTH-NORTH WEST OF PETROLIA. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.
MAN RESCUED IN HUMBOLDT BAY JKB 1/11/12
- RESCUE SWIMMERS FROM THE HUMBOLDT BAY FIRE DEPARTMENT HELPED SAVE A MAN AFTER HE APPARENTLY JUMPED FROM THE SOMOA BRIDGE INTO THE BAY MONDAY EVENING.
THE MAN JUMPED FROM THE SOUTHERN END OF THE FIRST SPAN OF THE BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 255 AT AROUND 8 PM AND WAS SPOTTED BY CHP AND EUREKA POLICE OFFICERS. RESCUE SWIMMERS FOUND THE VICTIM LYING IN THE MUD AND GRASS ON INDIAN ISLAND SHOWING SIGNS OF SEVERE HYPOTHERMIA AND AN ALTERED LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS. THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP HIM MAKE HIS WAY ACROSS THE CHANNEL TO WAITING EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL ON SHORE, AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL. NO WORD YET ON HIS CONDITION OR WHY HE MAY HAVE JUMPED.
FOUR ARRESTED WITH BURGLARY TOOLS JKB 1/11/12
- FOUR SANTA ROSA RESIDENTS WERE ARRESTED IN LAKEPORT AFTER BEING FOUND IN POSSESSION OF BURGLARY TOOLS.
A LAKEPORT POLICE SERGEANT ON ROUTINE PATROL IN THE COMMERCIAL AREA OF CRAG AVENUE STOPPED A CAR DRIVEN BY 30 YEAR OLD FRANCISCO CERVANTES WHEN IT PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF HIM FROM A SECLUDED AREA AT 10:20 PM FRIDAY. CERVANTES WAS FOUND TO BE UNLICENSED AND ON PAROLE FOR VEHICLE THEFT. A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE TURNED UP NUMEROUS BURGLARY TOOLS, OTHER ITEMS FOR COMMITTING THEFTS, AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF METHAMPHETAMINE. CERVANTES, ALONG WITH THREE WOMEN IN THE CAR, INCLUDING ONE THAT WAS ON PAROLE FOR BURGLARY, AND ANOTHER THAT HAD JUST BEEN RELEASED FROM PAROLE FOR POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY, WERE ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL.
STABBING INVESTIGATION JKB 1/11/12
- CLEARLAKE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A STABBING INCIDENT THAT LEFT TWO PEOPLE WITH INJURIES TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
RESPONDING OFFICERS FOUND 30 YEAR OLD ROBERT BRADLEY AND 23 YEAR OLD CAROL WALLERMAN, BOTH OF CLEARLAKE INSIDE A HOME ON 28TH AVENUE JUST AFTER NOON WITH LACERATION INJURIES. BOTH VICTIMS WERE REPORTEDLY NOT COOPERATING FULLY WITH THE INVESTIGATION AND NO SUSPECTS HAVE YET BEEN IDENTIFIED. BOTH BRADLEY AND WALLERMAN WERE TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITALS OUT OF THE COUNTY FOR THEIR INJURIES.
ARSONIST IN NAVATO JKB 1/11/12
- AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A SERIAL ARSONIST BELIEVED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING AS MANY AS 56 SMALL FIRES IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF NAVATO SINCE SATURDAY.
THE BLAZES HAVE MOSTLY BURNED GRASS AND BRUSH AND HAVE RANGED IN SIZE FROM A SQUARE FOOT TO A QUARTER ACRE. SOME FIRES HAVE BEEN SET AS CLOSE AS 10 FEET TO HOMES AND HAVE DAMAGED A COMMERCIAL TRASH BIN, A POWER POLE AND A FENCE. NO ONE HAS BEEN INJURED AND NO HOMES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED. SO FAR NO SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
MENDO BOS ELECTS NEW CHAIRMEN JKB 1/11/12
- IN A UNANIMOUS VOTE YESTERDAY, SECOND DISTRICT SUPERVISOR JOHN MCCOWEN WAS ELECTED AS THE MENDOCINO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHAIRMAN FOPR 2012, WHILE 5TH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR DAN HAMBURG WAS ELECTED AS VICE CHAIRMAN.
THE BOARD ALSO MADE APPOINTMENTS TO STANDING COMMITTEES AND SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS YESTERDAY. SUPERVISORS JOHN PINCHES AND KENDALL SMITH WERE APPOINTED TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC RESOURCES COMMITTEES; HAMBURG AND CARRIE BROWN WERE APPOINTED TO THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES. THE SUPES WERE ALSO APPOINTED TO SIT AS MEMBERS OR ALTERNATE MEMBERS OF 24 JOINT POWERS BOARDS, ASSOCIATION BOARDS, COMMITTEES OR COMMISSIONS.
