NOT MOTIVE IN KILLING OF MUSICIAN JKB 1/26/12
- INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY STILL HAVE NO MOTIVE IN THE KILLING OF A POPULAR REDWOOD VALLEY REGGAE MUSICIAN OUTSIDE HIS HOME TUESDAY NIGHT.
AN AUTOPSY SHOWED 30 YEAR OLD JAMAL ANDREWS DIED AFTER BEING STRUCK IN THE HEAD AND SHOULDER BY TWO SHOTS FIRED FROM A RIFLE. 33 YEAR OLD BILL NORBURY WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH HIS MURDER. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, NORBURYS ESTRANGED WIFE CLAIMED HE WAS MENTALLY ILL, SUFFERED FROM PARANOIA, AND WAS EXTREMELY IRRATIONAL AND UNSTABLE. HE ALSO REPORTEDLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH ALCOHOL, WITH THREE PRIOR ARRESTS FOR DUI, AND AN ARREST TWO WEEKS AGO FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION. AUTHORITIES ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CASE TO CONTACT THE MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
ACID BOMB JKB 1/27/12
- LAKEPORT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A POSSIBLE ACID BOMB THAT WAS DETONATED IN THE 2000 BLOCK OF HARTLEY STREET WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE AREA AT AROUND 9 PM. WHEN THEY ARRIVED THEY FOUND WHAT APPEARED TO BE A 2 LITER PLASTIC SODA BOTTLE EXPLODED ON THE GROUND AND THE REMAINS OF A POSSIBLE ACID OR CHEMICAL BOMB. A WITNESS SAID THEY SAW TWO MALE JUVENILES AND A FEMALE JUVENILE ALONG WITH A VEHICLE THAT DROVE THROUGH THE AREA NEAR THE TIME OF THE BOMB EXPLODED. A SEARCH OF THE AREA TURNED UP NO OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICES, AND NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE PUBLIC WAS APPARENT. THE INCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
E-QUAKES AT GEYSERS JKB 1/27/12
- A PAIR OF MODERATE SIZED EARTHQUAKES SHOOK THE GEYSERS AREA YESTERDAY.
THE FIRST QUAKE STRUCK AT 11:54 AM AND MEASURED 3.0 IN MAGNITUDE. THE SECOND OCCURRED AT 9:21 PM AND WAS MEASURED AT A MAGNITUDE OF 3.4. BOTH QUAKES WERE CENTERED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 MILES NORTH NORTH WEST OF THE STEAM FIELDS. EACH QUAKE WAS FOLLOWED BY EIGHT AFTERSHOCKS RANGING IN SIZE FROM 1.0 TO 2.5 IN MAGNITUDE. THEY WERE THE THIRD AND FOURTH QUAKES 3.0 OR LARGER TO STRIKE THE AREA SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.
APARTMENT COMPLEX EVACUATED OVER BOMB THREAT JKB 1/27/12
- AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN CLEARLAKE WAS PARTIALLY EVACUATED LATE LAST NIGHT AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE, BELIEVED TO CONTAIN EXPLOSIVES WAS LOCATED IN A DUMPSTER FOLLOWING A PHONE THREAT.
ABOUT 30 RESIDENTS OF THE CLEARLAKE COMMONS APARTMENT COMPLEX ON AUSTIN DRIVE WERE RELOCATED TO THE HIGHLANDS SENIOR CENTER TEMPORARILY, WHILE A NAPA BOMB SQUAD WAS CALLED INTO REMOVE AND DISPOSE OF THE DEVICE. RESIDENTS WHO HAD BEEN EVACUATED WERE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES AT AROUND 3:30 THIS MORNING. NO OTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE INCIDENT HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
MAN ARRESTED FOR STEALING HISTORICAL HATS JKB 1/27/12
- A EUREKA MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER STEALING HISTORICAL NATIVE AMERICAN BASKET HATS FROM THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY MUSEUM AND TRYING TO SELL THEM TO AN ANTIQUE SHOP.
30 YEAR OLD CARTER DANIELS WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT THE ANTIQUE SHOP JUST HOURS AFTER HE STOLE THE SEVEN YUROK AND HOOPA HATS DURING AN EARLY MORNING BURGLARY AT THE BLUE LAKE MUSEUM. DANIELS WAS REPORTEDLY TRYING TO SELL THE HATS FOR A TOTAL OF $3000. MUSEUM STAFF ESTIMATE THE VALUE OF THE HATS AT $1,200 TO $3,500 EACH.
MAN ARRESTED FOR PORN DVDS JKB 1/27/12
- A WILLITS MAN WAS ARRESTED EARLIER THIS WEEK FOR SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL THAT HE IS PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING.
55 YEAR OLD ROBIN PHILLIPS IS A CONVICTED AND REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER. AS A CONDITION OF HIS PAROLE, HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO VIEW OR POSSESS SEXUAL MATERIAL. DEPUTIES CONDUCTING A SEXUAL ASSAULT FELONY ENFORCEMENT OR SAFE CHECK ON HIS HOME MONDAY, LOCATED THREE ADULT PORNOGRAPHIC DVDS. HE WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL FOR A PAROLE VIOLATION.
SEIU ACCEPTS CONTRACT WITH MENDO COUNTY JKB 1/27/12
- MEMBERS OF SEIU 1021, THE UNION THAT REPRESENTS THE LARGEST PORTION OF EMPLOYEES THAT WORK FOR THE COUNTY, ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY THAT THEY HAVE VOTED TO ACCEPT THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED WITH THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN DECEMBER THAT IMPOSES A 10% WAGE CUT.
THE AGREEMENT IS A SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT OVER THE 12.5% WAGE CUT SUPERVISORS LEVIED ON COUNTY EMPLOYEES IN NOVEMBER. SEIU OFFICIALS SAID THE EMPLOYEE NEGOTIATIONS WERE NOT JUST ABOUT MONEY, BUT ALSO ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPLOYEES AND THE COUNTY, AS WELL AS DIGNITY AND RESPECT IN THE WORKPLACE. THE STATEMENT WENT ON TO SAY THAT SEIU WILL CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR EQUITY AND FAIR LIVING WAGES FOR THEIR MEMBERS IN THE FUTURE.
CAL TRANS FUNDS TO IMPROVE HIGHWAY 20 JKB 1/27/12
- A SAFETY PROJECT ON HIGHWAY 20 WEST OF WILLITS WILL RECEIVE $3.2 MILLION DOLLARS IN STATE FUNDS.
THE MONEY IS PART OF $347 MILLION DOLLARS BEING ALLOCATED FOR 47 PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE THAT COME FROM PROPOSITION 1B AND ASSORTED TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNTS FUNDED BY THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. CALTRANS ANNOUNCED THE ALLOCATIONS THIS WEEK. THE FUNDS FOR THE HIGHWAY 20 PROJECT WILL BE USED TO RECONSTRUCT METAL BEAM GUARDRAILS, IMPROVE DRAINAGE, REPAVING WITH HIGH FRICTION ASPHALT AND THE INSTALLATION OF CENTERLINE RUMBLE STRIPS ALONG A SIX MILE SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY.
