WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY JKB 2/28/12
- A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL GO INTO EFFECT FOR MENDOCINO COUNTY AT 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE UNTIL 4 AM WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT IN LAKE COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM WEDNESDAY.
BOTH ADVISORIES ARE FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. IN MENDOCINO COUNTY THE SNOW LEVEL WILL START OUT AT AROUND 2000 FEET AND SLOWLY RISE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SNOW FALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET AND 6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET.
IN LAKE COUNTY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET AND UP TO 12 TO 20 INCHES FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET. LAKE COUNTY COULD ALSO SEE SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS, WHICH COMBINED WITH SNOW, COULD LEAD TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS.
MOTORISTS TRAVELING INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ARE ADVISED TO BE PREPARED FOR EXTREME WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS AND DELAYED TRAVEL.
MAN ON BAIL ARRESTED FOR WEAPONS JKB 2/28/12
- A FORT BRAGG MAN OUT OF JAIL ON BAIL WAS ARRESTED AFTER BEING FOUND IN POSSESSION OF WEAPONS AND A NARCOTIC ON MONDAY.
28 YEAR OLD NICHOLAS POLLARD WAS STOPPED AND QUESTIONED BY DEPUTIES UNDER A PROVISION OF HIS BAIL STATUS. HE TOLD THEM HE WAS ILLEGALLY ARMED AND A SEARCH OF HIS PERSON TURNED UP A 14 INCH FIXED BLADE KNIFE, BRASS KNUCKLES AND A MORPHINE PILL HE DIDNT HAVE A PRESCRIPTION FOR. HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR POSSESSING PROHIBITED WEAPONS AND THE NARCOTIC AND TAKEN BACK TO JAIL.
BABY AUTOPSY JKB 2/28/12
- AN AUTOPSY RELEASED BY THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY CORONERS OFFICE YESTERDAY HAS CONFIRMED THAT A 3 MONTH OLD BABY DIED OF THIRD DEGREE BURNS COVERING MOST OF HER BODY AFTER HER MOTHER ALLEGEDLY FELL ASLEEP IN BED WITH A HAIR DRYER.
THE RESULTS IN THE DEATH OF REBELLE ROSE KEENE HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE FOR POSSIBLE PROSECUTION. THE INFANT WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER MOTHERS BED ON THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 15TH 2011. 29 YEAR OLD REBECCA MCPHERSON OF ARCATA WAS ARRESTED FOR FELONY CHILD ENDANGERMENT, BUT WAS RELEASED AFTER POSTING BAIL. SO FAR, SHE HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED IN THE CASE. INVESTIGATORS SAY INTOXICATION WAS A FACTOR IN THE INCIDENT. THE PROSECUTORS OFFICE IS WORKING TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS ANY CRIMINAL CULPABILITY.
CAR VS. BICYCLE JKB 2/28/12
- A NICE MAN SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AFTER HE RODE HIS BIKE INTO THE PATH OF A CAR IN LAKEPORT YESTERDAY.
THE 27 YEAR OLD MAN TOLD POLICE HE THOUGHT VEHICLES TRAVELING ON LAKESHORE BLVD. THROUGH THE INTERSECTION HAD TO GO LEFT ONTO HIGH STREET, AND WAS UNAWARE THEY COULD CONTINUE STRAIGHT ONTO 20TH STREET. HE RODE HIS BICYCLE DIRECTLY INTO THE PATH OF AN UNIDENTIFIED DRIVER AND WAS STRUCK SHORTLY BEFORE 5 PM. HE SUFFERED PAIN TO HIS RIGHT LEG AND WAS TAKEN TO SUTTER LAKESIDE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.
TRIA.L SCHEDULED IN TRAFFIC DEATHS JKB 2/28/12
- A KELSEYVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH KILLING TWO PASSENGERS DURING A ROLLOVER CRASH LAST SUMMER, WILL STAND TRIAL FOR THEIR DEATHS JUNE 13TH.
24 YEAR OLD JACOBO LOPEZ MEJIA FACES TWO COUNTS OF FELONY GROSS VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER WHILE INTOXICATED IN THE DEATHS OF HECTOR PEREZ AND FLORENTINO FLORES. FOUR OTHER OCCUPANTS, INCLUDING HIMSELF, WERE SEVERELY INJURED IN THE CRASH. PROSECUTORS CONTEND MEJIA WAS DRUNK WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS PICK UP TRUCK AND OVERTURNED SEVERAL TIMES ALONG MERRIT ROAD IN KELSEYVILLE AUGUST 18TH OF LAST YEAR.
LADA GAGA IN SONOMA COUNTY JKB 2/28/12
- LADA GAGA WAS IN SONOMA COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE POP SINGER ICON WAS SPOTTED DINING WITH BOY FRIEND TAYLOR KENNEY AT CATELLIS RESTAURANT IN GEYSERVILLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND LUNCHING AT THE GIRL AND THE FIG IN SONOMA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IT IS RUMORED THAT GAGA COULD BE HOUSE-HUNTING IN THE AREA.
MENDO WINEGRAPE AND WINE COMMISSION TO VOTE ON EXISTENCE JKB 2/28/12
- THE MENDOCINO WINEGRAPE AND WINE COMMISSION WILL DECIDE ITS OWN FATE WITH A VOTE LATER THIS SPRING.
THE COMMISSIONS BYLAWS REQUIRE THAT EVERY FIVE YEARS A PUBIC HEARING WILL BE HELD TO DETERMINE IF THE COMMISSION, CREATED IN 2006, SHOULD CONTINUE OPERATING. IF A QUESTION ARISES ABOUT THE COMMISSIONS EXISTENCE, ITS MEMBERS, CONSISTING OF 91 WINERIES AND 343 GRAPE GROWERS THAT PAY SELF-ASSESSMENTS, WILL VOTE ON FUTURE OPERATIONS. AFTER A HEARING HELD ON FEBRUARY 1ST, IT WAS DETERMINED A VOTE SHOULD BE CALLED FOR. BALLOTS WILL BE MAILED TO THE MEMBERS BY APRIL 23RD.
SALMON SEASON EXPECTED TO BE GOOD JKB 2/28/12
- FEDERAL REGULATORS ARE HINTING THAT THIS YEARS SALMON SEASON OFF THE CALIFORNIA AND OREGON COASTS, SHOULD BE MUCH IMPROVED OVER PREVIOUS YEARS.
NORTH COAST FISHERMEN WILL GET THE FORECAST NUMBERS FOR THE COMING FALL RETURN OF CHINOOK SALMON AT A MEETING TODAY THAT IS BEING HELD BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME. FORECASTS FOR THE RETURN OF CHINOOK SALMON TO THE SACRAMENTO RIVER ARE A PRIMARY FACTOR IN DETERMINING THE TIMING OF THE SALMON FISHING SEASON FOR BOTH SPORT AND COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN.
