Active shooter training at Ukiah High School has kids acting out a fictional incident with police. The Active Shooter training with police at Ukiah High Tuesday and Thursday. Two girls run screaming from a building were actually the daughters of one of the officers. The Daily Journal reports Officer Andrew Snyder ran the training after being trained himself in Charleston, South Carolina. He tells the newspaper he had a talk with his kids saying unfortunately, it’s the world we live in now. There’s a video posted on youtube, that we’ve linked to on our website and Facebook page about how to talk to YOUR kids about an active shooter situation and how to be prepared.
“School Active Shooter Preparedness: Run, Hide, Fight” that can be found on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMgdn5JV9cU
An update for the Ukiah Planning Commission on the housing element as it relates to state regulations about the allowed number of units. A staff report on the July 25th meeting claims the city’s one of 14 in full compliance with state law so it’s exempt from some provisions. The city put the housing element in place a couple of years ago and the next one’s not due until 2020. The Daily Journal reports the planning department should hear a short presentation about the housing element and give their own presentation summarizing the city’s performance on its goals related to state law at the meeting this Wednesday. The meeting at 6p in the city council chambers.
A new bus stop for Costco shoppers. Mendocino Transit Authority along with the city of Ukiah put in the new bus stop at the new big box store in Ukiah. It’s online starting today and located with bike parking on the north side of the store across from Fowler Auto. Riders who use the route #75 bus and local riders in Ukiah on the northbound route #9 bus can hop on. The stop also features a carousel for shopping carts so customers can load from cart to bus. See the MTA website, mendocinotransit.org for more info.
It’s been nearly a year already since the October firestorm and now reported infighting about who’s going to pay for the $10 billion in damage Sonoma County. The Press Democrat reports the legislature, Governor, utility companies, local government officials and fire survivors are fighting over the cost of rebuild and who will cover it. The newspaper reports the City of Santa Rosa and other fire-damaged areas trying to figure out how to pay for the damage as PG&E looks to limit its liability. There’s a committee of bipartisan lawmakers on the case now, including Sen. Bill Dodd of Napa and Assemblyman Jim Wood of Santa Rosa. Lawmakers are currently on recess but the first in a string of public meetings happens this Wednesday at the Capitol.
Young children dropped out of a second story window in Fort Bragg as a fire ravages am apartment building complex. Police in Fort Bragg say the kids, all toddlers, 1, 3, and 4 years old and their mom were not hurt but had to go to the hospital for burns and smoke inhalation treatment. 36 year old Gabriela Ahumada and the children awakened by flames in their living room and apparently the flames were blocking the front door in the second story unit. So she started yelling out the window for help and a neighbor and his wife and kids heard her and got a mattress so they could jump with the help of another neighbor. 13 people lost their homes in the fire.
Two men in Guerneville sentenced for ripping off a gay pride flag. Michael Campos pleaded no contest to taking the flag this spring and got three years probation and 80 hours of community service cleaning the Russian River. His buddy Vincent O’Sullivan had already been found guilty by a jury and also got three years probation, but 100 hours of community service cleaning the river. Plus O’Sullivan further charged with a hate crime allegation. The two men had been spotted on surveillance video at the plaza flagpole taking down the flag May 9th.
Hardester’s Market starts the first steps to rebuild after a massive fire flattened the market in Middletown. The owners presented a rebuild plan to the Middletown Area Town Hall. The owners also say they’ll work closely with the county and an architect firm in the Bay Area who designed the interior of the old store. The store will be in the same location. More than 100 people lost their jobs when the store burned, but they got work at the other locations and a shuttle service started in June for locals and employees to go back and forth to the other stores. The construction of the new store reportedly slated to start before the end of the year.
A man from Upper Lake indicted for the murder of his girlfriend, and the prosecutor is asking for a continuance. Lake Co News reports Willy Tujays Timmons indicted by the Grand Jury last December in the death of Vanessa Niko along with charges of torture, mayhem and spousal abuse. Now there’s a new Grand Jury seated so the Deputy District Atty. on the case asked for the continuance with the court agreeing after Timmons lawyer filed a motion to dismiss. Timmons pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and is refusing to be evaluated for sanity. The next court date in the case for a hearing on the motion and for an arraignment is tomorrow.
Free Wifi in downtown Lakeport approved. The city says yes to put in the free Wifi Downtown and in Library Park as part of the city’s Lakefront Revitalization Plan adopted last year. The city’s Finance Director confirms the city’s working with Lake County Broadband Solutions (LCBS). The city will pay about $350 a month. It will allow up to 100 people at a time to use the service in Library Park and 350 downtown area. The installation will happen in phases, first Main Street and no word exactly on the second phase installation date.
A wildfire in Kelseyville almost totally surrounded after starting a day before. Lake Co News reports the Carder fire by Adobe Creek Road and Peterson Lane started Saturday afternoon around 2:40 p.m. and blackened 57 acres so far, but it’s already 80% contained. There is damage to one structure and yesterday some evacuation orders were lifted.
The Lake County Board of Supervisors apparently looking to sell the Lucerne Hotel. Lake Co News reports there’s interest from a group to use the space for a new college. The board to take up the matter in the morning tomorrow, and they’ll also consider a possible new cannabis business tax. The board will consider a resolution on the sale of the hotel at the same time declaring it surplus property. The county is looking at a proposal from the Romero Institute to turn the building into the New Paradigm College for at least $2.5 million. So on August 14th, the board will get proposals and bids for the sale of the hotel. In other business the board’s continuing talks on the cannabis business tax.
A grant for Lake County Behavioral Health Services ahead of a ballot initiative this November. The $75,000 technical assistance grant to help the agency work on the “No Place Like Home” grant application voters will then decide on. No Place Like Home paid for by the state Department of Housing and Community Development covering permanent housing for the chronically homeless, and others with mental health and/or substance use disorders. Apparently the agency already has almost a million dollars to put up a housing solution, but its looking for additional money which could soon be available.
The funeral of a Cal Fire firefighter killed in a fire in Mariposa County’s being livestreamed. Heavy Fire Equipment Operator Braden Varney died July 14th in the Ferguson Fire near El Portal in Mariposa County. The funeral starts today at 11 AM.
The livestream, which can be seen above or at https://vimeo.com/calfire The funeral is in Modesto.
A mental health treatment center in Yountville which was the scene of a shooting massacre in March is not reopening. The Press Democrat reports the Pathway Home, open for ten years is closing for good. The home never reopened after the March 9th shooting by a former client of the nonprofit’s executive director and two clinicians. But the home says it’ll still help troubled soldiers reintegrate into society, just not directly. They say there will be an available and downloadable publication with step-by-step instructions they hope other service organizations around the county will use to help soldiers which has been used successfully.
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