Clearlake Police are searching for a missing teenage girl. 17-year old Jade Monger is a white girl with short curly blonde, blue and red hair with brown eyes. Jade is five foot 6 and weighs around 200 pounds. She was last seen in Clearlake wearing a black shirt, blue shorts and white shoes, according to Lake County News. If you have any information about Jade please call the Clearlake Police Department.
An alleged stalker in Cloverdale has been arrested. Cloverdale Police issued a release in MendoFever saying Margarito “Tito” Segobiano was taken into custody yesterday after a violent confrontation that happened last Wednesday. He had been stalking a family and apparently broken into a property by breaking a gate. The Cordova family found him in a building on their property with meth. Father and husband Max Cordova and Segobiano physically fought until police arrived. He was injured and taken to a local ICU, then arrested. Segobiano is charged with felony stalking, burglary and possession of an illegal knife. He is also charged with trespassing, vandalism and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The Mendocino Council of Governments is almost done with a study of transportation needs and solutions for Covelo, Laytonville, Brooktrails, Pot ter Valley and Hopland. Tomorrow (Tuesday June 27) at 5pm there will be a virtual public meeting with an update for residents with a public comment period. The study illustrates innovative and low cost programs for life line transportation in the communities, with ideas to fund the services.
Lake County announced the Registrar of Voters will be at the Lakeport Farmer’s Market to help residents register to vote. County staff will have information and forms at the Farmer’s Market tomorrow. Voters who are 16 and 17 can pre-register at the Farmer’s Market as well.
Mendocino County’s largest union, part of the SEIU has filed a complaint against the Board of Supervisors and their CEO. MendoVoice reports the formal labor complaint was filed last Tuesday with the California Public Employee Relations Board alleging the Board and CEO Darcie Antie engaged in bad faith negotiations with more than 700 workers. Members also say they were barred from attending the board’s meetings. The charges include threats of retaliation after one person was nearly reclassified and transferred into a different union unit. Allegations of executive misconduct come when the negotiations over the union’s contract are set to begin as it expires within days.
CalTrans has projects that begin today, including Route 20 tree work east of Three Chop Road with one way traffic from 7am to 4pm. On uS 101 emergency work will begin in Willits at Route 20 with minor slowdowns. Utility work begins near the Standish Hickey State Recreation Area with lane closure thru 4pm. Also on US 101 there will be lane closures starting today at the Dora Creek Bridge with slight delays. On Route 253 utility work will begin today at Singley Cattlepass with one way traffic thru 5pm with moderate delays. And tomorrow on Route 271 utility work begins in Piercy north of Old Mill Road with one way traffic thru 4pm.
In what may be the largest environmental measure ever placed on a state ballot in California, lawmakers in Sacramento are drafting a $15 billion “climate bond” for next year’s elections, according to the Mercury News. The bills will test whether voters are willing to pay to harden the state’s defenses against wildfire, heat waves, floods and historic climactic events. Two bills are moving forward, with support from the Governor Newsom and democrats. The bills would a lot significant new funding to thin forests, boost flood control, expand renewable energy, and more to deal with a world that scientists say will continue to warm for generations to come.
A man has been sentenced to up to 25 years in prison after his part in a plot to kidnap marijuana couriers carrying $700,000 in cash. Nathan Vargas of Vegas, tried to kill himself with a gun to his head but failed and must face consequences. The mugshot is telling of the skull and brain injury he did to himself. The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office arrested Vargas after he and others disguised themselves as law enforcement and kidnapped a couple of couriers on Highway 162 in the fall of 2020. The couriers were going to Covelo when Vargas and his cohorts ambushed them just east of Highway 101. The Mendocino County Multi-Agency SWAT team with CHP arrested Vargas after they heard gunshots. He was taken into emergency medical care and arrested. Vargas will be held in a state medical facility for his term due to his botched suicide.
Fort Bragg will hold a City Council Meeting at 6pm tonight. A new water transmission line is on the agenda that will bring water from Waterfall Gulch, Newman Reservoir and Summers Lane Reservoir to the City’s water treatment plant. Also during the meeting a resolution to call for a Special Municipal Election November 7th is on the agenda that will include an extension of the city’s infrastructure tax and other improvements. The council will also consider future zoning changes to allow outdoor dining, as was permitted during the COVID emergency.
A Laytonville man was hurt after a horse riding accident. The rider fell off the horse and fell on his head and neck. An air ambulance was called in to take him to the hospital with the serious injury, according to KymKemp. Medical personnel braced his neck, and he was reportedly having a hard time breathing when it happened Saturday afternoon near Shamrock Ranch. Within an hour of his injury, he was lifted out. The property owner reported to KymKemp that it happened on a working ranch.
There were two small fires Sunday in Ukiah near the North State Street overcrossing near Highway 101. MendoFever is reporting that authorities suspect arson. The Ukiah Valley Fire Authority Battalion Chief said one of the fires was started under the overpass. The two fires burned less than a quarter acre. There are no suspects as of yesterday. The Ukiah Valley Fire Authority is investigating.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service will have a public meeting from noon to 3pm today at the Discovery Center at Noyo Center for Marine Science. Information on the federal process of reintroducing sea otters to the area will be available. Challenges to the offshore ecosystem, related species and more will be discussed. MendoVoice reports today’s meeting is one of 16 open houses this month to study impacts of the sea otter’s reintroduction. Other species will be included in the meeting’s topics like the Pacific Fisher cat, Point Arena beavers and the endangered Humboldt Martens. A plan to return otters to NorCal and Oregon was passed into law by Congress last year. Impacts to the fishing industry will be discussed at the meeting as well including crab fishing, abalone and sea urchin numbers and the kelp forests.
The body of Quinn Green was identified late last week. MendoVoice reports within hours of the discovery, family and friends set up a tribute to him on the bluff overlooking the coast. Greene’s body was found near Portuguese Beach where a witness saw him fall from the bluffs about 2 weeks ago. Family thinks his body was buried under the cliff in the sand when area resources were searching up and down the coast for him. Sadly, Greene had just lost his fiancé, Allie Green a few months ago. The two had been homeless and were known in Fort Bragg and Mendocino.
California awarded nearly $1.5 billion in grants to address the behavioral health crisis. The funds will assist people with mental health and substance use disorders according to the Record Bee. They will get help with housing resources, and treatment. The announcement Friday coincides with the governor’s wife speech in Greece on the state’s behavioral health investments. Funds include over $900 million for behavioral health bridge housing to treat and house homeless people with behavioral health conditions. $430 million is set for a Continuum Infrastructure Program to increase mental and substance use disorder treatment facilities. The funding is part of the governor’s proposal to house those with severe mental illnesses. Voters will decide next spring whether pass his reforms including over $4.5 billion aimed at increasing treatment beds.
Meanwhile in Sonoma County, a grand jury found that the county did not do enough to help the homeless warm up during cold weather. The Press Democrat reports the Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury released a report last week saying the county didn’t have a clear policy for opening warming centers. The jury found during the severe cold weather emergencies during the winter of 2021 through this year the county failed to protect the homeless. The Board of Supervisors approved a plan on opening heating centers during freeze warning and cooling centers during heat advisories. The plan, called the Extreme Temperature Response Annex sets up policies for when the county will declare heat and cold warnings.
There were power outages Saturday morning on the south coast and in Anderson Valley. PG&E reported that power was restored after about 4 hours at 2pm Saturday afternoon. MendoVoice reported over 6,000 were without power in the Point Arena, Gualala, Sea Ranch and south. The Press Democrat reports the utility was investigating the outage yesterday. Customers in two clusters were affected, with most in Mendocino County
The Biden Administration announced $97 billion in federal funds for California in the Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program. The California Department of Technology will award the funds to help advance the development of California’s state-wide middle-mile network to connect high speed internet to rural communities in the state. The Golden State Connect Authority issued a release in Lake County News that they are helping to deploy last-mile infrastructure. The project to connect everyone will use an Open-Access municipal broadband model. More information can be found at the goldenstateconnect.org website.
Mendocino County is sending out bills to unassessed properties as its revenue has slowed. KymKemp reports Supervisor Ted Williams is urging the board to tax the one third of properties in the county that are not on the books. People who’ve paid taxes but haven’t been recently reassessed may be shocked when they get this year’s bill. The county has sent out six thousand supplemental tax bills asking people to pay taxes on their increased property values. If the reassessed bills aren’t sent within four years of the property value increase, the county looses it. Residents have until the end of this week to make a payment plan with the tax collector. Williams is setting a goal to bring the county up to date on property assessments wanting to halve the amount within two years.
