A plea deal for a wanted felon caught last year in Ukiah. The Mendocino County DA’s office says Kourosh Sadeghi used a false name in several cases dating back to a bank robbery in San Diego back in 1984. He was convicted under a false name and has been in and out of prison for several felonies since then. He was on the run until he was caught drunk driving in Ukiah and cops discovered his true identity. His no-contest plea to counts of using a false identity and drunk driving charges will mean two years in state prison when he is sentenced next month. Sadeghi is an Iranian citizen but was living in Laytonville before his arrest.
The Yuba Community College District Board of Trustees will decide if they should extend the contract of the interim dean of the school’s Lake County Campus. Patricia Barba has been holding that job temporarily since November. The board is scheduled to vote this week to extend her contract from its original end date of May 10th until November 8th, as the search for a new leader continues. The nationwide search for that person is underway, with LakeCO News.com reporting the end date for applications is April 23rd. Community College officials say they have been advertising for the position and are asking community leaders to share the opening through their networks.
A new audit is critical of how California spends billions of dollars to help the homeless. The State Auditor’s office says a state agency that’s supposed to track homeless programs hasn’t kept an eye on spending or how effective those programs are. California State Auditor Grant Parks has written to Governor Newsom to say the state has to do better in assessing the cost-effectiveness of programs aimed at homelessness. The audit says despite spending 20 billion dollars on the problem over the past five years, the number of homeless has gone up 6 percent last year alone. The audit recommends an annual report on outcomes and plans for state-funded programs in a public scorecard about where the money is going.
A person who bought a ticket at the Clearlake Club in Lakeport is holding a big winner. The California Lottery says the winner matched 5 of 6 numbers in the latest SuperLotto Plus drawing but hasn’t come forward to claim the almost $23,000 prize.
