There’s been more improvement on the Glenhaven Fire which is now 65% contained at 417 acres. Cal Fire said as of this morning they had reduced the number of personnel on the scene but there are still 200 on it, with 15 Engines, 3 Dozers and 6 Water Tenders. The fire destroyed two homes and heavily damaged a third when it started Friday afternoon at Hillcrest and Henderson Drives and then moved toward Clearlake Oaks. The cause is still under investigation. No one was hurt and all evacuation orders are just warnings.
A Ukiah man will do some jail time after pleading guilty to identity theft, money laundering and more after prosecutors say he stole $20,000 from someone’s bank account in Contra Costa County. Andrew McCormick pleaded guilty last week and was sentenced to around 8 months in jail for the scheme to drain the account of a Chase Bank customer in Pleasant Hill. The Mendocino Voice reports prosecutors say McCormick worked with another person in Florida to use a legitimate Chase account and impersonate the victim to get their accounts tied together and then transferred the money to his own account with a series of phone calls. McCormick will have to repay the victim what he stole and following his jail time will be on two years’ probation.
One million dollars bail remains in place for a Clearlake woman charged with first degree murder for the shooting death of her boyfriend in July. The District Attorney’s Office says they believe Dominique Irene Molina-Dominguez planned the murder of DeAndre Grinner on July10 at their home which happened after an apparent argument. Lake County News reports she claims she was a victim of domestic violence and says he had hit her with a broom before she shot him. At a hearing late last week the judge set her arraignment for October 22.
Plowshares of Ukiah’s annual Empty Bowls fundraiser is this weekend. This will be the Community Dining Room’s 18th annual event to raise money to provide meals on site as well as a Meals on Wheels for a total 97,500 meals to those in need, just within the last year. This year’s fundraiser is again a Drive-Thru dinner Saturday, October 12, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at their facility on S. State St. in Ukiah. Each $75 ticket gets you one hand-crafted bowl made by a local artist, a bottle of wine or pack of beer, soup, salad, and a tri-tip dinner with all the fixings for two. The bowls are made by students and artisans from Jan Hoyman Studio and the Mendocino College Ceramics Club. Tickets can be purchased through the website at www.plowsharesfeeds.org.
The Middletown Area Town Hall meets this week. Known as MATH, it’s a municipal advisory council serving the residents of Anderson Springs, Cobb, Coyote Valley, Hidden Valley Lake, Long Valley and Middletown. This week’s agenda includes a presentation on sustainable transportation routes and the use of informational technology to help with sustainability. Lake County News reports they will also open nominations to serve on the Board which will also happen at their meetings in November and December. You must be a registered voter in Lake County, have attended at least three MATH meetings in the year prior to the election, and must reside within the South Lake County Fire Protection District. MATH meets Thursday at 7pm in the Middletown Community Meeting Room/Library. The meeting is open to the public. There is no Zoom but you can participate via www.youtube.com/LakeCountyPegTV.
