The Mendocino County Sheriff’s office says a man wanted on a felony no-bail warrant has been arrested. According to a press release, deputies on a routine call Tuesday night on Brush Street in Ukiahs heard a loud banging noise from a nearby garage. That’s where they say they found the man identified as Raphael Paz working on a scooter. Deputies tried to take him in but Paz resisted. When he was eventually subdued, deputies say they found a stolen handgun Paz tried to hide in his waistband, along with about half a gram of meth. Paz is now locked up in the county jail without bail.
The Clearlake City Planning Commission is meeting for the first time this year in a special meeting to talk about a proposed gas station at the site of a former hardware store. e Lake County News reports that they will consider a conditional use permit and environmental analysis for that gas station, convenience store, and drive-through car wash at Olympic Drive and old Highway 53. It is the former location of Four Corners Building Supply and is now owned by a company called NorCal Fuelworkz. City staff recommends the commission approve the project because the proposed uses are allowed under the city’s general plan. The meeting begins at 5:00 PM Thursday in the council chambers at City Hall on Olympic Drive.
A 29-member tribe in Mendocino County is tackling a big project to restore and protect 879 acres of ancestral forest land. Mendo Voice reports the Potter Valley tribe Cal Fire and the California Natural Resources Agency are working together to make that land more resistant to fire. They’re using A Tribal Wildfire Resilience Grant for the project in the environmentally sensitive main stem of the Eel River. Their goal is to reduce wildfire fuels and develop a long-term forest management plan. The tribe acquired the forest space in 2019 after negotiations with PG&E. The Environmental Director for the tribe, Gregg Young, says as long as there are no fires, they plan to thin the forest with hand crews and prescribed burns over the next five years if they can secure more grants. He says the work now will pay for for generations to come.
The Clearlake City Council is joining a new fire protection plan for the Lake County Fire Protection District. The plan will be the first to cover a specific district under one umbrella. Officials say it involves identifying risks and mitigating them. Lake County News reports the council voted unanimously to join the project at its most recent meeting.
If you use the North Boat Ramp at Lake Mendocino, good news. The Army Corps of Engineers has finished some issues in the area and the ramp is again open.
