MISSING WOMAN DIES AFTER BEING FOUND JKB 1/17/12
· A MISSING MCKINLEYVILLE WOMAN WAS FOUND ALIVE, BUT DIED AFTER HAVING SPENT A FREEZING NIGHT OUT IN THE ELEMENTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.
65 YEAR OLD JULIANN SIPLE WAS REPORTED MISSING SUNDAY EVENING AFTER NOT RETURNING HOME FROM WALKING HER DOGS. SHE WAS FOUND MONDAY MORNING LYING FACE UP IN ABOUT 4 INCHES OF BRACKISH WATER IN WHAT USED TO BE AN ESTUARY OF THE MAD RIVER WEST OF THE HAMMOND TRAIL NEAR MCKINLEYVILLE. SHE WAS SUFFERING FROM SEVERE HYPOTHERMIA AND DIED AFTER BEING AIRLIFTED TO MAD RIVER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.
SURVIVORS OF FATAL CRASH REMAIN HOSPITALIZED JKB 1/17/12
· THREE SURVIVORS OF A HORRIFIC FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 29 SATURDAY NIGHT, REMAINED IN CRITICAL CONDITION AS OF YESTERDAY.
50 YEAR OLD MICHAEL WRIGHT AND 53 YEAR OLD STEVEN BEYER, THE DRIVERS OF THE TWO VEHICLES, WERE BOTH BEING TREATED IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. 54 YEAR OLD LEZLEY BEYER WAS TRANSFERRED TO UC DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER WITH SERIOUS HEAD INJURIES. CHP INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE WHY WRIGHT LOST CONTROL OF HIS CAR AND SLID SIDEWAYS INTO THE PATH OF BEYERS VEHICLE. WRIGHTS LONG TIME GIRLFRIEND, 53 YEAR OLD KARI MARKS, HER 24 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER JENA MARKS, AND JENAS BOYFRIEND, 27 YEAR OLD PATRICK CAMPBELL ALL DIED AT THE SCENE. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, ALCOHOL OR SPEED DO NOT APPEAR TO BE FACTORS IN THE CRASH.
E-QUAKES OF THE HUMBOLDT COAST JKB 1/17/12
· AFTER BEING JOSTLED BY SEVERAL SMALLER QUAKES OVER THE PAST WEEK, THE SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY COAST WAS ROCKED BY A 4.3 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE EARLY THIS MORNING.
THE QUAKE OCCURRED OFFSHORE, 28 MILES WEST OF FERNDALE AT 1:54 AM. NO TSUNAMI WARNING WAS ISSUED. THE AREA FIVE TO EIGHT MILES OFF SHORE IN THE SAME GENERAL DIRECTION HAS EXPERIENCED SEVEN QUAKES BETWEEN 1.4 AND 3.2 IN MAGNITUDE OVER THE PAST SEVEN DAYS, WITH FIVE OF THOSE GREATER THAN 2.1 IN MAGNITUDE.
FIRE NEAR MOUNTAIN VIEW DRIVE JKB 1/17/12
· QUICK ACTION BY FIREFIGHTERS STOPPED A WILDLAND FIRE THAT BROKE OUT ON A HILLSIDE NEAR MOUNTAIN VIEW DRIVE ABOVE CLEARLAKE OAKS LATE YESTERDAY MORNING, BEFORE IT COULD THREATEN HOMES.
THE FIRE WAS REPORTED JUST BEFORE NOON AND BLACKENED THREE TO FIVE ACRES BEFORE BEING BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL. THE CAUSE OF THE BLAZE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SPARKED ON A HILLSIDE NEAR THE ROADWAY.
BURGLARY ARREST JKB 1/17/12
· A FORT BRAGG MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY BURGLARIZING A HOME ON PARK DRIVE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE HOME JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE VICTIM TOLD DEPUTIES THAT SHE HAD BEEN OUT OF TOWN FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AND RETURNED HOME TO DISCOVER HER HOME BROKEN INTO AND VARIOUS SMALL ITEMS STOLEN. LATER THAT EVENING POLICE CONDUCTED A PAROLE SEARCH OF 43 YEAR OLD DEREK SILVA AND FOUND HIM IN POSSESSION OF ITEMS STOLEN FROM THE VICTIMS HOUSE AS WELL AS A BOLT ACTION RIFLE THAT HE IS PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING DUE TO BEING ON ACTIVE FELONY PAROLE. AUTHORITIES DID NOT INDICATE WHAT CONNECTED SILVA TO THE BURGLARY.
CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE DECISION ON WALMART EIR APPEAL JKB 1/17/12
· THE UKIAH CITY COUNCIL WILL DECIDE TOMORROW WEATHER TO UPHOLD, OVERTURN OR GRANT A CONTINUANCE TO AN APPEAL FILED IN REGARDS TO THE WALMART EXPANSION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT.
THE EIR WAS CERTIFIED BY THE UKIAH PLANNING COMMISSION IN MID DECEMBER. A GROUP CALLED CITIZENS FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMERCE FILED AN APPEAL CLAIMING THE REPORT WAS INADEQUATE FOR FAILING TO INCLUDE FEASIBLE TRAFFIC MITIGATION MEASURES, AS WELL AS OTHER SHORT COMINGS INCONSISTENT WITH THE CITYS GENERAL PLAN. THE APPEAL WAS SCHEDULED TO BE HEAR TOMORROW, BUT THE GROUP ASKED FOR A DELAY OF TWO WEEKS IN ORDER FOR AN ENGINEER TO COMPLETE AN IMPROVED CONFIGURATION OF THE INTERCHANGE AT TALMAGE AND AIRPORT PARK BLVD. CITY SENIOR PLANNER KIM JORDAN HAS RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THE APPEAL BECAUSE NO NEW INFORMATION HAS BEEN PRESENTED.
PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED NEW BUILDING JKB 1/17/12
· THE UKIAH PLANNING COMMISSION HAS APPROVED PLANS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 4200 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING ON AIRPORT PARK BLVD AFTER RECOMMENDING CHANGES TO THE PARKING LOT TO INCLUDE MORE LANDSCAPING.
THE BUILDING IS PHASE TWO OF THE GUILLON RETAIL BUILDING. PHASE ONE CONTAINS THE SEARS HOMETOWN STORE, THAT WILL BE LOCATED BEHIND THE NEW BUILDING. AFTER COMING TO A COMPROMISE ON THE PARKING LOT LAYOUT AND IMPROVED LANDSCAPING, THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE USE PERMIT AND SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FOR THE PROJECT.
WRITTEN TEST FOR QUAGGA MUSSEL STICKER SUSPENDED JKB 1/17/12
· A WRITTEN TEST THAT WAS TO BE USED AS PART OF THE INVASIVE MUSSEL PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTS WHO WANTED TO GET THEIR QUAGGA MUSSEL STICKER FOR OPERATING A BOAT ON CLEARLAKE, WAS SUSPENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES ON MONDAY.
LAKE COUNTY BOAT OWNERS WILL STILL NEED TO COMPLETE A SCREENING FORM BEFORE RECEIVING THEIR ANNUAL STICKERS, BUT WILL NO LONGER BE REQUIRED TO TAKE A WRITTEN TEST. THE DWR DID NOT SAY WHY THEY HAD SUSPENDED THE TEST PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS MUST OBTAIN STICKERS BEFORE LAUNCHING WATERCRAFT ON LAKE COUNTY WATERS. VIOLATORS FACE UP TO A $1000 FINE.
