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- Fort Bragg Police Logs 01.23.2022: Shots Fired, Patient Drinking in Bed
- Ukiah Police Logs 01.23.2022: Panhandler Brandished Machete, Motor Home Pulling Another Motor Home
- US Forest Service Outlines New 10-Year Strategy to Confront the Wildfire Crisis
- Completed Redwood Genome Sequence Reveals Genes for Climate Adaptation and Offers Insights Into the Tree’s Basis for Survival
- Department of Justice Awards Lake County Sheriff’s Office Grant to Seize Firearms From Those Prohibited from Possession
- CDFW To Hold Technical Workshop For Cannabis Cultivators In Sonoma County
- Fort Bragg Police Logs 01.22.2022: Robbery, Male Shoplifted Knife
- Ukiah Police Logs 01.22.2022: Male Trying to Grab Groceries Out of Peoples Arms, Subject is Banging on Windows
- Big Rig Overturns on State Route 20 Near Lucerne Significantly Impacting Traffic
- Vegetation Fire North of Leggett
- 70 MPH Wind Gusts Fuel a Five-Acre Wildfire Near Sonoma County’s Geyser Peak Early This Morning
- Ukiah Man with Warrants Arrested After Allegedly Fleeing Law Enforcement on Bicycle, Says MCSO
- California State Parks Adventure Pass Allows 4th Graders and Their Families to Visit Three State Parks for Free
- California Representatives Unite to Advocate for Fire Victims Navigating the Internal Revenue Service
- Santa Rosa Man’s Attack of Police Officer Earns Him a Ban from Yellowstone National Park and Nine Months in Prison
- 165 New Cases of COVID-19 Identified in Mendocino County, 14 Hospitalized, 2 in ICU
- COVID-19 Outbreak in the Mendocino County Jail— 62 Cases and Only Minor Symptoms Reported
- Person of Interest in Lake County Man’s Homicide Leads Detectives to Human Remains Resulting in Murder Charge
- Fort Bragg Police Logs 01.20.2022: Subject Possibly Holding a Handgun, Students Walked Away
- Ukiah Police Logs 01.20.2022: Subject Walked by and Threw Rock That Broke Window, Subject Keeps Pulling Fire Alarm
- Person of Interest in Gualala Attempted Home Invasion Streaked Last Year’s Super Bowl
- Ukiah Man Allegedly Brandishes Knife and Rams Another with an SUV, Says UPD
- Attempted Illegal Export of Succulents from Mendocino and Del Norte Counties Results in Two Year Prison Sentence for South Korean National
- Tuesday’s Gualala Attempted Home Invasion Investigation Nets 1,900 Pounds of Cannabis— One Person of Interest Identified
- 160 New Cases of COVID-19 Identified in Mendocino County, 12 Hospitalized, 0 in ICU, 2 Additional Deaths
- Mendocino County’s COVID-19 Fatalities Reach One Hundred Eleven with the Announcement of Two More Deaths
- [UPDATE] Two Vehicle Major Injury Crash North of Willits on 101
- Garberville Woman Booked for Superficially Cutting a Man’s Throat, Says UPD
Fire
Fort Bragg Morning Structure Fire Results in Fatality
Due to the condition of the body, Captain Van Patten said an positive identification has yet to be established ,but investigators believe they “know who the person is and are seeking methods to attempt to ID him.”
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Deadline Extended for Right-of-Entry Permits for Phase II of the Hopkins Fire Debris Removal Program
“In order for properties to be eligible for the State debris removal program, the County of Mendocino must receive completed Right-of-Entry (ROE) permits by no later than December 17, 2021.”
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Redwood Valley Structure Burns So Local Firefighters Can Train to Save Others in the Future
Multiple types of training were conducted last Saturday, Chief Robinson said, including rescue operations, practicing forced entries, navigating a structure filled with smoke, and how to find a person in the midst of a structure fire.
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Firefighters Quickly Extinguish Two Burning Vehicles in Covelo
Scanner traffic beginning at 4:38 p.m. indicated a large black column of smoke had been spotted near the intersection of Covelo’s Henderson Road and Henderson Lane.
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Crime
Person of Interest in Lake County Man’s Homicide Leads Detectives to Human Remains Resulting in Murder Charge
“Deperno provided statements linking him to the disappearance and subsequent murder of Meluso.”
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Fort Bragg Police Logs 01.20.2022: Subject Possibly Holding a Handgun, Students Walked Away
The following is a police log published law enforcement dispatch in Ukiah. People named as being arrested should be presumed innocent unless/until found guilty in a court of law. In the spirit of transparency, MendoFever actively curates these police logs to protect the privacy of law enforcement personnel,…
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Ukiah Police Logs 01.20.2022: Subject Walked by and Threw Rock That Broke Window, Subject Keeps Pulling Fire Alarm
The following is a police log published law enforcement dispatch in Ukiah. People named as being arrested should be presumed innocent unless/until found guilty in a court of law. In the spirit of transparency, MendoFever actively curates these police logs to protect the privacy of law enforcement personnel,…
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Person of Interest in Gualala Attempted Home Invasion Streaked Last Year’s Super Bowl
Yuri Andrade is no anonymous member of a rip-off crew. In a hail mary of a crime story, Andrade made national headlines a little less than a year ago when he wore a one-piece pink leotard and streaked last year’s Super Bowl.
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Cannabis
Tuesday’s Gualala Attempted Home Invasion Investigation Nets 1,900 Pounds of Cannabis— One Person of Interest Identified
“The reported victim described multiple subjects that were currently on his property armed with firearms, one of which firearms was identified as an AR-15 rifle. The reported victim identified “Yuri” as a subject who was trying to kill him.”
Letter to the Editor: Potential Extinction of Tax-Paying Legal Mendocino Cultivators Must Be Addressed By Mendocino County
“This is not the same old gripe about the inefficiencies of County government, which is quite common here in Mendocino. The sad fact is that concurrent factors combine with these local problems to create what amounts to an existential crisis for most of these small local tax-paying cannabis businesses. The recent cannabis market crash, exorbitant local and state cultivation taxes, the looming deadline for state Provisional licenses, the shifted CEQA burden, drought, fire and Covid all are contributing to make this an extinction-level event.”
California’s Cannabis Department Awards Nearly $100 Million in Grants to Local Governments
“The program, proposed by Governor Newsom in the 2021-2022 budget and passed by the Legislature, provides funding for local jurisdictions to aid in more swiftly transitioning high numbers of provisional cannabis licenses into annual licenses.”
Bureau of Land Management Law Enforcement Eradicated More Than One-Million Marijuana Plants in 2021
“These illegal operations have a devastating impact on our environment and the health and safety of communities, which we cannot tolerate.”
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COVID-19
165 New Cases of COVID-19 Identified in Mendocino County, 14 Hospitalized, 2 in ICU
The following is Mendocino County’s information published on the County website regarding the most recent updates to the County’s COVID-19 dashboard. Other information regarding the virus amassed by MendoFever’s Judy Valadao is below the information provided by the county: 165 additional cases of COVID-19 have been identified in […]
COVID-19 Outbreak in the Mendocino County Jail— 62 Cases and Only Minor Symptoms Reported
“As part of the safety procedures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the jail, all incoming arrestees are tested upon entry into the facility. Once booked into custody, arrestees are quarantined for 10-days.”
160 New Cases of COVID-19 Identified in Mendocino County, 12 Hospitalized, 0 in ICU, 2 Additional Deaths
The following is Mendocino County’s information published on the County website regarding the most recent updates to the County’s COVID-19 dashboard. Other information regarding the virus amassed by MendoFever’s Judy Valadao is below the information provided by the county: We are also very sad to report two additional […]
Mendocino County’s COVID-19 Fatalities Reach One Hundred Eleven with the Announcement of Two More Deaths
The two Mendocino County residents who passed from COVID-19 include an 89-year-old unvaccinated man from the South Coast and 45-year-old vaccinated man from the North County.
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MendoHistory
Today in MendoHistory: 1.4.1913- ‘Respected’ and ‘Loyal’ Napoleon Bonaparte Bever Succumbs to a ‘Long Illness’
Mr. Bever had been unwell for several years, “and although originally a man of strong physique, possessing a strong constitution, his death was not unexpected.”
Today in MendoHistory: 1.2.1919- Quick Thinking Saves Five-Year-Old From Drowning in a Pond
“Five-year-old Malcolm Luiz narrowly escaped drowning in the Caspar pond. Had it not been for the quick actions of John Daniels who plunged in after him, Malcolm would probably have been lost.”
Today in MendoHistory: 12.20.1888- The Point Arena Steamer Embarks for the Mendocino Coast
“A unique feature of the Point Arena was that her cabins and staterooms were decorated with oil paintings, the handiwork of Captain Graves himself.”
On the Anniversary of the Pearl Harbor Attack, We Remember the Civilians Who Watched Mendocino County’s Skies
“Once the United States entered World War II on December 7, 1941, many of those who could not join the military, for whatever reason, were recruited to the Aircraft Warning Service. Statistically, this led to a preponderance of women.”
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