Chinese Restaurant Closed After Fire

Firefighters had to cut through the roof of a Chinese restaurant in Ukiah to battle a fire yesterday just before the dinner rush. The fire was reported around 4:50 p.m. at the Golden Penny and China Express, and appeared to have started in the kitchen of the restaurant, located in the 700 block of South […]

Homeless Encampments Undoing Cleanups

After getting reports large amounts of trash has returned to the creek beds that were cleaned this summer, Ukiah Mayor Phil Baldwin says that the Ukiah City Council may address the city’s ongoing issue with transients and homeless residents. Mattresses, trash and more were removed from homeless encampments during extensive cleanups in Orr Creek near […]

Measure L May Make November Ballot

The Save the Lake Committee wants to try one more time. They’ve asked the Lake County Board of Supervisors to put Measure L on the November ballot. The tax was 220 votes short of approval in June. The tax would impose a 0.5-percent increase to help fund water quality, aquatic invasive species and nuisance aquatic […]

Urgency Conservation Ordinances Enacted

Urgency conservation ordinances for three Lake County water systems were approved by the Lake County Board of Supervisors this week. Special Districts Compliance Coordinator Jan Coppinger says the ordinances for the water systems in Spring Valley, Finley and Kelseyville target very high users. Finley and Kelseyville water system customers using more than 1,600 cubic feet […]

Well Drilling at Mt Hannah

Lake County Special Districts announced this week that drilling has begun at Mt. Hannah, County Service Area #22, just as their current well is taking its last gasps. Special Districts say the recharge rate has been dropping and finally reached a point that keeping the tank full was all but impossible. The well driller arrived […]