Abalone diver’s body recovered off Point Arena coast
Rescue personnel recovered the body of an abalone diver off the coast of Moat Creek, Point Arena Friday morning, according to a Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office press release.
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Carl Magann named new fire chief
Carl Magann was sworn in as the new Little Lake fire chief Tuesday in a quiet ceremony. Magann was the unanimous choice by the Little Lake Fire Protection Board of Directors following a selection process involving a veritable who’s who in Mendocino County firefighting.
Willits bank robber guilty
Rick William Robison, 56, Lakeport, pleaded guilty Monday to a series of robberies which occurred over a period stretching from March to May 2009 in Mendocino County including two in Willits. His sentencing is scheduled for June and he faces even more charges in similar robberies in Napa and Sonoma counties during the 2009 robbery spree.
CORRECTION: There was a reporting error in the Sheriff’s Log on page 3A in the April 15 Beacon.
Two store clerks were NOT arrested for selling alcohol to minors. The two men arrested were NOT store employees but individuals caught in a “Shoulder Tap and Minor Decoy” operation conducted by Mendocino County Sheriff’s deputies along with State Alcohol Beverage Control officers.
County budget: Public declares its mandates’ /Part 1 of 3
The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors and CEO Carmel Angelo are attempting to close a $7.6 million budget gap and the public — mostly from the coast and Willits — is striving fiercely to save local services they feel are essential to rural communities.
Old Time Notes
Compiled from the pages of The Mendocino Beacon by Debbie L. Holmer
125 Years Ago
April 11, 1885
The Mendocino stage was stopped at midnight going south on Tuesday about twenty miles north of Cloverdale.
Students cook with local chefs
Budget cuts unfortunately stripped the popular culinary curriculum from Mendocino High School this year, but educator Mary Rack and Principal Gail Dickinson found a way to restore some of the program for students interested in studying the art of food and cooking.
Court Report
The following cases were heard in Ten Mile Court.
- Correction: Due to a reporting error, the April 8 court report said that Michael Cook had been charged with DUI.
Other headlines in the April 15 Mendocino Beacon include:
- Vargas case continues, gag order lifted.
- Local healthcare providers aid Haitian earthquake relief effort.
Brothers sentenced to year in jail in marijuana case
A Mendocino County Superior Court judge has sentenced two brothers to nearly one year in county jail and three years of probation each for a marijuana grow raided in 2008, the District Attorney’s Office stated.
Willits men, juvenile arrested for gang ties and weapons
Two Willits men and a 17-year-old juvenile were stopped by Mendocino County sheriff’s deputies in Ukiah while walking on South State Street near the airport just after midnight Friday. The trio smelled strongly of alcohol; the juvenile was on probation and out past curfew.
County to raise fees 5% to 1,060%
A list of fee hikes for county services ranging from 5 percent to 1,060 percent was approved in a 3-2 vote by the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors Tuesday.
KMUD in the Chronicle for CLMP reports
It’s been said that Southern Humboldt radio station KMUD is the only station in the country to report the location of cops en route to a bust.
During CAMP season, when the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting is in full swing, and caravans of unmarked vehicles are seen heading up a windy SoHum road, for example, KMUD broadcasts the sighting. The information is usually relayed to the station by the Civil Liberties Monitoring Project.
Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman says such announcements put officers at risk, particularly when dealing with drug cartels growing weed in the timberlands and parks.
None of this is new — KMUD and CLMP have been reporting where large caravans of cops are for years. But now that all things Humboldt marijuana are in the spotlight many aspects of the local culture are getting their 15 minutes.
Here’s the story from the San Francisco Chronicle, with a link to a recent California Report broadcast on the not-so-new news.
Gang arrests made in March attack
Sheriff’s deputies arrested three known Norteño gang members in two days, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office Capt.
Friday night ride along
Deputy Spears reads the neighborhood
Riding along with Deputy Kevin Spears of the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office gives you a sense of vertigo.