Ukiah Garden Club plant sale Sat.-Sun. in Redwood Valley
You won’t find any root-bound plants or ones adapted to climates much different than that of the Ukiah area at this plant sale.
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April 30 deadline for comments on Willits sewer plant
The North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board is seeking comments on proposed changes to the quality and quantity of water discharged by the new Willits sewer plant.
The comment period ends April 30 with a public hearing to consider any objections scheduled for 8:30 a.
Wet…and wetter
Little Lake Valley remained flooded Monday afternoon as a weekend storm finally drifted east after dropping 3.4 inches of rain.
The gloomy Monday had tempers somewhat frayed, with many in town bemoaning the seemingly incessant rains and lack of spring weather.
Murder suspect found dead
A 60-year-old Laytonville man was found dead of a suspected drug overdose in his home Sunday. An autopsy has been ordered.
Terry Allen Cohen had been scheduled for a mental competency hearing Friday to determine whether he was fit to face a retrial for the 2008 murder of Sean Jason Piper.
Friday deadline for Willits bypass comments
The deadline for public comment on the CalTrans application for the US Army Corps of Engineers permit is Friday. The design, environmental permits, and right of way acquisition are on schedule for the project to go out for bid this year, according to CalTrans.
Sentence rendered in ‘near-perfect’ murder attempt
Last week Kenneth Rogers, 52, of Westport, was sentenced to a term of 25 years to life in prison for the June 2005 attempted murder for hire of political rival Alan Simon, 53, also of Westport.
Rogers was found convicted by jury trial in July 2009 of conspiracy to commit first degree murder; attempted murder with special findings of willfulness, deliberation, and premeditation.
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.
Sutter County teen wasn’t abducted; she’s back home now
Elvia Flores, a freshman at Live Oak High School, was last seen being dropped off at school Monday.
A 14-year-old Sutter County girl was back home with her mother Wednesday night after she was found in Gridley earlier in the day.
Elvia Flores was the subject of an Amber Alert and a widespread search in Sutter County after it was reported that she had been kidnapped Monday from Live Oak High School.
But based on interviews with Flores on Wednesday afternoon, “we don’t feel there was any type of abduction,” said Sutter County sheriff’s Sgt. Glen Mercer.
Sheriff’s officials reported that they received a call from the Gridley Police Department about 2 p.m. Wednesday advising them that a Gridley police officer had spotted Flores walking down an alley in the area of Oak Street and had taken her into custody.
Mercer said Flores and a girl who reported that she and Flores were kidnapped from Live Oak High School on Monday, apparently left the area of their own accord. He said it appears Flores left with the intention of visiting someone.
Flores was dropped off at the high school Monday by her mother. The other girl said that she and Flores had been abducted outside the high school by four or five men.
The girlfriend told deputies about the alleged abduction after the California Highway Patrol found her at a gas station in Orland.
Mercer said sheriff’s investigators are still deciding whether anyone will be charged with a crime.
How to buy a Bass appointment
In the contentious race for 4th District Supervisor, Virginia Bass supporters accuse donors to Bonnie Neely’s campaign of buying favor from the longtime Supervisor and Coastal Commission Chairwoman. They claim Neely’s future votes are bought and paid for.
But a 2006 campaign disclosure from the Bass for Mayor campaign gives a peek into how Virginia operates (click to enlarge):
Following a donation of “office rent” to the campaign valued at $4,500, Bass appointed Kneeland resident Lee Ulansey to the Eureka Planning Commission. The situation was fraught with weirdness, as we noted at the time:
One wonders what makes a “rural lifestyle” podium-pounder from Kneeland suitable for the Planning Commission in Eureka — the city where all hill folk will be rounded up and forced to live like rats in cages following the [county] General Plan Update, according to his supporters.
Ulansey owns a few properties in the rat’s-nest-by-the-bay, maybe that’s a sufficient qualification.
To make room for Ulansey, Bass pushed aside qualified commissioners who wanted to continue to serve, justifying the unusual move with an inarticulate defense about new blood.
Yet for other board appointments she followed normal procedure and re-appointed longtime members who wished to continue their positions.
The appointment was shot down when Bass failed to get a 4/5 vote required to approve an appointment from outside the city limits.
Ulansey’s name is written on the campaign statement form to replace Kramer Investments, which is crossed out.
In the current election cycle, Ulansey has donated $1500 to the Bass campaign.
So what can those developers slash HumCPR supporters expect from their generous monetary support to the Bass campaign if she wins?
Favors, apparently.
Guilty plea in bank robberies
A 56-year-old Lakeport man pleaded guilty Monday to robbing three banks and other related charges in a robbery spree last year.
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.
B&G Club drive reaches $12,740
B&G Club drive reaches $12,740
The Daily Journal
The 2010 Ukiah Boys and Girls Club Fund Drive hosted by The Daily Journal is under way.
Teachers’ union protests
Protesting cuts to public education is no longer just a statewide issue to the Ukiah Teachers Association, which demonstrated Tuesday night outside the Ukiah Unified School District office, minutes before the regularly scheduled board of trustees meeting.
School administrators to take furlough days
Some of the highest paid Ukiah Unified School District employees may see a drop in their salaries for the coming year as the board voted last week to implement five furlough days for the remaining school year and an additional five days for the next.
BREAKING NEWS: Suspected bank robber pleads
A 56-year-old Lakeport man pleaded guilty Monday to robbing three banks and other related charges in a robbery spree last year.