Suspects arraigned in Chowchilla bus kidnapping case
Three suspects Fred Woods James Schoenfeld and Richard Schoenfeld faced arraignment in Madera County Superior Court on 45 counts each including kidnapping kidnapping with bodily harm and robbery The hearing was postponed to September 22 to allow attorneys to study grand jury transcripts and plan pleas and a possible change of venue The court noted the transcript would remain sealed until then
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Madera, Calif
UPI
Chowchilla
Madera County
Fred Woods
James
Schoenfeld
Richard
Edward Merrill
Schoenfeld Brothers
Woods
Herbert W. Yanowitz
Jack L. Hammerberg
Joan Brown
Merrill
Willits school board approves budget revisions
Willits district members voted in special session to approve three budget revisions for the coming year. The changes include continuing the girls PE program at Baechtel Grove, adding a band teaching position at Willits High, and allocating funds to aid Laytonville school needs. Kirk Weller was hired as high school music instructor, and Pat Brandstetter was appointed to fill the vacant trustee seat.
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Willits
Baechtel Grove
Willits High School
Laytonville
Sarah Anderson
Kirk Weller
Pat Brandstetter
Warren Lewis
Mendocino County mulls self-insurance for workers' comp
Tuesday the Mendocino County board weighs pulling out of the State Compensation Insurance Fund to adopt a self-insurance program. A San Francisco consultant projects annual savings around 56,000 over 10 years, with an administration plan outlay of about 55,000 and total costs near 94,332 including claims and excess coverage.
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Mendocino County
Board of Supervisors
Don DeVere
Mund, McLaurin and Company
San Francisco
DeVere
State Camp
Bob Garr
Garr
Mund
Northwestern California Weather Outlook
Mostly fair conditions continue through Friday with patchy low clouds along coast at night and in the morning and variable high clouds to the north. Inland areas warm up Friday. Fort Bragg reports 55/66 and Ukiah 55/90.
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California
Fort Bragg
Ukiah
CHP dispatch center may be eliminated in Ukiah
County supervisors oppose moving Ukiah CHP dispatch to Arcata seeking centralization. Sheriff Jondahl argues loss of local knowledge and slower emergency response, noting five dispatchers and one supervisor provide 24 hour service in Ukiah while a Sacramento study weighs feasibility.
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Edmund G. Brown Jr
Barry Keene
Peter Behr
Ukiah Highway Patrol
Arcata
Tom Jondahl
Ted Barrett
Ukiah Chp
Sacramento
CHP
Lake, Humboldt
del Norte
Jondahl
Jim’ Menzier
Ukiah
Laws Avenue
Potter Valley man linked to rape cases under investigation
Police and sheriff investigators pursue a possible connection between 22 year old Robert Evans Wilson Jr. arrested at a Lorraine Street garage and four earlier rapes or attempted rapes in three months. Victims were white women aged 18 to 27 attacked in early morning hours in their homes. one case involved a savage abortive rape attempt.
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Potter Valley
Robert Evans Wilson Jr
Lorraine Street
Frank Stafford
Wilson
Stafford
Dennis Marcheschi
Ukiah
Lake County LCDSA extends talks 24 hours amid picket warning
Lake County deputies extend negotiations 24 hours after inviting CAO Walter Munchheimer to meet. LCDSA warns informational picket lines at county entrances may begin Thursday midnight if no progress. Judge Cragen urged cooldown. tensions rise as Teamsters local 911 affiliation noted.
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Lakeport
Lake County
Deputy Sheriffs Association
Board of Supervisors
Walter Munchheimer
LCDSA
Superior Court
Ed Cragen
Teamsters Local 911
Dan Brennan
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Trukadero
Lane
Barrett
Menzmer
Lake
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