Emergency room at CH to close
Community Hospital will suspend emergency room services on January 31 due to insufficient staff. Hospital Administrator Wallace Platner said two doctors currently serve the ER and the plan includes expanded weekend clinic hours while monitoring admissions impact. Board members will wait on Drummond’s ruling about a required public hearing before finalizing the measure.
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Community Hospital
Wallace Platner Platner
Board of Supervisors
John Cimolino
Platner
Ernie Banker
New County
John Drummond
Banker
Jim Eddie
al Barbero
Drummond
Two Juveniles Arrested After Lakeshore Liquors Robbery
Two female juveniles aged 15 and 16 were arrested after robbing Lakeshore Liquors clerk Doris Lambert at gunpoint around 8 p.m. Tuesday night. Deputies recovered two thirds of the $250 cash and the weapon. a third suspect remains at large. The two detainees were handed to the probation department and held at Mendocino County Juvenile Hall.
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Clearlake Highlands
Lakeshore Liquors
Doris Lambert
Probation Department
Mendocino County
Northwestern California Weather Forecast Brief
Variable clouds through Thursday with continued cool nights and local frost. Readings include Fort Bragg 39 to 57 and Ukiah 34 to 59.
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California
Fort Bragg
Ukiah
County weighs tire disposal options at Tuesday meeting
County supervisors discussed handling rising tire piles with several ideas including recycling methods and a regional stockpile near dumps. Public Works Director Budge Campbell noted 60,000 tires enter county dumps yearly and warned large stockpiles pose fire risks while Caspar dump refused bulk entries.
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Public Works
Budge Campbell
Board of Supervisors
Caspar
Campbell
Georgia-Pacific
California to make 55 mph limit permanent says CHP chief
CHP Commissioner Glen Craig says drivers still ignore the 55 mph limit and endorses AB2262 to keep the limit permanent beyond June 30. He notes California lags other states for radar tools and urges legislative radar authorization for enforcement.
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Sacramento
UPI
California Highway Patrol
Glen Craig
Craig
Assembly Transportation Committee
Walter M. Ingalls
D-Riverside
Funding proposed on sheep attacks and stray dogs
At the county board meeting the panel weighed funding for a stray dog capture project amid sheep attack concerns. Ted Galletti urged reallocating CETA money, while John Cimolino pressed human safety. The board approved $177,758 for CETA projects 3 to 2, with Cimolino and Galletti opposing.
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Board of Supervisors
CETA
Ted Galletti
John Cimolino
al Barbero
Edward Huddleston
Ceta Planning Council
Galletti
County Contingency Fund
Cimolino
San Francisco Ends Water Rationing After Nearly Yearlong Stay
San Francisco and 1.1 million East Bay residents have rationing ended by the Public Utilities Commission effective immediately. Mayor George Moscone praised the move and urged a voluntary conservation plan aiming for a 15 percent cut from normal use. The mandatory phase had sought a 25 percent reduction before rationing began in March 1977.
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San Francisco
UPI
East Bay
Public Utilities Commission
George Moscone
Moscone
PUC
Timber exemption plan blasts building code for sawmills
County supervisors clashed over a proposal to exempt timber processing buildings from sprinkler requirements. Al Barbero argued the state code lacks a sawmill definition, risking earthquake‑level standards. supporters said the ordinance would not apply to planing or resaw mills. The debate focused on treating the measure as a code amendment rather than an exemption.
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Board of Supervisors
al Barbero
Barbero
Louisiana-Pacific
Covelo
Ernie Banker
Jim Eddie Barbero
Banker
Behr resigns from canal committee in California water bill dispute
SACRAMENTO UP I reports Sen. Peter Behr has resigned from the six member conference committee on Gov. Brown's 7 billion water development measure. Sen. Ruben Ayala says the panel can still approve amendments and send the bill to floor votes. Behr cites conscience over the canal plan and will be replaced.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Senate Rules Committee
Peter Behr
Rtiburon
Ruben Ayala
D-Chino
Behr
Ayala
Senate
Assembly
Rules Committee
Marin County
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
California Aqueduct
Tracy
Central Valley
Bay Area
Mendocino County Sgt Stafford enters sheriff coroner race
Frank Stafford a 14 year Mendocino County resident and 21 year law enforcement veteran announces candidacy for sheriff coroner. His career spans Army Military Police Korea conflict Oakland Ukiah and Mendocino County sheriff's department with past patrol traffic jail and supervisorial roles and a focus on training and management reforms.
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Frank Stafford
Mendocino County
Stafford
United States Army
Oakland Police Department
Ukiah
Police Department
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