Arson Threat Near Regina Heights Endangers Expensive Homes
A reward of up to 500 dollars was posted for arsonists blamed for a Sunday afternoon fire on Vichy Heights at Regina Heights north Ukiah. Firefighting crews from Ukiah and Redwood Valley Calpella battled the blaze, aided by air tankers and Laytonville helicopter, containing it by 3:40 p.m. with 20 acres burned and no injuries except a forestry worker’s scratched eye. Call Willits Division of Forestry with information at 459-5562.
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Vichy Heights
Regina Heights
Watson Road
Redémeyer Road
Ukiah
Dorothy Hansen
Jim Larson
View Drive
Quail Drive
Division of Forestry
Ukiah Fire Department
Bridgeville
Humboldt County
Forestry
Redwood Valley
Calpella
Laytonville
Bill Parducci
Parducci
Greg Spier
Dan Lockhart
Hillside Hospital
Willits
Car found at bottom of bluff. three missing on South Coast
A 1966 Ford wagon belonging to Kathleen Robie and her two daughters was found upside down at the base of a 100 foot bluff near Gualala after a late night departure. Divers and volunteers searched for the trio without success as authorities treat the case as a missing persons report and possible triple fatal. Authorities plan to inspect the wreck today for clues.
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Gualala
Jean
Elizabeth
Dick Robie
Ralph Kerrs
Robie
Highway 1
Gualaia
Merle Schreiner
Sheriff's
Timberland TPZ zoning hearing set before Ukiah board
A public hearing before the Ukiah board of supervisors is scheduled for 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Saturday Afternoon Clubhouse to discuss a timber preserve zone replacing Williamson's Act timber property. The ordinance outlines permitted uses without a permit and those requiring one including timber production and watershed management.
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Board of Supervisors
Oak
Church Streets
Ukiahi Phase II bids open on two phase high school plan
Ukiah Unified School District received bids for the locally funded portion of the new Ukiahi high school on Low Gap Road. Hunt Construction of Sacramento bid $3,552,000 for Phase II, with Wheatley Jacobsen of Palo Alto at $3,696,000 as the other bid. Total Phase I and II costs reach $8,052,000, still under last January’s total bid. Phase I set to begin around November 1 pending bond sales. The project is designed by Felciano Jefferies and Associates, Santa Rosa.
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Ukiah High School
Hunt Construction
Sacramento Inc
Ukiah Unified School District
Ukiahi
Low Gap Road
Wheatley- Jacobsen
Palo Alto
Jacobsen
Hunt
Wheatley-Jacobsen
Barnhart
Ball Park
Ukiah’ Unified Board ‘of ‘Education
Weather Outlook for Northwestern California
Increasing cloudiness with rain likely from Cape Mendocino north and a chance of showers to the south through Tuesday. Gale warning along the coast from Point Arena north and small craft advisory southward. Southerly winds rise to 15 to 30 mph tonight and 20 to 40 mph in the north. Temperatures range Fort Bragg 54 to 66, Ukiah 54 to 74.
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California
Cape Mendocino
Coast Point Arena
Fort Bragg
Ukiah
Record Pear Season Leaves Mendocino 10000 Tons Unharvested
Mendocino County saw a then unprecedented pear season with about 10,000 tons left unharvested. Farm advisor Bruce Bearden notes a late start and a 11 day cannery strike that delayed packing and contracts. Fresh market demand failed to absorb excess fruit, while prices narrowed the grower margin.
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Mendocino County
Bruce Bearden
Bearden
Canning Pear Association
USDA
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Dibble
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Fresno
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Peoples Temple
Joseph Rosato
James Bort
William K. Patterson
George Gruner
Journal
K. Hunter
South Coast
Sheriff's and
Highway Patrol
CHP
BOS
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N. State St
Wheatley Jacobsen
Wright
Santa Rosa
Felciano, Jefferies and Associates
Tiny
Joseph Canzoneri
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