Bail has been reduced from $1 million to $800K and Judge Keith Faulder has recused himself from the case.
Author Archives: Dave Brooksher
Posted inPolitics & Government
Fast-acting county workers scramble to keep toxic debris from wildfires out of Russian River during rainstorm
Mendocino County’s Prevention, Recovery, Resilience and Mitigation Division worked with the nonprofit Russian Riverkeeper and the California Conservation Corps to avert an environmental catastrophe — and it worked.
Posted inPolice & Courts
Open source report finds at least two Mendocino County agencies operating surveillance drones
According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, two law enforcement agencies in Mendocino County are operating unmanned aerial vehicles.
Posted inFire & Emergency
Victim killed in solo wreck Monday night in Redwood Valley identified (UPDATED: 10/21/21)
A passerby was able to help an injured passenger out of the Jeep, but a growing vehicle fire prevented the driver’s rescue.
Posted inWeather
Heavy rains threaten to wash debris from the 257-acre Hopkins Fire into the Russian River — (UPDATE: CCC to the rescue!)
“This is an all hands on deck emergency,” said First District Supervisor Glenn McGourty.