Environment & Natural Resources
Meteor lights up Mendocino sky — the large celestial rock was visible across NorCal (video)
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The trail was not made by a rocket, but by a meteor.
Police & Courts
COMMET raids Sherwood Rancheria, DEA and BIA involved
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We also have an interview with a tribal member about the raid, and information about the sheriff’s use of helicopters — the helicopter rental company charges $950 an hour. The MCSO has confirmed that the DEA, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Mendocino Major Crimes Task Force all participated.
Cannabis
COMMET arrests two men at trespass grow in Potter Valley, cuts down 5000 plants
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In an interview Lieutenant Shannon Barney of the MCSO cautioned against assuming that this grow is connected to a drug cartel, saying that they had no indication of a cartel connection.
Police & Courts
COMMET assists with Lake Co. cannabis raid: 45k plants, 186 lbs, 6 arrests
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The County of Mendocino Marijuana Eradication Team and the California National Guard Drug Task Force assisted Lake County Sheriff’s in the execution of two warrants.
Police & Courts
Sheriff requests $215,000 from feds for flight school, to cut down marijuana
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COMMET, a special team that targets trespass grows, many of them identified by a DEA-sponsored aerial cannabis observation school, got the county’s blessing to apply for federal funding.
