Mendocino NewsLocal news for Mendocino, CA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.'Nasty' weather conditions fueling Piute fire spread- July 2, 2008 Several U.S. Forest Service fire trucks loaded with firefighters are stationed in the Rite-Aid parking lot Monday morning in Lake Isabella as the Piute Incident continues to burn to the southeast.http://www.topix.net/city/mendocino-ca/2008/07/nasty-weather-conditions-fueling-piute-fire... Ab diver drowns- July 1, 2008 Sheriff's coroners have identified a man who drowned Friday, June 20 at Russian Gulch State Park as Jared Robert Wenger, 32, of Citrus Heights.http://www.topix.net/city/mendocino-ca/2008/07/ab-diver-drowns?fromrss=1 'We are in fairly dire straits,' Cal Fire chief reports- July 1, 2008 Cal Fire Incident Commander Kelly Govette, left, discusses how the area's fires are affecting, from the Arts building at the fairgrounds Tuesday morning.http://www.topix.net/city/mendocino-ca/2008/07/we-are-in-fairly-dire-straits-cal-fire-chie... New storm warnings raise fire risk in Northern California- July 1, 2008 Smoke continued to bedevil Northern California as hundreds of wildfires burned across the region Thursday, blackening 160,000 acres, with no end in sight.http://www.topix.net/city/mendocino-ca/2008/07/new-storm-warnings-raise-fire-risk-in-north... County plans shaping up- July 1, 2008 It's entirely realistic the public will be reviewing drafts of several county plan revisions in the next few months.http://www.topix.net/city/mendocino-ca/2008/07/county-plans-shaping-up?fromrss=1 Fires On Mendocino National Forest Prompt More Wilderness Closures- July 1, 2008 Multiple lightning-caused fires on the Mendocino National Forest have resulted in the closure of two additional Wilderness areas.http://www.topix.net/city/mendocino-ca/2008/06/fires-on-mendocino-national-forest-prompt-m... |