Matt LaFever

1 week ago | sfgate.com | Matt LaFever

Four Northern California farm bureaus are making a plea to the Donald Trump administration, urging it to halt PG&E’s plan to dismantle a key piece of water infrastructure. The counties say they need time to craft a strategy to protect public health, the local economy and their communities. In a joint letter dated April 4, the presidents of the Lake, Mendocino, Sonoma and Marin county farm bureaus urged Trump and relevant members of his Cabinet to intervene in PG&E’s plans to remove Scott Dam.

1 week ago | mendofever.com | Matt LaFever

The mystery surrounding the 2020 disappearance of Nicholas Patterson, a member of the Pit River Tribe, has finally seen a heartbreaking development. Five years after he vanished from his grandmother’s property in rural Lookout, California, partial remains found in Modoc County have been confirmed as Patterson’s. Though initial investigators said there was no reason to suspect foul play, Patterson’s family has long believed he was the victim of violence.

1 week ago | mendofever.com | Matt LaFever

Two people were found dead in their Northern California home after neighbors reported they hadn’t been seen in several days, prompting a welfare check, according to a Saturday news release from the Cloverdale Police Department. Officers arrived at a residence near the intersection of Riesling and Syrah Court in Cloverdale on April 12 and discovered the bodies of a man and a woman. While the investigation remains ongoing, preliminary evidence suggests a possible murder-suicide.

1 week ago | sfgate.com | Matt LaFever

An armed man acting “erratically” at a Sacramento-area In-N-Out was shot by police Friday night, authorities said, triggering a multiagency investigation. The 50-year-old man remains hospitalized and is expected to survive. According to a news release on the Elk Grove city website Saturday, police officers were dispatched “around 11:14 p.m.” to the In-N-Out at 9188 E. Stockton Blvd. after receiving reports of a man waving a gun and behaving strangely inside the restaurant.

1 week ago | mendofever.com | Matt LaFever

A routine traffic stop in Lake County led to the seizure of four pounds of methamphetamine and the arrest of a Clearlake Oaks man, according to a press release from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. On April 6, a sheriff’s deputy pulled over a vehicle in the Hidden Valley area after the driver made an abrupt turn without signaling, nearly causing an accident, officials said. The driver, identified as Nino Davis, 49, of Clearlake Oaks, was found outside his vehicle, kneeling and glancing around.