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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake Police Department has issued a report on the crash that killed a woman on Monday night.
Authorities identified the crash victim as Bernadette Marie Patrick, 31, of Clearlake, as Lake County News has reported.
At 7:50 p.m. Monday, 28-year-old Clearlake resident Michael Jefferson was driving his 1995 Nissan Maxima south on Highway 53 between Lakeshore Drive and 18th Avenue, police said.
Patrick and another person were running west across Highway 53. Police said Jefferson observed the person in front of Patrick run into his lane and swerved to the left to avoid hitting that person.
Police said Jefferson did not see Patrick until she was very close to his vehicle and he was unable to avoid hitting her.
Patrick suffered major injuries as a result of the collision and was pronounced deceased at the scene, according to police.
The cause of the collision is still under investigation. However, neither drugs nor alcohol appear to be factors in the collision, police said.
Anyone that has information regarding the collision is asked to contact Sgt. Tim Hobbs atThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by calling 707-994-8251.
Authorities identified the crash victim as Bernadette Marie Patrick, 31, of Clearlake, as Lake County News has reported.
At 7:50 p.m. Monday, 28-year-old Clearlake resident Michael Jefferson was driving his 1995 Nissan Maxima south on Highway 53 between Lakeshore Drive and 18th Avenue, police said.
Patrick and another person were running west across Highway 53. Police said Jefferson observed the person in front of Patrick run into his lane and swerved to the left to avoid hitting that person.
Police said Jefferson did not see Patrick until she was very close to his vehicle and he was unable to avoid hitting her.
Patrick suffered major injuries as a result of the collision and was pronounced deceased at the scene, according to police.
The cause of the collision is still under investigation. However, neither drugs nor alcohol appear to be factors in the collision, police said.
Anyone that has information regarding the collision is asked to contact Sgt. Tim Hobbs at
NORTH COAST, Calif. – The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said it has identified human remains found last week in the Eel River as belonging to a missing Santa Rosa man.
The body of Bruce Allen Thompson, 52, was found in the south fork of the Eel River near Piercy on Dec. 5, according to Lt. Shannon Barney.
Barney said the body was found by a wildlife photographer who, along with a friend, contacted the Southern Humboldt Technical Rescue Team, which in turn notified the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office before responding to the scene and recovering the body.
The following day, Thompson’s sister contacted the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office to report that he had visited her in Eureka in mid-November and hadn’t been seen since he left to return to Santa Rosa on Nov. 13, according to Barney’s report.
His sister didn’t hear from him by Nov. 15 and learned that he’d missed a medical appointment. A missing person’s case was then filed with the Santa Rosa Police Department, Barney said.
Thompson’s family said he had been suffering from depression due to a serious decline in his health recently, according to Barney’s report.
On Tuesday an autopsy was performed and Barney said authorities identified the decedent as Thompson.
Barney said the cause and manner of Thompson’s death are not yet available due to additional medical tests being conducted.
The body of Bruce Allen Thompson, 52, was found in the south fork of the Eel River near Piercy on Dec. 5, according to Lt. Shannon Barney.
Barney said the body was found by a wildlife photographer who, along with a friend, contacted the Southern Humboldt Technical Rescue Team, which in turn notified the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office before responding to the scene and recovering the body.
The following day, Thompson’s sister contacted the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office to report that he had visited her in Eureka in mid-November and hadn’t been seen since he left to return to Santa Rosa on Nov. 13, according to Barney’s report.
His sister didn’t hear from him by Nov. 15 and learned that he’d missed a medical appointment. A missing person’s case was then filed with the Santa Rosa Police Department, Barney said.
Thompson’s family said he had been suffering from depression due to a serious decline in his health recently, according to Barney’s report.
On Tuesday an autopsy was performed and Barney said authorities identified the decedent as Thompson.
Barney said the cause and manner of Thompson’s death are not yet available due to additional medical tests being conducted.
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A pedestrian was killed in a Clearlake crash on Monday night.
The woman who died was identified as Bernadette Marie Patrick, 31, of Clearlake, according to Lt. Corey Paulich of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
The crash that took Patrick’s life was first reported at 7:55 p.m. Monday on Highway 53 between 18th and 40th avenues, according to fire radio reports.
The dispatch also included a report that Patrick had possibly been hit by two vehicles.
The first fire units to respond requested an air ambulance respond to Adventist Health Clear Lake Hospital, but upon arriving medics confirmed that Patrick had died, according to scanner traffic.
The Clearlake Police Department issued Nixle alerts on a temporary closure of Highway 53, which was blocked by emergency vehicles, according to reports from the scene.
The highway would remain closed until shortly before 11:30 p.m. Monday, according to police.
The Clearlake Police Department did not respond on Tuesday to Lake County News requests for additional information about what led to the fatal crash.
Paulich said Patrick’s autopsy is scheduled for Thursday.
Email Elizabeth Larson atThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Follow her on Twitter, @ERLarson, or Lake County News, @LakeCoNews.
The woman who died was identified as Bernadette Marie Patrick, 31, of Clearlake, according to Lt. Corey Paulich of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
The crash that took Patrick’s life was first reported at 7:55 p.m. Monday on Highway 53 between 18th and 40th avenues, according to fire radio reports.
The dispatch also included a report that Patrick had possibly been hit by two vehicles.
The first fire units to respond requested an air ambulance respond to Adventist Health Clear Lake Hospital, but upon arriving medics confirmed that Patrick had died, according to scanner traffic.
The Clearlake Police Department issued Nixle alerts on a temporary closure of Highway 53, which was blocked by emergency vehicles, according to reports from the scene.
The highway would remain closed until shortly before 11:30 p.m. Monday, according to police.
The Clearlake Police Department did not respond on Tuesday to Lake County News requests for additional information about what led to the fatal crash.
Paulich said Patrick’s autopsy is scheduled for Thursday.
Email Elizabeth Larson at
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The sentencing of a woman who, along with her husband, was part of a human trafficking case has been held over until early in the new year.
Krystina Marie Pickersgill, 28, was due to be sentenced on Monday for one count of human trafficking as part of a plea agreement she reached with District Attorney Don Anderson, as Lake County News has reported.
However, the sentencing was continued due to a declared conflict by the judge and the need for another judge to review the case, according to Chief Deputy District Attorney Richard Hinchcliff.
Anderson, who has been handling the case personally, was out of town on Monday, so Deputy District Attorney Daniel Flesch appeared on behalf of the District Attorney’s Office, Hinchcliff said.
Pickersgill and her husband, Sam Lindsey Massette, 37, both of Lakeport, were arrested in June for selling teenage girls into prostitution in the Bay Area, as Lake County News has reported.
In October Pickersgill reached a plea deal with Anderson in which she will receive three years of probation, credit for the four months previously served and strict mental health treatment. Anderson said he believes she was a victim as well as a co-defendant in the case.
Massette, who also reached a plea agreement with Anderson, was sentenced last week to 20 years in prison on two counts of human trafficking for the purposes of prostitution and two counts of pimping women. He is expected to serve only serve nine years due to credits. In statements to the court, victims in the case said the sentence was too lenient.
Hinchcliff said Pickersgill’s sentencing has been rescheduled to Jan. 22 before Judge Michael Lunas, who also sentenced her husband.
Email Elizabeth Larson atThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Follow her on Twitter, @ERLarson, or Lake County News, @LakeCoNews.
Krystina Marie Pickersgill, 28, was due to be sentenced on Monday for one count of human trafficking as part of a plea agreement she reached with District Attorney Don Anderson, as Lake County News has reported.
However, the sentencing was continued due to a declared conflict by the judge and the need for another judge to review the case, according to Chief Deputy District Attorney Richard Hinchcliff.
Anderson, who has been handling the case personally, was out of town on Monday, so Deputy District Attorney Daniel Flesch appeared on behalf of the District Attorney’s Office, Hinchcliff said.
Pickersgill and her husband, Sam Lindsey Massette, 37, both of Lakeport, were arrested in June for selling teenage girls into prostitution in the Bay Area, as Lake County News has reported.
In October Pickersgill reached a plea deal with Anderson in which she will receive three years of probation, credit for the four months previously served and strict mental health treatment. Anderson said he believes she was a victim as well as a co-defendant in the case.
Massette, who also reached a plea agreement with Anderson, was sentenced last week to 20 years in prison on two counts of human trafficking for the purposes of prostitution and two counts of pimping women. He is expected to serve only serve nine years due to credits. In statements to the court, victims in the case said the sentence was too lenient.
Hinchcliff said Pickersgill’s sentencing has been rescheduled to Jan. 22 before Judge Michael Lunas, who also sentenced her husband.
Email Elizabeth Larson at
LAKEPORT, Calif. – Help from the community has led the Lakeport Police Department to make an arrest in a purse theft case.
Police said Tuesday that officers arrested Jodi Mary Rodriguez, 36, of Lakeport.
The agency had released surveillance video and put out a call to the community on Monday for assistance in identifying a woman who had stolen an elderly woman’s purse at a car wash at South Forbes and Martin Street on Dec. 4, as Lake County News has reported.
As a result, police said numerous citizens came forward to identify the woman responsible for the theft as Rodriguez.
Officers conducted a follow up investigation and at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday they arrested and booked Rodriguez for felony theft from an elder.
“We appreciate the community’s support in quickly coming forward to help us identify the suspect as well as the diligent work of our officers in solving these cases,” the department said in its report.
A massive wildland fire cleanup is now getting under way in several areas across California.
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services; Butte, Los Angeles and Ventura counties; the California Department of Toxic Substances Control; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and other federal, state and local partners, has begun the process of clearing debris following the most destructive series of wildfires in California history.
State-managed debris removal programs have been established in Butte, Los Angeles and Ventura counties to clear household hazardous waste and other fire debris from more than 14,000 properties destroyed by the Camp, Woolsey and Hill fires.
Consolidated Debris Removal Program
Implemented under the leadership of CalOES and local governments, the Consolidated Debris Removal Program mobilizes federal, state, and local resources to help restore burned properties under a two-phase cleanup process.
Phase 1 – Crews managed by DTSC and U.S. EPA remove household hazardous waste such as paints, cleaners, solvents, oils, batteries, pesticides, compressed cylinders and tanks, and easily identifiable asbestos.
· Started Dec. 3, 2018, by U.S. EPA and DTSC crews.
· Learn more about the HHW removal process.
Phase 2 – Following the removal of household hazardous waste, CalRecycle-managed contractors remove the remaining asbestos, assess and document properties, and remove contaminated soil, ash, metal, concrete, and other debris to restore properties to pre-fire conditions.
· Preliminary damage assessments started Nov. 28 by CalRecycle crews.
· Learn more about the debris removal process.
CalRecycle oversees and manages contractors and consultants to conduct debris removal (Phase 2) at no out-of-pocket cost to property owners. To participate in Phase 2 of the state-managed debris removal program, owners must grant cleanup crews access to their property by returning signed Right-of-Entry agreements to their local government.
Property owners who wish to conduct their own cleanup may do so, but they should be aware of local safety and environmental standards and requirements. Contact your local government for more information on private cleanups.
CalRecycle wildfire debris removal update
Crews managed by CalRecycle are wrapping up work on four previous debris removal operations following wildfires in Shasta, Lake and Siskiyou counties.
Pawnee fire, Lake County
Participating properties: 15
Debris removal complete: 15
Final inspections complete: 15
Tonnage removed: Estimated, 2,600
Mendocino Complex, Lake County
Participating properties: 154
Debris removal complete: 126
Final inspections complete: 25
Tonnage removed: Estimated, Estimated 33,582-plus
Carr fire, Shasta County
Participating properties: 1,044
Debris removal complete: 1,038
Final inspections complete: 657
Tonnage removed: Estimated, 514,558-plus
Klamathon fire, Siskiyou County
Participating properties: 49
Debris removal complete: 49
Final inspections complete: 46 (Three lots returned to the county and referred to DTSC for additional mitigation measures)
Tonnage removed: Estimated, 14,829
Final soil testing, the installation of erosion control measures, and final property inspections are on track to be complete in the coming weeks.
Upon final inspections, property owners receive certification from their county that verifies their lot is clean and eligible to receive a building permit.
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services; Butte, Los Angeles and Ventura counties; the California Department of Toxic Substances Control; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and other federal, state and local partners, has begun the process of clearing debris following the most destructive series of wildfires in California history.
State-managed debris removal programs have been established in Butte, Los Angeles and Ventura counties to clear household hazardous waste and other fire debris from more than 14,000 properties destroyed by the Camp, Woolsey and Hill fires.
Consolidated Debris Removal Program
Implemented under the leadership of CalOES and local governments, the Consolidated Debris Removal Program mobilizes federal, state, and local resources to help restore burned properties under a two-phase cleanup process.
Phase 1 – Crews managed by DTSC and U.S. EPA remove household hazardous waste such as paints, cleaners, solvents, oils, batteries, pesticides, compressed cylinders and tanks, and easily identifiable asbestos.
· Started Dec. 3, 2018, by U.S. EPA and DTSC crews.
· Learn more about the HHW removal process.
Phase 2 – Following the removal of household hazardous waste, CalRecycle-managed contractors remove the remaining asbestos, assess and document properties, and remove contaminated soil, ash, metal, concrete, and other debris to restore properties to pre-fire conditions.
· Preliminary damage assessments started Nov. 28 by CalRecycle crews.
· Learn more about the debris removal process.
CalRecycle oversees and manages contractors and consultants to conduct debris removal (Phase 2) at no out-of-pocket cost to property owners. To participate in Phase 2 of the state-managed debris removal program, owners must grant cleanup crews access to their property by returning signed Right-of-Entry agreements to their local government.
Property owners who wish to conduct their own cleanup may do so, but they should be aware of local safety and environmental standards and requirements. Contact your local government for more information on private cleanups.
CalRecycle wildfire debris removal update
Crews managed by CalRecycle are wrapping up work on four previous debris removal operations following wildfires in Shasta, Lake and Siskiyou counties.
Pawnee fire, Lake County
Participating properties: 15
Debris removal complete: 15
Final inspections complete: 15
Tonnage removed: Estimated, 2,600
Mendocino Complex, Lake County
Participating properties: 154
Debris removal complete: 126
Final inspections complete: 25
Tonnage removed: Estimated, Estimated 33,582-plus
Carr fire, Shasta County
Participating properties: 1,044
Debris removal complete: 1,038
Final inspections complete: 657
Tonnage removed: Estimated, 514,558-plus
Klamathon fire, Siskiyou County
Participating properties: 49
Debris removal complete: 49
Final inspections complete: 46 (Three lots returned to the county and referred to DTSC for additional mitigation measures)
Tonnage removed: Estimated, 14,829
Final soil testing, the installation of erosion control measures, and final property inspections are on track to be complete in the coming weeks.
Upon final inspections, property owners receive certification from their county that verifies their lot is clean and eligible to receive a building permit.