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News 11/26/10

BLACK FRIDAY JKB 11/26/10

· IT IS OF COURSE BLACK FRIDAY, AND THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT ON THE ROADWAYS THIS MORNING.

MANY OF THE STORES IN UKIAH OPENED HOURS EARLIER THAN NORMAL THIS MORNING TO SHOWCASE THEIR DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING SALES. SHOPPERS BEGAN LINING UP LATE LAST NIGHT IN ORDER TO SCORE BIG SAVINGS AT SOME LOCAL RETAILERS AND PARKING HAS BECOME AN ISSUE AT MANY OF THE SHOPPING CENTERS AROUND TOWN. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS OUT IN FORCE THIS MORNING, LOOKING FOR THOSE SHOPPERS WHO MAY BE IN TOO MUCH OF A HURRY TO CASH IN ON THE BIGGEST RETAIL SALES DAY OF THE YEAR. SHOPPERS AND THOSE WHO HAVE TO WORK THIS MORNING ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN CONGESTED AREAS.

BODY OF KAYAKER FOUND JKB 11/26/10

56 YEAR OLD DONNIE KELLY FOSTER OF MOUNTAIN VIEW SET OUT IN HIS 7 FOOT WHITEWATER KAYAK NEAR MENDOCINO BAY AT AROUND 3 PM TUESDAY. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING AFTER HE FAILED TO RETURN AT AROUND 5:30 PM. A SEARCH THAT EVENING FAILED TO LOCATE HIM. A COAST GUARD HELICOPTER SPOTTED HIS BODY FLOATING IN BREWERY GULCH JUST SOUTH OF BIG RIVER BEACH AT AROUND 9 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIS KAYAK WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 75 YARDS FROM HIS BODY. FOSTER WAS NOT WEARING A LIFE JACKET OR WET SUIT. OFFICIALS SAY HIS RIVER KAYAK WAS ILL SUITED FOR OCEAN CONDITIONS.

PROPANE TANKER ACCIDENT JKB 11/16/10

ACCORDING TO POLICE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN A FLAT BED TOW TRUCK, PULLED IN FRONT OF THE TANKERER FROM BAECHTEL ROAD AT AROUND 10 AM. THE FORCE OF THE COLLISION CAUSED TO PROPANE TANKER TO OVERTURN INTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANE WHERE IS STRUCK A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 86 YEAR OLD BARBARA KLEPPEN OF WILLITS. THE DRIVER OF THE PROPANE TANKER, 59 YEAR OLD DAVID COX OF KINGSBURG SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. KLEPPEN AND THE DRIVER OF THE TOW TRUCK, 46 YEAR OLD CARMON GIRON OF WILLITS WERE NOT INJURED. NO PROPANE LEAKED DURING THE ACCIDENT, BUT AN ESTIMATED 100 TO 150 GALLONS OF DIESEL WAS SPILLED ON THE HIGHWAY. THE ACCIDENT SHUT DOWN BOTH LANES OF HIGHWAY 101 AND TRAFFIC HAD TO BE DIVERTED TO BAECHTEL ROAD, TRIGGERING BACK UPS SEVERAL MILES LONG IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FOR ALMOST 8 HOURS. THE SLOWDOWN LED TO A 3 CAR COLLISION NORTH OF WILLITS AT AROUND 12:40 PM IN WHICH 5 PEOPLE SUFFERED MINOR TO MODERATE INJURIES WHEN A VEHICLE FAILED TO NOTICE THAT TRAFFIC HAS STOPPED. HIGHWAY 101 WAS REOPENED SHORTLY AFTER 5:30 PM.

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