Frankly Speaking- ‘deep thoughts’ and fun stuff to do, too.
Come enjoy a hometown stroll with Brutus and I and sometimes Linda on the north end of Fort Bragg. First responders have been touched and sometimes traumatized by suicide attempts and successful suicides. Since the heartbreaking death of a teenager in December, the Fort Bragg t, led by Cpt. Thomas O’Neal and Chief Neil Cervenka, have pushed hard for action from Caltrans, which has responded with surprising speed.
Here are the first tangible signs of the effort by the police to make the bridge safer.
The 25-inch-tall and 12-inch-wide rectangles are found on either end of the bridge, easy to miss but right where walkers enter the bridge. The phone number connects to Redwood Community Service’s crisis line. I dialed it and it works, despite the 855 area code prefix.
Cameras with an AI that can detect a suicidal person on the way to the bridge are in the works.
Humans can also tell when someone is suicidal, also by their language. I once heard a speech by CHP Sergeant Kevin Briggs (also known as the Guardian of the Golden Gate Bridge) who dissuaded more than two hundred people from jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay. Briggs came with people he had talked off the bridge, who had gone on to productive lives.
Stay tuned for more about the fencing, the cameras and suicide prevention. I am a believer that it can and does work. I had a blast in the new Lions Club escape room. Myself and a group of Lions failed the test by seconds but solved a dozen clues and it was very fun doing it. I warn you it’s challenging but young and old can both have fun in the escape room, Cindy and company have done it up right. Come out Friday and take a look. Call for info or reservations!
The rest of the photo cruise is fun stuff happening in Fort Bragg and some images around town you might enjoy. I got some of Rebecca Reynolds’ new art for First Friday at the last moment. I am not an art expert but love it. I can never get enough of Edgewater Gallery, especially the winsome creatures of Alexis Moyer, the dimension crossing critters of Karin Denson. In several new works. Rebecca Reynolds once again peeks into the soul of the ocean. A casual observer will miss most of the action behind the seaweed curtain. Reynolds shows how a place where everything is alive and eating each other, dances, becoming more exotic the longer one looks.
The rest of the photo cruise is fun stuff happening in Fort Bragg and some images around town you might enjoy.
