NEWS ARTICLE ARCHIVE — in chronological order, with pagination below
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Frankly Speaking
Your Monday Paper 7/20/26, Willits Senior Housing project sells for $10.8 million + PGE starts Gowan fire, volunteers stop it quick + Stop that sticker sticking!
WILLITS SENIOR HOUSING COMPLEX REDWOOD MEADOWS SELLS FOR $10.8 MILLION REDWOOD MEADOWS SALE — Will the sale of Redwood Meadows Senior Apartments mean higher rents? We’re looking into that with help from Willits Senior Center Executive Director Richard Baker. We told Baker the property had sold after picking up the transfer in county records, and…
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Frankly Speaking
YOUR 7/16 THURSDAY PAPER: EVERYBODY MUM ON CAPT. O’NEAL + GREY WHALE OWNER UNEARTHS OLD PLAQUE INVITES NATIVE DAUGHTERS REDEDICATION + WHEELCHAIRS ON BEACH + POLICE CHIEF RESPONDS ABOUT ICE BEING IN FORT BRAGG+ guys drive off cliff in LR
FORT BRAGG MAN SPOTS FEDERAL AGENTS IN FORT BRAGG TOLD THEY WERE DOING SURVEILLANCE In earlier years, local newsrooms often avoided publishing details involving federal law enforcement. They were enforcing a wide spectrum of laws back then. That norm has shifted. Today, residents expect transparency when unfamiliar law‑enforcement activity appears in public spaces. People want…
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Letters to the Editor
Letter to Editor- Del Potter gives solutions to senior housing crisis
(Del Potter is a local commentor on the MCN Listserve, where we corresponded with him about this commentary. Del’s letter was prompted by Elise Cox’s story on the senior housing crisis. We have more about that in our Thursday edition) We also advise reading the following from Cal Matters: The fastest-growing homeless population? Seniors And…
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Frankly Speaking
Your Wednesday 7/15 Paper — T‑Mobile store powers off + Vague ICE report issued + Philo Fire + Last gas! + Frank the salmon whisperer + Noyo Ice (NOT ICE) House ammonia blues + Land sales in Usal, Willits are hermits’ delights
SUDDEN CLOSURE OF U.S. CELLULAR–T‑MOBILE STORE STUNS COAST CUSTOMERS The U.S. Cellular–T‑Mobile store closed suddenly recently, catching employees and customers off guard. Many customers have plenty to say about what they describe as worsening reception problems — complaints we’ve been hearing for more than a year. Some first responders say the issues worry them. T‑MOBILE…
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Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor — T‑Mobile’s service in Mendocino is so unreliable that it now poses a real risk to public safety.
Editor’s Note — We’re hearing from many residents who say T‑Mobile’s buyout of U.S. Cellular has been a disaster for the Mendocino Coast. We want to know your take: are these isolated complaints, or a broader problem? The former U.S. Cellular office in the Boatyard Center closed abruptly after the merger, and users now report…
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Frankly Speaking
Your Tuesday 7/14 paper — Thar’ she goes up! First building on old millsite in 60 years! + Music Festival band offers famed impromptu vibe + Caspar break‑in update
FORT BRAGG’S GIANT BLUE WHALE HOUSE COMING VERY SOON Some readers noticed a pause in the very fast construction of the LaBONEatory which the Noyo Center for Marine Science will use to show off the bones of the beautiful 73 foot female blue whale which was killed by a ship strike from a research vessel…
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Newsletters
Your Monday 7/13 Paper + Red Rino becomes Rotten Robbie + Time‑Machine Question: Should There Be News Every Day? + Flock Meeting + Wonderland’s music + One Surprising Old‑Growth Fact
WILL GAS COST MORE IN FORT BRAGG ? RED RINO IN FORT BRAGG SELLS TO ROTTEN ROBBIE Some potential bad news for Fort Bragg. The Red Rino gas station in Fort Bragg has been sold by Robert Reed Rhinehart for $2.25 million to Robinson Oil Corporation. The name of the gas station and convenience store…
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Jackson Demonstration State Forest
Your Friday + Saturday 7/10-7/11 Update Paper: Please Get Involved! Logging after four‑year pause + Whale monitor + Suzi’s art classes + Covelo homicide + Kemp reports dead body
A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN MENDOCINO COAST HISTORY IS HAPPENING. LOGGING IS BEING RESTARTED. Logging is being restarted. Within a few weeks, the Camp 20 harvest we toured today will begin with road preparation work. They will then begin logging, which will go on until mid-October. There was a tour Saturday morning — we slept through…
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Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor — Environmental activist Naomi Wagner on the recent timber harvest plan
Editor’s Note — This letter was submitted by Naomi Wagner, a longtime Northern California environmental advocate. Wagner and the writer both attended a tour of a different timber harvest than the one covered in today’s articles. Wagner was also present when this timber harvest plan was introduced and, like us, has followed the process closely.…
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Frankly Speaking
Your Wednesday 7/8 Paper: 103 junior lifeguards hit Big River Beach + Shark attack update + Model Railroad fun + Covelo fire‑warning problems
WHAT WENT WRONG WITH NIXIE LAST NIGHT? HELP US FIND OUT At 7 p.m. Tuesday night, phones across Fort Bragg lit up with a barrage of screeching bells and whistles — the county’s emergency warning system announcing a fire in Covelo. We were on the Coast, but we’re glad the disaster‑alert network covers the whole…
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Newsletters
Your Tuesday 7/7 Newspaper — Blues Beach has good‑news secrets the press release skipped + who says there is no free lunch?
FREE LUNCH ON FRANKLIN STREET: BETH’S TABLE OF KINDNESS On Sunday afternoon, as mom Anne and Linda were driving home from Mendocino Presbyterian Church, they passed through Fort Bragg and spotted something new on the corner of Franklin Street: a folding table, a handwritten sign that simply read Free Lunch, and two people who meant…
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Newsletters
Your Sunday 7/5 paper: Here is an idea- fire the Idea cooperative and the non local consultants and hire Fort Bragg High students+ mystery critter of the day and do you vote for drones or fireworks?
Reporters Cheeser, Brubaker and Hartzell interviewed all 25 of the people we met on the headlands going back to the car after the Mendo Parade. I found only 5 locals. 15 were from the Bay Area and 5 were from the Sacramento Valley. I counted individuals and groups the same unless two people wanted to…
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Fourth of July
YOUR July 4, Saturday paper: Fort Bragg fog clears just in time! Mendoparade just fun Americana, no anger, no division, juicy peaches in Albion, Gloriana yard sale
ONE hour before fireworks, the fog was still too thick. But when the time came, the fog lifted and the show went on in grand style. For some reason, the fireworks kept starting and stopping; we wandered off a copule times only to see it resume. I telephoned the Irish fog god, Fiéth Fíada, and…
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Fourth of July
No Details Yet on Camp 1 Crash; City Closes Dog Park Over Health Concerns; Sidewalk Contractor Slices AT&T Line; Happy Fourth of July
We’ve been trying to get the details of what happened out at Camp 1, but with the holiday weekend and the CHP office running full tilt, we may have to wait until Monday. We don’t mind waiting to get the facts, even if many readers have already moved on. One of our most‑read stories this…
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Jackson Demonstration State Forest
Vehicle goes off road into Noyo River at Camp 1, shallow water around Egg Take station, critical injuries confirmed at 1. a.m Friday
We have a discussion of this story in Friday’s paper here .But be warned, we didnt find out what happened and wont till Monday. Your Friday paper- no details yet on Camp 1 crash, city closes dog park for health issues, Sidewalk contractor slices AT&T line and Happy 4th! Update given at midnight- pulling the…
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Newsletters
Your Thursday Paper: Circus in Town + Mystery Photo + Our Investigation Determined Caddy the Rodeo Horse Was Killed by Pellet Gun + Caltrans isn’t closing Blues Beach right away
Caltrans has reversed course and will now keep Blues Beach open until campers clear out. The change came after our newsroom told the agency that dozens of people were still camping there on Wednesday, despite a press release announcing a closure during the land’s transition from Caltrans to Kai Pomo, the nonprofit formed by three…
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Newsletters
Your Wednesday Paper: Our pledge to you on big fires… + WTH is this? Fresh salmon, nightmare in Fortuna was long known, but… & Blues Beach to be CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC
MendocinoCoast.news pledges today to cover any BIG FIRES or other major natural disasters that (hopefully won’t) hit Mendocino County this year or in future years. When something big breaks, we’ll work as a team and we’ll work with other local media willing to cooperate. I’m second‑string newsman at KOZT, so I’m sure JOE would welcome…
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Newsletters
Your Tuesday Paper: Little League Cheers, Horse Story Shifts, Ed Walker Remembered — Mother Seeks Justice After 5‑Year‑Old’s Holiday Drowning; Stay Safe This Year
Come out and watch Little League. If you plan to join me in taking photos, remember that baseball is one of the most dangerous sports to shoot — and novices can easily drift into the field of play or interfere with the game. Email me at frankhartzell@gmail.com before the first pitch. Thanks to Jana Luzzi…
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Frankly Speaking
Your Monday paper: Who shot the horses and why? $1.7 million farm sale in Redwood Valley, Salmon fishing still stinks and There is still time to get a better Albion Bridge
Your Monday paper: Who shot the horse or horses and why? Update on Tuesday- We talked to the MCSO and the facts are different than what is going around the Internet. Yes, one horse was shot and killed. And yes, other horses were shot, but with a pellet gun and probably not by the same…
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Mendocino County Sheriff's Office
Texas man uses two‑way camera to scare off burglars from vacant oceanfront home
Three heavily disguised men were thwarted, but their attempt has stirred fresh concern among neighbors, help MCSO find them.. A burglary attempt by three men whose faces and bodies were covered head to toe has raised worries among neighbors in an area where security has rarely been a concern. We have asked the Mendocino County…
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