NEWS ARTICLE ARCHIVE — in chronological order, with pagination below
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Fort Bragg
Controversial Bainbridge Park Construction site offers free empty toxic barrels? – Plus Jack Peters overnight closurers are now off—
We have an update coming for this story tomorrow. A reader sent us these photos from the construction site for the upgraded kids park that the city of Fort Bragg is working on right now. Shocking to me. Giving away free toxic barrels is a no-no. Heck it was in Texas in 1983 when I…
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CalTrans
NIGHT CLOSURES NOW CANCELED FOR THIS WEEK. Here is how to get around the Jack Peters Creek overnight closures all next week
Plus- Caltrans wants to donate artificats of the old Depression Era bridge project to a museum locally! Thanks, and give us a shout! There will be posted detours for the overnight closures of the Jack Peters Creek Bridge, which are planned to happen all next week, Monday, Sept 15-Thursday Sept 18, from 10 p.m. to…
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California Coastal Commission
Update- come tour the millsite with Coastal Commission….it should start at 1:30 p.m with a walk! ..CC won’t be taking public input on apartment project on Todd Point—proposal has already been litigated 5 times!
A potential highlight of Fort Bragg’s upcoming three-day series of meetings is a guided tour of the historic Skunk Train and the adjacent former millsite property—an area central to the city’s evolving development plans. Meanwhile, Fort Bragg will continue celebrating its coastal heritage through early October with a lineup of ocean-themed events, including a kelp…
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Anderson Valley
FedEx driver pulls over to help crashed UPS truck on SR 128 about 6:15 pm, one lane still blocked at 7:30 p.m.
A Fedex Truck stopped to help when a UPS truck was involved in a crash with a black sedan on Highway 128. A reader who called in found that a roadside emergency phone did not work. Mendocino Coast.news is looking into whether any of those phones still work. The crash among the big redwoods on…
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Westport
Fish Ahoy! Trout spotted in Chadborne Creek are good signs for comeback of the Mendocino Coast’s three ocean going freshwater fishes
Massive Caltrans construction underway in Westport—among the largest of its kind in California—has not, to date, compromised the health of nearby Chadbourne Creek in any observable way. In a flicker of color and a tiny splash no bigger than a raindrop, the young gamefish spun, darted, and—just for a moment—revealed herself in Chadbourne Creek This…
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Paul Bunyan Days
Richard Rexrode’s all-original 1909 REO rolled proudly through the Paul Bunyan Days parade—just one of many delightful moments and quirky highlights you might’ve missed
Check out these cool photos from Bob and Frank! This was my favorite photo set of the day. Has all the elements of a great photo, cute dog, statuesque dog owner, fire truck, kid, North Coast Brew and all with a Tall Guy hat! Patrick owes me a fresh brew for sure now! The fire…
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Albion
Four seriously Injured in Little River afternoon wreck; First responders snag missing dog, Cinder by its leash at twilight.
In second crash on Labor Day, truck and trailer go off road and possibly into McGuire’s Pond on HIghway 20 Four Injured in Labor Day Crash on Little River Airport Road; Family Dog Missing Four people sustained serious injuries and were airlifted to medical facilities on Labor Day after their vehicle veered off Little River…
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Dining
Vote for your favorite Coast burger, sandwich and unique take out lunch!
Two new local lunch counter delights will open soon, Huck’s opened on Labor Day! BandC Next! Who wants to do lunch on the beach? Reasonably priced and scrumptious lunch take-out is having a late summer renaissance, so prepare to have some amazing picnics out of paper bags! Way back in June, the Mendocino Coast had hit…
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Paul Bunyan Days
Tons of fun for kids from 3 to 93 , Paul Bunyan Days
Put me in Coach!! Play Ball with Paul and Babe, the 2025 theme is our favorite Paul Bunyan Days idea ever. Baseball !! Reading old Fort Bragg Advocate-News articles from the days when the paper had a bustling local office and a full community staff was mind-blowing. Baseball dominated the first half of the 20th century—there was…
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City of Fort Bragg
Worried about plastic turf and plastic playground fill? We would love your help doing research!
Nobody protested when it was time to do so…Its too late now, but let’s dig and prepare for future plastic onslaughts We went to Bainbridge Park and Wiggly Giggly Campground to see how the soccer fields installation was going. Wow! Mendocinocoast.news. broke this story, like almost every story over the past year that wasn’t a…
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Environment & Natural Resources
Letter to the Editor- If they didn’t want the water, why did they ask for it? Ettelson responds to Mendocinocoast.news article on Cal Fire water rights application being canceled in Caspar Forest
Richard is responding to: Who has the rights to our local rivers and streams? Cal Fire water rights canceled in the JDSF, other water sources being expanded – Mendocino Coast .News Dear Editor: On July 14, 2025 the California Water Resources Board canceled two water-right applications filed by the Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF) to…
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Arts & Entertainment
Local News roundup- schools reroute controversial path, Jack Peters new railings, Danco needs to fix fence, New ‘housing’ on sale at roundabout, Dog Park gets spruced up and more!!
Jack Peters deck and rail replacement is more than half done! Caltrans and its contractor have completed the east side of Jack Peters Creek Bridge. Here are some views of the new railing. We call foul on the 2025 date. But it is supposed to be all done before 2026; See photos. Isn’t this cheating?…
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Mendocino
Dump truck flips at Frog Pond Road, causing traffic delays on first day of school
A dump truck went off the road near Frog Pond Road in Albion at 5 a.m Thursday and tipped onto its side. There were no injuries reported in the crash but resulted in closures of State Route 1, with controlled traffic still going on at 8:30 a.m. as All in One towing worked to remove…
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Mendocino Unified School District
Letter to the Editor: CHP responds to residents’ worries about the walking trail closed by Mendocino school’s water project
WATCH OUT FOR KIDS!! School starts Thursday in Mendo. Path issue still unresolved. Path issue will be discussed at MUSD board meeting Editor’s note— Mendocinocoast.news is committed to following this issue to its conclusion. We have found highly credible local testimony that shows this path is a historic right of way and believe some walking…
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Jackson State Demonstration Forest
Who has the rights to our local rivers and streams? CAL FIRE water rights bid canceled in the JDSF, other water sources being expanded
In another Mendocinocoast.news exclusive, we can report, the California State Water Board has canceled applications for water rights to CAL FIRE in Jackson Demonstration State Forest. Mendocinocoast.news found this news out a month ago in a filing that seemed quite dramatic, issued by the California State Water Board. We have been trying to figure out…
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Arts & Entertainment
A secret code in suds – Unraveling the hidden message at North Coast Brewery
Plus comment HERE first with right answer to logo contest and win $5!! Facebook does NOT count. Hey – Call the police!! Somebody put graffiti all over the side of North Coast Brewery !!! Right where the new amazing whale mural will soon be. Who dun’ it? It was Marta Alonso Canillar, the mural artist. …
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Fort Bragg Police Department
Police have no leads on drive-by attack on Fort Bragg Trump protesters- but think attack might not have been political.
Mendocino Indivisible protests go on undaunted, every Saturday outside Town Hall, join them today Editor’s note, the photos are not intended to show any victims of the gel pellet attack They are from a different week. Mendocino Indivisible protesters have been at it weekly since January, with protests featuring as many as 1000+ people in…
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Fort Bragg Farmers Market
Orland fruit growers are back this weekend, eat glorious peaches!
And don’t miss the Westport Fire Dept. Barbecue and these other events and yard sales Fort Bragg’s favorite Orlanders are back for probably the last weekend of selling the bounty of their farm in Fort Bragg, a local culinary favorite. Many people get the peaches, grapefruit and other stuff intending to take it home to…
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Fort Bragg
UPDATE—Grocery Outlet confirms Fort Bragg location will open – But when ? TBD – No opening date projected yet – FB is NOT among list of 28 lease cancellations.
Editor’s Note – Fort Bragg’s Grocery Outlet is still coming to Fort Bragg, although the company does not yet have a proposed opening date. We were able to confirm this on Thursday afternoon through the company. We were not able to get anyone to say this by name, but it comes from a top executive. …
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Caspar
State Parks crews and volunteers bring back more than just the trails at Caspar Headlands, they open links to the distant past- come along on photo journey and then come out and join in!
Jughandle could be next! Plein air and mural fun too! A dozen community volunteers attacked the gorse, broom and dead grass on the Caspar Headlands. The long-neglected prime hiking area has been brought to life with the restoration of a driving trail (behind a gate) that runs from the old Caspar Post Office to several…
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