NEWS ARTICLE ARCHIVE — in chronological order, with pagination below
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News
Fort Bragg protesters who suffered drive-by pellet peppering on Saturday assured by police response
Unknown if attack was politically motivated
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Crime Reports
Update Tuesday at 14:00 hours No arrests made in Fort Bragg sexual assualt, officers voluntary pick up shifts on days off and have mounted extra patrols. New information now allows better description
Police have carefully measured objects seen in the video and the measurement shows a revised description that comes from newly acquired information. Please use portal and report. “In regard to the sexual assault investigation. Officers are still following up on several leads. This includes leads acquired from social media and by other means. As I…
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Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center
Come to Hospitality Center’s 40th birthday party. +PRIDE! Get art and info, then hit artsy yard sales and don’t forget the PAL fishing clinic+ Stephen Bates in the redwoods for Noyo Center
If you love art and helping the homeless, come to the 40th anniversary of the Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center in Fort Bragg Saturday from 11 a.m to 3 p.m. Plus today is the first PRIDE celebration and a weekly protest in front of the Guest House. (see the end of the story for more info…
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News
Big changes possible for both bridges, Albion Headlands, Albion Flats, long-closed Kerry Jane Market, a public trail to the north, and Kristoffersen Ranch
Update on the Albion Flats, the campground that was charging entrance fees and parking fees. Yes, its true, they no longer do this. I was going down tomorrow but a friend did it for me. This is her report. And the part at the end is a photo opp for sure! “I went down to…
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News
Rolling Ford V-8 museum spends a week in Fort Bragg, here is some car history you won’t get anywhere else and check out these cars!!
(Editors The facts presented in this story will terrify and traumatize those who believe Google search and Wikipedia are reliable ways to understand and “fact check” history). Come enjoy the world that Edsel Ford made. This man, maligned by his name and the unfortunate car named after him, was also boss over America’s iconic car…
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News
Roar! You won’t believe all the Fort Bragg/Mendocino Lions Club does when you come to the Chamber mixer tonight at 5.
There will be some breaking news, brews, toys and prizes tonight at a Mendocino Coast Chamber of Commerce mixer tonight at Fort Bragg Lions Hall on Redwood Street. The event will feature an announcement by the Mendocino Coast Clinics Executive Director, Lucresha Renteria . Chamber member Schnaubelt Brewing will demonstrate its new canned drinks and…
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CalTrans
Caltrans describes coming eastward shift to work at Jack Peters Creek Bridge Project- 1930s newspapers show how state built bridge that will last another century
(Editors Note-This story is a sidebar to the previous story about the road widening, read that one first on Mendocino Coast.news.) Caltrans spokesman Manny Machado gave me some news about the bridge project that people should know. Machado said travelers should expect something different at Jack Peters starting next week. “In the next several weeks,…
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Roads & Transportation
BEWARE the night between Mendo and Elk! Caltrans fixing everything on the roads from Mendocino to Elk, but you won’t read about it on their website
Caltrans and its contractor, Argonaut Constructors, are working furiously on the biggest Mendocino Coast road project you have never heard about. You will love the new roads and guardrails. You won’t like driving at night south of Mendo town. Going from Elk to north of Mendocino between the hours of 5 p.m. and 6 a.m?…
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News
Coroner still unable to identify woman killed in Gurley Lane Thursday morning fire in Mendocino
( (Mendocinocoast.news has identified the victim as someone who owned a business in Mendocino at one time and still worked there. My wife and I have seen there for many years. When I get to someone who wishes to remember her and I am sure all family notification is complete, I will publish the name.…
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What’s a conservative? What’s a liberal? These No Kings Protesters were both. Check out the scenes in Fort Bragg, Point Arena, Boonville, Gualala, Willits and Ukiah!
William F. Buckley, the best known conservative of his time, said a conservative was the one who arrived in a room of people intent on changing the world yelling “STOP.” I thought of that watching my friend Janet Ashford walking through protests carrying a sign saying “NO.” I first met Cindy when she was English…
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News
Go Dad! Classic Car Show, No Kings protest, seaweed walk, classic vocals features of Saturday in Fort Bragg
Seaweed, sea urchins, classic cars, a big political protest and a celebration of classic vocals are all ways you can start your Father’s Day Weekend on Saturday. learning about sea weed gathering at MacKerricher State Park, see one of the best vintage and hot rod cars shows in Northern California, attend the No Kings Day…
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Agriculture & Fishing
How rude for the fish not to show up! Huge salmon rush fills Noyo Harbor, hotel, restaurant coffers
Dawn Brewer, went out salmon fishing at dawn with half a dozen others. By 10 am, they had a limit of 10 fish, two for each fisher. Dawn, of course, was NOT fishing out of Noyo Harbor. There was mostly hard luck here on the first day of ocean Chinook salmon fishing in two years…
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Noyo Harbor
Ride along for huge Saturday in Mendo: Heavy metal, wildflowers, Fresnel lens and Navarro by the Sea are just some of the fun
The lineup for fun on the Mendocino Coast this weekend might be the most diverse and interesting of the year, even without one of the big festivals. The trip is designed to go from Fort Bragg to Navarro and back. Put on your thinking cap and history spectacles and get ready to ride both ways…
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Agriculture & Fishing
Chris Rogers learns salmon, you should too! Get ready for the rush for 2-day salmon season that starts June 7!
Can you be one of the chosen 7000? The Department of Fish and Wildlife will close the season at 7000 fish. That’s for the whole state. If anglers aren’t too skilled at catching king salmon and everybody together doesnt hit the 7000 fish mark, the season will reopen for another fish rush on July 5…
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Abalone limits, Albion Bridge, engagements share D-Day headlines in Mendocino Beacon of 1944
Check out the local headlines in the Beacon from the issue after D-Day and two other of my old newspapers. The Mendocino Beacon did its usual reporting on three women getting engaged, a big shakeup at Mendo High and people having big success rockpicking abalone, up to the limit. The limit was 10 at the…
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History
D-DAY! On this day 81 years ago in Mendo, the Albion Bridge opening was also top news
Check out the local headlines in the Beacon from the issue after D-Day and two other of my old newspapers. The Mendocino Beacon did it usual reporting on three women getting engaged, a big shakeup at Mendo High and people having big success rockpicking abalone, up to the limit. The limit was 10 at the…
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Fourth of July
Extra! Extra! Read all about our big scoop—In Real Estate Magazine!
GIGANTIC art exclusive only to be read in REM! Where is Mad Cad going? You will have to read the paper to find out. Want to read about the Mendocino 4th of July parade breaking (or braking) news in the new issue of Real Estate Magazine? I’ll not give it away, and its NOT on…
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84-acre Albion Headlands for sale, 16 houses or preserve? Will public access to the oceanfront ever return to Albion? Attend a Monday, June 9 public meeting to hear from Land Trust, Realtor
(This article has been built with the help of crowd sourcing and I encourage people to continue and to click for updates.) Albion’s headlands, home to cattle for more than a century, is now up for sale and being advertised as being legally able to allow 16 separate residential parcels. The property is for sale…
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Amador County tribe pulls plug on Sacred Rock resort in Elk
One of the Coast’s most spectacular view properties, the Sacred Rock Inn in Elk, has closed down, laid off all staff abruptly and announced a permanent closure and refunds to those who paid for rooms in the month of June. This came after the clifftop property was part of a big 2 year publicity campaign…
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Mendocino Coast Humane Society
Here is why you should get a rescue dog and a genetic test
Linda and I, and Brutus have been socializing our new puppy, Caesar, around the block. He has gone everywhere possible, been trained, encouraged, and has rewarded us with a truly spectacular level of curiosity, his common sense, and his gregarious and always doing, meeting, and trying to love everyone. While he is being friendly, he…
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