NEWS ARTICLE ARCHIVE — in chronological order, with pagination below
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Missing Fort Bragg teen’s phone found on night of disappearance
FORT BRAGG, CA., 12/19/24 — Missing teen Roy Mora’s phone was found on the Noyo River Bridge the night the 15-year-old disappeared. The man who found it said it was lying on the sidewalk in the middle of the bridge. On Tuesday Dec. 17, he surrendered the phone to a local coffee shop. Police are…
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Foul play not suspected in disappearance of Fort Bragg 15-year-old Roy Mora
FORT BRAGG, CA., 12/17/24 — Fort Bragg police have listened to a psychic, read hours of social media posts, and gone to experts to have cell phone data obtained by a search warrant analyzed. They have talked to Mendocino Transit Authority bus drivers and reviewed footage of people riding on MTA buses. None of it…
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Psychics, drones involved in massive community search for missing Fort Bragg teen Roy Mora
FORT BRAGG, CA., 12/16/24 — A massive public search for missing 15-year-old Roy Mora has been underway all weekend in Fort Bragg. Mora has not been seen since the evening of the Lighted Truck Parade on Saturday, Dec. 7. The public is working separately from Fort Bragg police, who are also investigating and searching on…
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Highway 1 closed for 4 hours after overturned truck accident (updated 12:45 p.m.)
UPDATED 12:45 p.m. 12/12/2024 – The California Highway Patrol (CHP) said State Route 1 20 miles north of Fort Bragg was reopened after four hours following the rollover of a heavy construction truck that dumped a load of sand and pinned the driver in the vehicle. The highway was closed from about 4:30 p.m. to…
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Police hope phone records search will help find Roy Mora, missing Fort Bragg teen
FORT BRAGG., CA., 12/11/24 – A search warrant was served this morning for cell phone data from 15-year-old Roy Mora, who vanished the evening of Dec. 7 during Fort Bragg’s Lighted Truck Parade. Coast Guard and canine search teams have been looking for him ever since. Police Chief Neil Cervenka said that finding the teen…
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City Council
Frankly Speaking — December 11, 2024
Should Tess Albin-Smith apologize for attack on fellow council-member Marcia Rafanan? Skunk Train snarl, Fort Bragg Forever’s frustration play roles in conservative shift A younger, and more conservative generation seized control at Monday night’s council meeting, shutting out the two veteran council-members. Tess Albin-Smith lashed out. She strongly criticized the speaking skills of fellow council…
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Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg Council picks Jason Godeke as new mayor
FORT BRAGG, CA., 12/10/24 — A divided Fort Bragg City Council picked two already serving councilmembers for city leadership positions: Jason Godeke as mayor and Marcia Rafanan as vice mayor. A Pomo, Rafanan becomes the first self-identified Indigenous person to serve as a leader of the council. But controversy flared Monday night at Fort Bragg’s…
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Fort Bragg
Police chief says search for missing Fort Bragg teen is top priority
FORT BRAGG, CA., 12/10/24 — The Coast Guard’s big helicopters searched Monday for a missing Fort Bragg teen, whose family reported him missing after Saturday’s Lighted Truck Parade in downtown Fort Bragg. Dog search teams were on the way, Fort Bragg’s Police Chief Neil Cervenka told the City Council Monday night. Roy, 15, left with…
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Earthquake bounces houses and causes damage in Fort Bragg and elsewhere
MENDOCINO CO., 12/5/24 – Mendocino and Humboldt counties were impacted by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake Thursday morning, prompting a state of emergency by the governor and a tsunami warning for much of coastal Northern California and Oregon that was later canceled. The quake struck at 10:44 a.m. off Cape Mendocino in Humboldt County and a tsunami…
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Noyo Harbor
7.0 Earthquake in Northern California Coast
Earth’s 5th largest earthquake of 2024 bounces houses, and causes damage in Fort Bragg. A 7.0 earthquake at 10:45am today caused damages up and down the Coast and has triggered a tsunami warning. Noyo Harbor has an evacuation order and the Coast Guard has taken all its boats to sea. The intial quake was 60…
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2024 Election
Math teacher wins Willits Council seat by 5 votes
WILLITS, CA., 12/4/24 — Willits High School math teacher Matthew Alaniz works with numbers every day, but the number 17 was one that seemed to count against him on Nov. 5. That was how many votes he was losing by when the election night vote count was tallied. But when all the mail-in votes were…
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Frankly Speaking
Head-on Collision Kills One on Thanksgiving Night at Caspar Creek Bridge
News of the day on the Coast is the tragic death of 25-year-old Joe Garcia, who died in a head-on crash on the Caspar Creek Bridge on Thanksgiving night. He was the passenger, his driver, a 44-year-old woman, may have been under the influence when she lost control of the car. The head-on was one…
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Huge storms expected to bring superb mushroom foraging for those in the know
The first annual Mendocino Coast Fungi Festival drew hundreds to showcase foraging-focused fungi fun. The post Huge storms expected to bring superb mushroom foraging for those in the know appeared first on The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA.
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Jack Peters Bridge closure to take place next week
Traffic will be heavily impacted along state Highway 1 at night according to Caltrans. The post Jack Peters Bridge closure to take place next week appeared first on The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA.
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Fort Bragg City Council
Fort Bragg City Council to consider buying MCN at Monday night meeting
The Fort Bragg City Council will consider buying internet service provider Mendocino Community Network from the Mendocino Unified School Board District at tonight’s city council meeting. The post Fort Bragg City Council to consider buying MCN at Monday night meeting appeared first on The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA.
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Caspar kicks off first Fungi Festival this weekend
The two-day festival features forest hikes, presentations by Native American fungi fans, poets, artists, crafts and more. The post Caspar kicks off first Fungi Festival this weekend appeared first on The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA.
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Mendocino schools propose sale of MCN internet to city of Fort Bragg
Informational meeting to be held Thursday at high school and on Zoom. The post Mendocino schools propose sale of MCN internet to city of Fort Bragg appeared first on The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA.
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Agriculture & Fishing
Fishermen, dog, lost at sea
Radio Broadcast with Frank Hartzell on KZYX Radio, Fort Bragg, California https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s291/audio/2023/12/12.05pmfishermen.mp3 While a half dozen or so people drowned in the ocean every year when abalone diving was legal and people sometimes fall from cliffs, this was the highest number of fatal boating accidents Rex has seen in his dozen years in charge here.…
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CalTrans
Confusion Hill Remains a Mystery; Caltrans Elects to Bypass Notoriously Soupy Slope
Wed January 24, 2007Frank Hartzell At Confusion Hill, located in far northern California, state of California engineers fought a soupy, slippery mountain for a decade trying to build Highway 101 through 200-ft. tall redwood trees. The mountain won. Highway 101 had closures each winter for the past 10 years. However, a decision was made to…
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Environment & Natural Resources
Wave-power proposals alarm locals
US waters could supply up to 10 percent of electric needs but fast-track permits anger communities. By Frank Hartzell — Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor March 04, 2008, 12:00 a.m. ET | Fort Bragg, Calif. From roadless villages in Alaska to remote bends in the Mississippi River, developers are staking claim to thousands of…
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