NEWS ARTICLE ARCHIVE — in chronological order, with pagination below
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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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Fort Bragg
Update- Sea lion vanished from Noyo Beach and has not been back. Story update coming- will be very in depth about what is happening with sea lions right now
Sick sea lion collapses on Noyo Beach, contagious disease it may have poses big risk to dogs, even people A large, visibly ill sea lion emerged from the water and collapsed on the sand about 4:30 pm on Wednesday. We were trying to keep children and dogs at a safe distance while contacting the Marine…
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Business & Labor
UPDATE—Grocery Outlet confirms it still plans to open in Fort Bragg but no opening date set. Fort Bragg was not on the list of 28 unopened stores that recently had their leases canceled.
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 Thursday afternoon through the company. We were not able to get anyone to say this by name, but it comes from the top management. Grocery Outlet…
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Environment & Natural Resources
WOW! New State Parks sponsored group launches volunteer effort at the mostly unseen, spectacular and bizarre Caspar Headlands trail complex
Trailhead has two memorials to people who died off these bluffs. Volunteers start work on Wednesday to reopen a long-neglected and spectacular trail at the north end of Caspar Beach. One can get trained to help with clearing, then join the new Caspar Cares Trail Stewards effort. Even by the high standards of Mendocino county’s…
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Police & Courts
Shrugging off Jury Duty? County to issue warrants for repeat offenders. +California Judicial Council may respond Mendocinocoast.news’s criticisms
Mendocino County will begin arresting residents who repeatedly fail to appear for jury duty, according to Court Executive Kim Turner in a statement to Mendocinocoast.news. Due to a low juror turnout, a new system has been implemented that may require significantly more travel for those summoned. The new system makes it much more likely that…
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Business & Labor
Chase Bank plans to be open Monday after recent staff-related closures. But be warned – hours may still fluctuate, and that phone tree remains a headache, not a help
Editor’s note- sorry if you clicked the last post and it gave a message about it being spam. It was not. But we had to start over and redo and share differently going forward. Chase Bank in Fort Bragg has been closed in Fort Bragg several times recently, posting signs saying it was due to…
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Arts & Entertainment
Thar she blows! What is that sea monster coming out on the walls of North Coast Brewing?
Fort Bragg’s largest mural ever has begun to emerge from the walls from the north wall of North Coast Brewing. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no it’s a nearly 57-foot-long whale. Sunday work started on a whale depicted swimming through the kelp forest. It’s really, really big, bigger than a life-sized gray whale, which…
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Government
Justice in the shadows: Mendocino court rule threatens public access and constitutional rights
Mendocinocoast.news editor’s note on the August 1 Mendocino County Courts ending all public access to online criminal court files: As a community-based news organization committed to transparency, accountability and public service, Mendocinocoast.news strongly opposes the new local rule adopted by the Mendocino Superior Court on August 1, 2025, which eliminates all public online access to…
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Fort Bragg Police Department
Game wardens, deputies, firefighters, state parks lifeguards and more having fun with kids at National Night Out Tuesday
Code 3 Mind Health is a relatively new organization set up to provide counseling and mental health care services to law enforcement, first responders, firefighters and others who fit their motto “caring for those who serve.” Cops, EMTS, and firefighters are supposed to be stronger than the rest of us, but they are human…
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Government
All online Mendocino county criminal court files vanish over the weekend, never to return
Answers sought from Mendo court executive, but all California counties are doing the same, big restrictions, but little or no public discussion or news coverage given In a blow to public access and openness in Mendocino County, all criminal court files became inaccessible on Friday and will never return online, if all goes to plan.…
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Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg police chief announces retirement
The following is a press release from the city of Fort Bragg: August 4, 2025; Fort Bragg, CA – After three years of dedicated service to the City of Fort Bragg,Police Chief Neil Cervenka has announced his retirement, with his final day of service set forSeptember 30, 2025.Chief Cervenka joined the Fort Bragg Police Department…
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Fort Bragg
Time warp yard sale on South Petaluma continues today- read and see how old American/Fort Bragg values could save us from the mess we are in
On the way Saturday to photograph a political protest and then attend a presentation by Tatiana Cantrell, the missing and murdered indigenous people director for the Pinoleville Pomo Nation, I found a news story that I couldn’t resist.. No disrespect to the other events, but this one contains the answers to global warming, endless garbage,…
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Crime Reports
Philo man facing 7 felony sex charges alleging sex with a underage girl appears in Fort Bragg courthouse Monday. Case was filed March 27.
A 41-year-old Philo man facing seven felony sex charges involving a teenage girl appeared in Fort Bragg’s Ten Mile Court on Monday. The case was filed March 27. The filing alleges Ryan Clayton Davis either performed sex acts or tried to contact the girl for sex acts beginning May 1, 2023, and ending Oct 28,…
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