NEWS ARTICLE ARCHIVE — in chronological order, with pagination below
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Tsunami surge that starts at 11:50 p.m and lasts overnight much smaller than 2011 waves, which crunched Noyo Harbor
Back in 2011 the Noyo Harbor disrtrict, Coast Guard and others faced a boat evacuation that lit up the harbor and created fear and heroism on probably the most dramatic night in harbor history. New technology had given them about five hours warning of a possibly major tsunami headed east from Japan’s earthquake and tsunamis…
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Self defense! Case dismissed! Release of Fort Bragg man who stabbed 2, including his mom, ordered
Daynes Cox-Pabo has been found innocent. The Fort Bragg man, who was arrested July 18 on felony charges including attempted murder, appeared by Zoom from the Mendocino County Jail so he could enter a plea. But there was no need for a plea. Fort Bragg’s prosecutor, Eloise Kelsey, told the court that investigations by Fort…
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Arts & Entertainment
Get ready to experience the impossible from Fort Bragg’s favorite Renaissance Man! Robert Goleman’s magic and mentalism shows will happen Aug 8,9,10 at Lions Hall
. Robert Goleman says his Magic and Mentalism show is “simultaneous belief anddisbelief – a contradiction between the rational and the emotional”. Fort Bragg magician and mentalist Robert Goleman will perform magic and feats of mentalism in upcoming performances at the Fort Bragg – Mendocino Lions Hall on Friday and Saturday August 8th and 9th…
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UPDATE – woman charged in firecracker assault on homeless woman in February pleads no contest to one felony or misdemeanor charge: three additional charges dismissed, receives suspended sentence
Editor’s note- Mendocinocoast.news has learned that the victim in this case would not cooperate or testify. This was a factor in why the case ended the way it did. Viral videos can destroy your life. Possible Life Lesson – don’t film crimes! A 21-year-old Fort Bragg woman who was arrested 6 months after a firecracker…
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Fort Bragg
UPDATE- SAFEWAY STRIKE CALLED OFF, DEAL MADE SUNDAY. Fort Bragg Safeway was brand new when 1938 strike hit. Unfair! Past century has see dozens strikes and ‘almost’ strikes in ever changing economic landscape
Workers actually went on strike in Colorado but chain made deal with union to end planned Sunday walkout here American newspapers have always been owned by right wing publishers such as Hearst and the Scripps corporations But newsrooms were run by a mix of liberal and conservative editors from a different class. If publishers interefered…
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Will they or won’t they? Fort Bragg Safeway Workers Face Midnight Deadline to Avert Strike
Medical facilities in Fort Bragg have been told that strike or no strike at Safeway, prescriptions will continue to flow. Safeway employees across Northern California, including those in Fort Bragg, are facing a midnight deadline tonight in their push for new labor agreements. Represented by UFCW Locals 5, 8, and 648, workers are demanding cost-of-living…
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Westport Hotel’s superb seafood dinner was perfect capper to our wedding anniversary..
Plus, what are those giant rocks going by? And Fort Bragg Safeway workers to walk at midnight if contract not signed by then LInda’s mom Anne bought Linda and I an anniversary dinner Thursday night. We had originally planned to go to Mendocino and enjoy the film festival and dinner but both ladies have been…
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From Linda and I on our anniversary, a love fest in the skies and on our porch- enjoy!
Lessons of romance, hope and elegance from bugs that live about two weeks These two huge Western Tiger Swallowtails doing a mating dance in the backyard. I watched in awe for 15 minutes, then Linda took their pictures for about a half hour. These two are so beautiful they don’t mind their coitus being filmed.…
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Come party on the bluffs in style while the music plays inside from sold-out shows Thursday by Charlie Musselwhite and Skerryvore Friday. Still a few tickets left for the grand finale on Saturday!
Mendo folks, let’s put away the pajama outfits for one night and make Daisy MacCallum proud! San Francisco dreaming in Mendocino is live now at the 39th annual Mendocino Music Festival. Although all the shows but Saturday’s finale are sold out, many people are having a blast just hanging out outside the full tents on Mendocino’s…
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Police & Courts
Defense gamble of putting man on stand who shot and killed Kevin Taeuffer in Point Arena last summer pays off, jury rules innocent on murder
Did the prosecution also offer the jury manslaughter? If not, why not? We also want more info to remember the man who lost his life. Please contact us! This includes any post-trial jurors. The man who is probably the biggest name in Mendocino County felony defense won a big victory for his client in Mendocino…
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Mendocino
DO NOT ENTER! Historic walking trail off Little Lake Road closed by school district and partners as construction starts on water project.
Editor’s Note Mendocinocoast.news has contacted MUSD Superintendent Jason Morse, County Supervisor Ted Williams, and the county public works department about this controversy and will include their comments in a follow-up story. You will need to click on the story link to see updated stories. Other updates will be provided to subscribers only. Several people contacted…
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23rd Caspar Fest celebrates towns dramatic escape from Company town selloff with Muppet master’s Gertie, music, art and friend
The stylish young couple just had to take a look . New to Fort Bragg, they had wondered about that quaint New England style church and peculiar structures amidst green fields several times on the trip to Mendocino. What is Caspar?. Caspar, especially at sunset, looked more like a watercolor painting than someplace occupied by…
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City of Fort Bragg
Local gardener leads Fort Bragg movement against artificial turf on field for kids. Effort continues after fact correction, apology. Stop by and chat with them on Saturday!
A century from now if anybody is left to watch Fort Bragg City Council meetings, those who do might say, who was Christopher Cisper and did he know he was ahead of his time? And why did nobody listen when people talked about the incredibly important subject of those deathly plastics everybody used unthinkingly back…
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Fort Bragg man, 32, arrested for stabbing mom, 60, and her friend, 47, son claims in self defense.
(Most of the information from the following comes from a press release issued by the Fort Bragg Police Department, issued by Capt. Thomas O’Neal) A son is accused of stabbing his mother and another man multiple times at 163 Morrow Street in Fort Bragg. Police arrested Danynes Cox-Pabo, 32. a few hours later after county…
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Fort Bragg man, 32, arrested this morning for stabbing mom, 60 and second man, 47— suspect claims it was in self-defense
(Most of the information from the following comes from a press release issued by the Fort Bragg Police Department, issued by Capt. Thomas O’Neal) A son is accused of stabbing his mother and another man multiple times at 163 Morrow Street in Fort Bragg. Police arrested Danynes Cox-Pabo, 32. a few hours later after county…
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Extreme adventuring in Fort Bragg leads to 911 call – but about who?
Today and yesterday, my adventurous summer outings saw six very brave humans having extreme escapades that could easily have ended in their deaths, more thrilling and wild than most people ever dare. I called 911 on one of them. You will have to view the photos and figure out who was the one I called…
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On July 15, MCSO releases two videos showing June 5 fatal Willits tasering . Video matches original press release. We would like to tell the human stories here, please contact us, every life is worth a story
This story was updated with a press release that featured the cause of death as “homicide” This was widely misunderstood. Homicide simply means a person died at the hands of another person. It says nothing about whether it was justified or not. I feel for the relatives of the man who died but more for…
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Murder trial delays plea hearing for Fort Bragg man accused of rape. Murder trial? What murder trial? The deplorable state of the local news media is described- please follow up on arrests!
A group of 10 people in Fort Bragg’s Ten Mile Court got up and left as soon as the plea hearing for Cayden Craig, 23, was postponed, Monday morning, leaving the courtroom without a single observer. The crowd was mostly a row of women who were interested in the case. There was also a relative…
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CalTrans
First of its kind tribal collective awaits resolution of “impossible” fix to State Route 1 before taking ownership of Blues Beach. You heard it here, first second, third..etc
Two of the biggest news stories of 2025 are happening at Blues Beach, at the same time, but are not related to each other. One is that unless a construction company whose motto is “We Deliver on the Impossible” can make good on their slogan, the state’s north-south Coastal artery could be severed, cutting off…
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Roads & Transportation
PG&E crews perform spectacular aerial repairs to pole and transformer across from Cal Fire in Fort Bragg
Power is out at the south end of Franklin Street and the east side of Main Street. I discovered this driving home after work about midnight, one of the more dramatic scenes to come upon in a little town like ours. There were three workers high in the air on buckets and several blocks were…
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