NEWS ARTICLE ARCHIVE — in chronological order, with pagination below
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Thousand Oaks wave energy firm claims waters off town of Mendocino
A Southern California company has stepped into the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission filing area abandoned by Chevron, off the town of Mendocino. The filing by GreenWave Energy Solutions happened shortly after Chevron withdrew, but oddly was never posted on the federal Website among all the other applications with pending preliminary permit applications. Most Federal Energy…
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PG&E battles to keep Fort Bragg wave energy research mum
Pacific Gas & Electric”s effort to get $6 million in public money for the WaveConnect projects off Fort Bragg and Eureka has turned into a showdown over whether wave energy research should be public information. The giant utility is fighting to keep a lid on the information it gathers in Fort Bragg about wave energy…
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Wave Energy Forum in Fort Bragg Jan. 19
It”s not quite Yalta, but representatives of three agencies still learning how to divide up the new world of wave energy will make presentations at a public forum in Fort Bragg. The Saturday, Jan. 19 event at Dana Gray Elementary will be the first time ever that representatives of the California State Lands Commission, the…
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Food Bank and others pull together to meet community”s needs
Last Friday the Fort Bragg Food Bank was as festive and full as a New Year”s Eve party, three days early. People chatted and joked, while waiting for a humungous crop of fresh produce and bakery items, which had been donated by Harvest Market and Safeway. But a wealth of food and clients can mean…
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Statewide ballot effort led by elusive Fort Bragg man
The chairman of a political party attempting to qualify for the June primary in California is based in Fort Bragg and has expressed interest in the local wave energy issue. But John Wheeling is also a man hard to reach whose various political efforts have baffled some locals. The California Secretary of State”s Website identified…
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Churches, businesses, kids all keep Food Bank table full
The Fort Bragg Food Bank”s “Santa” came back last week — just in time for Christmas. An anonymous local donor once again approached Harvest Market owner Tom Honer and gave $10,000, to be spent by the Food Bank at the store. “This is a wonderful, wonderful thing for us. The timing couldn”t have been better,”…
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Trustees: Cotton Auditorium must make more money
It”s time for big, beautiful Cotton Auditorium to finally graduate to being a productive money-making member of the Fort Bragg Unified School District, trustees said at their December meeting. Trustees turned down the idea of a one-year contract suggested by staff, instead voting for a three-month contract, so that they can keep a closer eye…
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Food Bank”s loyal volunteers, clients, staff share food, fun
Don McDonell has called Fort Bragg home his entire life but the stories the retired electrician can tell could fill the pages of a non-fiction thriller. I found McDonell fixing, neatening and landscaping at the Fort Bragg Food Bank, where he volunteers regularly. I was looking for stories about volunteers, staff and board members for…
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School board adds members
Two new board members were sworn in and a new board president was chosen for the Fort Bragg Unified School District last week. Retired state official Robert Hotchkiss and Fort Bragg attorney Ryan Perkins were sworn in by Superintendent Steve Lund. Wendy Boise was picked as new president of the board, replacing DeeLynn Carpenter. The…
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FBUSD hires firm to see if developer fee hike possible
The Fort Bragg Unified School District voted to study developer fees, which could lead to higher costs for those building a home or remodeling. Revenue is down for the district, along with the number of sales of homes in the local real estate market. Superintendent Steve Lund said the district had been getting about $200,000…
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Agencies demand FERC slow down on wave energy
If the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission”s new plan for faster wave energy permits was a play on Old Broadway, it would have been closed down by the critics on opening night. The critics in this case are the states of California, Oregon and Washington, several fellow federal agencies, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…
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Food Bank”s loyal volunteers, clients, staff share food, fun
Don McDonell has called Fort Bragg home his entire life but the stories the retired electrician can tell could fill the pages of a non-fiction thriller. I found McDonell fixing, neatening and landscaping at the Fort Bragg Food Bank, where he volunteers regularly. I was looking for stories about volunteers, staff and board members for…
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School board adds members
Two new board members were sworn in and a new board president was chosen for the Fort Bragg Unified School District last week. Retired state official Robert Hotchkiss and Fort Bragg attorney Ryan Perkins were sworn in by Superintendent Steve Lund. Wendy Boise was picked as new president of the board, replacing DeeLynn Carpenter. The…
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FBUSD hires firm to see if developer fee hike possible
The Fort Bragg Unified School District voted to study developer fees, which could lead to higher costs for those building a home or remodeling. Revenue is down for the district, along with the number of sales of homes in the local real estate market. Superintendent Steve Lund said the district had been getting about $200,000…
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Agencies demand FERC slow down on wave energy
If the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission”s new plan for faster wave energy permits was a play on Old Broadway, it would have been closed down by the critics on opening night. The critics in this case are the states of California, Oregon and Washington, several fellow federal agencies, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…
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Sheehan takes aim at Thompson, other Democrats
Those who came to see Cindy Sheehan, the suburban soccer mom turned George Bush basher, got at least half of what they came for. Speaking before more than 300 people at Cotton Auditorium Saturday night, Sheehan”s harshest words were for Democrats, including Congressman Mike Thompson and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Sheehan is now…
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Local supermarkets keep Food Bank going
As I pushed the shopping cart toward the Fort Bragg Food Bank bobtail truck parked behind Safeway, it jostled and a plastic container of deep, dark brown chocolate cookies jettisoned out and scattered on the asphalt. They looked delicious and I apologized for the waste to the man I was supposed to be helping, Earl…
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Kids, workers, friends, stigmas at Food Bank table
In the parking lot of the Fort Bragg Food Bank, a 53-year-old former used car salesman from Phoenix swapped food with other clients to get just the right stuff for dinner. His recreational vehicle was parked across the street, and he explained to passersby that he was no chef and wanted easily-prepared food items. He…
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FERC speeds up wave energy process despite calls for rulemaking
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a new policy to speed up licensing of wave energy projects while ignoring widespread recent calls that it engage in a full scale public process called “rulemaking.” Public comments will be accepted until Friday, Dec. 14 on the new policy FERC announced last Friday — surprising even some…
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Reporter”s Food Bank feasting showed more staples, money are needed
I enjoy a little caveat emptor now and then, but I was a little nervous having it on my dinner plate. The following disclaimer comprises the first line of the application I filled out for the Mendocino Food and Nutrition Program: “I am applying to receive assorted food from the Food Bank. This food will…
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