NEWS ARTICLE ARCHIVE — in chronological order, with pagination below
-
Legion names state competitors at potluck
American Legion members celebrated their Boys and Girls State competitors with a scrumptious potluck, a surprise birthday cake and even a colorful camp song last Thursday night at Veterans Hall in Fort Bragg. Three high school juniors gave short speeches about their experiences at Boys and Girls State before an appreciative and graying crowd. Applications…
Read More » -
DFG doesn”t let bear meat go to waste
A 400-pound black bear was more than the Fort Bragg Food Bank could reckon with Friday. But that was the donation of meat from the Department of Fish and Game, which periodically kills animals that have become threats to human safety or property. The arrival of the dead bear brought a crowd of spectators, including…
Read More » -
Fort Bragg stories contribute to universal health care showdown
Activists for universal health care were enthusiastic after more than a dozen Mendocino Coast residents turned out to tell their health care nightmare stories on Saturday, supporting the notion that all Californians should have health care. With the passage of a “universal health care” bill on Monday, the local stories will be part of an…
Read More » -
Big Brothers Sisters has new BBQ, travel, middle school efforts
Big Paul Bunyan will give a hand up this year to a financially struggling youth organization that helps local youngsters get a better start in life. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mendocino County will run a beef, pork, fish and lamb barbecue on Monday at Todd Point following the Paul Bunyan Days parade in Fort…
Read More » -
Peace activists press Rep. Thompson at fund-raiser
Pressed to be more visible in his antiwar stance, Congressman Mike Thompson told a Saturday gathering of Mendocino Coast Democrats that results are more important than appearing angry. “It doesn”t matter how loud you are. If someone disagrees with you, just because you speak louder and shout more angrily, it doesn”t change their mind,” Thompson…
Read More » -
Salmon fishers get good news from feds, courts, utility
Commercial fishers, suffering through one of their worst regulatory years ever, got three pieces of potentially good news in recent days. The federal government took the first step toward cash aid, while a Fort Bragg salmon fishing group sued the federal government to get part of the season back, and a Klamath River utility announced…
Read More » -
City hikes downtown parking permits, violation fines
Parking permits in Fort Bragg will rise from $12 to $17 per month and parking violation fines will jump from $22 to $30, after a unanimous 4-0 vote by the Fort Bragg City Council Monday night. The increases take effect on Oct. 1. Downtown business owners and workers pleaded with the council not to more…
Read More » -
Harnessing the ocean”s wave energy
Three miles offshore the Mendocino Coast, the cluster of bright red tubes, each about the size and circumference of a giant redwood tree, would wiggle and dive in the surf like giant sea snakes. The segmented “Pelamis” design of a wave energy plant was just one painted Monday night by engineer Roger Bedard of the…
Read More » -
New advisory board hosts wide range discussion on medical marijuana
A defendant was perched next to the district attorney at a not-very-relaxing first meeting of the Mendocino Medical Marijuana Advisory Board Friday in Fort Bragg. In a greater irony, Mendocino County District Attorney Norm Vroman was invited as special guest to be praised for not prosecuting people for medical marijuana-related offenses. And, advisory board member…
Read More » -
Gore”s movie inspires ideas for locals
When tourists fleeing the blazing heat of the Central Valley enter Toni Orans” Mendocino art gallery, they often want to talk about the cool weather. Orans makes a point of steering weather small talk toward a discussion about why the hottest years on record have happened in the past decade — asking them if they…
Read More » -
Despite local sportfishing boat contributions, salmon barbecue attendance down this year
Brian Aldeghi”s birthday wish was a trip to the World”s Largest Salmon Barbecue on his birthday, July 1. “We didn”t think we would be able to come. Every hotel in town was full. But we got a great room at the Noyo River Lodge overlooking the harbor, the setting, the weather, the salmon, you just…
Read More » -
Salmon fishers get bipartisan support
Help for salmon fishermen now has a more bipartisan base in California, with Republicans joining in supporting beleaguered commercial salmon fishers. Democratic Assemblywoman Patty Berg said last week that Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had taken an important step in helping the North Coast fishing community by declaring a state of emergency due to severe federal…
Read More » -
Salmon fishers get bipartisan support
Help for salmon fishermen now has a more bipartisan base in California, with Republicans joining in supporting beleaguered commercial salmon fishers. Democratic Assemblywoman Patty Berg said last week that Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had taken an important step in helping the North Coast fishing community by declaring a state of emergency due to severe federal…
Read More » -
City”s first off-leash dog park opens
They gathered in small and large circles for “conversation.” They ran up and down the beach, exchanging greetings with old and new friends. Often, at Saturday”s opening of the new off-leash dog area at Noyo Beach, the 50-odd unleashed pooches seemed to forget about the 75 or so humans they came with. The event began…
Read More » -
New director brings financial background to Parents and Friends
Developmentally disabled people were once called “mentally retarded,” and it was assumed they would have to be taken care of during their short, secluded lives. Today, thanks to changes in society led by groups like Fort Bragg”s Parents and Friends, these same people lead productive lives; they contribute to their communities, have overcome pejoratives, and…
Read More » -
Volunteers help clip 88,000 salmon
Until Sunday, the Hollow Tree Creek Salmon Hatchery was a fond childhood memory for Jay Husman. After making a five-hour drive to the end of a bumpy gravel road, he arrived to join about a dozen volunteers who worked over the course of a week to cut the fins of about 88,000 three-inch Chinook salmon.…
Read More » -
Volunteers help clip 88,000 salmon
Until Sunday, the Hollow Tree Creek Salmon Hatchery was a fond childhood memory for Jay Husman. After making a five-hour drive to the end of a bumpy gravel road, he arrived to join about a dozen volunteers who worked over the course of a week to cut the fins of about 88,000 three-inch Chinook salmon.…
Read More » -
Volunteers help clip 88,000 salmon
Until Sunday, the Hollow Tree Creek Salmon Hatchery was a fond childhood memory for Jay Husman. After making a five-hour drive to the end of a bumpy gravel road, he arrived to join about a dozen volunteers who worked over the course of a week to cut the fins of about 88,000 three-inch Chinook salmon.…
Read More » -
Big names, high energy boost Mendocino Film Festival opening
For half a century, Sydney Pollack and Laszlo Kovacs each worked at creating many of America”s most famous movies without ever meeting face to face. Friday night that changed. They exchanged a hug at the Mendocino Film Festival Opening Night Gala in a tent outside the MacCallum House. That hug “scene” and that tent “setting”…
Read More » -
Help sought to launch 88,000 young salmon
Volunteers willing to wield a pair of scissors are being sought to help launch young salmon on their trek to the ocean. Fin-cutting crews are needed over Memorial Day Weekend at the Hollow Tree Creek Hatchery as 88,000 tiny salmon begin their incredible 100-mile journey down the Eel River to the ocean, with only the…
Read More »