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What’s Next for The Wharf at Noyo Harbor — As It Reinvents Itself, the Harbor Wants to Hear Your Wishes
Come along on another Noyo Harbor photo voyage made especially for our favorite landlubbers. This little journey is brought to…
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Police Chief tells how two officers saved man’s life, describes “active shooter” event underway Tuesday
The active shooter event is underway today in Fort Bragg from 9 a.m to noon on Tuesday. Its a discussion-based…
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Big crowd turns out to support off roading track at Summers Lane reservoir site- process just starting
A big buzzing crowd of off-road motorcycle fun lovers showed up and begged the Fort Bragg City Council to make…
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Fort Bragg Crabbers Haul Up the Last Pots and Wrap the Season — A Better Year Than 2024–25
Fort Bragg crab boats have been pulling their pots over the past ten days as catches dwindle, and most crews…
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We enjoy an “average” day of Noyo Harbor this afternoon, come with us on a visual journey into an odd and often weird paradise
Several times a week, we slip under the Noyo River Bridge and let the world fall away as we run…
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Clear the Path to the Waves: We Urge Removal of the Neighborhood Group’s ‘Stop’ Sign, Restore Pine Beach Access, and Celebrate the Classy but locally friendly New Inn’s Arrival
MendocinoCoast.news believes it is our responsibility to champion public access to public lands too long kept out of reach. Today,…
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Without recent data, Cal Fish & Game Commission Extends Abalone Ban to 2036 (Probably!) — Crab Season Opens in Fort Bragg; No California challenge to salmon rules
Third grader Felix Savedra was king of the Fort Bragg fishermen on Saturday, and it came as no surprise to…
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Saving Highway One with 100 Boulders a Day, Plumbers, and Millions to Keep It from the Sea
The 1970s brought a peculiar terror: that California, land of sunshine and seismic fault lines, would one day slide into…
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We were truly in a fog when we went to check on Jack Peters Creek opening, come with us and the feth fiata through a familiar coastal wonder!
We were told on last Friday by Caltrans that the light at Jack Peters Creek Bridge would be pulled sometime…
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Red light ‘district’ north of Mendo ends after 2 years this week!~ Let’s seize an amazing ‘concert venue’ above Jack Peters Creek Bridge!
Jack Peters Creek Bridge doesn’t have a grand reopening day planned so far like Noyo or even the Pudding Creek…
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“The new chief might have gone federal, but instead the road wound from Santa Rosa to Napa to Georgia—finally landing in Fort Bragg as the town’s top cop.
Eric Swift once planned to become a federal marshal, but chose to stay with what he knew best—working in sheriff’s…
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Big shakes at Fort Bragg PD: New Chief today?, Grand Jury Response, Transparency Portal
Three men — two from within the Fort Bragg Police Department and Interim Chief Eric Swift — are vying to…
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New Pelican Wings over Noyo Harbor for Joanne Frazer’s Former Travel Agency—And a Video That Could Change How You See Flock Cameras
Check out this video from an investigative journalist on YouTube about Flock cameras. We’re still working on a long‑delayed story…
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From Mushrooms to Milestones: Fungi Fest continues today & Fort Bragg’s New Police Chief
The Mendocino Coast Fungi Fest is back in full bloom this Sunday, running 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., with favorite…
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Fungi Face‑Off: Truffle Dog and Scientist to show what they nose at Mendocino Coast Fungi Festival in Caspar Saturday and Sunday
The Second Annual Mendocino Coast Mushroom Festival has officially gone to the dogs in its second year—and you won’t want…
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ICEBERG!! the wave energy desalinization buoy arrives! As first city in California to try wave energy, Fort Bragg about to step into role as world leader in ocean technology
After three years of refining both engineering and financing, the Oneka wave-powered desalination buoy, called Iceberg has been delivered and…
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Why is our flag important? Ask the Iversens, who never came back to the Mendocino Coast
This is Veterans Day! We were going to go to Veterans Hall for the ceremonies. I grew up with my…
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7 people hurt in big accident on Highway 20 East of Fort Bragg- not as bad as feared, two extricated, helicopters called off, injured taken by ambulance
From the CHP Ukiah log… more details when we get them. 1:03pm CANCEL SONOMA COUNTY 1, AIR AMBULANCE. 12:58PM ALL…
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Mendocino County’s Judges Eliminate Civil Court in Fort Bragg-Without Telling the Public- Fort Bragg Courthouse: Criminal Court continues here but Death by a Thousand Cuts?
Are Mendocino County’ s judges trying to axe the Fort Bragg Courthouse once again? The year 2025 has seen slow…
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Albion-Little River parcel tax for fire services may be reduced from $600 to $400 after committee listened to residents, discussed and revised
An informal committee of elders from Albion and Little River has now proposed a $400 annual property tax to support…
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