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No Details Yet on Camp 1 Crash; City Closes Dog Park Over Health Concerns; Sidewalk Contractor Slices AT&T Line; Happy Fourth of July
We’ve been trying to get the details of what happened out at Camp 1, but with the holiday weekend and…
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Your Thursday Paper: Circus in Town + Mystery Photo + Our Investigation Determined Caddy the Rodeo Horse Was Killed by Pellet Gun + Caltrans isn’t closing Blues Beach right away
Caltrans has reversed course and will now keep Blues Beach open until campers clear out. The change came after our…
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Your Wednesday Paper: Our pledge to you on big fires… + WTH is this? Fresh salmon, nightmare in Fortuna was long known, but… & Blues Beach to be CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC
MendocinoCoast.news pledges today to cover any BIG FIRES or other major natural disasters that (hopefully won’t) hit Mendocino County this…
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Your Tuesday Paper: Little League Cheers, Horse Story Shifts, Ed Walker Remembered — Mother Seeks Justice After 5‑Year‑Old’s Holiday Drowning; Stay Safe This Year
Come out and watch Little League. If you plan to join me in taking photos, remember that baseball is one…
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Your Monday paper: Who shot the horses and why? $1.7 million farm sale in Redwood Valley, Salmon fishing still stinks and There is still time to get a better Albion Bridge
Your Monday paper: Who shot the horse or horses and why? Update on Tuesday- We talked to the MCSO and…
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Comfort in the Hardest Moments: Why the Lions’ CareBear Program Needs You
Almost every day I’m at the hospital, I watch terrified children go from shaking and crying to breathing again —…
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Where Did That Driftwood Come From? Take Home World‑Traveling Wood and Help the City
Please send us your best driftwood photo! These ladies were thrilled to learn they could take home driftwood from Noyo…
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What a million‑dollar home sale means for all of us — and what the Company Store actually sold for
On our way back from a dog outing on the Mendocino Land Trust’s so‑so Newport Ranch trail, we noticed a…
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Media Tall Tales: The “70‑Foot Cliff” That Wasn’t, and the Myth of Rare Wind Sailors — Which Aren’t Rare at all
Contrarians that we are, we went and measured the cliff rather than rely on the number being repeated. AI‑accelerated news…
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Editorial: MendocinoCoast.news endorses Patrick Pekin in the June 2 Superior Court election
We dug deep and found the real reason this race is happening — read our exclusive below. Challenger Colby Friend…
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Letter to Editor- Lions Club thank Skunk Train Boss
Dear Editor, The Fort Bragg–Mendocino Lions Club would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Mendocino Railway — our own…
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New column: Ask the Vet!! by Dr. Chaves + Cheeser and Brubaker dig deep for news tails
Introducing our newest column — Ask the Vet! Send us your questions, and our animal team—Cheeser and Brubaker, both proud…
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Man Who Dumped Trash at Fort Bragg City Hall Feels ‘Absurdity’ Is the Best Art Medium of 2026
If you told Nicolas Kerttula that piling trash on the steps of Fort Bragg City Hall was absurd, illegal, or…
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The Stories Beneath the Stories: Blues Beach, the Redwood Trail, and the Rogers JDSF Bill Take Sharp, Unseen Turns Behind the Public Narrative
We are failing our history‑deprived leaders by not paying attention to these stories — and our neglect is part of…
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April 2026 Newsletter 🐰 Mendocino Coast .News
Howdy, Mendocino Coast News Subscribers, Happy Spring! As we are experiencing this first quarter of 2026, our small coastal community…
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JAG Shake‑Up: Amy Wynn Resigns, John Anderson Signals Exit as New Chris Rogers Bill seeks to redefine demonstration forests
COME JOIN ME/US for a fascinating forest tour at noon! Amy Wynn, a prominent Fort Bragg businesswoman, has led the…
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Could This Be the Biggest No Kings Protest Yet? Ukiah, Fort Bragg, Point Arena — and 2,000 Cities Worldwide — Mobilize for a Massive Saturday Action; Fort Bragg Protest Details Below
Organizers of the loose‑knit No Kings movement say this weekend could mark the largest turnout yet — 100,000 people across…
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How big was Big River shark? Authorities still don’t know, is sea lion population crash changing shark behavior?
Authorities don’t know how big the shark was that bit teacher James Eastman on Big River Beach on Wednesday. “We’re…
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Linda and Frank Got to See Two Pods of Risso’s Dolphins — a Rare Whale‑Watch‑Month Treat
Thanks to Dan Maxwell, the biological observer for the Blues Beach construction project, Frank got to see Risso’s dolphins for…
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Teen Hunter Shot in Leg in Accidental Shooting; Transported Out of County in Stable Condition
A 15‑year‑old boy accidentally shot himself while hunting on Robinson Creek Road off Highway 253 west of Ukiah on Tuesday…
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