Frankly Speaking
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NTSB Releases Report on Reach Air Crash; Fort Bragg Lions To Launch Thanksgiving Love Package from the Coast
Paramedic Margaret “DeDe” Davis was the one who called the Mayday after noticing the power had gone out—just moments before…
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First Friday Sparkles: Good News & Gorgeous Faces
Gotcha! We’ve had our fill of grouchy news lately—time to lighten the mood. Word Press has a very irritating main…
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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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Be a Yankee Doodle—vote today with the hope of a Revolutionary and the resolve of a Tory
Today is a day for courage. A day to be an American. A day to VOTE. I say VOTE YES…
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Tonight in Albion: Fire Bonds, Plus Celestial Wonders, and Political Cameos
Albion’s Fire Bond: Denied, But Not Forgotten The Albion Little River Fire Department isn’t just essential—it’s locally beloved. It’s one…
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“No Kings” Protest Returns as a Lovefest Among Thousands—Now, the Path Forward
No Kings was a joy-fueled gathering of 1,500+ friends and neighbors. And no wonder—everyone got their $1 million Soros stipend,…
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Cauldrons, Cutlets, and Community: Witches Paddle, McGuire Town Hall by Zoom tonite, and the Fight for Local Flavor at Gnar Bar and beyond
Witches Paddle is Saturday, McGuire’s Zoom Town Hall, and the simmering fight for local flavor—from Gnar Bar to the broader…
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Naked Man in a Cave: Should I Be Concerned ? Woolly Worms Say Winter’s Coming & More
There was a naked, middle-aged man in a cave below Pine Beach Inn—on a beach so hard to reach, most…
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Local News roundup- schools reroute controversial path, Jack Peters new railings, Danco needs to fix fence, New ‘housing’ on sale at roundabout, Dog Park gets spruced up and more!!
Jack Peters deck and rail replacement is more than half done! Caltrans and its contractor have completed the east side…
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Shrugging off Jury Duty? County to issue warrants for repeat offenders. +California Judicial Council may respond Mendocinocoast.news’s criticisms
Mendocino County will begin arresting residents who repeatedly fail to appear for jury duty, according to Court Executive Kim Turner…
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Chase Bank plans to be open Monday after recent staff-related closures. But be warned – hours may still fluctuate, and that phone tree remains a headache, not a help
Editor’s note- sorry if you clicked the last post and it gave a message about it being spam. It was…
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All online Mendocino county criminal court files vanish over the weekend, never to return
Answers sought from Mendo court executive, but all California counties are doing the same, big restrictions, but little or no…
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PG&E, Kmart make separate $6 million Mendo land deals – come along as I follow the money!
Kmart just sold the Ukiah Home Depot store-lease property to a publicly traded Michigan real estate firm for $6.3 million. …
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It is the end of the world as we know it, but I feel whine
KOZT is playing Blowing in the Wind by Bob Dylan. It was one of the first popular songs I remember…
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Summer firecracker attack on a homeless Fort Bragg woman goes viral in 2025 [Updated]
On Saturday, several people I know shared a video showing a Fort Bragg woman getting out of her car and…
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Could “Suicide Nets” Stop Future Noyo Jumpers?
Are “suicide nets” a solution that Fort Bragg can embrace? Mendocino County Safe Space Project offers help to teens. How…
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Frankly Speaking — December 11, 2024
Should Tess Albin-Smith apologize for attack on fellow council-member Marcia Rafanan? Skunk Train snarl, Fort Bragg Forever’s frustration play roles…
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Head-on Collision Kills One on Thanksgiving Night at Caspar Creek Bridge
News of the day on the Coast is the tragic death of 25-year-old Joe Garcia, who died in a head-on…
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