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Join the 100 people who watched this Fort Bragg Memorial Day service, video and photos here
Please enjoy the video of this year’s Memorial Day ceremony at the cemetery in Fort Bragg. The cemetery is flying…
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Rite Aid closure now 30 days out! Change your meds Monday, plus yard sale finds, and some polyamorous geese
During our Yard sale rambles, we discovered Rite Aid had been given a 30-day closure notice. We have all known…
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It’s the biggest garage sale weekend of the year! Here is a roundup. Send me photos of your finds..
This is the first installation of Yard Sale Fun on the Coast, from Albion to Westport. If people like it…
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Trump protests on Saturday will avoid conflicts with Noyo Food Forest’s Earth Day fun and Town Hall Craft Fair
The next big day of Trump protests is Saturday, April 19, 2025 Protesters from Indivisible Mendocino are making efforts to…
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Big River-Jack Peters Creek projects tie up traffic in Mendo for up to 45 minutes.. will it continue?
Linda and I and Brutus went to Mendo on Wednesday afternoon for Sweetwater soaking and dog walking on Big River…
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Look down, look up! Salamanders, banana slugs and forest floor life featured in new mural
A new mural was unveiled the same day as the big protests in downtown Fort Bragg. I walked up two…
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Many contest my ID as a red-legged frog! But nobody can explain massive size of this “tree frog”
Last night, Linda found this big beautiful California frog crawling up our back door frame. I think it’s a female…
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End Of An Era; Fort Bragg’s Last Branded New Car Dealer Sheds Chrysler Franchise
Mike Slaughter sports a favorite shirt in the Sport Auto Center showroom, in front of a 1927 Dodge Brothers sedan.…
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Racist Vandalism on Highway 128
Saoirse Byrne was on her way home to Boonville about 9 p.m. Saturday, when she saw a horrifying message just…
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Insurance Ho!
Some get ecstatic about dance, I am enraptured today about insurance. For the first time in 5 years, I was…
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New Vision for Jackson State Forest
Cal Fire hopes a “New Vision” for Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF) can break a literal log jam and win…
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Wave Energy On The Coast?
The biggest effort underway for wave energy is PacWave South, now completing construction off Oregon. The project features competing wave…
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Fort Bragg’s New Housing Project
Ronald Davis, 55, left more than a decade of homelessness behind when he moved into The Plateau, Fort Bragg’s new…
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Saving Finnish Lodge
Built in 1914, this gigantic hall was once Socialist Hall and Fort Bragg Labor Temple before becoming Eagles Hall in…
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Food bank community is family
Many tourists dream of moving to the Mendocino Coast. Only a few are willing to put in the effort it…
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Food Bank upgrades diet rather than tech
As we count the hours to Christmas, Food Bank clients are gathering the biggest meal of the year at the…
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Volunteering is a many-faceted benefit
I arrived at the Fort Bragg Food Bank seeking a volunteer willing to lend his or her name to Season…
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Born with a desire to help, and cook
As a frightened high school girl in wartime Japan, Yukie Holland developed a talent for rescuing food. “When I would…
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Reaching out is part of Food Bank’s role
On this Thanksgiving in the Season of Sharing we will meet some of the very inspiring senior citizens and disabled…
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Food Bank empowers working poor
When I am in my 70s, I hope I don’t have to go to work at 4:30 a.m. like Dora…
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