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Fireworks and parades: Independence Day around Mendocino County

MENDOCINO CO., 7/9/19 — It seemed like everyone in Mendocino was at a parade, watching the fireworks, or enjoying themselves with friends and family over the holiday weekend, and from rodeos to train rides, there was so much going on it was easy to miss something. We put together some photos and videos from the Willits Main Street parade and the Mendocino parade for you, plus a great fireworks video shared by the City of Point Arena. Enjoy!

Willits Main Street parade, livestream taken July 4 at 11 a.m.:

Photos from the Village of Mendocino parade, thanks to contributor Frank Hartzell:

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Part of the Mendocino parade included a group commemorating the native women who have gone missing or been murdered in Mendocino County around the country, including family members of Khadijah Britton, still missing from Covelo. Michelle Merrifield shared these photos of the group (read more here), some are also by Hartzell:

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The City of Point Arena shared a great video of their annual fireworks (and lasers!) show that you can watch here:

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Frank Hartzell

Frank Hartzell has spent his lifetime as a curious anthropologist in a reporter's fedora. His first news job was chasing news on the streets of Houston with high school buddy and photographer James Mason, back in 1986. Then Frank graduated from Humboldt State and went to Great Gridley as a reporter, where he bonded with 1000 people and told about 3000 of their stories. In Marysville at the Appeal Democrat, the sheltered Frank got to see both the chilling depths and amazing heights of humanity. From there, he worked at the Sacramento Bee covering Yuba-Sutter and then owned the Business Journal in Yuba City, which sold 5000 subscriptions to a free newspaper. Frank then got a prestigious Kiplinger Investigative Reporting fellowship and was city editor of the Newark Ohio, Advocate and then came back to California for 4 years as managing editor of the Napa Valley Register before working as a Dominican University professor, then coming to Fort Bragg to be with his aging mom, Betty Lou Hartzell, and working for the Fort Bragg Advocate News. Frank paid the bills during that decade + with a successful book business. He has worked for over 50 publications as a freelance writer, including the Mendocino Voice and Anderson Valley Advertiser, along with construction and engineering publications. He has had the thrill of learning every day while writing. Frank is now living his dream running MendocinoCoast.News with wife, Linda Hartzell, and web developer, Marty McGee, reporting from Fort Bragg, California.

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