POLICE ANNOUNCED ON WED HE HAS BEEN FOUND AT A HOTEL. The missing man was found by the cleaning staff of a hotel near his home and was taken by ambulance to Adventist Health Mendocino Coast Hospital. Police do NOT believe he was out in the weather all night. That’s all the info we have at the moment. No info on his condition but there is no longer any search for him.
Original story….
A retired intellectual property attorney from Sacramento who recently settled at Todd Point in Fort Bragg is missing, and police are asking for the public’s help. Philip Cardman, 78, practiced law from 1973 until his retirement in 2024, when he relocated to Fort Bragg from Granite Bay. Friends say he had been enjoying his first year on the coast, getting to know the neighborhood and settling into retirement. Police are urging anyone who may have seen Cardman or has information about his whereabouts to contact them as soon as possible.
The following is from the FBPD:
The City of Fort Bragg Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing adult. Philip Cardman was last seen on 04/21/2026 near Snug Harbor Drive at approximately 7:00 PM. Philip is 78 years of age and believed to be wearing blue jeans, a button-up shirt and a beige jacket. Philip may be on foot and walking with a cane. If you see Philip or have information regarding their whereabouts, please contact Fort Bragg Police Department at (707)964-0200.
Snug Harbor Place are the snazzy new modular homes adjacent to Mendocino College out on Todd Point.
The search unfolds in a part of Fort Bragg that has seen too much worry in too few days. Snug Harbor Place sits at the edge of the Hare Creek wilderness, a tangle of trails and bluffs where the forest meets the sea. It’s less than a quarter‑mile from the cliff where a traveling nurse fell to his death just last week. Now, neighbors are walking the same paths again, calling Philip’s name into the wind. On this stretch of coast, where beauty and danger run side by side, the community is hoping for a different ending — and hoping someone, somewhere, saw something that brings Philip Cardman safely home.
