Fort Bragg News Archives

I am surprised there has been so little press on this subject. NOAA Contract Boat Kills Blue Whale Off Fort Bragg Fishermen, Enviros Call for Independent Investigation By Dan Bacher Environmentalists and fishermen on California's North Coast are calling for an independent investigation into the killing of an endangered blue whale off Fort Bragg by ...

Jim Burns of the Noyo Harbor Commission examines a new lure made by Fort Bragg fisherman Frank Bertoli, center, who discusses his idea of creating a local squid fishery with Stanford Professor William Gilly.

Just short of a week since the last board meeting, Mendocino Coast Recreation and Park District President David Yeomans released a notice that District Administrator Bruce Irwin's employment, by "mutual severance agreement," ends effective Nov.

A crew from Akeff Construction Services mulls how to get the over 50-ton whale onto the shore so the process of sectioning and removing its body can begin.

A team of scientists, volunteers and students are enduring the overwhelming stench from a rotting whale carcass as they work to remove it from a Mendocino County beach.

I have often heard it said, "Why drive all the way to Oregon or to Ft. Bragg and Mendocino when you have Shelter Cove less than an hour away?" After spending a night at the Inn of the Lost Coast, I found this statement couldn't be more true.

If you ask Hobbs Ferretti, he'll tell you Fort Bragg has gone to the dogs. Okay, Hobbs is a dog - a Chihuahua-Miniature Pinscher mix - and can't actually talk.

A 70-foot, female blue whale that officials believe was struck by a ship has washed ashore on the Northern California coast in what scientists are calling a rare occurrence.

The Marine Life Protection Act Initiative will hold a public workshop at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct.

At three o'clock in the afternoon they assembled to celebrate her 13th birthday, and to the surprise of all, Mrs.

This is depressing news, folks. A blue whale, the world's largest mammals, was found washed ashore near Fort Bragg.

A 70-foot female blue whale that officials believe was struck by a ship has washed ashore on the Northern California coast.Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say the whale was spotted on the shores near Fort Bragg in Mendocino County Monday night, hours after an ocean survey vessel reported hitting a whale a few ...

The Coroner's Office has identified the body that was found floating in the water on the coast Sunday near Caspar.

Mendocino County Community Health Services will be at the following locations conducting seasonal flu vaccination clinics.

Almost a month after a community cleanup effort, Nash Gonzalez, county head of Planning and Building Services, explained why the removal of 80 abandoned vehicles was not considered a county responsibility.

College of the Redwoods incumbent Trustee Will Smith and candidate Barbara Rice faced off on Oct.

Next Wednesday, Oct. 21, the Noyo Harbor Commission is sponsoring "An Evening with Dr.

Following the League of Women Voters' Oct. 2 forum for the College of the Redwoods election, the newspaper emailed six additional questions to incumbent Will Smith and candidate Barbara Rice.

The lake known as Mackerricher Lake, near Cleone, has been leased by the Glen Blair Gun Club and anyone shooting game or injuring property, signs, cabins etc., belonging to the undersigned will be vigorously prosecuted for trespass or malicious mischief.

Cal Fire's Mendocino Unit has declared that the 2009 burning suspension and fire season will end at 8 a.m. Friday.

The Ukiah Valley has a lot at stake in the Nov. 3 election as the entire county votes on Measure A. As mail-in ballots arrive at homes and as our readers think about what they will do at the polls, we urge a No vote on Measure A. There is big money at stake here for the developers, and big changes at stake for this valley.

A transformation from city dump to headland pathways and ocean scenery might seem like a movie theme, but it happened in the northern California town of Fort Bragg.

Sea lions have been washing up dead in numbers that have alarmed Mendocino Coast beach walkers.

Last Friday, the League of Women Voters held a forum in for Mendocino County Board of Education and College of the Redwoods trustee candidates.

Bainbridge Park filled to the sidewalks Saturday afternoon with kids, adults, soccer players, fun and educational booths and music for the Celebrate Safe Communities event, provided by the Coalition for Gang Awareness and Prevention.

Mendocino County has had 17 H1N1 related hospitalizations and two deaths. With the seasonal flu season fast approaching, H1N1 cases are expected to increase county wide, according to the county health department.

James Krenov had a way about him that showed up in the craftsmanship of the cabinets he built.

Mendocino Coast ocean lovers were given until January to come up with "external proposals" for the creation of areas off limits to fishing or partially closed to fishing.

With mail-in resignations from President Don Sheffel, M.D., and Vice President Barbara Durigan, the Redwood Coast Senior Center Board of Directors elected new officers at the Sept.