Fireworks will take place at dusk at Todd’s Point on Saturday, July 6 Starting a little after dusk, the fireworks will be launched from Pomo Bluffs Park which is adjacent to Cliff Way. There will be an off-limits, 600 foot safety buffer around the launch area. But the rest of the park will be [...]

      World’s Largest Salmon BBQ, July 6, 2013 The 42nd Annual Largest Salmon BBQ will be held on the South Mooring Basin at Noyo Harbor in Fort Bragg California, to benefit the Salmon Restoration Association. The Salmon Restoration Association is a non-profit organization located in Fort Bragg, California and their primary funding comes [...]

              As the excitement has ended with the Amgen tour of California, Mendocino county has two different dates set-up for the bike enthusiast. On Saturday, June 8, there will be the Redwood  and Vine Metric Century Bike Ride and then on Sunday, June 9, there will be the Mendocino [...]

  The Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens has a new exciting fundraising event called “My Garden”. This new event is expected to become one of the top fundraiser events here in Mendocino county. Plan on attending this event on Saturday, May 25 at 3:30 pm., Memorial Day Weekend at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens beautiful Perennial [...]

  On a sunny Tuesday at the Evergreen Cemetery in Mendocino, a crowd of about 40 people, including California State Park officials, was paying their respects to an anonymous young man, who was likely a sailor who never received a proper burial when he died, likely from drowning, more than 150 years ago. The burial [...]

                     “Grandma Cleveland”                    ”Reileyridge Target”                        ”Yellow Cloud”            Photo by Buck Clagett                       [...]

  Red Abalone in the Shell  April 1 was the beginning of the highly prized Red Abalone that so many people come to the coast to harvest. The season will run from April 1 and runs until June 30, then re-opens August 1 and finishes on November 30. This year on opening day every beach [...]

  Caspar Inn on a Beautiful Coastal Day After many many decades in business, the current owner, Bobby Miller has announced that before the months end that the famous Caspar Inn ( An Icon on the Mendocino coast) will be closing there doors. It is a very sad day for local and visiting guests alike. [...]

  California Gray Whale. Photo by Nancy Black California State Parks announces weekend whale talks at MacKerricker State Park! Talks will take place from January through March 17, 2013. Knowledgeable docents will talk about the annual gray whale migration and about other marine mammals seen along the Mendocino coast. Programs are scheduled to begin every [...]

  Local photographer Ron LeValley took this picture off the Mendocino coast. Located at Puget Sound, one of the most closely studied groups of killer whales in the world is taking its annual trek to the central coast and just recently passed through the Mendocino coast waters. This group of 18 to 20 orca whales, [...]