During the Great Depression, more than 5,000 local currencies helped keep Americans alive. Over the past two decades, over 2,500 local currencies have sprung up. Mendo Moola is a local, self help, complementary currency that stays home with us here in Mendocino County, issued by individual, locally-owned farms and businesses, and circulated only within Mendocino [...]

The California Coastal Trail (CCT) will be one of the great trails of our nation. Once completed, it will extend 1,200 miles, 15 counties, along the coast from Oregon to Mexico. The California Coastal Trail is a network of public trails for walkers, bikers, equestrians, and others along the entire California coastline. It is currently [...]

Larry Spring had more than 30 independent discoveries ranging from the years 1954 to as recent as 1995. From Ptolemy’s geocentric model of the universe, to modern quantum mechanics, our understanding of the physical world as we know it is constantly being revised. Larry was not a physics professor, a mathematician nor an industrial technician [...]

The Agwood Mill & Lumber Company is on track to get a $2 million dollar loan. The board voted unanimously to apply for a $2.2 million state Community Development Block Grant so the county can loan Agwood Mill & Lumber Company to help finance the company’s debt from a 2003 expansion. The board agreed helping [...]

Dungeness crab fishing is one of the most dangerous fisheries, especially off the coast of California, and it’s also extremely important for local economies. On Monday, November 16 the commercial crab season opened for the Central coast from Gualala to Monterey. The Season from Gualala north is scheduled to open on December 1, which includes [...]

The beautiful Mendocino coast has 3 sea vegetable companies. The Mendocino Sea Vegetable Company established in 1980, The Rising Tide Sea Vegetables Company established 1981, and the Ocean Harvest Sea Vegetable Company established in 1985. These marine plants are the vegetal ancestors of all life forms on the planet today, dating back over 3 billion [...]

Congragulations to the Mendocino Brewing Company and the North Coast Brewing Company for both producing New York Times top ten lists for stouts in America. No. 1 ranking went to the Mendocino Brewing Company for there Black Hawk Stout. This stout is beautifully balanced, dry and light with roasted flavors of barley, coffee and nuts. [...]

Mendocino Main Street Restrooms will be affected by the California State Parks Financial Crisis. A letter was distributed by the California State Parks on October 15, 2009, notifying Mendocino Merchants due to severe budget reductions, furloughs and layoffs, the California State Parks will be closing the Mendocino Main Street Restrooms on November 1, 2009. The [...]

The Whales are currently migrating off the Mendocino Coast. Recently a female Blue Whale that washed ashore south of the Mendocino Botanical Gardens appears to have died after it collided with a research vessel several miles off the Mendocino Coast. According to Joe Cordaro and Jim Milbury at the Long Beach National Marine Fisheries Service [...]

On September 11, 2009, Fishermen, local governments, and environmentalists sue Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for wave energy planning to require comprehensive planning for wave energy projects on the West Coast. The lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, was brought by Fishermen Interested in [...]