More evidence of how State Parks people and local entrepreneurs are using their creative talents to benefit the Mendocino Coast is an unusual arrangement approved between a state park and hotel in Mendocino Village.
The Mendocino Hotel now offers guests an opportunity to make a voluntary donation to help improve Mendocino Headlands State Park. Don’t recall ever hearing about a similar arrangement. Read the rest of this entry »
“Images of America: Point Cabrillo Light Station,” by Arcadia Publishing, is a wonderful new photo history, covering everything from the Pomos and Frolic shipwreck that led to settlement on the Coast to major preservation awards for the restoration work awarded to the Lightkeepers Association in 2007.
Anyone who knows the author, Bruce Rogerson of Fort Bragg, will tell you he is one of the Coast’s hardest working and most reliable volunteers. When he says he’s going to do something, he does it and does a great job. Read the rest of this entry »
During the 1918 world flu epidemic, patients treated with osteopathic methods had far higher rates of survival, according to John Cottle, DO, at the North Coast Family Health Center on the campus of the Mendocino Coast District Hospital (MCDH) in Fort Bragg. Dr. Cottle, who has the same training as an M.D. — and more for his D.O.– will discuss “What is Osteopathic Medicine?” at the next MCDH Wellness Lecture Series October 29th. The lecture, in the hospital’s Redwood Room at 700 River Road, is from 6-7 pm and is free. Continuing Education Unit (CEU’s) also are offered.
We can all boast about our beautiful coast — one of the most spectacular no doubt in the entire world. But we also have world-class citizens like Tom and Penny Honer, owners of Harvest Markets in Fort Bragg and Mendocino. Their generiosity never seems to stop: This time around, Harvest Market are helping the Mendocino Coast Humane Society (MCHS) by allocating 10% of all Pet Supply Sales from June 17th through June 24th to MCHS from both Harvest Market in Fort Bragg and Harvest Market – Mendosa’s in Mendocino. You can be of help by making your pet supply purchases during that time period. “We at MCHS thank you in advance for your support,” said Jerold Karabensh, MCHS’s board chair.
Thanksgiving Coffee Co. of Fort Bragg founders Joan and Paul Katzeff (right in photo) have spent 37 years roasting great coffee and promoting economic and social justice and environmental protection. They do it because it’s in their blood. But now they have received a prestigious award from the Tufts University Global Institute for Leadership for their Mirembe Kawomera (Delicious Peace) coffee project. A big award for two big hearts. Read the rest of this entry »
Mendocino Outdoors, the premier guidebook for outdoor fun and adventure on the Mendocino Coast, has been completely expanded and revised for the 3rd Edition.
