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Posts published by “Chris Calder”

The Sheriff’s Challenges

Since Matt Kendall took office as Mendocino County Sheriff in January 2020, the unprecedented has become pretty standard, yet he usually brings an easygoing, confident humor to even the toughest shocks. But events over the…

A Festival of Lights In Fort Bragg

Fort Bragg held its Holiday Lights Parade last Saturday night. The parade wasn't a sure thing this year. As Coronavirus case numbers in Mendocino County increased rapidly through early December, a vocal chorus grew to…

Dropping In On Drop-In Donuts

Heidi and Jeremy Wall (sister and brother) have broken the eerie COVID-19 silence in downtown Fort Bragg with the lively opening of Drop In Donut, a very bright and tidy hole-in-the-wall establishment on Redwood Ave.,…

Fort Bragg Notes (July 22, 2020)

Tabatha Miller, Fort Bragg's City Manager for the past four years, got some unwelcome time in the local Facebook spin cycle in recent days when it was revealed that she had scheduled a job interview…

Law Enforcement, Schools Dealing with Virus Impacts

COVID-19 and the uprising of national outrage following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis are making law enforcement nationwide take a close look at how it's serving and protecting these days. Matt Kendall…

Coast Covid Testing Obstacles

Rationing of COVID-19 test kits has plagued state and local governments' response to the pandemic across the country and Mendocino County is no different. Especially on the tourism-dependent Mendocino Coast, where the economy is still…

Fort Bragg Police in the Spotlight

The Fort Bragg Police Department got a moment in the spotlight on Thursday, June 23 while detaining a man who was eventually returned to Sacramento County in connection with a home invasion robbery the previous…

The Fort Behind Fort Bragg

In this moment of shifting historical identities — the Fort Bragg City Council has taken up the question of whether to change the town's name on Monday — it might help to know what the…

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