What's Happening
If you have questions regarding COVID-19, call the County Public Health Office at 707-472-2759. To contact the City of Fort Bragg, call 707-961-2823. All Fort Bragg citizens may contact the Fort Bragg Police Department at 707-964-0200 and staff will direct you to the appropriate agency.
Government Meetings
Fort Bragg online: view city government agendas and minutes at cityfortbragg.legistar.com. Mendocino County online: View Board of Supervisors’ and Planning and Building Services agendas and minutes, and issued building permits at mendocinocounty. org. Many county government meetings are live-streamed and archived on the Mendocino County Video channel on YouTube. Mendocino County has an up-todate COVID-19information site including business resources. Mendocino Unified School District: For information and how to connect via teleconference, call 707-937-5868.
Fort Bragg Unified School District: For more information, call 707-961-2850 or visit http:// www.fbusd.us/.
Thursday, March 18
Mendocino County Bookmobile: Westport near Post Office, 9:30-10a.m.; Albion Store, 11:15 a.m.-noon; Elk Store, 1:15-1:45 p.m. No one is allowed on board the Bookmobile at this time. All business to be conducted at the outside table. Wear a mask. Social distance-6feet. 707-234-2874, mendolibrary.org. Soroptimist International of Fort Bragg noon-1p.m., Joanne Frazer, 707-964-6344.
Business Survival: Credit Repair, 1-2p.m., West Business Development Center Zoom workshop. westcenter.org.
Gallery Bookshop presents Authors’ Night on Zoom, 6p.m. Featured authors are Patti Diener, Malcolm MacDonald, Steven Roesch, and Tansy Chapman. gallerybookshop.com.
Saturday, March 20
Gray Whale Research: 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Mendonoma Whale and Seal Study visit the deck of the Noyo Center for Marine Science’s Crow’s Nest Interpretive Center. noyocenter.org.
Old Smith Ranch Trail Clean-up, 10 a.m.-noon. 707-962-0470, mrichardson@mendocinolandtrust.org. Self-Guided Whale Trail, 11a.m.-3 p.m., Point Cabrillo Light Station. For directions and more information, call 707-937-6123or visit pointcabrillo.org. Mendocino County Herb Guild Spring Market, 11a.m.-4p.m., 90 South Main St., Willits. info@ mendocinoherbguild.com. Mendocino Coast Clinic Crab Cook-Along, noon-2p.m. mccinc. ejoinme.org/supportmcc.
Sunday, March 21
Blues and Jazz with Earl Oliver: 1p.m., Noyo River Grill, 32150N. Harbor Dr., Fort Bragg.
Tuesday, March 23
Free ongoing 45-minute strength training class via Zoom, 8:30 a.m. Preregister, petra@wholeplantfoods.info or call Petra at 707-397-5575. Funded under a SNAP-Ed grant through Public Health.
Wednesday, March 24
Noyo Center for Marine Science, Science Talk, 2p.m., Lisa Hildebrand, investigating the fine scale foraging ecology of gray whales, noyocenter.org.
Fort Bragg Farmers Market: 3-5:30p.m., 400block of North Franklin Street, Fort Bragg. mcfarm.org.
Thursday, March 25 Medicare HICAP counseling appointments today. 1-800-434
0223for an appointment. Adult Book Club, 4-5p.m., via Zoom. 707-964-2020, fortbragglibrary.org.
Friday, March 26
Free ongoing 40-minute exercise class via Zoom, 8:30a.m. Pregister, petra@wholeplantfoods.info or call Petra at 707-397-5575. Funded under a SNAP-Ed grant through Public Health. Behind the Scenes Tour at California Academy of Sciences, 11a.m., via Zoom. noyocenter.org.
Saturday, March 27
Self-Guided Whale Trail, 11a.m.-3 p.m., Point Cabrillo Light Station.
For directions and more information, call 707-937-6123or visit pointcabrillo.org.
Concerts
Celebrate the Gray Whale with benefit concert from Steven Bates, Saturday, March 27, 6-7:30 p.m., online. 707-937-4700, mapa@mendoparks.org or www. mendoparks.org.
Santa Rosa Symphony presents a virtual concert experience, including, for the first time this season, a guest artist on stage with the orchestra. On Sunday, March 28, at 3p.m., internationally acclaimed, Grammy-winning cellist Zuill Bailey will perform Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, which he premiered less than one year ago. Free, YouTube concert. For information, visit srsymphony.org.
The Sequoia Room Video
Archive: includes more than 60 hours of music performances from sold-out shows at The Sequoia Room, North Coast Brewing
Co. You will find many different genres, including; Jazz, Blues, Bluegrass and more at this link.
On Stage
Take a minute to enjoy Mendocino Theatre Company’s One-Minute Radio Theatre, every Tuesday and Thursday at 8p.m. on local public radio station kzyx.org.
Coast Cinemas: 135 S. Franklin St., Fort Bragg, 707-964-2019, thecoastcinemas.com. Closed temporarily due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 concerns.
Due to continued COVID-19Shelter-In-Place restrictions, we are temporarily removing Breakfasts, Live Music, Dances, and Gardening listings from the Mendocino Coast calendar of events page. We will reinstate them when SIP restrictions have been lifted. Please Mask Up Mendocino County!
Museums
Due to Coronavirus concerns, museum exhibits are available online only. For more information, contact the museum directly. Ford House Visitor Center and Museum: 45035Main St., Mendocino, 707-937-5397, mendoparks.org.
Fort Bragg Sea Glass Museum: 17801N. Highway 1, Fort Bragg, 707-357-1585, glassbeachjewelry.com/
Grace Hudson Museum and Sun House: 431S. Main St., Ukiah, 707-467-2836, gracehudsonmuseum.org.
Guest House Museum:
343 Main St., Fort Bragg, 707-964-4251, fortbragghistory.org.