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, April 15
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, Zoom meeting, noon-1 p.m., Joanne Frazer, 707-9646344.
YouTube Marketing, 3-4p.m., online workshop, westcenter.org. Authors’ Night on Zoom, 6-7 p.m., featuring Peter Lit, Suzanne Sherman and Sid Garza-Hillman. Link. Call Gallery Bookshop at 707-937-2665or visit gallerybookshop.com.
Forest Health and Fire Preparedness, 6-7:30p.m., UC Hopland Research and Extension Center hosts. http://hrec.ucanr. edu/?calendar=yes&g=61984.
Friday, April 16
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.
Saturday, April 17
Mendocino Trail Stewards Forest Clean-Up Day: 9 a.m., meet at top of Road 409. Email mendocinotrailstewards@gmail. com.
Ukiah Garden Club Spring Plant Sale, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 1203 West Clay St., Ukiah. 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.
Speak Out for CalCare Rally, noon, Low Gap Parking Lot, 1167Low Gap, Ukiah. For information, call 707-485-1290. COVID-safe car caragan, to speak out for CalCare. Redwood Writer’s Club, 1-2:45 p.m., virtual, with Phyllis Meshulam: Writing Our Way Out of Our Crises. Registration Link.
Blues & Jazz with Earl Oliver: 5p.m., Noyo River Grill, 32150N. Harbor Dr., Fort Bragg
Sunday, April 18
Ukiah Garden Club Spring Plant Sale, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 1203 West Clay St., Ukiah.
Earth Day Cleanup at Pudding Creek, 1-4p.m., hosted by Mendo Land Trust, MendoParks, Mendocino Woodlands Camp Association and Latino Outdoors. Meet at table near the “Silvergate parking area” for MacKerricher State Park. amy@mendocinolandtrust.org. Ukiah Community Concert Association presents Los Tangueros del Oeste, Sunday, April 18, 2p.m., online. For more information, call 707-463-2738, ukiahconcerts. org.
Tuesday, April 20
SI Noyo Sunrise Club, 8-9a.m., Zoom meeting, si-noyosunrise.org. 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. COVID-19Testing, 9a.m., Fort Bragg Veteran’s Hall, 360Harrison, Fort Bragg. Call 1-888-6341123 or visit COVID TESTING link.
Wednesday, April 21
Early Bird Walk, 8a.m., Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, audubon@mcn.org.
Build a Business Model, noon-1 p.m., online workshop, westcenter.org.
Fort Bragg Farmers Market: 3-5:30p.m., 400block of North Franklin Street, Fort Bragg. mcfarm.org.
Thursday, April 22
ABCs of Instagram, noon-1p.m., online workshop, westcenter.org.
Friday, April 23
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.
Saturday, April 24
National Take Back Day, 10a.m.-2 p.m., take expired and no-longerneeded medications to Fort Bragg Police Department, 250Cypress St., Fort Bragg. Also accepting sharps and vap pens. No questions asked. 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.
Sunday, April 25
Santa Rosa Symphony presents free virtual concert, featuring works by two Pulitzer Prizewinning women, Concertmaster Joseph Edelberg. 3p.m., srsymphony.org.
UkiaHaiku Festival, online, for information and link to meeting email RWerdinger@Pacific.net.
Concerts
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-19concerns.
Due to continued COVID-19 Shelter-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
Beginning in April 2021, museums are starting to re-open, with limited hours and COVID-19 safety protocols in place. For more information, contact the museum directly.
Ford House Visitor Center and Museum: 45035 Main 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, 707-9644251, fortbragghistory.org.
Larry Spring Museum of Common Sense Physics: 225 E. Redwood Ave., Fort Bragg. Kelley House Museum: Museum and research center, 45007 Albion St., Mendocino, 707-9375791, kelleyhousemuseum.org. Little River Museum: Exhibits: the Little River Pioneer Cemetery, the Pomo Indian language and maps to their local trails, photographs by James Garretson. 707-937-2014.
Mendocino County Museum: 400E. Commercial St., Willits, 707-972-6458, mendocinocounty.org.
Noyo Center for Marine Science: Crow’s Nest Interpretive Center, South Coast Trail and the Downtown Discovery Center, 338 N. Main St., noyocenter.org, 707733-NOYO, info@noyocenter.org. Point Arena Lighthouse: 45500 Lighthouse Rd., Point Arena, 877725-4448, pointarenalighthouse. com.
Point Cabrillo Lighthouse: 45300Lighthouse Road, Mendocino, 707-937-6122, pointcabrillo.org.
Triangle Tattoo and Museum: 356B N. Main, Fort Bragg, 707964-8814, triangletattoo.com/.
Libraries
Mendocino Community Library: reopened April 1, limited curb service only, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-noon. Corner of William and Little Lake Street, Mendocino, 707-937-5773. Mendocino County Library: Starting March 30, all Mendocino County libraries will be open for short visits on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1-5p.m., during the “red tier.” Curbside pickup and return continues as follows: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-4:20p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10a.m. to noon. Call 707-964-2020 Mon-Fri between 10-5to schedule a pickup, get a library card or ask questions. Bookmobile is operating curbside. Please wear masks and observe social distancing when you visit. Fort Bragg Library cannot accept book donations until further notice. 499E. Laurel St., Fort Bragg. mendolibrary.org.
Pacific Textile Arts: Library with books and magazines on all aspects of textile arts, currently closed due to COVID-19. 450 Alger St. (off east end of Laurel), Fort Bragg, 707-964-3600.
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