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🌱 How a Cleone Highway 1 crash briefly halted traffic last week
And check out Kids Craft Time on the Cleone Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- How a Cleone Highway 1 crash briefly halted traffic last week
Also on today's calendar: Open Mic Night at Tall Guy and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 68 and low of 52 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 68, low: 51.
- Thursday: Sun and areas of low clouds, with a high of 64 and low of 54 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Mendo Local Weekly Roundup — September 26, 2026 (mendolocal.news) — A recent motorcycle crash on Highway 1 near Cleone briefly blocked traffic, but the rider escaped with only minor injuries and a handgun at the scene was safely secured by firefighters. That incident is part of a wider Mendocino County news roundup, including election measures, local races, infrastructure projects, and upcoming cultural events around Ukiah, Fort Bragg, Gualala, Willits, and beyond. 
📸 Around Cleone
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cleone
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★ Featured events ★
- Kids Craft Time →
Fort Bragg Branch of Mendocino County Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg
11:00 am
Saturday October 3
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Other local events
- Pumpkin Express - Willits
Mendocino Coast Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center, 299 East Commercial Street, Willits - iPhone Garden Photography
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, 18220 N Highway 1, Fort Bragg
10:00 am - Mendocino Jazz Society
Tall Guy Brewing, 362 N. Franklin St., Fort Bragg
6:00 pm - Open Mic Night at Tall Guy →
Tall Guy Brewing, 362 N Franklin St, Fort Bragg
7:00 pm - Cafe Beaujolais Second Saturday Art Fair
Mendocino Coast Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center, 961 Ukiah Street, Mendocino
1:00 pm - Haunted Mendocino Walking Tour
Kelley House Museum, 45007 Albion Street, Mendocino
5:00 pm - Sunday Brunch at Little River Inn
Little River Inn, 7901 N. Hwy 1, Little River
8:00 am
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Monday October 5
Thursday October 8
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 11
📣 Cleone Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Live Music with Roy Helsing Accordionist at Redwood Coast Senior Center →
Redwood Coast Senior Center, 490 N Harold St, Fort Bragg
11:30 am - LEGO® Block Party →
Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg
2:00 pm - FB - LEGO® →
Fort Bragg Branch Library, 499 Laurel Street, Fort Bragg
2:00 pm - The Forest Bioeconomy Symposium:From Fire Risk to Circular Stewardship →
120 North Harbor Drive, Fort Bragg
8:00 am
Tuesday September 29
Wednesday September 30
Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.
🗞 Nearby News
Fort Bragg
- Memo Of The Air (wordpress.com)
- Newsom administration proposes removing explorer John C. Frémont's name from state park, citing his violence against Native Americans (santacruzsentinel.com)
Mendocino
- Rising Seas, Local Voices: Mendocino Coast Workshops Ask Residents to Weigh In (kymkemp.com)
- Mendocino College fall plant sale in Ukiah offers winter vegetables and California natives • The Mendocino Voice (mendovoice.com)
- Breaking: Oou South Coast Gualala 2 Fire reported in Mendocino County on Sep. 27 (sacbee.com)
Ok Cleone! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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