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🌱 Fort Bragg Food Bank faces Thanksgiving with failing freezers

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What's up Fort Bragg! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Fort Bragg Food Bank faces Thanksgiving with failing freezers
  • Fort Bragg asks residents to help shape its next housing plan
  • Fort Bragg advances noise limits, but train horns remain unresolved

Also on today's calendar: FB - Poetry Writing Workshop and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 65 and low of 51 degrees.
  • Thursday: Intervals of clouds and sun, temps: high: 67, low: 56.
  • Friday: Strong winds subsiding, with a high of 62 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Break-in, worn-out coolers hit Fort Bragg and Ukiah food banks before the holidays • The Mendocino Voice (mendovoice.com) — Fort Bragg Food Bank is heading into Thanksgiving with unreliable frozen-food storage after a break-in damaged its backup freezer and its aging walk-in failed. The pantry, serving about 5,000 people monthly, is raising replacement funds while still planning to distribute roughly 500 turkeys Nov. 23–25 at 910 N. Franklin St.
   

2. Fort Bragg mounts survey to ask residents about housing as it plans for 668 new homes • The Mendocino Voice (mendovoice.com) — Fort Bragg wants residents' housing experiences to help shape a plan accommodating 668 additional homes, nearly five times its current target. The city must plan and zone for those homes, not build them. Anyone can complete the survey in English or Spanish online, with paper copies available at City Hall.
   

3. Fort Bragg City Council backs decibel limits on noise ordinance, but the train horn stays put • The Mendocino Voice (mendovoice.com) — Fort Bragg is moving toward measurable noise limits for barking dogs, generators and other disturbances, but the Skunk Train horn would remain exempt where federal or state law applies. Council members unanimously introduced the ordinance Monday. It still needs adoption before taking effect, and residents seeking quieter train crossings face a separate, costly process.
   

4. Fort Bragg High School Varsity boys soccer team making history (ukiahdailyjournal.com) — Fort Bragg High's boys soccer season ended with a 3–0 quarterfinal loss to The Bay School, following the team's deepest Division 1 playoff run since 2019. Senior Oscar Estrella Jr.'s free kick secured the opening-round win over Bentley, a highlight in a season that also brought a league title.
   

5. Noyo Center Receives $100,000 PG&E Award (advocate-news.com) — Fort Bragg's Noyo Center will receive $100,000 from the PG&E Corporation Foundation for its work restoring Mendocino Coast kelp forests. The project removes and ranches overabundant urchins, studies bull kelp recovery and supports red abalone recovery and environmental education. The grant comes from shareholders, not utility customers.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Word Junkie: Mendocino County’s November edition .
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  • Hello my name is Heidi I’ve been an Ihss caregiver for 2+ years now, I can do personal caretaking, cooking,cleaning,meal prep,grocery shopping,clothes shopping for person taking care of, decorating, pet sitting
    Dm me if interested I need the work Days available Monday,Saturday,Sunday (Nextdoor Glass Beach)
  • Subway posted a job opening for Sandwich Artist in Fort Bragg. Apply here.
  • O'Reilly Automotive posted a job opening for Parts Specialist in Fort Bragg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fort Bragg here.

Ok Fort Bragg! 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: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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