🌱 Which Mendocino downtown spots made this “best of” NorCal list?
Mendocino, California Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Mendocino! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Which Mendocino downtown spots made this “best of” NorCal list?
- How ready is your Mendocino County garden for October rains?
- How offshore Noyo Canyon reveals Mendocino’s hidden earthquake chain reaction risk
Also on today's calendar: "Murder, She Wrote" Walking Tour and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 69 and low of 56 degrees.
- Sunday: Intervals of bright sunshine, temps: high: 69, low: 55.
- Monday: Nice with partial sunshine, with a high of 71 and low of 58 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 11 Small Towns in Northern California with the Best Downtowns (worldatlas.com) — Mendocino takes center stage as one of Northern California’s standout downtowns, with the Ford House Visitor Center, Kelley House Museum, and Mendocino Headlands State Park all spotlighted as must-see stops. The piece highlights how redwood logging shaped the village and points locals and visitors alike toward galleries, history museums, and bluff-top trails that define Mendocino’s walkable charm today. 
• Your Mendocino County Garden: October • The Mendocino Voice (mendovoice.com) — Mendocino County gardeners are urged to hold off planting until soils are deeply moistened, then focus on garlic, favas, cool-season crops, and fall tree planting. The piece also highlights the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens’ Oct. 10–18 fall plant sale in Fort Bragg and offers practical tips on mapping wet spots, frost pockets, and drainage in your own yard before winter sets in.
• Forest: Mendocino's offshore Noyo Canyon preserves an ominous seismic record • The Mendocino Voice (mendovoice.com) — Mendocino County’s offshore Noyo Canyon holds deep-sea evidence that major Cascadia subduction zone quakes can quickly trigger large events on the San Andreas Fault near the Mendocino coast. A recent 4.3 quake underscores how closely linked our region is to the Pacific Northwest’s seismic system, and why scientists are intensifying research on tsunami and earthquake risks here.
📸 Around Mendocino
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★ Featured events ★
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Business Analytics Certification (CBAP) Training in Mendocino, CA →
45035 Main Street, Mendocino
9:00 am
Tuesday October 6
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Other local events
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"Murder, She Wrote" Walking Tour →
Kelley House Museum, 45007 Albion Street, Mendocino
11:00 am -
Murder, She Wrote Walking Tour →
Kelley House Museum, 45007 Albion Street, Mendocino
11:00 am -
Haunted Mendocino Walking Tour →
Kelley House Museum, 45007 Albion Street, Mendocino
5:00 pm -
Coming Home to Self Through Nature →
Mendocino Grove, 9601 Hwy 1, Mendocino -
Kelpfest →
Mendocino Village, Little Lake St, Mendocino -
Coming Home to Self Through Nature →
Mendocino Grove, 9601 Hwy 1, Mendocino
8:00 am -
Haunted Mendocino Walking Tour →
Kelley House Museum, 45007 Albion Street, Mendocino
5:00 pm -
Native Arts Expo 10 →
Mendocino Art Center, 45200 Little Lake St, Mendocino
10:00 am -
Birds and the Beads by Meyo Marrufo - Opening Reception →
Mendocino Art Center, 45200 Little Lake St, Mendocino
6:00 pm
Wednesday October 7
Friday October 9
Saturday October 10
Friday October 16
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Devoted Fans & Desario →
CASPAR BREAD AND WINE, 14957 Caspar Road, Caspar
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Cross Country at Spring Lake Excused at 12:40PM
Spring Lake , Santa Rosa, CA 95409, USA
4:00 pm
Saturday October 3
Tuesday October 6
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Albertsons Company posted a job opening for Retail Sales and Store Support in Fort Bragg. Apply here.
- O'Reilly Automotive posted a job opening for Retail Service Specialist in Fort Bragg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mendocino here.
🗞 Nearby News
Fort Bragg
- Fort Bragg's Newest Solar Array is Billed as Finished. It Has Yet to Make a Watt. (mendolocal.news)
- Pets of the week: Meet Cappuccino and Mia (mendocinobeacon.com)
- KelpFest returns with nearly two dozen events (advocate-news.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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