City of Fort Bragg

March 12, 2025 – The Fort Bragg City Council and dozens of residents spent Monday night engaged in a heated debate whether or not to extend the pause of litigation with the Mendocino Railway and pursue a master development agreement. The council ultimately voted for the pause.

March 3, 2025 — More than 130 spectators packed Fort Bragg Town Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 25, to discuss development plans for the former Georgia-Pacific mill site—a beachfront property spanning around 400 acres.

February 14, 2025 — On Monday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reverted the name Fort Liberty in North Carolina back to Fort Bragg, but with a significant change—its new namesake is not Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, but an unsung World War II hero, Pvt. Roland Bragg. In Friday's newscast, KZYX News explores possible repercussions for the Change the Name movement in the City of Fort Bragg.

February 4, 2025 — A San Francisco Superior Court judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the approval of a new Grocery Outlet store in Fort Bragg. The suit, filed by Fort Bragg Local Business Matters against the California Coastal Commission, sought to overturn the commission’s decision that an appeal of the project failed to raise substantial issues.

January 31, 2025 — After more than three years of legal wrangling the City of Fort Bragg and Mendocino Railway are looking for ways to work together. The city council on Monday approved a contract with an organization called Economic and Planning Systems, Inc. to explore a collaborative development strategy for the mill site. The city will also host a community workshop for mill site visioning and illustrative planning on February 25, at 5:00 p.m. at Town Hall.

January 17, 2025 — Gleaming stainless steel nets installed 20 feet below the sidewalk have cut Golden Gate Bridge suicides by 80 percent since they were installed over a year ago. Could similar nets stop future deaths in Fort Bragg?

January 15, 2024 — A body was recovered Tuesday afternoon around 4:30 p.m. near the cliffs just beyond Main Street in Mendocino. In addition, a coroner’s investigation of human remains discovered December 23 underneath the Noyo River Bridge positively identified Roy Mora, a 15-year-old Fort Bragg teenager who vanished on December 7. And, a Mendocino County Sheriff's deputy was arrested in Ukiah for domestic violence.

January 14, 2025 — Fort Bragg councilperson Lindy Peters provided an update at Monday’s council meeting on litigation around the proposed Grocery Outlook store at the southern end of town. The lawsuit filed by Fort Bragg Local Business Matters will be heard on February 3 at 9:30 a.m. in Superior Court in San Francisco. Peters also sponsored a resolution proclaiming Fort Bragg's support for immigrants that was unanimously adopted by the council but provoked pushback from some residents.

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