The container that will sit atop two other containers making up the new Noyo Harbor ice house is opened during the preview tour on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025 in Fort Bragg, Calif. (Mandela Linder via Bay City News)

FORT BRAGG, CA., 8/24/2026 — Most of the sea lions are out of town, which is lucky for the Noyo Harbor District.

“Right now we’re in our low sea lion time,” said Anna Neumann, the harbormaster. “So we’ve probably got seven or eight. I call them home lions. They, like, never leave.”

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