One of the new recycled water hydrants in Mendocino, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026. The purple hydrants are not popular with residents and until a fix is settled upon the purple hydrants have been covered with black plastic bags. (Roger Coryell via Bay City News)

MENDOCINO CO., 10/29/26 — Mendocino’s new fire hydrants are purple. The village’s historical review board would like them to be a little less purple.

At its Oct. 5 meeting, the Mendocino Historical Review Board voted 3-0 to recommend that the hydrants on the town’s new recycled-water line be painted white, with only the caps in a state-approved purple, according to the county’s video of the meeting.

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