While Southern California takes the headlines, the Mendocino coast offers challenges to daredevil surfers—cold water, washing-machine waves, lots of rocks.
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McNear: Saving Mendocino’s headlands from development took a citizens campaign
A dialed-in artist who “knew everybody,” Emmy Lou Packard spearheaded the effort.
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McNear: The WPA had a massive impact on Mendocino County
A high school in Round Valley and highways transecting the county were joined by the Mendocino Woodlands, the only Recreation Demonstration Area in the state.
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McNear: Hometown hero Alma Mendosa taught at Mendocino Elementary for 30 years
She became principal just a year after starting work and continued as teacher/principal for her entire tenure.
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McNear: Mendocino and Fort Bragg vied for the first high school on the coast
Mendocino High opened for classes in May, 1894 and graduated its first class in 1896.