Each week, we feature a reader-submitted photo as part of our “Your Mendocino” series. We look for photos that capture everyday life, landscapes, people and moments across the county — from the coast to the inland valleys.
We invite you to share your photo captured anywhere within Mendocino County. While we love seeing your recent work, photos taken in previous years may also be submitted.
For a chance to get featured, submit an entry using this form here. We’re excited to see your Mendocino!
Photo of the Week
Photo of the Week: Butterfly on a cloud of white
A Western Tiger Swallowtail feeds on a mock orange blossom.
Previous Entries
Photo: Sea Lions in Noyo Harbor
Sea lions fill a floating dock in Noyo Harbor.
Photo: Moonset over Noyo Harbor
The moon sets on the horizon of Noyo Harbor in Fort Bragg.
Photo: Mendocino sea arch
The Mendocino arch at the Mendocino Headlands State Park.
Photo: The Eye
A sunset reflected in the stream under the Russian Gulch Bridge.
Photo: Drum activation
A djembe to be gifted sits in a ring called a rangoli.
Photo: First Mother’s Day
A mother and her daughter on their first mother’s day at Montgomery Woods.
Photo: Gray whale washes ashore
Scientists perform necropsy on a gray whale that washed ashore at Virgin Creek Beach in Fort Bragg, Calif.
Photo: Bainbridge Park soccer field
Community members try out one of two newly built ADA-accessible, fenced-in soccer fields at the recently renovated Bainbridge Park in Fort Bragg, Calif.
Photo: Justice for Nicole Smith
A mural by artist Nicole Ponsler on the exterior of a building on Main Street in Point Arena, Calif., depicts Nicole Smith, a a Pomo woman who was shot and killed in 2017.
Terms and Conditions
As a condition of submitting a photograph to this website, you must agree to Bay City News’ Content Submission Agreement. That agreement requires, among other things, that you represent and warrant that your content does not infringe any third-party copyrights, and that you grant the Bay City News a license to use your content. The full text of the Content Submission Agreement is available here for review.