Mendocino County alerts

Sources checked every two minutes. Last change 10:54 a.m. Pacific on Oct. 28, 2026.

Active alerts in Mendocino County. 1 active CAL FIRE incident. Follow the sheriff’s instructions and call 911 if you are in danger.

Active public safety alerts for Mendocino County, collected from the sheriff's office, Ukiah and Willits police, CAL FIRE, the Genasys Protect evacuation zone map, the National Weather Service, Caltrans and the city of Fort Bragg.

Evacuation zones

Genasys Protect listed no Mendocino County zone in anything other than normal status when this page was checked at 3:12 p.m. Pacific on Oct. 28.

Active wildfires

• Cooley Fire

  1,365 acres, 95% contained · Elkhorn Road and Cooley Ranch Road, West of Cloverdale · started Oct. 16, 2026, at 5:05 p.m.

  CAL FIRE · CAL FIRE updated Oct. 28, 2026, at 8:33 a.m. · 6h ago · CAL FIRE incident page →

Sheriff and police alerts

The sheriff's office, Ukiah police and Willits police had posted no Nixle alerts in the past 24 hours when this page was checked at 3:12 p.m. Pacific on Oct. 28.

Weather warnings

• Freeze Warning

  Northwestern Interior Mendocino; Northeastern Interior Mendocino; Northern Lake · Freeze Warning issued October 28 at 10:53AM PDT until October 29 at 9:00AM PDT by NWS Eureka CA · until 9 a.m. Pacific on Oct. 29

  National Weather Service · Effective Oct. 28, 2026, at 10:53 a.m. · 4h ago · Read the full weather product →

Also in effect: Frost Advisory (effective 10:53 a.m. Pacific on Oct. 28, until 9 a.m. Pacific on Oct. 29). Areas: Coastal Del Norte; Interior Del Norte; Northern Coastal Humboldt; Southwestern Humboldt; Northeastern Interior Humboldt; Southeastern Interior Humboldt; Coastal Mendocino; Southwestern Interior Mendocino.

Road closures

Caltrans listed no full or indefinite closure on Highway 1 or Highway 20 in Mendocino County when this page was checked at 3:12 p.m. Pacific on Oct. 28.

Fort Bragg

The Fort Bragg police page carries no dated releases at all. The city has posted no emergency notices since this page began watching. Checked at 3:12 p.m. Pacific on Oct. 28.

About this page

This page is generated automatically from official public alert feeds and updates every two minutes. No generative AI is used; every line is reproduced from the issuing agency with a link to the original. Evacuation orders and warnings come from the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office and the county Office of Emergency Services — not from a fire agency's incident page. In an emergency, follow the sheriff's instructions and call 911 if you are in danger.

Sources

• Genasys evacuation zones: checked 3:12 p.m. Pacific on Oct. 28
• CAL FIRE: checked 3:12 p.m. Pacific on Oct. 28
• Nixle: checked 3:12 p.m. Pacific on Oct. 28
• National Weather Service: checked 3:12 p.m. Pacific on Oct. 28
• Caltrans: checked 3:12 p.m. Pacific on Oct. 28
• Fort Bragg: checked 3:12 p.m. Pacific on Oct. 28