Celebrate the best of autumn and small town living at the Fortuna Apple Harvest Festival happening this Saturday, Oct. 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (free admission). This year’s jubilee takes place throughout Fortuna with six stops in town: Clendenen’s Cider Works, Redwood Village, Fortuna Volunteer Fire Department, Rohner Park, downtown and Table Bluff […]
Fortuna Volunteer Fire Department
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Mel Berti: 1936-2023
MEL BERTI CELEBRATION OF LIFE Oct. 29, 2023 – 1 p.m. RIVERLODGE, 1800 RIVERWALK DR. FORTUNA, CA Melvin John Berti went to Eternal Life on July 23, 2023, at the age of 84. Mel was a Fortuna native, born and raised in Fortuna. He attended Fortuna schools and has spent much of his life involved […]
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Fortuna Fire’s ‘Fearless Leader’ Set to Retire
With the end of 2021, comes the end of an era for the Fortuna Volunteer Fire Department, which will be bidding Chief Lon Winburn goodbye tomorrow after 37 years of service. Winburn, who has served as chief since 2005, will be feted at noon in the main station on his last day, with the public […]
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Volunteer Fire Captain Killed in Fortuna Shooting
The Fortuna Police Department today identified the victim of yesterday’s fatal shooting as Timothy Thomas Smith, a Fortuna resident and captain with the city’s volunteer fire department. He was 42. According to a police department release, an autopsy has been scheduled for later this week. “He has set the example for the department’s motto ‘Always […]