ARTICLE. The final comp of the regular season for the Surfin Cougars started in clean offshore conditions for the team round, blessed with cloudless skies and a fresh pulse of swell. Unfortunately, … [Read More...]
The Story of An Old-Growth Redwood ~ Methuselah
ARTICLE. Towering above the skyline just west of Woodside, CA, is a massive old-growth redwood. Its name is “Methuselah” and it is the oldest and largest living tree in the Santa Cruz … [Read More...]
Highway 1/Highway 92 Traffic Snafu Prompts City of HMB to Push for Better Inter-Agency Coordination
VIDEO. As many of you know, the evening of March 12 brought significant traffic delays to many frustrated residents of Half Moon Bay and the greater Coastside. The unexpected closure of the Tom Lantos … [Read More...]
City HMB Planning ~ Measure D Growth Control Review
VIDEO. There are 71 allocations for 2019. Jill Ekas, the HMB Community Development Director, has signed 17 so far, all outside downtown. Currently, 47 are allocated downtown and 24 outside of … [Read More...]
City HMB Planning ~ Housing Element Annual Progress Report (APR)
ARTICLE / VIDEO (podcast). Each city and county is required to prepare a Housing Element Annual Progress Report (APR) on the status of implementation of the jurisdiction’s housing element. The APR … [Read More...]
HMB Planning ~ Carnoustie Phase 4 ~ Last Subdivision of Ocean Colony
ARTICLE / PHOTOS / VIDEO. Planning staff are recommending approval of PDP-18-074 to the City Council an application for a Coastal Development Permit, Use Permit, Architectural Review, Vesting … [Read More...]
HISTORY Lecture ~ The Lost Town of Purissima
VIDEO. Tom Woosnam ( as seen at Coastal Rep) presents ~ The Lost Town of Purissima March 14, 2019, 5:30 pm @ the Portuguese Cultural Center. The Lost Town of Purissima from mdragony on … [Read More...]
Power Report By City of HMB Vice Mayor Adam Eisen
ARTICLE. Last week, we had a 60KD (60,000 volt) transmission line that had an insulator that cracked (there are usually a few on each transmission line). Due to our location with the salty air, … [Read More...]
Devils Slide on Highway 1 Has No Backup Generator
ARTICLE. Wonder why Devils Slide was closed overnight? There is a backup battery that is designed to last 90 minutes. But why, in an area prone to electrical outages, was no generator included in … [Read More...]
City of Half Moon Bay Taking Steps to Protect Coastal Trail Users
PHOTO-ESSAY and VIDEO. Temporary Safety Fencing to be Installed on Eroding Bluff Near Poplar Beach The City of Half Moon Bay will soon be installing temporary safety fencing along the bluff … [Read More...]
Bedtime Stories ~ Corduroy ~ Read by Rachel Sage of Farallone Elementary School
Farallone View Elementary School’s Reading Intervention Teacher, Rachel Sage, reads Corduroy by Don Freeman. She recorded the story in the Spring of 2017, in her own classroom! Corduroy is … [Read More...]
CoasTalk #2 with Mark Weisbarth and Pacifica Native Josh Armstrong
PODCAST. Josh Armstrong is the co-owner of Howlive.TV, Entertainment Chair of the Pacifica Fog Fest and my former business partner with J7 Studios. He is an entrepreneur, family man, super talented … [Read More...]
Bedtime Stories ~ Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
PODCAST. Winnie the Pooh is such a wonderfully, upbeat and resilient character. This Honey Tree story has an interesting genealogy. Originally, A.A. Milne wrote it in 1926, and it was published by … [Read More...]
City of HMB Capital Improvements Projects (CIP) Past and Future
VIDEO / PODCAST. Do you know what projects the City Council and City Staff have been working on in this last year? Watch (or listen) to the meeting. Have a comment, idea, or question? Don't … [Read More...]
CAL Fire FIRE RISK Report ~ Kings Mtn. 2nd and El Granada 6th on Fuel Reduction List
ARTICLE / LINK. Do you have 100 feet of DEFENSIBLE SPACE around your home? Here is the problem: #2 Kings Mountain Roadside, 467 acres, 271,096 ~ 2nd largest affected population #16 El Granada … [Read More...]
How to Record and Edit Your Own mp3 Podcast for Bedtime Stories!
VIDEO. How to Record and Edit Your Own mp3 Podcast for Bedtime Stories! "Watch this instructional video on "How to Record and Edit Your Own mp3 Podcast for Bedtime Stories!" Anyone can record a … [Read More...]
Hard Working Half Moon Bay City Council ~ 32 Additional Meeting Groups!
ARTICLE. Besides their twice monthly City Council meeting that can last 3-4 hours, the five of them attend 32 different agency and issue meetings on top of that, and their regular lives. They have to … [Read More...]
FRS/GMRS Radio (WalkieTalkies) Basic Training ~ Learn How to Communicate in a Disaster, Part 1
TRAINING POWERPOINT. Communications Neighborhood Command Post must maintain communications with all teams during an incident. Use whatever works: phone, cell, texting, pen and paper, … [Read More...]
HMB Planned Developments Haven’t Been Updated in over 25 years
VIDEO. Affordable housing? Downtown development? Viable agriculture? Watch (or listen) as the Planning Commission discusses Local Coastal Land Use Plan (LUP) Update with the public. Missed the … [Read More...]